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Motive Partners

Motive Partners

New York City, New Yorkmotivepartners.com

Overview

Motive Partners is a specialist private equity firm that focuses on building, backing, and buying technology-enabled financial and business services companies across North America and Europe.

Year Founded

2016

AUM

$5.5B

Portfolio Companies

62

Investments

Motive Partners investments
CompanyDateStageLead
Elio MortgageSep 2026Pre SeedLead
LimetaxSep 2026Pre SeedLead
FNZ GroupSep 2026Growth EquityCo-investor
NenoAug 2026SeedCo-investor
NenoAug 2026SeedCo-investor
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Key People

Jeff Yabuki

Chairman and Founding Partner

Marco Neuhaus

Venture Partner

Zade Zalatimo

Industry Partner

Ramin Niroumand

Partner, Investments & Head of Ventures

Charlotte Samuelu

Principal, Finance

Thomas Harris

Principal

Tim Wanders

Principal

André M. Bajorat

Investor

Michael Hock

Partner, Ventures

Thorsten Jaeckel

Limited Partner & Advisor

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Sector & Stage Mix

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Investment Activity

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersNew York City, New York
Year Founded2016
AUM$5.5B

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