Fundraising Fox

Ethan Yu

Founder

Founder at Motion

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $200K – $300K checks · typically $250K

FoundedMotion · YC

About

Ethan Yu is Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at Motion. He has background experience in engineering, growth, and quantitative finance.

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Founder at MotionYC W20

Intro paths

YC

Ethan went through Y Combinator (Winter 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Motion's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Ethan can intro founders to Motion's investors below.

Motion's investors · 11

468 CapitalCrunchFundHOF CapitalLeonis CapitalNewView CapitalScale Venture PartnersSignalFireTuesday CapitalUncommonY CombinatorYukon Venture Angels

Co-founders at Motion

HQHarry Qi
Harry QiFounder
OROmid Rooholfada
Omid RooholfadaFounder

Experience

  1. MotionCo-Founder & COOcurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. DRWQuant Trader2018 — 2019Greenwich, Connecticut
  3. CitadelQuant Trader2016 — 2018New York City
  4. FacebookSoftware Engineer2015New York City
  5. McKinsey & CompanyManagement Consultant2015New York, United States
  6. WhatsAppSoftware Engineer2014Mountain View, California

Education

  1. Dartmouth CollegeBachelor's Degree, Computer Science
  2. Mark Keppel High School

Skills & more

Quantitative Finance6Interest Rate Derivatives6Fixed Income4StartupsHedge FundsQuantitative ResearchPython1JavaScript1React.jsData Science

From Ethan's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Dartmouth College310

Tomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory VenturesScott SandellExecutive Chairman & Chief Investment Officer at NEAJames DetweilerVP of Investments at Felicis VenturesBen RobbinsInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Mounisha AnumoluInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Ren RileyAdvisor at Oak Investment Partners

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Shared employers

Also worked at Motion5

Stacey BishopPartner at Scale Venture PartnersJay ZhaoPartner at Leonis CapitalCollin WallaceBoard Member at MassChallenge MexicoAlex RenFounding Partner at FellowsHarry QiInvestor at Various Startups

Also worked at DRW7

Arjun MohanInvestments at Standard CryptoJason UrbanCo-Head of Digital Assets at Galaxy VenturesMax AdelmanAssociate at Ironspring VentureJosh FelkerManaging Partner at BoxOne VenturesBobby ChoPartner at CMS HoldingsRichard GorelickInvestor at Unchained Capital, Inc.

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Also worked at Citadel32

Robert CulpPrincipal at Marlin Equity PartnersPrincipal – Public EquitiesInvestor at Glynn Capital ManagementDavid SnydermanManaging Partner and Global Head of Alternative Credit and Fixed Income at Magnetar AI VenturesEvan FengPartner at CoinFundJohn GuCo-Founder and CEO at CaladanEvan AxelrodSenior Associate at Maccabee Ventures

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Also worked at Facebook273

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundChamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social CapitalJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKenneth ChenaultInvestment Team at General CatalystIsabelle StyslingerSenior Associate, Rise of the Rest at Revolution

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