Valeo Innovation Challenge 2018 Innovate for the car of tomorrow! Create your own start-up!

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Valeo wishes to encourage students from all over the world to innovate and to develop their entrepreneurial spirit, offering the winners the opportunity to create their own start-ups.

THE AIM OF THE CHALLENGE

The aim is to reward an innovative project, whether it is a technological innovation or an idea for new ways to use cars. The participants will have to propose new solutions in one of the following categories:

  • Electrification​ ​of​ ​vehicles
    ● Autonomous​ ​vehicles
    ● Digital

RULES AT A GLANCE

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 slidesdescribing the composition of the team; the problem identified; the existing or known solutions; the proposed technical solution; the target market and the business model.

WHAT’S AT STAKE?

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.

Click here  to apply. All the data is taken from the Valeo website: https://valeoinnovationchallenge.valeo.com/en/challenges/innovationchallenge2018

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