Valeo Innovative Challenge 2018 (5th Edition).

The 5th edition of Valeo Innovative Challenge is now open to students from all over the world to innovate and to develop their entrepreneurial spirit by offering the winners the opportunity to create their own start-ups. Valeo is an automotive supplier and partner to automakers worldwide. As a technology company, the company design innovative solutions for smart mobility, with a particular focus on intuitive driving and reducing CO₂ emissions. The Group also provides and distributes spare parts for automakers and independent aftermarket operators.



Valeo Innovative Challenge
The aim of the challenge is to give an innovative project, whether it is a technological innovation or an idea for new ways to use automobiles. The challenge rewards creativity, passion, and ambition to propose new solutions in one of the following categories:

• Vehicle electrification
• Autonomous vehicle
• Digital mobility

Guidelines

• The competition is open to students who have completed high school and are now in higher education (e.g. university) in higher education from all disciplines and to the teachers, one per team.
• Entrants must compete in teams made up of between two and a maximum of five people.
• Teams can take part to the challenge by presenting a relevant, innovative project in English by submitting:

1. mp4 video pitch (maximum 3 minutes) that explains the project in a clear, simple and audible way,
2. accompanied by 5 slides describing the composition of the team; the problem identified; the existing or known solutions; the proposed technical solution; the target market and the business model.

Reward
At the end of the competition the sum of €200,000 will be shared, as decided by the Jury, between the three winning teams of the Challenge. In addition to their prize, they will be offered the opportunity to join Valeo’s business accelerator.

Finalist
The 9 finalist team will have 16 weeks to speed up their project with the help of Valeo and external expects recognized for their experience and professional expertise, like scientists, designers, sociologists, philosophers, architects, and business man. The 9 running Teams will be flown to Paris, France on October 11, 2018 to present their project in front of a Jury composed of Valeo's Top Management and other prestigious jury members.

Click here to participate.

Deadline: March 30, 2018.

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