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Nykaa
eCommerce & Marketplaces · Mumbai, India · Founded 2012 · IPO 2021 Decacorn
Nykaa mafia
Startups founded by Nykaa alumni
Former Nykaa employees who went on to start their own companies. Sorted by Dealroom signal score.
Anurag SabooIndia
Aparajita ThakkerUnited States
Kalpesh BalarIndia
Mantosh RoyIndia
Bhagwan KhandekarIndiaGlobal footprint
Where Nykaa has talent and traffic
team presence
across markets
Capital deployed
Nykaa's 8 investments and acquisitions.
Every disclosed deal where Nykaa appeared as a backer or acquirer, 2021–2024. Toggle between venture rounds, M&A, or both. The map below is grouped by the target company's sector — the colored pill on each chip is the round type.
8 deals across Nykaa's capital deployment.
Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.
02 · Portfolio market map
Nykaa's portfolio, mapped.
Each chip is one company. Pill colour shows round type — green for Seed, blue for Series A, purple for B/C+, pink for late-stage, amber for M&A. Bigger sectors keep their full list behind “+ N more”.
Market sentiment
What the market is saying about Nykaa
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Nykaa on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
See Nykaa on the full Dealroom platform
Live deal flow, founder pedigree, hiring signals, revenue trajectory, and the full cap table.