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L’Oreal Accelerator Program To Help Scale Nailbot, InsitU Personalized Skin Care

 
• By Ryan Nelson

Preemadonna and InsitU Skincare are among the first five startups selected for L’Oreal and Founders Factory’s accelerator program, announced in May 2016. The French beauty juggernaut and London-based mentorship firm teamed up to nurture fledgling businesses in the beauty tech field, with the former aspiring to “deeply connect itself to a global ecosystem of world-class startups and entrepreneurs.”

Among 180 applications from around the globe, Preemadonna Inc.’s Nailbot printer, which applies designs from a mobile app directly to users’ nails, and InsitU, a direct-to-consumer provider of personalized skin care, have won spots in L’Oreal SA and Founders Factory’s accelerator program for beauty tech startups.

According to the Jan. 23 announcement, the partners have selected five startups in total to participate in the six-month program,...

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