# Sid Viswanathan

> Sid Viswanathan is a technology entrepreneur and founder and co-CEO at Alchemy. He co-founded CardMunch, acquired by LinkedIn in January 2011, worked as a LinkedIn product manager, and co-founded Truepill in 2016, serving as president and then CEO before leaving in August 2023.

- **Role:** Founder & Co-CEO at Alchemy
- **Organizations:** Alchemy, Truepill, LinkedIn, CardMunch, Sweetness, Johnson & Johnson, Y Combinator
- **Education:** B.S., Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Watkins Mill High School
- **Known for:** Co-founded CardMunch, acquired by LinkedIn in January 2011., CardMunch reached two million digitized business cards by January 2012., Co-founded Truepill and led it as president and CEO.

## Career timeline

- **2006** — Graduated from Carnegie Mellon and began work in Johnson & Johnson’s Global Operations Leadership Development program.
- **2009** — CardMunch incorporated in December with an all-Carnegie Mellon founding team.
- **2010** — CardMunch launched on the App Store in August.
- **2011** — LinkedIn acquired CardMunch in January; Viswanathan became a product manager.
- **2012** — Announced two million digitized business cards in January.
- **2015** — Launched Sweetness with Samir Shah in San Francisco in March.
- **2016** — Co-founded Truepill with Umar Afridi and served as president.
- **2017** — Truepill participated in Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 batch.
- **2022** — Appointed Truepill CEO in February.
- **2023** — Left Truepill in August; joined Alchemy in November as founder and co-CEO.
- **2024** — Alchemy announced a $31 million seed round in October led by Andreessen Horowitz.

## Achievements

- Co-founded CardMunch, acquired by LinkedIn in January 2011.
- CardMunch reached two million digitized business cards by January 2012.
- Co-founded Truepill and led it as president and CEO.
- Co-founded Alchemy, whose $31 million seed round was announced in October 2024.

## Latest updates

- **2024-10** — Alchemy publicly announced $31 million in seed financing led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participants including Magic Johnson Enterprises and Sheryl Sandberg.
- **2026-10** — Research verified that Alchemy’s leadership page continues to list Viswanathan as Founder & Co-CEO; this is a verification date, not an appointment date.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sidviswanathan
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/sidviswanathan

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Last updated: 2026-10-25