What check size does Harry Qi write?

Harry Qi typically writes checks of $200K – $300K.

Where did Harry Qi go to school?

Harry Qi studied at Y Combinator; Dartmouth College (Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science); Rancho Bernardo High School.

Harry Qi

InvestorFounder

Founder at Motion

San Francisco Bay Area

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

FoundedMotion · YC

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Founder at Motion YC W20

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

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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Motion's investors · 21

468 CapitalBerlin · since 2025 Abstract VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $750K checks Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks APOLLO PROJECTSSan Francisco · since 2015 Crystal Towers CapitalMountain View · since 2015 FrialeNashville · $100K – $600K checks · since 2015 HeadlineSan Francisco · $1M – $50M checks HOF CapitalNew York · $500K – $10M checks · since 2025 Inovia CapitalMontreal · $250K – $8M checks Leonis CapitalSan Francisco · since 2025 NewView CapitalBurlingame · since 2015 Scale Venture PartnersFoster City · $5M – $50M checks · since 2025 SignalFireSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checks · since 2025 Sugar CapitalSonoma · $1M – $2M checks SuperAngel.FundNew York · $25K – $250K checks Threshold VenturesPalo Alto · $500K – $20M checks Tuesday CapitalSan Francisco · since 2015 UncommonToronto · since 2015 Valor Equity PartnersChicago · since 2025 Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2020 Yukon Venture AngelsWhitehorse · since 2015

Co-founders at Motion

Omid RooholfadaFounder

Ethan YuFounder

David NelsonExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter

Alex SloanFounder

Alexander SloanFounder

David BerglasFounder

Jaime DonnellyFounder

Reza KhadjaviFounder

Experience

MotionCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2019 — present
Various StartupsAngel Investor / Limited Partnercurrent2020 — present
OptiverQuantitative Trader2017 — 2019Chicago
OptiverTrading Intern2016Chicago

Skills & more

Research23Leadership22Python29Java9C3

Languages Chinese · English

Series 57 (Securities Trader) — FINRA

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Investments

Investor

Altur Anakin attimet Bidflow Certus AI Datacurve Durate EffiGov Flai Freya Gecko Security Humoniq Lanesurf RealRoots Recall.ai Roame Simplify Varos Verse Medical Wayline

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Harry Qi?: Investor
Where does Harry Qi work?: Harry Qi is Founder of Motion.
What check size does Harry Qi write?: Harry Qi typically writes checks of $200K – $300K.
What companies did Harry Qi found?: Harry Qi founded Motion.
What companies has Harry Qi invested in?: Investments tracked here include Altur, Anakin, attimet, Bidflow, Certus AI, Datacurve, Durate, EffiGov, Flai, Freya, Gecko Security, Humoniq, and 8 more.
Where did Harry Qi go to school?: Harry Qi studied at Y Combinator; Dartmouth College (Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science); Rancho Bernardo High School.