Nisha Phatak

Cofounder & CEO at Lion Pose - Science-Backed Skincare | YC | Sephora Accelerate | Allure Winner | Inc. Female Founders 500

Co-founder

Lion Pose· Winter 2021 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States

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2025Chief Executive Officer· Lion Pose

Founder · since 2020

Company

Lion Pose

Role

Chief Executive Officer

current

Stage

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no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

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Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

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Lion Pose

Clinical skincare tested on diverse skin, now available in Sephora.

Winter 2021

Experience

Career

Lion Pose
Chief Executive Officer · 2025 – Present
2025
Lion Pose
Co-founder
Co-Founder & COO · San Francisco, California, United States · 2020 – 2025
2020
Great Jones (DTC Cookware)
Interim COO · New York, New York, United States · 2020 – 2021
2020
Huggable
COO/VP of Operations · San Francisco Bay Area · 2019 – 2020
2019
Indiegogo
Head of Business Development · San Francisco Bay Area · 2018 – 2019
2018
Indiegogo
Director Of Strategic Partnerships · San Francisco, CA · 2017 – 2018
2017
Box
Business Development - Strategic Partnerships · San Francisco Bay Area · 2016 – 2017
2016
Box
Product Marketing · San Francisco Bay Area · 2015 – 2016
2015
Groupon
Operations Analyst, Groupon Goods · Greater Chicago Area · 2014
2014
Investment Technology Group, Inc.
Financial Analyst, Consumer Technology / eCommerce · New York, NY · 2010 – 2013
2010
MARC USA
Market Research Analyst · Pittsburgh, PA · 2009
2009

Bio

Cofounder & CEO of Lion Pose, making clinical skincare products tested on all skin tones. Formerly ran Operations at Great Jones (DTC cookware) and Huggable (DTC infant formula). Former Head of Business Development at Indiegogo and led the Google partnership at Box. Alum of Harvard Business School, Carnegie Mellon (Statistics), Y Combinator, and Sephora's accelerator program. Recovering financial analyst :)