--- title: "About SurrealDB | The company behind the database" description: "How SurrealDB started, the milestones so far, and the people and investors behind the database for applications and AI agents." url: https://surrealdb.com/about --- # We're building the database for applications and AI agents **Founded.** In London, by Tobie and Jaime Morgan Hitchcock. **Open source.** The engine, the SDKs and the tools are all built in the open. **In production.** SurrealDB runs at scale for teams like Samsung, Verizon and Tencent. OUR STORY ## How we got here 1. 2022 [Public launch](https://github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb) 2. Jan 4, 2023 [$6M seed round](https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/04/surrealdb-raises-6m-startup-funding-database-as-a-service/) 3. Sep 13, 2023 [SurrealDB 1.0](https://surrealdb.com/releases/1.0) 4. Nov, 2025 [$38M Series A](https://siliconangle.com/2026/02/17/surrealdb-raises-23m-expand-ai-native-multi-model-database/) 5. Feb 17, 2026 [SurrealDB 3.0](https://surrealdb.com/releases/3.0) 6. Sep, 2026 [Agent Memory](https://surrealdb.com/agent-memory) FAST FACTS ## SurrealDB in numbers [33.1k Stars on GitHub](https://github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb) [93 Releases shipped](https://surrealdb.com/releases) [v3.3.0 The latest release](https://surrealdb.com/releases/3.3) [4M+ Developers building on SurrealDB](https://studio.surrealdb.com/?signin=true) [39 People on the team](https://surrealdb.com/careers) [$44M Raised in total, from seed to Series A](https://siliconangle.com/2026/02/17/surrealdb-raises-23m-expand-ai-native-multi-model-database/) 2022 Launched to the world [855 People online on Discord right now](https://discord.gg/surrealdb) THE PEOPLE ## The people behind SurrealDB. We're based in London and around the world, and we build in the open alongside a much larger community. - [Tobie Morgan Hitchcock Co-founder and CEO](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobiemorganhitchcock/) - [Jaime Morgan Hitchcock Co-founder and COO](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaimemorganhitchcock/) - Beau den Heijer Software Engineer - Charli Baptie People and Experience Manager - Chiru Boggavarapu Senior Developer Experience Engineer - Corrado Bogni Executive Assistant to the Co-founders - Dale Pendlebury Video and Events Producer - Daniel Climent Senior Backend Platform Engineer - Dave MacLeod Technical Writer - Drew Ridley Database Engineer - Emmanuel Keller Senior Staff Engineer - Ganesh Tenkam FinOps Analyst - Heather Raub Senior Account Executive - Ignacio Paz Growth Lead - Ingrid Morgan Executive Assistant to the Founders - Jacob Wilson Sales Development Representative - Julian Mills Senior Software Engineer - Konstantin Datz Design Contractor - Lizzie Holmes Head of Customer and Implementation - Lorena Szerman Fractional Chief Revenue Officer - Lucy Mack People Consultant - Manel Montilla Senior Cloud Engineer - Mark Gyles Social Media Lead - Martin Schaer Solutions Engineer - Matthew McFadden Cloud Engineer - Mees Delzenne Senior Software Engineer - Meriel Cunningham Data and Systems Lead - Micha de Vries Software Engineer - Michael Isteed Finance Director - Ned Rudkins-Stow Events and Media Programmes Lead - Neeraj Gupta FinOps Associate - Nico Oteiza Data and ML Consultant - Nikita Shinde FinOps Associate - Rushmore Mushambi Senior Software Engineer - Sean Gleason Sales Development Representative - Stu Schwartz Head of Engineering - Travis Futas In-House General Counsel - Yusuke Kuoka Senior Software Engineer - Zeeshan Sanaullah Senior Platform Engineer INVESTORS ## Our investors ![FirstMark](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/firstmark.CXyDTV-Y.svg) ![Georgian](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/georgian.n_Kfz15R.svg) ![Chalfen Ventures](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/chalfen.CShF_BBq.svg) Begin Capital ![Crew Capital](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/crew-capital.CNUFVTmA.avif) Alumni Ventures OUR VALUES ## The principles that shape how we work, how we hire, and how we build. BEGIN; ### Low ego. Transparency. Ambition. Open minds, team success before individual credit, and ambition about what we build. CREATE; ### Collaboration. Curiosity. Drive. We challenge assumptions, move quickly, learn as we go and build together. UPDATE; ### Clarity. Adaptability. Growth. We iterate, share feedback openly and keep momentum when things change. COMMIT; ### Ownership. Focus. Customer-first. We own our work, focus on what matters and stay close to our users. IN PRODUCTION ## Trusted at scale. Samsung, Nvidia, Verizon, Tencent and Walmart run on SurrealDB. 14,000+ Developers building on SurrealDB Cloud 4M+ Developers building on SurrealDB worldwide FROM THE TEAMS > SurrealDB gives us a foundation where we can unify semantic search, knowledge graphs, and AI-driven decision making without stitching together multiple systems. Collapsing responsibility into SurrealDB has become our default engineering posture. *Justin Foley* VP of Engineering, Later KEY FACTS ## SurrealDB at a glance **COMPANY** SurrealDB Ltd Registered in England and Wales (company number 13615201), and certified to SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials Plus. **WHAT WE BUILD** SurrealDB and Agent Memory A multi-model database for applications and AI agents, and a memory layer for agents that runs on the same engine. **FOUNDERS** Tobie and Jaime Morgan Hitchcock Tobie is Chief Executive Officer and Jaime is Chief Operating Officer. Together they founded the company and lead it today. **HEADQUARTERS** London, United Kingdom SurrealDB is headquartered in London, with a team of 39 working from London and around the world. **LAUNCHED** 2022 SurrealDB was released publicly in 2022. Version 1.0 followed in September 2023, and 3.0 in February 2026. **FUNDING** $44M The company has raised $44M to date: a $6M seed round in 2023 and a $38M Series A in 2025. **INVESTORS** Six venture firms SurrealDB is backed by FirstMark, Georgian, Chalfen Ventures, Begin Capital, Crew Capital and Alumni Ventures. **SOURCE CODE** Open on GitHub The core engine, the SDKs and the tooling are developed in public, with every change and release on GitHub. [github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb](https://github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb) **LICENCE** BSL 1.1, Apache 2.0 and MIT The core database is licensed under the Business Source License 1.1. The SDKs and libraries are released under Apache 2.0 or MIT. [surrealdb.com/license](https://surrealdb.com/license) **COMMUNITY** 4M+ developers More than four million developers build on SurrealDB and its community is on Discord alongside the engineering team. [discord.gg/surrealdb](https://discord.gg/surrealdb) ![The SurrealDB team at the London hub](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/culture-poster.pqasZVGN.avif) What's next: memory for AI agents, built on the same engine. GET STARTED ## Build with us, or build on SurrealDB. Join the team building the engine, or start your first project on it today. 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