Mercury
Worth-Joining Index · Scorecard
v2.1 ALPHA · 2026-08Career Score
75/100
Coverage
76%
Verified
0%
Stage cohort
Late
Vibe Check
🎪 community voting coming soon
Latest valuation
$5.2B (Series D, 2026-05)
Total raised
~$700M total primary and secondary funding (as of 2026-05)
Traction · Key numbers
Funding
Total raised
~$700M total primary and secondary funding (as of 2026-05)
Rounds
2
Valuation pace
$3.5B to $5.2B in 14 months
$200M
Series D · 2026-05 · valuation $5.2B post (Series D, 2026-05) · led by TCV
With: Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue, CRV, Sequoia Capital, Sapphire Ventures, Spark Capital · Valuation up ~49% in 14 months since the Series C
$300M
Series C · 2025-03 · valuation $3.5B post · led by Sequoia Capital
With: Coatue, CRV, Andreessen Horowitz, Spark Capital, Marathon · Sequoia's first investment in Mercury since its 2017 founding
▸A rare profitable fintech unicorn: ~$650M annualized revenue paired with multiple consecutive GAAP-profitable quarters — growth is not subsidized by burn
▸Valuation climbed from $3.5B to $5.2B in 14 months, with TCV leading the Series D after Sequoia led the C — sustained backing from top-tier investors
▸Fast fundraising pace, but revenue growth roughly tracks valuation growth, keeping bubble risk relatively contained
Founders
Immad Akhund CEO
Previously co-founded and led Heyzap, a mobile developer tools company sold for ~$45M in 2016
Jason Zhang COO
Co-founder and COO of Mercury
Max Tagher CTO
Co-founder and CTO of Mercury
Reality · Working here
Signals & Risks
Editorial ✎
Good fit for
· Fintech infra / compliance engineers — bank-partner relationships, risk controls and money movement are Mercury's real technical hard problems, not surface UI
· People who want to join a late-stage company with a proven profitable model — this isn't a burn-to-grow story, the pace is steadier
· Product people who empathize with startup financial pain points — Mercury's customers are founders like themselves, so product intuition transfers easily
Not for
· People chasing early-stage 0-to-1 chaos — Mercury's product line is already mature; work is mostly refinement and scaling
· Those uncomfortable with regulated-industry pace — bank partnerships and compliance review slow down many decisions
Ask in the interview
1. Mercury isn't a chartered bank itself — how is the risk from its bank-partner relationships managed? Has a partner bank ever changed or been disrupted?
2. Facing price wars and feature races from Brex, Ramp and others in the same space, what specifically is Mercury's moat?
3. Valuation rose ~50% in 14 months — what growth/profitability bar does that imply for the next round?
Data changelog
Community corrections → editorial review → applied, fully on the record
data as of 2026-05 · Source: Crunchbase News ↗
data as of 2026-05 · Source: Mercury blog / BusinessWire ↗
data as of 2025-09 · Source: Mercury blog (Series D announcement) ↗
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