Olamide Olowe, Founder & CEO, Topicals
Sephora has eight selected brands for its 2021 Accelerate incubator program, which features a cohort comprised exclusively of women founders of color. If you're looking for fresh faces and brands that are going to be huge this year, this is the place to look. From Hyper Skin to Kulfi Beauty, the founders are just as impressive as the brands.
The group will participate in months of Sephora-led curriculum and intensive support, as well as receive coveted mentorship from industry veterans like Tatcha's Vicky Tsai and Briogeo's Nancy Twine, feedback and exposure to leading investment firms and venture capitalists, and more. Upon completion of the program, all participating brands will launch at Sephora, putting the retailer on track to double its assortment of Black-owned brands by the end of 2021.