QED Investors

QED Investors, established in 2007, is a venture capital firm headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, with an additional office in New York City. It specializes in early-stage investments, focusing on disruptive financial services and fintech companies. QED invests in seed, early venture, and mid venture stages across the United States, Latin America, and the United Kingdom. The firm provides not only capital but also strategic support to its portfolio companies, emphasizing the role of information in their success and fostering a collaborative, hands-on approach.

Gbenga Ajayi

Partner

Shruti Batra

Principal

Tommy Blanchard

COO

Laura Bock

Partner

Matt Burton

Partner

Past deals in SME

minu

Series B in 2024
minu is revolutionizing the financial health of Mexican employees, offering them access to their already worked salary when they need it, instead of having to wait for payroll. The company works with HR divisions of companies that offer the provision of minu to improve satisfaction, retention, and attraction of talent. minu is supported by FinTech's leading institutional investors globally, including QED.

Finkargo

Series A in 2024
Finkargo is a financial services company offering a trade financing platform for small and medium-sized enterprises. The platform combines capital access with logistics and technology to accelerate international trade, featuring automated credit scoring and integrated logistics and financing processes. By simplifying import operations, it helps SMEs grow sales and gain better control over supply chains in Latin America. Founded in 2021 and based in Bogota, Colombia, Finkargo emphasizes fair pricing and logistics guarantees tailored to SME realities.

Finkargo

Series A in 2023
Finkargo is a financial services company offering a trade financing platform for small and medium-sized enterprises. The platform combines capital access with logistics and technology to accelerate international trade, featuring automated credit scoring and integrated logistics and financing processes. By simplifying import operations, it helps SMEs grow sales and gain better control over supply chains in Latin America. Founded in 2021 and based in Bogota, Colombia, Finkargo emphasizes fair pricing and logistics guarantees tailored to SME realities.

Teamshares

Series D in 2023
Founded in 2019, Teamshares operates an online platform facilitating employee ownership in small businesses. It acquires traditional companies from retiring owners, transitioning them to be majority employee-owned within two decades. The company provides new leadership, financial education, equity management software, and financial products to support this process.

40seas

Seed Round in 2023
40seas is a fintech company that offers a digital trade financing solution aimed at enhancing the global supply chain. By leveraging artificial intelligence and data-driven technology, the platform provides flexible B2B payment options that challenge traditional trade financing methods. This innovation facilitates cost-effective and accessible working capital for various stakeholders in the supply chain, including importers, exporters, freight forwarders, and sourcing agencies. The platform enables fast credit approvals and flexible financing, which helps improve cash flow, expand supplier networks, digitize purchasing processes, reduce trade risks, and ultimately increase sales, thereby simplifying the import and export activities for businesses.

Collective

Convertible Note in 2023
Collective operates as an online back-office platform designed for self-employed people. Its technology and a team of trusted advisors give its members the freedom to focus on what matters by taking care of everything from business incorporation to accounting, bookkeeping, tax services, and access to a community all in one platform.

minu

Convertible Note in 2023
minu is revolutionizing the financial health of Mexican employees, offering them access to their already worked salary when they need it, instead of having to wait for payroll. The company works with HR divisions of companies that offer the provision of minu to improve satisfaction, retention, and attraction of talent. minu is supported by FinTech's leading institutional investors globally, including QED.

Moniepoint

Series B in 2022
Moniepoint is a fintech company offering comprehensive financial services for businesses. Its platform enables businesses to create accounts, accept online payments, manage expenses, access credit facilities, and more.

Meow

Series A in 2022
Meow Technologies is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services are provided by FirstBank, a Tennessee corporation, and by Grasshopper Bank, N.A. and Third Coast Bank SSB; Members FDIC. Meow offers businesses checking accounts with interest, treasury management services, invoicing, bill pay and more.

Solfácil

Series C in 2022
Solfácil facilitates solar energy adoption by providing solar installers with comprehensive business support. This includes financial services for project financing, equipment sourcing, and advanced technology solutions.

Bambee

Series C in 2022
Founded in 2016, Bambee provides affordable HR management solutions for small and medium-sized businesses. Its platform offers access to an HR manager starting at $99 a month, along with tools like HR Autopilot and Guided Payroll to ensure compliance. Serving various industries, Bambee aims to help businesses run efficiently like Fortune 500 companies.

