QED Investors

QED Fund V, managed by QED Investors, is an early-stage venture capital fund based in Alexandria, Virginia. Established in 2008, it focuses on investing in high-growth companies primarily within the fintech sector, including mortgage technology, real estate technology, software, and financial services. The firm targets its investments across various regions, including Latin America, the United States, and the United Kingdom. QED Investors is dedicated to supporting its portfolio companies by providing both capital and operational expertise, fostering a close partnership that emphasizes the importance of information in driving business success. The fund aims to nurture innovative startups that leverage technology to enhance competitive advantage in the financial services landscape.

Shruti Batra

Principal

Tommy Blanchard

COO

Matt Burton

Partner

Bill Cilluffo

Partner and Head of Early Stage Investments

Amias Gerety

Partner

Christian Limon

Investor

Nigel Morris

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Lauren Connolley

Partner at QED Investors

Mike Packer

Partner

Alexandra Piedrahita

Principal

Girish Ramkumar

Investor

Matt Risley

Partner

Frank Rotman

Founding Partner

Alex Taub

Principal

Past deals in Trading Platform

Kamino

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Developer of a financial platform designed to automate the company's accounts payable. The company's platform offers features such as automatic invoice capture, data extraction, approval workflows, and payment processing, all integrated into a single, cloud-based platform, enabling startups to streamline invoice processing, improve cash flow, and reduce errors.
Upswing Financial Technologies is an open finance B2B ecosystem enabler.

Fairplay

Debt Financing in 2022
Fairplay is a performance-based financing platform that aids e-commerce companies in their growth by providing revenue advances specifically for marketing expenditures. Founded in 2019 and based in Mexico City, Fairplay utilizes advanced data analytics to optimize investments in clients' digital marketing campaigns. The funding model allows clients to receive an upfront capital injection in exchange for a consistent share of their revenues until the amount is fully repaid, along with a fixed service fee. This approach enables businesses to effectively scale their marketing efforts while managing their cash flow.

Fairplay

Series A in 2022
Fairplay is a performance-based financing platform that aids e-commerce companies in their growth by providing revenue advances specifically for marketing expenditures. Founded in 2019 and based in Mexico City, Fairplay utilizes advanced data analytics to optimize investments in clients' digital marketing campaigns. The funding model allows clients to receive an upfront capital injection in exchange for a consistent share of their revenues until the amount is fully repaid, along with a fixed service fee. This approach enables businesses to effectively scale their marketing efforts while managing their cash flow.

FPL Technologies

Series C in 2021
FPL Technologies Pvt. Ltd., founded in 2019 and headquartered in Mumbai, India, focuses on providing innovative financial solutions for a digitally savvy younger population. The company has developed a proprietary technology platform that aims to enhance the credit card experience, capitalizing on the growing demand for consumption credit in India. With the recent surge in digital payment adoption, FPL recognizes the need for a more user-friendly approach to credit management. Their flagship product, the One Score app, launched to help users check and understand their credit scores, offers a secure and straightforward way to manage credit behavior. By integrating an intuitive mobile application with their credit card services, FPL Technologies seeks to meet the evolving needs of millennials and improve their overall financial literacy and credit experience.

Mudrex

Seed Round in 2021
Mudrex Inc. is a cryptocurrency platform founded in 2018 and based in Bengaluru, India, that enables both individual and institutional investors to automate their trading strategies in digital assets. The platform allows users to set predefined trading rules and provides access to algorithms created by professional traders. Mudrex curates portfolio bundles that consist of top-performing algorithms tailored to various risk-reward profiles, allowing investors to select a portfolio that aligns with their investment preferences. Once chosen, Mudrex automatically executes trades in different cryptocurrencies on behalf of the investors, leveraging advanced technology and expert insights to ensure a secure and efficient trading environment.

Boto

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a no-code automation platform designed for creating, and sharing bots that automate your crypto, NFT, and other blockchain or DeFi activities. The company's platform allows users to drag and drop blocks using UI to build their automation, enabling non-developers to create their smart contracts through UI, using real-world input data and output actions via Chainlink.

