Yahya Mokhtarzada

Co-Founder & Chief Revenue Officer, Rocket Money / Angel Investor at rocket-money

Reviewed Updated Jun 3, 2026

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Location New York, NY
Check Size $5K-$50K
Last Verified Investment Affiniti (Series A) — Apr 24, 2025
Social LinkedIn
Stage Focus
seed series-a
Sector Focus
fintech smb-software consumer-internet security

Background

Yahya Mokhtarzada is a co-founder of Truebill (now Rocket Money), the personal-finance app he built with brothers Haroon and Idris Mokhtarzada in 2015 and grew to millions of premium subscribers before its $1.275 billion acquisition by Rocket Companies in December 2021 12. Before Truebill, Mokhtarzada was VP of Business Development at Nanigans (a Facebook-focused ad tech platform) and held earlier leadership roles at appssavvy and Jam City 1. He remains Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer of Rocket Money post-acquisition 23.

Mokhtarzada is based in New York and angel-invests primarily in fintech and consumer software 13. He has served as a mentor with 500 Startups, supporting early-stage founders in fintech and consumer technology 1.

Stated Thesis

No formal published thesis. NFX Signal characterises his investing as concentrated in FinTech, SMB Software, Security, and Consumer Internet at the Seed and Series A stages 4.

Inferred Thesis

Based on 8 verified investments tracked by NFX Signal 4 and cross-referenced against contemporaneous press coverage. Sample is small; figures are counts rather than statistical estimates.

Sector distribution (8 verified investments): - Fintech / SMB finance: 5 of 8 (63%) — Affiniti, Henry, Zamp, Coterie, Grow Credit - Consumer software / privacy: 2 of 8 (25%) — Jumbo Privacy, pap! - Other tax/automation: 1 of 8 (13%) — Taxo

Stage distribution (8 verified investments): - Seed: 5 of 8 (63%) — Taxo, Henry, pap!, Zamp, Grow Credit - Series A: 3 of 8 (38%) — Affiniti, Coterie, Jumbo Privacy

Check size: NFX Signal reports a range of $5K to $50K with a sweet spot at $25K 4. This is a small-check operator-angel profile, not a fund.

Pattern: Heavy concentration in SMB-facing fintech (Affiniti credit cards, Henry SMB banking, Zamp sales-tax automation, Grow Credit subscription-credit), consistent with his operating experience at Truebill/Rocket Money (consumer subscription management and personal finance). Co-investors on Affiniti’s Series A included Austin Rief (Morning Brew founder) and Trevoh Chalobah, alongside lead SignalFire 56.

Cadence: Investment activity is steady but not high-frequency — roughly one to three investments per year since 2020. Most recent verified: Affiniti Series A, April 24, 2025 56.

Portfolio

This table includes 8 verified investments per NFX Signal. Sources indicate this is approximately the full publicly-tracked portfolio.

Company Stage Year Source
Affiniti Series A 2025-04-24 456
Taxo Seed 2025-03 4
Henry Seed 2025-02 4
pap! Seed 2024-10 4
Zamp Seed 2023-05 4
Coterie Series A 2022-06 4
Grow Credit Seed 2021-09 4
Jumbo Privacy Series A 2020-06 4

In Their Own Words

No independently sourced first-person quotes on investing philosophy found at time of publication. Mokhtarzada’s most cited public commentary concerns Truebill’s growth and the Rocket Companies acquisition rather than his angel practice 2.

What Founders Say

No independently sourced founder testimonials found at time of publication.

Sources

  1. AskForFunding, “Yahya Mokhtarzada, Angel Investor — Investor in New York, New York,” accessed June 2026. https://askforfunding.com/investor/yahya-mokhtarzada-angel-investor↩↩↩↩

  2. Yaro Starak, “Yahya Mokhtarzada, Co-Founder Truebill, Sold To Rocket Companies For $1.275 Billion (VC EP34),” accessed June 2026. https://yaro.blog/yahya-mokhtarzada-vc34/↩↩↩

  3. Crunchbase, “Yahya Mokhtarzada — Co-Founder & CRO @ Rocket Money,” accessed June 2026. https://www.crunchbase.com/person/yahya-mokhtarzada↩↩

  4. NFX Signal, “Yahya Mokhtarzada’s Investing Profile — Angel,” accessed June 2026. https://signal.nfx.com/investors/yahya-mokhtarzada↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩

  5. TechCrunch, “Affiniti’s 20- and 22-year-old founders raise $17M led by SignalFire just 6 months after an $11M seed,” May 20, 2025. Accessed June 2026. https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/20/affinitis-20-and-22-year-old-founders-raise-17m-led-by-signalfire-just-6-months-after-an-11m-seed/↩↩↩

  6. Fintech Futures, “US fintech start-up Affiniti raises $17m Series A,” May 2025. Accessed June 2026. https://www.fintechfutures.com/venture-capital-funding/us-fintech-start-up-affiniti-raises-17m-series-a↩↩↩