Tribal

Series B in 2022
Tribal is a technology-driven financial services provider, specializing in offering small and medium-sized businesses in emerging markets access to modern payment methods and financing solutions. The company's platform enables SMBs to utilize multi-currency physical and virtual business credit cards, local and international wire transfers, short-term financing, and a comprehensive spend management tool, all integrated into a single, user-friendly interface. Tribal has secured funding from prominent investors such as SoftBank Latin America Fund, QED Investors, and Coinbase Ventures, and has been recognized by Visa as part of their FinTech Fast Track program.

Kalto

Seed Round in 2022
Founded in 2022, Kalto is a B2B payment company based in Mexico. It specializes in helping small and medium-sized businesses streamline their payment processes, reduce administrative costs, and optimize cash flow management through its software solutions.

BHub

Series A in 2021
BHub is a leading financial back-office solution for SMEs in Latin America. Its AI-powered platform streamlines finance and administrative tasks, offering full outsourcing capabilities for accounts payable/receivable, accounting, taxes, payroll, and other processes. This enables clients to reduce time, costs, and labor associated with these functions.

Konfio

Series E in 2021
Konfio is a financial services platform in Mexico that provides online lending and payment solutions for micro, small, and medium-sized businesses. It offers working capital and short-term loans, fixed-rate loans, corporate cards, and online payments. The platform uses a data-driven approach with proprietary analytics to measure creditworthiness and extend affordable credit to businesses underserved by traditional banks, supporting growth and productivity.

BHub

Pre Seed Round in 2021
BHub is a leading financial back-office solution for SMEs in Latin America. Its AI-powered platform streamlines finance and administrative tasks, offering full outsourcing capabilities for accounts payable/receivable, accounting, taxes, payroll, and other processes. This enables clients to reduce time, costs, and labor associated with these functions.

Capitalise.com

Series B in 2021
Capitalise.com is a financial information service focused on helping UK businesses secure the right funding by connecting them with suitable lenders. With a network of over 360 lenders, including more than 80 institutional and fintech partners, the platform simplifies the complex funding landscape for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Utilizing in-house technology and data analytics, Capitalise.com identifies optimal financing options tailored to the specific needs of businesses. This approach not only facilitates access to a variety of funding products but also empowers accounting firms to better serve their clients by clarifying and streamlining the funding process, thereby enhancing their role as trusted advisors.

Cora

Series B in 2021
Cora is an online payments company based in São Paulo, Brazil, focusing on serving self-employed individuals and small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The company operates as a digital bank, currently in closed beta, with plans to launch its first product—a free mobile account tailored for SMEs. Cora aims to offer a range of financial services including payments, credit-related products, and financial management tools designed to simplify and reduce the costs associated with daily financial tasks for entrepreneurs. Founded by Igor Senra Magalhães and Leonardo Soares Barbosa Mendes, Cora's platform is intended to alleviate the bureaucratic burdens typically faced in managing day-to-day finances.

Solfácil

Series B in 2021
Solfácil facilitates solar energy adoption by providing solar installers with comprehensive business support. This includes financial services for project financing, equipment sourcing, and advanced technology solutions.

Konfio

Series E in 2021
Konfio is a financial services platform in Mexico that provides online lending and payment solutions for micro, small, and medium-sized businesses. It offers working capital and short-term loans, fixed-rate loans, corporate cards, and online payments. The platform uses a data-driven approach with proprietary analytics to measure creditworthiness and extend affordable credit to businesses underserved by traditional banks, supporting growth and productivity.

Collective

Series A in 2021
Collective operates as an online back-office platform designed for self-employed people. Its technology and a team of trusted advisors give its members the freedom to focus on what matters by taking care of everything from business incorporation to accounting, bookkeeping, tax services, and access to a community all in one platform.

Tribal

Series A in 2021
Tribal is a technology-driven financial services provider, specializing in offering small and medium-sized businesses in emerging markets access to modern payment methods and financing solutions. The company's platform enables SMBs to utilize multi-currency physical and virtual business credit cards, local and international wire transfers, short-term financing, and a comprehensive spend management tool, all integrated into a single, user-friendly interface. Tribal has secured funding from prominent investors such as SoftBank Latin America Fund, QED Investors, and Coinbase Ventures, and has been recognized by Visa as part of their FinTech Fast Track program.

