Anar website screenshot

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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5.5/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0
0 APIs
CompanyMobileMarketplaceB2BE-CommerceIndiaSMBDefunct

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scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0
Composite quality — 5.5/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.5 / 20
Access Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Contract Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
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
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Anar Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS

SECURITY

Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: anar
accessModel:
  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: '0.23'
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

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