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GLOBAL AUTOMOTIVE & MOBILITY INNOVATION CHALLENGE
February 9, 2021 Issue
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13th ANNUAL GAMIC COMPETITION - Quarter Finals |
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The 2021 GAMIC Competition celebrates our 13th year of the competition since 2008 which has grown to include multiple countries around the world with entries coming from: Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and South America.
The GAMIC competition participants are able to network and meet new partners; showcase their technologies to OEM's - Tier 1's; receive mentorship and business coaching; and compete for prizes and a continuum of commercialization assistance. GAMIC has selected the TOP 32 COMPANIES that will move forward to the 2021 VIRTUAL - QUARTER FINALS.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR & REGISTER
GAMIC - Quarter Finals - (Private Event) - February 11 and 12, 2021
GAMIC - Semi-Finals - (Public Online Event) - Friday March 12, 2021
GAMIC - 2021 FINALS - (Public Online Event) - Monday April 12, 2021
Held during the Online WCX™ World Congress – SAE International
PUBLIC REGISTRATION FOR THE GAMIC
SEMI-FINALS & FINALS
Will Begin Shortly
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Dennis Nash was one of the original founders of GAMIC in 2008 when he and David Stout saw the gap in the complex process required for a startup company to get their 1st introduction to a Automotive OEM or one of the 1,2,3 Tier Supply Base partners they identified a real need. The first GAMIC Competition provided the opportunity to provide the winner with great public relations and first hand introductions and exposure to global OEM's. One of the first year GAMIC Winners went on to raise $10 Million in capital within two years and was later acquired by a global sensor company which used the new technology to improve fuel efficiency and lower component costs.
Dennis Nash is the President and Senior Client Consultant for Market Results a leading sales & marketing, public relations and business growth firms based in Bloomfield, Michigan. Dennis holds a Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). During his career he has led high growth teams at IBM, Oracle E&Y Consulting. He is active with multiple start-ups including IndividuALLytics® as the President & Cofounder of this Analytics and digital health IoT company.
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Greta Cutulenco CEO and Co-Founder of ACERTA.ai
In 2016 Acerta Analytics was a finalist at the GAMIC competition that concluded during the SAE World Congress Experience 2016. Acerta.ai leverages assembly and vehicle data to detect the earliest indicators of future product failures. Their AI platforms accelerate root cause analysis, enhance end of line testing, and augment vehicle maintenance with artificial intelligence purpose-built for the auto industry. Acerta.ai provides automotive engineers the tools to optimize quality, safety, and reliability throughout the entire product life cycle, from the assembly line to the finish line. Since GAMIC 2016, Acerta.ai has raised USD $7 million (CAD $9 million) in Series A funding led by OMERS Venture, with additional participation from M12 – Microsoft’s venture fund, StandUp Ventures, Radical Ventures, EDC, and Techstars. Every automotive engineer has dealt with issues during assembly or testing, but few have the ability to use their production data to predict when and where those issues will occur and prevent them, That’s why Acerta.ai focused on providing predictive analytics to their customers to help them ensure vehicle quality, safety, and reliability. Acerta.ai currently operates in Canada and the United States in North America, as well as Europe and Japan, with plans to expand further into the European and Japanese markets within the next year. This new funding round will also help Acerta.ai ramp up sales and marketing operations while also scaling the business with the goal of getting the company’s platform into the hands of automakers everywhere. The 2016 GAMIC Competition and other Detroit based start-up events helped Acerta.ai gain exposure both with leading Tier 1 technology companies as well as NA investors. Current clients include: Aisin AW, GM, Dana, Nissan, ZF and Volvo.
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The Downtown Windsor Business Accelerator, is housed in a 55,000 sq. Ft. heritage building in Windsor, Ontario, Canada located 10 minutes from the US – Canada Border with Detroit, Michigan the decision-making and technology center of the North American automotive industry. Windsor-Essex has more: 250+ automation companies, 90+ automotive suppliers and 2 OEM’s – FCA Canada and Ford Motor Company Canada in the region. The Accelerator is the perfect landing pad for a international automotive – mobility technology company because it is home to the busiest commercial border crossing between Canada and the U.S. accounting for more than one-third of all Canada-U.S. trade. Windsor is also one of the most diverse cities in Canada with multiple European transplants. The Accelerator is a unique combination of: co-working space, incubator, accelerator and autonomous vehicle prototype lab space. GAMIC Winners are eligible for office space and access to the A2X™ Accelerate to Export – Scale Up – Programs as well as ongoing mentorship from automotive executives.
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GAMIC welcomes Thomas & Jones Group one of our new sponsors for 2020. T&J is globally recognized as one of the premier leaders in the manufacturers representative’s industry. Founded in 1955, their drive for innovation and advancement had lead to longstanding partnerships with GM, Ford and FCA and other industry leading Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers. T&J partners with OEM’s to drive efficiency, reduce costs and increase profitability. T&J strategic alliances span the automotive, medical, solar, industrial and marine industries. T&J is excited to bring start-up innovation and industry manufacturing together working with companies from across the world including Germany, Portugal, Spain, Mexico, Canada, the United States, Israel, Japan and India.
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Invitation to support and sponsor GAMIC 2021
You and your organization are invited to actively support GAMIC and the applicant companies. GAMIC is a non-profit organization run by an all volunteer board with all financial and service support going directly to improve the attendee and competitor experience.
As a sponsor you will be granted exclusive benefits of the GAMIC season. You can choose from four levels of sponsorship:
Platinum Sponsor
- All benefits of the Gold Sponsor
- Opportunity to define and announce one of the award categories
Gold Sponsor
- Speaker opportunity at either Semi-Finals or Finals
- Opportunity to access all applications after GAMIC screening
- Ability to contact any companies during the competition
- Ability to take a competitor “off the table” should they prove truly interesting.
- Organize separate competitor presentations for sponsor org.
- Identification on all GAMIC communications, websites, and presentations.
- Free entrance to all GAMIC events, virtual or physical (10 people)
Silver Sponsor
- Opportunity to view all applications after GAMIC screening
- Identification on all GAMIC communications, websites, and presentations.
- Free entrance to all GAMIC events, virtual or physical (5 people)
Bronze Sponsor
- Opportunity view all semi-finalist applications in advance.
- Identification on all GAMIC communications, websites and presentations.
- Free entrance to all GAMIC events, virtual or physical (2 people)
Please contact GAMIC EXECUTIVES at:
GAMICEXECS@miinnovationalliance.org
Besides sponsoring you can also help the GAMIC Start-up Companies to accelerate? Let’s talk about it.
We would be very happy to include you in the GAMIC in-kind service program or discuss how you or members of your team can help to mentor GAMIC Competitors.
Each year we recruit key automotive executives that are also interested in applying to be a INDUSTRY JUDGE in our quarter finals, semi-finals or our Final event held during the SAE World Congress.
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