Nikil Viswanathan, Angel Investor

Nikil Viswanathan is the Co‑Founder and CEO of Alchemy, the leading developer platform powering web3. Since 2017, Alchemy has supported over $100B in transactions for tens of millions of users worldwide, enabling developers to bring blockchain applications to scale. The company is backed by Stanford University, Coinbase, and leaders from Google, Microsoft, and Charles Schwab, and has been featured in major outlets including TechCrunch, CNBC, Bloomberg, and Forbes. Before Alchemy, Nikil co‑founded Down To Lunch, a social app that quickly rose to #1 in the App Store’s Social rankings and was widely covered by the New York Times, Forbes, and Business Insider. He also worked as an engineer at Starnik Systems, where he rebuilt the company’s engineering infrastructure, and served as a teaching assistant at Stanford University. Nikil is also an active investor, with 10 portfolio companies including PlayerZero, Halliday, Citrea, Lagrange Labs, Dynamic Labs, Proof of Play, Maker Wine, XMTP, Zerion, and Andalusia Labs, spanning seed to Series A rounds in blockchain, AI, and consumer technology.