Ethan Yu
FounderFounder at Motion
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $200K – $300K checks · typically $250K
FoundedMotion · YC
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About
Ethan Yu is Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at Motion. He has background experience in engineering, growth, and quantitative finance.
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 · 12
468 CapitalBerlin · since 2025CrunchFundHOF CapitalNew York · $25K – $15M checks · since 2025Leonis CapitalSan Francisco · since 2025NewView CapitalBurlingameScale Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $5M – $25M checks · since 2025SignalFireSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checks · since 2025Tuesday CapitalSan FranciscoUncommonTorontoValor Equity PartnersChicago · since 2025Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2020Yukon Venture AngelsWhitehorse
Co-founders at Motion
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Harry QiFounder
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Omid RooholfadaFounder
Experience
- MotionCo-Founder & COOcurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- DRWQuant Trader2018 — 2019Greenwich, Connecticut
- CitadelQuant Trader2016 — 2018New York City
- FacebookSoftware Engineer2015New York City
- McKinsey & CompanyManagement Consultant2015New York, United States
- WhatsAppSoftware Engineer2014Mountain View, California
Skills & more
Quantitative Finance6Interest Rate Derivatives6Fixed Income4StartupsHedge FundsQuantitative ResearchPython1JavaScript1React.jsData Science
From Ethan's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ethan Yu?
- Ethan Yu is Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at Motion. He has background experience in engineering, growth, and quantitative finance.
- Where does Ethan Yu work?
- Ethan Yu is Founder of Motion.
- What check size does Ethan Yu write?
- Ethan Yu typically writes checks of $200K – $300K.
- What companies did Ethan Yu found?
- Ethan Yu founded Motion.
- Where did Ethan Yu go to school?
- Ethan Yu studied at Dartmouth College (Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science); Mark Keppel High School.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
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McKinsey & Company mafia736
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Elad GilConsultantFounded Brain Co. +1Mike SpeiserAssociateFounded Pure StorageFabrice GrindaConsultantFounded FJ labsTony XuBusiness AnalystFounded DoorDashAlexandre ProtAssociateFounded Smartven +1Jagmeet LambaSenior Strategy ConsultantFounded Certa +3
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Dartmouth College mafia178
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Errik AndersonA.B.Founded Cantai Therapeutics +5Laura YeciesABFounded Bonehealthtech +1Samantha TruexBachelor of Arts (B.A.)Founded Upstream Bio +1Lina ZhangPh.D.Founded Jerry +1Suril KantariaBAFounded Adaptional +1Mohandass KalaichelvanBachelor of Arts (BA)Founded Spenmo +1
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WHATS APP mafia12
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Brian ActonCofounderFounded Whatsapp CommunityVic YehSoftware Engineer InternFounded Oyster +1Jon ShellerSoftware Engineering ManagerFounded Purpose FinanceMichelle YinSoftware EngineerFounded HousewarmingTolu AlabiGrowth (MBA Intern)Founded ClevaTyler LehmanProduct ManagerFounded OpenFoundry
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Same school
Also attended Dartmouth College598
Scott 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 PartnersJeffrey PaineFounding Partner at Golden Gate Ventures
+ 592 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Motion7
Stacey BishopPartner at Scale Venture PartnersCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalJay ZhaoPartner at Leonis CapitalAlex RenFounding Partner at FellowsHarry QiInvestorOmid RooholfadaFounder at Motion
+ 1 more
Also worked at DRW24
Greg MeccaAnalyst – Agriculture at Ospraie Ag ScienceArjun MohanInvestments at Standard CryptoErin BrownChief Operating Officer at Galaxy VenturesJason UrbanCo-Head of Digital Assets at Galaxy VenturesKimberly TrautmannPartner at DRW Venture CapitalAngela HanAssociate at NewView Capital
+ 18 more
Also worked at Citadel120
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiRobert CulpPrincipal at Marlin Equity PartnersEeshaan SachathevaCo-CIO at Ethereal Ventures Management Ltd.David SnydermanManaging Partner and Global Head of Alternative Credit and Fixed Income at Magnetar AI VenturesFran AmicoExecutive Assistant at CAVU Consumer PartnersEvan FengPartner at CoinFund
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