Motion

Backed byInovia Capital
Total raised$30.0M
StageSeries B
Founded2021
Team size51-200
HQToronto, Canada
IndustriesSoftwareSaaSAI/MLMarketing TechnologyAdTech

About Motion

Motion is a creative strategy command center platform that serves as the world's first platform for managing human and AI employees together. The company's customer base includes prominent advertisers in paid social such as HexClad, Vuori, True Classic, Jones Road Beauty, and Ridge, who collectively analyze over $11 billion in media spend annually through the platform. With over 1 million top performing teams trusting Motion, the company has established itself as a critical tool for organizations looking to optimize their creative strategy and workforce management. Motion is currently expanding its team across sales, marketing, customer success, and engineering to support its growing market presence.

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Company at a glance

Locations
Montreal, Canada ·Porto, Portugal ·Canada ·Portugal ·Toronto, Canada ·Vancouver, Canada
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Founders & Leadership

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Dara Denney

Performance Creative Consultant

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David B.

Finance at Motion

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Alexander Sloan

CTO at Motion

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Reza Khadjavi

CEO at Motion

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Elliott Brand

Head of Product at Motion

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About the Team

Team Distribution

  • Sales & Business Development32%
  • Operations20%
  • Engineering18%
  • Product & Design15%
  • Specialized Functions11%

Where the Team Studied

  1. 1.Sonoma State University
  2. 2.Ryerson University
  3. 3.Queen's University
  4. 4.Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
  5. 5.Concordia University

Team Worked At

  • KPMG US
  • Moss Adams
  • Shopify
  • Google
  • Bain & Company

Team Composition

88 people
  • Engineering14
  • Sales11
  • Human Resources5 senior9
  • Arts and Design8
  • Marketing1 senior7
  • Customer Success and Support1 senior6
  • Business Development3 senior4
  • Information Technology4

Funding History

Series BSep 2024

$30M

raised

Toronto creative analytics and research platform Motion raised a $30M Series B led by Inovia; Threshold Ventures, Headline, Abstract Ventures, and Sugar Capital participated.

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