Harry Qi

Harry Qi - Angel Investor & Co-Founder of Motion

Harry Qi is a prominent angel investor and the co-founder and CEO of Motion, a startup accelerated by Y Combinator in 2020. Some key facts about Harry Qi:

Experience

• Co-Founder & CEO at Motion (July 2019 - Present)
  • Motion raised $13 million in Series A funding from investors like SignalFire, Michael Seibel, Sam Altman, and 468 Capital.1
• LP & Venture Partner at Pioneer Fund (November 2020 - Present)
• Angel Investor in various startups (November 2020 - Present)
  • Some of his angel investments include Aviron, Anakin, Bloom, Canopy, Fluent, Prune, Simplify, Varos, and Verse Medical.1
• Quantitative Trader at Optiver (July 2017 - July 2019)

Education

• Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science and Mathematics from Dartmouth College (2013 - 2017)
• Attended Y Combinator in 20201

Awards & Honors

• Valedictorian of 520 graduates at Rancho Bernardo High School (2013)
• National AP Scholar (2013)
• Putnam Top 200 (2013)
• Third Place Overall at MIT Trading Competition (2015) and UChicago Algorithmic Trading Competition (2016)
• Winner of Jane Street Electronic Trading Challenge at Harvard (2017)1

As an angel investor, Harry Qi has made over 150 investments in startups across various industries.2 He is known for investing in novel business concepts, backing founders with a global mindset, and helping companies expand internationally.2

Motion, the startup Harry co-founded, is building software to help brands and creators build AI-powered virtual assistants. The company was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2020 batch and has raised a total of $13 million in funding to date.13