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    #GPACF 2023

    Automobile Club de France and ESSEC Automobile Club are partnering to set up the 6th Edition of the Grand Prix ACF AutoTech rewarding most innovative international and French startups devoted to automotive sector.

    CLICK HERE TO SEE THE REPLAY from 20th April
  • DOWNLOAD NOW THE PRESS RELEASE (15th April 2022, english version yet to come)
  • Click below to access to the replay of GPACF 2023

    Revive all the 6 pitchs of our finalist startups!

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  • GPACF 2023 Winners

    Grand Prix ACF AutoTech, powered by ESSEC Automobile Club

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    WeDoLow

    PRIX PIONNIER ACF 2023

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    NODAR

    GRAND PRIX ACF 2023

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    Nelson

    MENTION GPACF GREENTECH 2023

  • Prix Pionnier ACF

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  • Finalists

    Grand Prix ACF

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    CETRAC.IO (FRANCE)

    Cybersecurity solution from defense sector to the car

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    NODAR (USA)

    Stereo camera for ADAS application, cheaper alternative to LiDAR

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    EMBODME (FRANCE)

    Touch and touchless solutions for all car surfaces, breakthroughfor interior design

  • Prix Pionnier ACF

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    NELSON (FRANCE)

    Adaptative solution to help to electrify company fleets

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    WEDOLOW (FRANCE)

    Software solution to help softwares to be more efficient and consume less energy

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    LINES MANUFACTURING (FRANCE)

    Improved 3D printing in order to produce larger parts for less time

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  • Onsite & Online tickets for the event

    Please subscribe to receive the link to the live show from Automobile Club de France

    Or to come to this exceptionnal event

    You will be able to vote for your favorite startups during the event

     

    Thursday 20 April Program:

     

    19h00-20h30 GPACF AutoTech the 6 finalist Pitchs

     

    Prix Pionnier ACF : Lines Manufacturing, WeDoLow (ex-Yubik) & Nelson

     

    Grand Prix ACF : NODAR, EmbodMe & Cetrac.io

     

    20h30 & onward for onsite tickets only : dinning cocktail & Prize Giving

     

  • Three Prize Categories

     

    Grand Prix ACF

    For startups that are most advanced in their development (Series A and +)

    Prix Pionnier ACF

    For youngest startups, at the early stages of their development (Seed)

    Mention GPACF GreenTech

    For finalist startup with the most eco-friendly product

  • WHO ?

    For startups in automotive sector providing innovative solutions in:

     

    • Use
    • Design
    • Manufacturing
    • Commercialization

    WHY ?

    Up to € 200 000 worth of rewards including:

    • € 35 000 money reward split between two prizes
    • Personalized financial and law advisory
    • Pitch & booth during the prize giving event
    • Meetings with automotive, entrepreneurship and finance executives

    ELIGIBILITY

    Companies which have registered their activity statutes on January 1st 2012 at the earliest in France or in another country.

     

    Shareholding of at least 50% of the capital by one or several of its individual associates.

     

    Service or technological development companies which can apply their activities to the automotive sector whether in its use, design, manufacturing or commercialization.

  • Timeline

    October 2023

    Launch of #GPACF 2024 call for projects

    April 24 2024

    Final of #GPACF 2024 at the Automobile Club de France with Jury and 250 guests, Prize Giving Ceremony

  • Jury

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    Eric BOURDAIS

    de CHARBONNIERE

    ACF

    President of Donation Fund

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    Louis DESANGES

    ACF

    President

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    Thierry PEUGEOT

    ESSEC Automobile Club

    President

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    Christian PEUGEOT

    ACF

    Vice-President

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    Félicie BURELLE

    PLASTIC OMNIUM

    Managing Director

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    Patrice GRAILLAT

    FIDAL

    Paris Director

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    Christophe LACROIX

    MOTUL

    Chief Innovation and Sustainability Officer

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    Gilles LE BORGNE

    RENAULT GROUP

    Executive Vice President Engineering

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    Stéphane PRIAMI

    CREDIT AGRICOLE Consumer Finance

    CEO

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    Michel

    de ROSEN

    FORVIA

    President

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    Anne ASENSIO

    Dassault Systems

    Vice-President Design

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    Patrick BLAIN

    Renault-Nissan

    ex-Excomm

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    Yann BODERE

    Iot.Bzh

    Managing Director

    Grand Prix ACF

    2020

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    Claire CANO

    HiFlow

    CEO

    Grand Prix ACF

    2019

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    Béatrice DUBOISSET

    Humeaning

    President

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    Ehsan EMAMI

    Qovoltis

    President

    Grand Prix ACF

    2021

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    Jean Philippe GIBAUD

    GEOLITH

    CEO

    Grand Prix ACF

    2022

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    Elisabeth LECUYER

    Paris Business Angels

    President

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    Aymeric
    de PONTBRIAND

    Scortex

    CEO

    Grand Prix ACF

    2018

  • Application Process

    Call for international and French projects until November 28th

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    Please prepare a slide deck in English or French (9 slides maximum + appendices if needed) + Founders' CVs

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    Please fill the short application below

    3

    Send before November 28th 11h59pm

    We will contact you afterwards when results will be given

  • PLEASE NOTE

    The 9 slide deck (English or French) must include the following information :

    > Team, Shareholders, Product or Service, Solved Problem, Pricing or Business Model, Market, Competitors (3-5 major competitors), Potential Coopération Ideas with GPACF Partners

    > As well as an executive summary in the opening of the presentation

    Without this information, the Jury will not be able to rate your efforts for related criteria.

