Surya Midha
About Surya Midha
Surya Midha grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. He attended Bellarmine College Preparatory, graduating in 2021, and then enrolled at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. He took academic leave in 2023 to co-found Mercor with his high-school friends Adarsh Hiremath and Brendan Foody.
Mercor raised a $3.6M seed round led by General Catalyst, a $30M Series A led by Benchmark in September 2024, and a $100M Series B led by Felicis in February 2025. He was named a Thiel Fellow in March 2024. Mercor announced a Series C at a $10B valuation in October 2025, and in the same month he moved from COO to chairman of the board.
Forbes describes Mercor as a recruiting startup that helps AI labs train their models. It lists Midha on its 2026 Billionaires list.
Public databases show only a small number of personal investments. Crunchbase lists 2 investments, and Tracxn lists 1. The investments confirmed in company announcements are Valinor (2025) and Deeptrace (2026). No fund, syndicate or investing vehicle is listed in the sources reviewed.
Midha was named as an angel in Deeptrace's $5M seed round, which the company said was co-led by Felicis and Matrix with participation from Y Combinator. Other angels in that round included Aaron Levie and Gokul Rajaram. Deeptrace builds AI SRE agents that detect, investigate and resolve production incidents. Crunchbase dates the round to March 2026.
He also took part in Valinor's $13M funding announcement. Valinor uses machine learning models to raise the probability of clinical trial success. Tracxn dates its seed round to December 11, 2025.
Midha has not published a thesis, a check size or a list of stages he prefers. Both confirmed investments are early-stage rounds in AI companies: AI developer tooling for incident response (Deeptrace) and AI for clinical trials (Valinor). Tracxn lists his investments as concentrated in Enterprise Applications and HealthTech, all in the United States. Founders should treat this as a pattern in two deals, not a stated focus.
- Deeptrace: AI SRE agents for production incidents; $5M seed announced in 2026, with Midha among the angels.
- Valinor: machine learning models to improve clinical trial success rates; $13M round announced in late 2025, with Midha as a participating angel.
- suryamidha.com
- forbes.com/profile/surya-midha
- crunchbase.com/person/surya-midha
- crunchbase.com/organization/deeptrace-fa3e
- linkedin.com/in/rakhi-parikh-426a50229
- tracxn.com/d/people/surya-midha/__6Tlp1v7PhaGVrW6qCpojxjM5bqe3_5_XxKNB
- finance.yahoo.com/news/valinor-raises-13-million-increase-130000752.ht
- theprint.in/feature/college-dropout-billionaire-indian-surya-midha/293
Investing activity
Surya Midha appears in 1 AI deal tracked by the Lounge deals desk. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $5M. The most recent is Deeptrace (Seed, $5M, Mar 2026).
Surya Midha most often invests alongside Matrix Partners, Felicis, Aaron Levie and Gokul Rajaram, and the companies they back on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Surya Midha
Who is Surya Midha?
Surya Midha is a co-founder of Mercor, the AI hiring and talent company. He was COO until October 2025, when he became chairman of the board. He also invests as an angel.
Has Surya Midha invested in AI startups?
Yes. He was named as an angel in Deeptrace's $5M seed round (2026) and took part in Valinor's $13M round, which Tracxn dates to December 2025.
What is Surya Midha's angel check size?
It is not public. No source reviewed states his check size or the amounts he invested in specific rounds.
What stage and sectors does Surya Midha back?
He has not published a thesis. His two confirmed deals are early-stage AI companies, one in developer tools and one in healthcare. Tracxn lists his investments as US-based.
How can founders contact Surya Midha?
His personal site links to his LinkedIn and Twitter accounts and lists an email address. A warm introduction through a shared investor or co-investor is the more usual route.
Is Surya Midha an angel investor?
Yes. Surya Midha invests personally as an angel.
What AI companies has Surya Midha invested in?
Surya Midha's AI investments include Deeptrace. The 1 round on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
What stage does Surya Midha invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Surya Midha has invested at Seed, with a median round of $5M.
Who does Surya Midha co-invest with?
Surya Midha's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Matrix Partners (1 deal), Felicis (1 deal), Aaron Levie (1 deal), Gokul Rajaram (1 deal) and Transpose Platform Management (1 deal).
How can founders reach Surya Midha?
Founders on Lounge can see Surya Midha's contact details in AI Investor Contacts (paid plans), check for a warm introduction through members who worked with them under Warm Paths, and add Surya Midha to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.