Anar

Anar was a B2B marketplace and business networking mobile app for small businesses, sellers, and buyers in India, operating from 2020 to 2023 before shutting down. At its peak it reported 1.6M+ registered businesses, 450k+ sellers, 1.1M+ buyers, and 7M+ business enquiries processed across 6.6M+ listed products. It raised roughly $6.5M from Accel and Elevation Capital plus angel investors. Added to the API Evangelist network as an Accel portfolio company; no public developer platform, API, SDK, or documentation was ever published, and the service is now defunct.

Anar is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Mobile, Marketplace, B2B, and E-Commerce.

Anar’s developer surface includes engineering blog and 3 more developer resources.

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7.2/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

0 APIs

CompanyMobileMarketplaceB2BE-CommerceIndiaSMBDefunct

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 7.2/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.4 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

LinkedIn

Source (apis.yml)

aid: anar
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  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/anar.png
name: Anar
description: Anar was a B2B marketplace and business networking mobile app for small businesses, sellers, and buyers in India,
  operating from 2020 to 2023 before shutting down. At its peak it reported 1.6M+ registered businesses, 450k+ sellers, 1.1M+
  buyers, and 7M+ business enquiries processed across 6.6M+ listed products. It raised roughly $6.5M from Accel and Elevation
  Capital plus angel investors. Added to the API Evangelist network as an Accel portfolio company; no public developer platform,
  API, SDK, or documentation was ever published, and the service is now defunct.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/anar/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- accel
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17T23:15:00Z'
tags:
- Company
- Mobile
- Marketplace
- B2B
- E-Commerce
- India
- SMB
- Defunct
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/anar-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://anar.biz/
- type: Blog
  url: https://medium.com/anar-business
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/so-long-anar-farewell-reflection-nishank-jain-oifxf/
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence

Anar

Kin Score

Security Posture 1

Anar Domain Security

Resources

Access & Security 1

Company 3

Source (apis.yml)