Core Biogenesis has won the French track award in the L’Oréal North Asia 2025 Big Bang Beauty Tech Innovation Programme.
The award, which recognizes a French biotech company that is reinventing the production of active proteins through plants, was given for its Peauvita and Peauforia ingredients.
These bioactive platforms are designed to support skin vitality and advance a new generation of science-driven skincare, reflecting a future where biotechnology and sustainability redefine modern beauty.
"In 2020, we started Core Biogenesis to reinvent how this industry uses proteins, making them stable, bioavailable, and clinically superior,” said Core Biogenesis CEO & co-founder Alexandre Reeber.
“Five years later, our technology powers the next generation of science-driven, results-focused beauty brands,” he added.
Founded by L’Oréal China and co-organised 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.
The Big Bang Challenge offers winners strategic mentorship, access to L’Oréal’s research and innovation ecosystem, and potential investment opportunities through Meicifang.
The Core Biogenesis award was presented by Barbara Lavernos, Deputy CEO in charge of Research, Innovation and Technology at L’Oréal in Shanghai.
“For L’Oréal, the Big Bang Challenge 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,” she said.
“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’”.
