Surya Uthkarsha
@SuryaUthkarsha6
14 y/o | stealth (backed) | head of growth @ edtech | Mercatus fellow
Surya Uthkarsha is a 14-year-old builder and entrepreneur based in Bengaluru. He is the founder of Rasthe.in ("Tinder for Footpaths") and The Marg Initiative, a youth-led road safety organization. He also serves as Director at NSRI and head of growth at edza.ai, and is backed by Mercatus and Emergent Ventures.
Expertise
Interests
Projects
Founder & builder · Building infrastructure for converting websites into interactive canvas with Figma-style editing, backed by Mercatus and Emergent Ventures.
Founder · Contrarian founder lab and media fellowship; hosted Void tech summit with 1,000+ attendees.
Founder · Youth-led road safety organization impacting 50,000+ lives, backed by UN and Bengaluru Traffic Police.
Founder & Developer · Tinder for Footpaths app; crossed 10,000+ users in first week, 500+ reports.
Roadyz
Creator · Road safety interactive simulator.
Head of Growth · Edtech product scaled to 50k+ users, secured $1.5M commitment.
Founder Zoo
Founder · Previous startup with successful exit.
NSRI
Director · National Student Research Initiative, largest student-run research org partnering with MIT and Stanford.
Experience
edza.ai · Founding Head of Growth
2025-2026 · Scaled product to 50k+ users, secured $1.5M commitment, turned down acquisition.
NSRI · Director
current · Largest student-run research organization with 8k+ students.
Antler · Intern
2026 · Internship opportunity with Dravisha Katoch.
Founder Zoo · Founder
previous · Successful exit.
Where you might run into them
Hangouts filled during research.