Summary
Karthik Chandran is a founder and healthcare tech entrepreneur who builds data-first infrastructure to connect psychiatric and neurological patients to clinical trials. With 15 years at the intersection of neuropsychiatry, real-world data, and commercialization—including scaling Holmusk’s behavioral health platform to multimillion-dollar ARR—he combines domain expertise with product-led go-to-market experience. As CEO of Rising Tide he created a three-surface platform that parses unstructured clinical notes to bridge patients, providers, and pharma, and has organically reached rural and underserved communities. Earlier strategy and consulting roles at Blue Matter and life sciences firms sharpened his skills in launch planning, market access, and enterprise partnerships. A UCLA psychobiology alumnus and former software consultant, he pairs clinical insight with curious, tinkerer instincts to solve structural gaps in trial access.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Business & Bioscience, Master of Science (M.S.), Business & Bioscience at Keck Graduate Institute of the Applied Life Sciences
University of California, Los Angeles
English, Tamil, French