Malga

Seed Round in 2021
Plug is an API to accept payments with multiple payment providers. Plug gives digital businesses access to multiple payments services through a single integration, and the ability to change between them on a transaction-to-transaction basis without writing code.

CommonStock

Series A in 2021
CommonStock is an online platform that facilitates collaborative investing and trading among users, allowing them to engage with friends, family, classmates, or colleagues. Founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, the platform enables users to link their brokerage accounts, share investment holdings, and receive real-time alerts about trading activities. Users can copy each other's trades, invest together in varying amounts, and compete to track performance, fostering a community-driven approach to investment decision-making. CommonStock's services are accessible for free on the web and through an iPhone application, with plans for an Android version in development.

Wildfire Systems

Series A in 2021
Wildfire Systems is dedicated to enhancing organic commerce by providing a white-label monetization platform that allows companies to reward their users through cash back and coupon services. The platform enables businesses to create value for their customers by facilitating loyalty points, rewards, and cash back opportunities. By integrating these features into their partners’ apps and websites, Wildfire makes it simple for users to save money while engaging in e-commerce, ultimately helping businesses monetize their user base effectively.

Weavr

Seed Round in 2021
Weavr provides an open publicly-accessible cloud-based platform that connects payment networks and financial providers, and tools for innovators to define, deploy and consume digital payment flows. Businesses need to master payment flows to realize the full benefits of digitization, but as payment capabilities - such as open banking, new payment card transactions, real-time bank payments, DLT-based value transfers - proliferate and compliance burdens grow - PCI DSS, but also Secure Customer Authentication and new AML directives - complexity is an increasing barrier for innovators. Weavr addresses these challenges in practical ways, simplifying how digital payments are purchased, delivered and consumed.

GetGround

Series A in 2021
GetGround is a property management platform that assists landlords and investors in acquiring and managing rental properties. The company focuses on maximizing clients' investments by facilitating the incorporation of separate UK companies to hold each property. GetGround's platform provides a range of services including automated accounting, e-wallet financial infrastructure, and a secondary market platform. This comprehensive approach simplifies the complexities of property management and financial transactions, enabling clients to efficiently oversee their residential assets. By leveraging a specialized network of partners and innovative solutions, GetGround aims to help clients protect and expand their property portfolios.

Trellis

Series A in 2021
Developer of fintech platform intended to make insurance easy for everyone, from consumers to partners to insurers. The company's platform provides a safe and easy way to share private insurance information and for developers to replace complex user journeys with personalized experiences, enabling clients to get suitable insurance at a proper price.

Treasury Prime

Series B in 2021
Treasury Prime Inc. develops an application programming interface (API) banking platform that helps banks and fintechs to open and service online bank accounts. It offers Treasury Prime Treasury Prime for Banks that integrates with online banking, CRM, card issuing, payment gateways, and other legacy systems. The company also provides Treasury Prime for Fintechs to open and manage bank accounts, issue branded debit cards, transfer money by ACH and wires, and more. Treasury Prime Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Bitso

Series C in 2021
Bitso SAPI de CV is a prominent online trading platform based in Mexico City, founded in 2014, that facilitates the buying and selling of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. As Mexico's first Bitcoin exchange, Bitso allows users to trade Bitcoin with the Mexican Peso, providing a secure and professional environment for cryptocurrency transactions. Users can fund their accounts through various options, including in-person deposits at designated locations across Mexico. The platform operates with a central limit order book, similar to traditional currency exchanges, ensuring efficient trade execution. Additionally, Bitso offers an API that enables third-party applications, such as trading and charting tools, to integrate with its platform, along with a dedicated mobile application for seamless trading activities.

Warren Investimentos

Series C in 2021
Warren is an investment platform that simplifies finances and transforms the habit of investing in something easy, transparent, and efficient. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

FPL Technologies

Series B in 2021
FPL Technologies Pvt. Ltd., founded in 2019 and headquartered in Mumbai, India, focuses on providing innovative financial solutions for a digitally savvy younger population. The company has developed a proprietary technology platform that aims to enhance the credit card experience, capitalizing on the growing demand for consumption credit in India. With the recent surge in digital payment adoption, FPL recognizes the need for a more user-friendly approach to credit management. Their flagship product, the One Score app, launched to help users check and understand their credit scores, offers a secure and straightforward way to manage credit behavior. By integrating an intuitive mobile application with their credit card services, FPL Technologies seeks to meet the evolving needs of millennials and improve their overall financial literacy and credit experience.