Tribal

Debt Financing in 2021
Tribal is a technology-driven financial services provider, specializing in offering small and medium-sized businesses in emerging markets access to modern payment methods and financing solutions. The company's platform enables SMBs to utilize multi-currency physical and virtual business credit cards, local and international wire transfers, short-term financing, and a comprehensive spend management tool, all integrated into a single, user-friendly interface. Tribal has secured funding from prominent investors such as SoftBank Latin America Fund, QED Investors, and Coinbase Ventures, and has been recognized by Visa as part of their FinTech Fast Track program.

Cora

Series A in 2021
Cora is an online payments company based in São Paulo, Brazil, focusing on serving self-employed individuals and small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The company operates as a digital bank, currently in closed beta, with plans to launch its first product—a free mobile account tailored for SMEs. Cora aims to offer a range of financial services including payments, credit-related products, and financial management tools designed to simplify and reduce the costs associated with daily financial tasks for entrepreneurs. Founded by Igor Senra Magalhães and Leonardo Soares Barbosa Mendes, Cora's platform is intended to alleviate the bureaucratic burdens typically faced in managing day-to-day finances.

minu

Series A in 2021
minu is revolutionizing the financial health of Mexican employees, offering them access to their already worked salary when they need it, instead of having to wait for payroll. The company works with HR divisions of companies that offer the provision of minu to improve satisfaction, retention, and attraction of talent. minu is supported by FinTech's leading institutional investors globally, including QED.

Bambee

Series B in 2020
Founded in 2016, Bambee provides affordable HR management solutions for small and medium-sized businesses. Its platform offers access to an HR manager starting at $99 a month, along with tools like HR Autopilot and Guided Payroll to ensure compliance. Serving various industries, Bambee aims to help businesses run efficiently like Fortune 500 companies.

Collective

Seed Round in 2020
Collective operates as an online back-office platform designed for self-employed people. Its technology and a team of trusted advisors give its members the freedom to focus on what matters by taking care of everything from business incorporation to accounting, bookkeeping, tax services, and access to a community all in one platform.

Konfio

Series D in 2019
Konfio is a financial services platform in Mexico that provides online lending and payment solutions for micro, small, and medium-sized businesses. It offers working capital and short-term loans, fixed-rate loans, corporate cards, and online payments. The platform uses a data-driven approach with proprietary analytics to measure creditworthiness and extend affordable credit to businesses underserved by traditional banks, supporting growth and productivity.

minu

Seed Round in 2019
minu is revolutionizing the financial health of Mexican employees, offering them access to their already worked salary when they need it, instead of having to wait for payroll. The company works with HR divisions of companies that offer the provision of minu to improve satisfaction, retention, and attraction of talent. minu is supported by FinTech's leading institutional investors globally, including QED.

Covalto

Series B in 2019
Covalto is a Mexican financial services company that serves small and medium enterprises with credit, banking and analytics solutions. It offers a multi-product lending platform that provides agile and fair credit, factoring and leasing, complemented by a digital SME banking platform and a suite of business analytics tools. The company leverages digital tax, e-invoice and other financial data to underwrite and service SMes at scale, using credit models that emphasize overall business performance rather than relying solely on the owner's personal credit history. Covalto was founded in 2015 and is based in Mexico City. In 2021 it became the first fintech in Mexico to acquire a regulated bank, enabling expanded digital SME banking and services. The approach focuses on accessible credit that supports business growth through transparent, data-driven decisions.

Capitalise.com

Series A in 2019
Capitalise.com is a financial information service focused on helping UK businesses secure the right funding by connecting them with suitable lenders. With a network of over 360 lenders, including more than 80 institutional and fintech partners, the platform simplifies the complex funding landscape for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Utilizing in-house technology and data analytics, Capitalise.com identifies optimal financing options tailored to the specific needs of businesses. This approach not only facilitates access to a variety of funding products but also empowers accounting firms to better serve their clients by clarifying and streamlining the funding process, thereby enhancing their role as trusted advisors.

Konfio

Series C in 2018
Konfio is a financial services platform in Mexico that provides online lending and payment solutions for micro, small, and medium-sized businesses. It offers working capital and short-term loans, fixed-rate loans, corporate cards, and online payments. The platform uses a data-driven approach with proprietary analytics to measure creditworthiness and extend affordable credit to businesses underserved by traditional banks, supporting growth and productivity.

