Audace Contest 2024: Presentation
Find all the details about the 6th edition of the contest below.
In a nutshell
- 3 categories: Jeune Pousse, Impact, Alumni
- 1 Jury Prize per category
- 1 Public’s Choice Award (“Prix Coup de Cœur du Public”)
- 1 pitch competition during the awards ceremony
- Multiple prizes : financial endowments, coaching, hours of expertise, etc.
Key dates
- 15 February 2024: Opening of applications
- 1 April 2024: Closing of applications (originally scheduled for March 21)
- 17 April 2024: Opening of the online public vote
- 13 May 2024: Closing of the online public vote
- 22 May 2024: Pitch Competition + Awards Ceremony -> register here for the ceremony
DISCOVER THE PROJECTS IN THE IMPACT CATEGORY
And vote for your favorite project in each category!
01.What is the Audace contest?
The Audace contest is an entrepreneurial contest designed to reveal Audencia's talents : students and Alumni.
It is sponsored by personalities whose identity will be revealed during the application phase. Stay tuned!
It is sponsored by personalities whose identity will be revealed during the application phase. Stay tuned!
02.Who can participate?
Whether you have just entered Audencia or have already graduated (less than 5 years), your entrepreneurial talent deserves to be revealed!
Your project can be led by a team (some members may be external to Audencia), but the person who is leading the application for the Audace Contest must be from the Audencia community, either a student or an alumni.
Your project can be led by a team (some members may be external to Audencia), but the person who is leading the application for the Audace Contest must be from the Audencia community, either a student or an alumni.
03.How to participate?
Complete the application form (available until April 1, 2024) with your project pitch deck and a short video presentation (1min30 max.), and you're done!
→ Find all the details about the categories in the dedicated section below
→ Find all the details about the categories in the dedicated section below
04.What are the prizes?
In addition to giving a spotlight to your project and making it known to the Audencia Community, it is an opportunity to win rewards!
3 Jury's Prizes (1 in each category)
This prize includes for each winning project:
- A financial prize of €2000
- 1 year of coaching and support from Audencia and the Incubator Centrale-Audencia-Ensa teams
- 10 hours of expertise
- Tickets to entrepreneurial events
- Promotion of the project through Audencia's communication channels and exposure to our partners
1 Public's Choice Award (Prix Coup de Cœur du Public)
This prize includes for the winning project:
- A financial award of €1500
- 6 months of coaching and support from Audencia and the Incubator Centrale-Audencia-Ensa teams
- 5 hours of expertise
- Tickets to entrepreneurial events
- Promotion of the project through Audencia's communication channels and exposure to our partners
3 Jury's Prizes (1 in each category)
This prize includes for each winning project:
- A financial prize of €2000
- 1 year of coaching and support from Audencia and the Incubator Centrale-Audencia-Ensa teams
- 10 hours of expertise
- Tickets to entrepreneurial events
- Promotion of the project through Audencia's communication channels and exposure to our partners
1 Public's Choice Award (Prix Coup de Cœur du Public)
This prize includes for the winning project:
- A financial award of €1500
- 6 months of coaching and support from Audencia and the Incubator Centrale-Audencia-Ensa teams
- 5 hours of expertise
- Tickets to entrepreneurial events
- Promotion of the project through Audencia's communication channels and exposure to our partners
05.On what criteria will the projects be evaluated?
The criteria are left to the discretion of the jury among the following points:
- Economic and financial coherence of the project, according to the technical, financial and commercial criteria defined in the competition application file,
- Quality of the product, process or service,
- Motivation to create a company,
- Appreciation of the impact dimension as a minimum (mandatory criterion for the impact category),
- Potential for activity.
Zoom surJury Prizes
There will be 1 Jury Prize per category: Jeune pousse, Impact, Alumni.
The selection will be made during April-May 2024, by a jury meeting in committee and constituted for each category under the aegis of a sponsor and a co-organiser.
Details of the prizes in question 4 above.
