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Omid Rooholfada

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Founder at Motion

San Diego, California, United States

FoundedMotion · YC

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About

Omid Rooholfada holds a double degree in mathematics and computer science from Yale and has held engineering positions at Facebook and Optimizely.

Founder at MotionYC W20

Intro paths

YC

Omid 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, Omid can intro founders to Motion's investors below.

Motion's investors · 22

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

Co-founders at Motion

HQHarry Qi
Harry QiFounder
EYEthan Yu
Ethan YuFounder
DN
David NelsonExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
AS
Alex SloanFounder
AS
Alexander SloanFounder
DB
David BerglasFounder
JD
Jaime DonnellyFounder
RK
Reza KhadjaviFounder

Investments

Investor

DiodeDiode

Per curated public sources.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Omid Rooholfada?
Omid Rooholfada holds a double degree in mathematics and computer science from Yale and has held engineering positions at Facebook and Optimizely.
Where does Omid Rooholfada work?
Omid Rooholfada is Founder of Motion.
What companies did Omid Rooholfada found?
Omid Rooholfada founded Motion.
What companies has Omid Rooholfada invested in?
Investments tracked here include Diode, Diode.

Founder mafias

Rancho Bernardo High School mafia3

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Paige DohertyDiplomaFounded Behind Genius VenturesHarry QiFounded Motion

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