Cellap Laboratoire

What Cellap Laboratoire does

Cellap Laboratoire SA is a privately held Swiss luxury skincare manufacturer founded in 1982 and headquartered in Châtel-Saint-Denis, Switzerland. The company designs, formulates, and manufactures its products in its own laboratory, marketing them primarily under the Cellcosmet brand (with Cellcosmet International and the men's-focused Cellmen sub-brand) at premium price points ranging from $75 to over $630. Its signature technology is CytoPep™ Cellular Extracts, a biotechnologically derived complex of peptides and structural skin proteins (collagen, fibronectin, actin, keratin) produced under Swissmedic standards; this ingredient underpins the company's anti-aging, firming, and skin-barrier claims and serves as the central product differentiator across face creams, serums, eye care, masks, cleansers, and toners.

The business operates as a direct-to-consumer luxury skincare brand. Products are sold exclusively through owned channels: a multi-currency e-commerce storefront (eu.cellcosmet.com) covering at least eight country sites including the US, UK, Switzerland, UAE, Japan, Korea, and Singapore, complemented by company-owned spas and boutiques (including the Maison de Beauté Cellcosmet concept). Pricing is publicly disclosed on a pay-as-you-go basis with no subscription model detected. Customer segments are organized by skin concern — anti-aging/mature skin being primary — with secondary segments covering sensitive, dry, oily, brightening, eye contour, and men's skincare. Marketing is concentrated on organic social, earned media across Forbes, Harper's Bazaar, Vanity Fair, The Telegraph, and Marie Claire, and content marketing around the brand's proprietary skincare science. The company employs 101-250 people, is led by CEO Tancrède Amacker with founder Alexandre Chappuis retained as a board member and co-founder, has no disclosed institutional investors or parent company, and has been recognized with CNN's Best Luxury Wrinkle Filler 2026 award for its CellFiller-XT product.

Name

Cellap Laboratoire

Legal name

CELLAP LABORATOIRE SA

Website

https://cellcosmet-cellmen.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Cellap Laboratoire is a privately held Swiss luxury skincare manufacturer founded in 1982, selling its Cellcosmet and Cellmen brands direct-to-consumer globally through owned e-commerce and boutiques, anchored by proprietary CytoPep™ Cellular Extracts biotechnology.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Luxury Cellular Skincare

NAICS

Cosmetics, Beauty Supplies, and Perfume Retailers (456120)

SIC

Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet Preparations (2844), Soap, Detergents, Cleang Preparations, Perfumes, Cosmetics (2840)

akta.pro primary industry

Treatment Skincare (Serums, Actives, Acne & Anti-aging) (CRABAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Eye & Lip Skincare (CRABAAAC), Professional Skincare & Facial Treatments (CRABALAF)

Keywords

• Luxury cellular skincare
• Anti-aging cosmetics
• Swiss skincare manufacturing
• Cellular extract peptides
• Cellcosmet skincare brand

Headquarters

HQ city

Le Mont-sur-lausanne

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Skincare Product Sales: One-time purchase of luxury cellular skincare products. No subscription model detected. Revenue generated from direct consumer purchases of creams, serums, cleansers, masks, and accessories at premium price points ranging from $75 to $630+.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Cellap Laboratoire designs, manufactures, and sells luxury cellular skincare products under the Cellcosmet and Cellmen brands. The portfolio includes face creams, serums, cleansers, toners, masks, eye contour treatments, and specialty anti-aging products, all formulated with the proprietary CytoPep Cellular Extracts biotechnological ingredient. Products are sold as one-time purchases via the company's own e-commerce storefront and company-owned spas and boutiques at premium unit price points ranging from $75 to $630+.

Product overview

Cellap Laboratoire is a Swiss luxury skincare company offering Cellcosmet, a comprehensive cellular skincare product line. The portfolio includes face creams (Ultra Vital, Cellular Eye Contour Cream), serums and programmes (CellUltra Eye Serum-XT, CellLift Serum, UltraCell Intensive-XT), cleansers and toners (Gentle Purifying Cleanser, Active Tonic), exfoliators and masks (Precious Mask, CellCollagen Face and Neck), and specialty treatments (CellFiller-XT). The products are unified by the company's proprietary CytoPep Cellular Extracts technology, a biotechnologically-derived peptide and protein complex that meets Swissmedic standards. Products are manufactured in-house at their Swiss laboratory and emphasize cellular skincare science with botanically and marine-derived ingredients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CytoPep™: The company's signature ingredient composed of peptides and structural proteins of the skin (collagen, fibronectin, actin, keratin).