The selection will be made during April-May 2024, by a jury meeting in committee and constituted for each category under the aegis of a sponsor and a co-organiser.
Details of the prizes in question 4 above.
Zoom surPublic’s Choice Award (“Prix Coup de Cœur du Public”)
There will be 1 Public’s Choice Award (“Prix Coup de Cœur du Public”) across all categories.
Phase 1: Online voting - from April 17 to May 13, 2024
For each category, the candidates' presentation videos will be published online on the audace.audencia.com website.
The public will be able to vote to support their favourite project in each of the 3 categories.
At the end of this online voting period, the 2 projects with the most votes in each category will be selected to participate in a pitch competition during the awards event, live and in front of the public.
Phase 2: Pitch Competition - 22 May 2024
On the day of the awards ceremony, the six (6) shortlisted projects will have 3 minutes to pitch their project in front of the audience, without presentation material.
→ At the end of all the pitches, the audience will vote live to elect the winner of the Public's Favourite Award.
Details of the prizes in question 4 above.
Phase 1: Online voting - from April 17 to May 13, 2024
For each category, the candidates' presentation videos will be published online on the audace.audencia.com website.
The public will be able to vote to support their favourite project in each of the 3 categories.
At the end of this online voting period, the 2 projects with the most votes in each category will be selected to participate in a pitch competition during the awards event, live and in front of the public.
Phase 2: Pitch Competition - 22 May 2024
On the day of the awards ceremony, the six (6) shortlisted projects will have 3 minutes to pitch their project in front of the audience, without presentation material.
→ At the end of all the pitches, the audience will vote live to elect the winner of the Public's Favourite Award.
Details of the prizes in question 4 above.
Categories
🌱 Jeune Pousse Category
For whom?
- Audencia Students
Criteria
- Project carried out in parallel with your studies
- Project stage or business created less than 6 months ago - i.e. product/service concept formalised, and business concept imagined, formalised by a Pitch Deck Project
Pitch deck
1. The problem and its validation
2. The value proposition
3. How the product/service works (UX)
4. Why now and why you (market and competition)
5. How much - the intended business model
6. The team and the business to be built
7. What's next?
Less than 15 slides - PDF file
Video
The video will be necessary to engage the public on the People's Choice Award ("Prix Coup de Cœur") voting phase. The video must be 1 minute 30 seconds maximum and should address the following 3 points as a priority:
Who are you and what is your project?
The 3 key points to remember about your entrepreneurial project
Why should we support you?
See last year's winners' videos here.
See last year's winners' videos here.
♻️ Impact Category
For whom?
- Audencia Students
Criteria
- The project is in line with one or more of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and aims to have an impact
- Project stage or business created less than 6 months ago - i.e. formalized product/service concept, and imagined business concept, formalized by a Pitch Deck Project that addresses the impact dimension
Pitch deck
1. The problem and its validation 2. The value proposition 3. How the product/service works (UX) 4. Why now and why you (market and competition) 5. How much - the envisaged business model 6. The team and the business to be built 7. How do you integrate and measure the impact of your project? 8. What's next? Less than 15 slides - PDF file
Video
The video will be necessary to engage the public on the People's Choice Award ("Prix Coup de Cœur") voting phase. The video must be 1 minute 30 seconds maximum and should address the following 3 points as a priority:
See last year's winners' videos here.
Alumni Category
For whom?
- Audencia Alumni (less than 5 years)
Criteria
- Career reorientation or project created on leaving school
- Tested project or company created.
Pitch deck
Investor-type deck taking into account the points of the other categories with the addition of a focus on : - visual displays and customer testimonials - commercial traction - relevance of the business model (KPIs) - roadmap and timeframe of the fundraising - financing needs and proposed use of funds
Video
The video will be necessary to engage the public on the People's Choice Award ("Prix Coup de Cœur") voting phase. The video must be 1 minute 30 seconds maximum and should address the following 3 points as a priority:
See last year's winners' videos here.