Call for Applications: Sephora Accelerate Program 2025 in USA

Sephora Accelerate is a brand incubation program dedicated to building a community of innovative, inspirational brand founders in beauty. With a focus on founders who are people of color, in line with our commitment to the 15 Percent Pledge, our goal is to ensure there are brands in the beauty industry representative of the colors, races, and ethnicities that make up the Americas.

Founders will embark on a six-month journey where they’ll gain the necessary skills to build and sustain a successful business through consistent, cohesive, and ongoing support backed by digital and in-person resources with content and curriculum directly correlated to helping founders succeed at Sephora.

In addition, brands will have the unique experience of building a heart-and-soul connection to our community and its ecosystem, as well as the opportunity of a lifetime—launching with Sephora, the world’s largest beauty retailer.

• Table of Content
• About Sephora Accelerate
• Sephora Accelerate Program
• Aim and Benefits of Sephora Accelerate Program
• Sephora Accelerate Program Courses
• Requirements for Sephora Accelerate Program Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Sephora Accelerate Program
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Sephora Accelerate

Sephora Accelerate is a brand incubation program dedicated to building a community of innovative, inspirational brand founders in beauty. With a focus on founders who are people of color, in line with our commitment to the 15 Percent Pledge, our goal is to ensure there are brands in the beauty industry representative of the colors, races, and ethnicities that make up the Americas.

Sephora Accelerate Program

Application Deadline	23 Sep 2024
Country to study	United States
Type	Training
Course to study	View courses
Sponsor	Sephora Accelerate
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of Sephora Accelerate Program

As an Accelerate brand, you’ll learn directly from industry experts, beauty brand founders, Sephora leaders and gain access to a host of resources to optimize your retail readiness and boost your brand.

Sephora Accelerate Program Courses

• Entrepreneurship

Requirements for Sephora Accelerate Program Qualification

Applicants must lead a North America-incorporated beauty brand company, be founded or co-founded by a person who is at least 18 years old and must be an early-stage brand not yet widely distributed.

If selected, you must be able to attend the program in its entirety (6 months; January-June).

*At this time, current employees of Sephora are not eligible to participate in the Accelerate program.

 

Interview date, Process and Venue for Sephora Accelerate Program

• There are a variety of criteria our team uses to make the final selection including, but not limited to:
  1. Vision: Do you have the passion needed to make your business successful?
  2. Innovation: What is differentiated about your brand or product? What can you offer clients that they currently cannot find elsewhere?
  3. Product: Do you have a working prototype that has been iterated on at least once to incorporate user feedback? (I.e., product sample, goop.) and/or have proven interest in your product (i.e., sales, customers, etc.)
• Brands will be notified via email whether they’ve been selected or not.

Application Deadline

September 23, 2024

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Sephora Accelerate on apply.sephoraaccelerate.com to apply

Applications for Sephora Accelerate 2025 are open Wednesday, September 4th through Monday, September 23rd at 4:59PM PST.

In the application you’ll be asked to respond to questions around eligibility, tell us more about your brand, record and submit a short video, and be prepared to share product samples if asked.

For more details visit: Sephora Accelerate website.