Products and services

• Ultra Vital Intensive revitalising day and night cream designed to nourish and rejuvenate the skin; a flagship bestseller priced at $420.
• Active Tonic Toner that reveals radiance, refreshes and tones the skin, positioned as the indispensable prep step before every Cellcosmet treatment; priced from $90.
• CellUltra Eye Serum-XT Smoothing serum formulated for puffiness and dark circles in the eye contour area; bestseller priced at $230.
• CellCollagen Face and Neck Collagen mask treatment that plumps and smoothes the face and neck area; bestseller priced at $630.
• CellFiller-XT Filler balm for wrinkles and lip contour combining cellular innovation with botanical and marine-derived ingredients; CNN's Best Luxury Wrinkle Filler 2026; priced at $260.
• CellLift Serum Ultra tightening and plumping serum for advanced anti-aging care; bestseller priced from $545.
• Cellular Eye Contour Cream Revitalizing cream for the eye contour area with an intensive care formula; priced at $300.
• Gentle Purifying Cleanser Milky cleanser that purifies the skin and removes makeup effectively; bestseller priced from $75.
• UltraCell Intensive-XT Intensive treatment product for targeted skincare concerns; promoted within the skincare-sets gift category.
• Precious Mask Premium mask treatment for intensive skin care; bestseller.

Quantifiable outcome

• 4.9/5 star rating for Ultra Vital cream
• +3 more outcomes

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Helena Rubinstein: L'Oréal-owned heritage luxury skincare brand with scientific skincare positioning and global department store distribution. Comparable as a broader prestige skincare incumbent with similar science-led brand storytelling.
• Clarins: Large French premium skincare company with broad portfolio of plant-based anti-aging and cellular skincare lines. Operates at greater scale with broader retail distribution and serves as a category benchmark rather than a niche competitor.
• Guerlain: LVMH-owned heritage French luxury beauty house with premium skincare lines (Abeille Royale, Orchidée Impériale). Comparable as a broader luxury beauty incumbent with overlapping prestige anti-aging positioning.

Direct peers

• Valmont: Swiss luxury cellular skincare brand with comparable positioning around cellular extracts and high-ASP anti-aging serums/creams. Closest direct peer to Cellap Laboratoire given shared Swiss heritage and cellular skincare narrative.
• La Mer: Estée Lauder-owned luxury skincare brand built around proprietary Miracle Broth cellular ferment. Competes directly with Cellcosmet on prestige positioning, anti-aging claims, and premium department store distribution.
• La Prairie: Swiss luxury skincare house with proprietary cellular science (Caviar extracts, Skin Caviar) operating in the same $300-$800 ASP band and competing for the same affluent anti-aging customer globally.
• Sisley Paris: Family-owned French luxury skincare house with proprietary botanical and cellular actives, similar family-controlled governance profile and global department store / spa distribution model.
• Augustinus Bader: Luxury biotech skincare brand built on TFC8 proprietary peptide complex with $200-$600 ASP band. Directly comparable as a science-driven cellular skincare entrant competing for the same educated luxury skincare consumer.

Emerging players

• 111SKIN: Luxury skincare brand founded by a Harley Street surgeon, leveraging biotech/nucleic acid science at $200+ ASPs. Comparable as a science-driven luxury skincare player targeting similar affluent anti-aging consumers.
• Dr. Barbara Sturm: Luxury German skincare brand combining biotech ingredients with celebrity-driven marketing and similar high-ASP positioning. Comparable as a science-led DTC challenger in the cellular/biotech skincare segment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@Cellcosmet
• Facebookfacebook.com/cellcosmetofficial
• LinkedInch.linkedin.com/company/cellap-laboratoire-s-a---cellcosmet-and-cellmen
• Instagraminstagram.com/cellcosmet_official
• Pinterestpinterest.ch/cellcosmet_international
• Xx.com/CellcosmetUSA

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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