Lion Pose is a clinical skincare brand built for hormonal skin, especially for women navigating skin changes in their 40s and beyond. Its hero product, the UNSPOTTED 4X Acid Jelly Night Serum, is a dermatologist-backed formula that targets dark spots and discoloration. Across the line, Lion Pose is known for ingredient transparency and barrier-first formulation. The brand is sold at Sephora, on Amazon, and at lionpose.com, and has been featured on GMA, The View, and the Today Show. Mindy Kaling has been an investor and brand ambassador since 2023.

Nisha Phatak is the founder and CEO of Lion Pose, a clinical skincare brand built for hormonal skin, especially for women navigating skin changes in their 40s and beyond. The brand is sold at Sephora, on Amazon, and at lionpose.com, and has been featured on GMA, The View, and the Today Show. Mindy Kaling has been an investor and brand ambassador since 2023. A graduate of Carnegie Mellon and Harvard Business School, and a Y Combinator alumna, Nisha lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and two kids. She formerly worked in operations at Great Jones and Groupon, partnerships at Indiegogo and Box, and was an equity research analyst at ITG.