L'Automobile Club de France and ESSEC Automobile Club are launching the 5th edition of their start-up competition. You have until 26 November to enter!

Every year, the Grand Prix ACF Autotech showcases, rewards, and supports the most innovative French and international start-ups in automotive usage, marketing, manufacture, and design. The competition is already setting the standard in the sector, and is a real launchpad and accelerator of new technologies and mobilities.

Three awards are up for grabs: the Grand Prix ACF Autotech for start-ups that are already established and growing, the Prix Pionnier ACF for start-ups at the seed stage, and the GP ACF Greentech award for the finalist whose product makes the biggest contribution to the environment.  

Candidates will be judged by a panel of renowned experts, including Thierry Peugeot (E80), president of the ESSEC Alumni Automobile Club.

Winners will enjoy enhanced visibility, custom legal and financial support, coaching, and introductions to key investors and decision makers.

In 2021, the start-ups Qovoltis, with its smart and versatile solution for charging electric vehicles, and Eifhytec, that is developing an innovative hydrogen compressor that uses a thermal, rather than mechanical, effect, stood out from the field of 75 contenders from 11 different countries. (To read the full report on the 2021 event, click here.)

Will this year be your turn?

The call for submissions is open until 26 November 2021. The six finalist start-ups will be announced on 8 February 2022, and receive support from the consulting firm, humeaning, in planning their presentation for the final. The final will take place on 14 April 2022 at the Automobile Club de France in Paris, in front of an audience of 300 guests from the automotive, high tech, digital, business, and media worlds, as well as the event’s 17 partners.

Interested? Submit your application by 26 November!

Learn more: 
en.grandprixacfautotech.com

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