     

    If you develop a disruptive technology that needs to be explained, please do not hesitate to use appendicies to a avoid a "beleive me" effect. We will read it if the first 9 slides are good enough.

     

    If you encounter troubles with the application process, please do not hesitate to send your deck and the CVs of the Founders to essecautomobile@gmail.com. Please specify in your mail your contact details, which prize you are applying for (Grand Prix or Prix Pionnier).

  • DOWNLOAD THE RULES OF GRAND PRIX ACF AUTOTECH
    Personnal information (Name, email, phone number, postal address, name of the company, CV and decks) within the purpose of your application to the Grand Prix ACF AutoTech 2023, are mandatory in order to organize properly the challenge. They belong to the organizers: Automobile Club de France and ESSEC Automobile Club and Jury members. Organizers won't make any use of those information for promotional purpose without prior notification to the user. They remain confidential and kept by the organizers only. In accordance to the articles 38, 39 and 40 from french law "Informatique et Libertés" n°78-17 of 6 january 1978 modified by the law n°2004-801 of 6 august 2004, you have access and modification right to modify your data and a right to delete your data by contacting us with the following email: gpacfstartupauto@automobileclubdefrance.fr
  • Previous Editions

    Rediscover Grand Prix ACF AutoTech 2018 - 2022 editions

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    Grand Prix ACF 2018

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    Grand Prix ACF 2019

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    Grand Prix ACF 2020

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    Grand Prix ACF 2022

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    Grand Prix ACF 2023

  • Rewards

    Grand Prix ACF AutoTech 2023

    €25,000 without counterpart, allotted by the Automobile Club de France

    1 environmental impact assessment carried out by Meridiam, related to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
    1 year membership to the non-profit organisation France AutoTech

    Individualized counselling provided by the venture capital fund Aster, including 5h of counselling to optimize a business plan, in preparation for possible fund raising

    Professional assistance on an international level, provided by Forvia. On a case-by-case basis, it could include: access to local work teams, temporary provision of work premises, and advice on the local specificities of the target country

    Grand Prix ACF AutoTech 2022 Jury seat for one of the founders of the award winning startup the year following its victory

    The equivalent of a €5,000 excl tax budget fee awarded by Fidal for legal and fiscal assistance particularly in preparing possible fund-raising

    Identification of a target foreign country and administrative support to help implementation in this country by the Forum Francophone des Affaires
    Business Expert Coaching (Strategy & fund raising experts Business Experts of Next Move) & one year subscription to Cl'eo, technical watch plateform of french automotive cluster offered by Next Move

    Prix Pionnier ACF 2023

    €10,000 without counterpart, allotted by the Automobile Club de France

    1 year membership to the non-profit organisation France AutoTech

    The equivalent of a €10,000 excl tax budget fee awarded by Fidal for legal and fiscal assistance particularly in preparing possible fund-raising

    Personalized assistance to address innovation support processes (region, national and european scale) by automotive innovation cluster & one year subscription to Cl'eo, technical watch plateform of french automotive cluster offered by Next Move

    Mention GPACF GreenTech 2023

    Personalized assistance to address innovation support processes (region, national and european scale) by automotive innovation cluster & one year subscription to  Cl'eo, technical watch plateform of french automotive cluster offered by Next Move

    Personalized coaching by the environmental impact venture capital fund Shift4Good, with 4 hours of support for the optimization of the investor pitch document

    The equivalent of a €5,000 excl tax budget fee awarded by Fidal for legal and fiscal assistance particularly in preparing possible fund-raising

    Assess the opportunity of a CrowdFunding operation, using Aster Crowd platform, for the startup as well as complete management of the relation with the subscribing investors if the operation is launched

    For the 6 finalists

    1 booth during the Grand Prix ACF AutoTech cocktail, April 20th 2023 at the Automobile Club de France

    Identification of a target local french authorities to help implementation in France, if the opportunity rises with PFA - Plateforme Filière Automobile

    1h of investment assessment with partner funds of Grand Prix ACF AutoTech: Aster, Meridiam & Shift4Good

    The winners will be directly pre-selected to pitch in front of the Ville de Demain jury in order to have the opportunity to be incubated in STATION F, the world's largest incubator.

    Counselling provided by the consulting firm humeaning to prepare the speech they will deliver during the grand final of April 20th 2023 with Beatrice Duboisset

    Invitation to meet students of leading computer and web development school EPITECH

    Choose Paris Region will support the international finalists in their development in Paris Region. In 2023, international startups will be invited to participate in a speed dating startup/large corporations meeting dedicated to mobility.

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    Grand Prix ACF AutoTech Managing Director

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