Harry Qi
FounderFounder at Motion
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $200K – $300K checks · typically $250K
FoundedMotion · YC
Founder at MotionYC W20
Intro paths
YC
Harry went through Y Combinator (Winter 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
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, Harry 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
OR
Omid RooholfadaFounder
EY
Ethan YuFounder
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
From Harry's professional profile.
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.
- Where did Harry Qi go to school?
- Harry Qi studied at Y Combinator; Dartmouth College (Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science); Rancho Bernardo High School.
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Dartmouth College mafia90
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Rancho Bernardo High School mafia2
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Shared employers
Also worked at Motion8
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Also worked at Optiver18
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