Covalto

Series A in 2018
Covalto is a Mexican financial services company that serves small and medium enterprises with credit, banking and analytics solutions. It offers a multi-product lending platform that provides agile and fair credit, factoring and leasing, complemented by a digital SME banking platform and a suite of business analytics tools. The company leverages digital tax, e-invoice and other financial data to underwrite and service SMes at scale, using credit models that emphasize overall business performance rather than relying solely on the owner's personal credit history. Covalto was founded in 2015 and is based in Mexico City. In 2021 it became the first fintech in Mexico to acquire a regulated bank, enabling expanded digital SME banking and services. The approach focuses on accessible credit that supports business growth through transparent, data-driven decisions.

Konfio

Series B in 2017
Konfio is a financial services platform in Mexico that provides online lending and payment solutions for micro, small, and medium-sized businesses. It offers working capital and short-term loans, fixed-rate loans, corporate cards, and online payments. The platform uses a data-driven approach with proprietary analytics to measure creditworthiness and extend affordable credit to businesses underserved by traditional banks, supporting growth and productivity.

Konfio

Series A in 2016
Konfio is a financial services platform in Mexico that provides online lending and payment solutions for micro, small, and medium-sized businesses. It offers working capital and short-term loans, fixed-rate loans, corporate cards, and online payments. The platform uses a data-driven approach with proprietary analytics to measure creditworthiness and extend affordable credit to businesses underserved by traditional banks, supporting growth and productivity.

MMKT Exchange

Venture Round in 2015
MMKT Exchange LLC is a New York-based company founded in 2015 that provides an online platform designed to streamline the loan syndication and trading process for qualified institutional buyers and originators. The platform serves as a centralized marketplace where commercial lenders can list originated loans and institutional buyers can access loan listings from various originators. This enables sponsors and borrowers to monitor purchaser activity while facilitating a more efficient interaction between lenders and buyers. By focusing on the middle market, MMKT Exchange enhances accessibility and transparency in the loan trading process, allowing for smaller transaction sizes and broader participation in the loan syndication market.

Fundera

Series B in 2015
Fundera, Inc. is an online marketplace based in New York that facilitates the comparison of various small business loan options for entrepreneurs. Founded in 2013 and currently a subsidiary of NerdWallet, Fundera offers a wide range of financial products, including SBA loans, term loans, equipment financing, business lines of credit, invoice financing, short-term loans, merchant cash advances, small business startup loans, and personal loans tailored for business purposes. The company leverages proprietary technology and financial expertise to provide small business owners with insights and tailored options, enabling them to make informed decisions about their financing needs. By connecting users with multiple lenders, credit card issuers, and banks, Fundera aims to help entrepreneurs secure funding at competitive rates.

GreenSky

Venture Round in 2014
GreenSky is a FinTech company based in Atlanta, Georgia, founded in 2006. It specializes in providing point-of-sale financing and payment solutions to merchants, consumers, and banks. GreenSky's proprietary technology infrastructure supports the entire transaction lifecycle, from credit application and underwriting to real-time allocation of funds, document distribution, funding, settlement, and servicing. The company partners with over 14 large banking institutions to offer loans for various purposes, including home improvement services like HVAC installations, roofing, and remodeling, as well as medical expenses not covered by insurance. GreenSky's loans are designed to provide an alternative to credit cards for customers with prime to prime plus credit, offering a convenient mobile app for easy access to funds.

SoFi

Series C in 2014
SoFi is a San Francisco–based financial services company offering lending, banking, and wealth management products designed to help individuals borrow, save, spend, and invest. Its offerings include personal loans, MBA and student loan refinancing, mortgages, checking and savings accounts, and credit cards, as well as investment and retirement planning services. The company also provides small business financing as part of its product suite. By combining digital tools with traditional financial services, SoFi targets early-stage professionals seeking to manage debt, build savings, and pursue long-term financial goals.

SoMoLend

Seed Round in 2013
SoMoLend Holdings LLC operates a web-based platform that connects lenders and borrowers for financial solutions in the United States, primarily targeting small businesses and startups. Founded in 2011 and based in Cincinnati, Ohio, SoMoLend allows businesses to secure loans from a variety of sources, including banks, corporations, and local community members. The platform promotes peer-to-peer lending, enabling borrowers to raise funds from friends, family, and local investors. It serves as a transparent portal where lenders can assess potential borrowers in their communities, fostering local investment and support. The company's mission is to assist small businesses that struggle to obtain traditional funding, ultimately helping entrepreneurs grow and contributing to job creation and community development. SoMoLend's innovative approach to lending emphasizes the importance of community engagement and collaboration in financing local enterprises.
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