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Accelerators

Sephora Accelerate

Status

Status not published

Annual cohort. Applications have historically opened in the autumn for a cohort starting the following year.

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Amount
$100,000

Equity-free grant (reported around US$100,000 in recent cohorts) plus a six-month bootcamp and potential Sephora retail placement

Funder

Sephora

private · national

Deadline: One call a year — Annual cohort. Applications have historically opened in the autumn for a cohort starting the following year.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Beauty brands founded by women and underrepresented founders with a launched or near-launch product

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The EU SME definition (Recommendation 2003/361)

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Source. https://www.sephorastands.com/accelerate/ · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: www.sephorastands.com

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