Loft

Series D in 2021
Loft Holdings Ltd operates Loft, a digital platform based in São Paulo, Brazil, that revolutionizes the real estate market by facilitating the buying, selling, and exchanging of residential properties. Founded in 2018, Loft serves as Brazil's first transactional marketplace for residential real estate, catering to individuals, brokers, and publicly listed real estate investment trusts managed by the company. The platform leverages proprietary transaction data and a comprehensive digital workflow to streamline the homebuying experience, integrating various related services to enhance user convenience. With its searchable database, users can easily find and evaluate properties, allowing for transparent and efficient real estate transactions.

Bitso

Series B in 2020
Bitso SAPI de CV is a prominent online trading platform based in Mexico City, founded in 2014, that facilitates the buying and selling of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. As Mexico's first Bitcoin exchange, Bitso allows users to trade Bitcoin with the Mexican Peso, providing a secure and professional environment for cryptocurrency transactions. Users can fund their accounts through various options, including in-person deposits at designated locations across Mexico. The platform operates with a central limit order book, similar to traditional currency exchanges, ensuring efficient trade execution. Additionally, Bitso offers an API that enables third-party applications, such as trading and charting tools, to integrate with its platform, along with a dedicated mobile application for seamless trading activities.

Weavr

Seed Round in 2020
Weavr provides an open publicly-accessible cloud-based platform that connects payment networks and financial providers, and tools for innovators to define, deploy and consume digital payment flows. Businesses need to master payment flows to realize the full benefits of digitization, but as payment capabilities - such as open banking, new payment card transactions, real-time bank payments, DLT-based value transfers - proliferate and compliance burdens grow - PCI DSS, but also Secure Customer Authentication and new AML directives - complexity is an increasing barrier for innovators. Weavr addresses these challenges in practical ways, simplifying how digital payments are purchased, delivered and consumed.

CommonStock

Seed Round in 2020
CommonStock is an online platform that facilitates collaborative investing and trading among users, allowing them to engage with friends, family, classmates, or colleagues. Founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, the platform enables users to link their brokerage accounts, share investment holdings, and receive real-time alerts about trading activities. Users can copy each other's trades, invest together in varying amounts, and compete to track performance, fostering a community-driven approach to investment decision-making. CommonStock's services are accessible for free on the web and through an iPhone application, with plans for an Android version in development.

Warren Investimentos

Series B in 2020
Warren is an investment platform that simplifies finances and transforms the habit of investing in something easy, transparent, and efficient. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Weavr

Seed Round in 2020
Weavr provides an open publicly-accessible cloud-based platform that connects payment networks and financial providers, and tools for innovators to define, deploy and consume digital payment flows. Businesses need to master payment flows to realize the full benefits of digitization, but as payment capabilities - such as open banking, new payment card transactions, real-time bank payments, DLT-based value transfers - proliferate and compliance burdens grow - PCI DSS, but also Secure Customer Authentication and new AML directives - complexity is an increasing barrier for innovators. Weavr addresses these challenges in practical ways, simplifying how digital payments are purchased, delivered and consumed.

Loft

Series C in 2020
Loft Holdings Ltd operates Loft, a digital platform based in São Paulo, Brazil, that revolutionizes the real estate market by facilitating the buying, selling, and exchanging of residential properties. Founded in 2018, Loft serves as Brazil's first transactional marketplace for residential real estate, catering to individuals, brokers, and publicly listed real estate investment trusts managed by the company. The platform leverages proprietary transaction data and a comprehensive digital workflow to streamline the homebuying experience, integrating various related services to enhance user convenience. With its searchable database, users can easily find and evaluate properties, allowing for transparent and efficient real estate transactions.

