Partnership · Climate, Energy & Sustainability

Two Indian startups join L'Oréal accelerator cohort

By Startup Enthusiast · 18 September 2026

What they do

Without recycles hard-to-recycle flexible packaging into durable materials

L'Oréal selected 13 companies from 8 countries for its second L'AcceleratOR cohort

The programme is backed by a €100 million fund and offers pilot projects

L'Oréal selected 13 companies from 8 countries for the second cohort of its L'AcceleratOR programme.
Two Indian startups, Without and Nexus [Felis Leo Widgets], are included in the cohort.
The programme is backed by a €100 million (approx Rs 1,000 crore) fund.
The 13 companies will enter an acceleration phase led by the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) innovation team.
Companies get access to L'Oréal global resources for 6-9 month pilot projects.
After the pilot, the solutions may be scaled across L'Oréal's group operations.
L'Oréal will launch a docuseries called 'Entering L'AcceleratOR' following three companies from the first cohort.

The second edition expands geographical reach and covers wider sustainability challenges.
For the first time, the programme includes water technology startups.
Without previously won L'Oréal's SAPMENA Big Bang Beauty Tech Innovation Program.

Without is a climate tech company that recycles hard-to-recycle flexible packaging into durable materials.
Nexus [Felis Leo Widgets] develops energy storage batteries from agricultural waste.