About Nexrara
We're rebuilding how the specialty chemicals industry sources, sells, and grows.
Coatings-first. The $1T specialty chemicals industry, rebuilt category by category. San Francisco. Founded 2024.
The Problem
A procurement workflow stuck in 1997.
Our founder Mahesh Panta spent 11 years inside specialty chemicals — 8 at Orion Engineered Carbons (NYSE: OEC), 3 at Univar Solutions (NYSE: UNVR). Every week, the same sequence. A formulator needs titanium dioxide. Three days of emails. Five datasheets in inboxes. Two weeks for a quote — if it comes. Meanwhile, suppliers with the right product never see the inquiry.
What We Built
An AI sourcing platform, designed from first principles.
Two sides of a marketplace, one platform.
For formulators: upload a TDS or product spec, our AI returns chemistry-equivalent matches in 10 seconds with the reasoning behind every match. For suppliers: showcase your premium catalog, launch new products to formulators actively searching your category, route inquiries direct to your inbox. Real-time demand intelligence, privacy by design. No intermediaries. Zero commission. Ever.
How We Build
Three principles, every product decision.
Zero commission. Ever.
We don't take a cut of your deals. Suppliers own every customer relationship from day one. Buyers see real supplier prices — not a marked-up middleman quote.
Privacy by design.
Buyer activity stays private until a buyer requests it. We share aggregated, category-level demand signals — never individual browsing data.
Industry-native.
Built by people who spent over a decade inside specialty chemicals. Every product decision is informed by what we've lived — not by generic SaaS playbooks.
The Team
Four people in San Francisco, building it.
Mahesh Panta
Founder & CEO
Raj Panta
Co-founder & CTO
Sagar Shahi
Technical Advisor
Laxman Shah
Engineer
Try it yourself.
Upload a TDS or product spec, find your next supplier in 10 seconds.