Core Biogenesis has won the L’Oréal Big Bang Beauty Tech Innovation Challenge 2025 in the Future Science and Sustainability category.
The winning innovations, Peauvita and Peauforia, are part of Core Biogenesis’ mission to merge cutting-edge biotechnology with sustainable beauty. The bioactive platforms are designed to support skin vitality and advance a new generation of science-driven skin care.
Now in its sixth year, the L’Oréal Big Bang Beauty Tech Innovation Challenge is an open-innovation platform for beauty technology. Founded by L’Oréal China and co-organized with Business France and the Oriental Beauty Valley, the challenge identifies and supports pioneering startups developing technologies that drive the future of beauty—spanning AI, green science and sustainability.
Breakthrough Beauty Meets Sustainable Collaboration
The award was presented by Barbara Lavernos, deputy CEO, in charge of research, innovation and technology at L’Oréal.
"At L’Oréal, science is our foundation and innovation is our driving force. We deeply believe in the extraordinary power of open innovation," says Lavernos.
She adds, "For L’Oréal, the Big Bang Challenge lies at the heart of this strategy: it serves as an essential bridge between our group and dynamic start-ups around the world, fostering cross-sector collaboration and accelerating the emergence of disruptive solutions. We are convinced that the future of beauty lies not only in the breakthroughs we create, but also in the strength of cooperation—it is through open innovation that we can, together, create the beauty that moves the world."
Alexandre Reeber, CEO & co-founder of Core Biogenesis, comments, "In 2020, we started Core Biogenesis to reinvent how this industry uses proteins, making them stable, bioavailable and clinically superior. Five years later, our technology powers the next generation of science-driven, results-focused beauty brands."
Marion Audemard, technical sales lead for Europe at Core Biogenesis, adds, “Winning the L’Oréal Big Bang Challenge is a powerful recognition of our vision at Core Biogenesis—harnessing the power of nature through plant-based biotechnology to reinvent the future of skin care."
Audemard adds, "We are deeply grateful to the L’Oréal teams, to Barbara Lavernos and to Business France for believing in innovation that’s both scientific and sustainable. With our active ingredients Peauvita and Peauforia, we’re proving that the beauty of tomorrow can be both high-performance and deeply respectful of the planet."
