BOLD’s portfolio companies tap into nature’s power to innovate

BOLD’s portfolio companies tap into nature’s power to innovate. Instead of altering it, they embrace it and let it guide their work. And this has gamechanging results – not only for beauty, but for people and the planet.

Take Taylor Oswald, Director of Product and Ingredient Innovation at Debut. With her team, she discovers novel active ingredients that address unmet consumer needs while outperforming existing ingredients.

“I aim to stay true to skin biology and clinical data when designing new formulas,” Taylor says. “That’s really central to our approach to innovative product development. At Debut, we’re harnessing biology to create significantly better-performing products that can only ever be accessed via biology.”

It’s all thanks to Debut’s proprietary tech, which allows the startup to tap into some of nature’s most powerful – and previously inaccessible – ingredients. This innovation enables them to create formulas via precision dosing, as opposed to using extracts, and harness these ingredients’ power without harming or touching nature.

Taylor is one of the women making a difference in the world of science in BOLD portfolio companies. From startups to the L’Oréal teams, collaboration that prioritizes inclusion guides the science that’s making a positive impact.