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 below to participate.

Deadline: March 30, 2018.

Source: www.arrhemblog.com/2018/02/valeo-innovative-challenge-2018-5th.html?m=1