Fairplay

Seed Round in 2019
Fairplay is a performance-based financing platform that aids e-commerce companies in their growth by providing revenue advances specifically for marketing expenditures. Founded in 2019 and based in Mexico City, Fairplay utilizes advanced data analytics to optimize investments in clients' digital marketing campaigns. The funding model allows clients to receive an upfront capital injection in exchange for a consistent share of their revenues until the amount is fully repaid, along with a fixed service fee. This approach enables businesses to effectively scale their marketing efforts while managing their cash flow.

Loft

Series B in 2019
Loft Holdings Ltd operates Loft, a digital platform based in São Paulo, Brazil, that revolutionizes the real estate market by facilitating the buying, selling, and exchanging of residential properties. Founded in 2018, Loft serves as Brazil's first transactional marketplace for residential real estate, catering to individuals, brokers, and publicly listed real estate investment trusts managed by the company. The platform leverages proprietary transaction data and a comprehensive digital workflow to streamline the homebuying experience, integrating various related services to enhance user convenience. With its searchable database, users can easily find and evaluate properties, allowing for transparent and efficient real estate transactions.

Tienda Pago

Series A in 2018
Tienda Pago is the merchant support platform that facilitates your weekly merchandise purchase to distributors. It is the result of years of experience of a team of experts whose objective is to promote ecosystems where all participants, both distributors and traders, benefit from the service and proactively motivate other participants to join the system.

Roofstock

Series C in 2018
Roofstock, Inc. is an online marketplace that facilitates investment in leased single-family rental homes. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Oakland, California, the company provides investors with access to independently certified properties, complete with research, analytics, and market insights. This platform allows users to evaluate properties based on their investment potential and cash flow without the complexities of managing vacant homes that require repairs and leasing. Roofstock aims to simplify the real estate investment process by enabling clients to treat their property investments similarly to stock portfolios, emphasizing asset allocation. The marketplace also assists sellers in marketing tenant-occupied properties, minimizing income loss and tenant disruption.

Roofstock

Series C in 2017
Roofstock, Inc. is an online marketplace that facilitates investment in leased single-family rental homes. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Oakland, California, the company provides investors with access to independently certified properties, complete with research, analytics, and market insights. This platform allows users to evaluate properties based on their investment potential and cash flow without the complexities of managing vacant homes that require repairs and leasing. Roofstock aims to simplify the real estate investment process by enabling clients to treat their property investments similarly to stock portfolios, emphasizing asset allocation. The marketplace also assists sellers in marketing tenant-occupied properties, minimizing income loss and tenant disruption.

Roofstock

Series B in 2016
Roofstock, Inc. is an online marketplace that facilitates investment in leased single-family rental homes. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Oakland, California, the company provides investors with access to independently certified properties, complete with research, analytics, and market insights. This platform allows users to evaluate properties based on their investment potential and cash flow without the complexities of managing vacant homes that require repairs and leasing. Roofstock aims to simplify the real estate investment process by enabling clients to treat their property investments similarly to stock portfolios, emphasizing asset allocation. The marketplace also assists sellers in marketing tenant-occupied properties, minimizing income loss and tenant disruption.

MMKT Exchange

Venture Round in 2015
MMKT Exchange LLC provides a platform that streamlines the loan syndication and trading process for qualified institutional buyers and originators. The company’s platform works as a forum where commercial lenders who have originated commercial loans and qualified institutional buyers interact with one another. Its platform enables qualified institutional buyers to access loan listings from leading originators; originators to list loans; and sponsors and borrowers to monitor purchaser activity. MMKT Exchange LLC was founded in 2015 and is based in New York, New York.

Orchard Platform

Series B in 2015
Orchard Platform is a Brazilian company that offers data, technology, and software solutions for the online lending industry. It operates a centralized marketplace that connects loan originators with institutional investors, facilitating the exploration and evaluation of funding opportunities. By leveraging a global network and providing high-quality data services, advanced analytics, and capital management tools, Orchard Platform enhances the efficiency of transactions in the private credit markets. The company also produces the Orchard U.S. Consumer Marketplace Lending Index, a key performance benchmark in the direct lending sector. Recognized as a thought leader, Orchard shares insights and research through its platform and blog. As a subsidiary of Velocity Markets, Inc., it aims to create a transparent and technologically optimized environment for its users, while investment advisory services are offered through Orchard Platform Advisors, LLC, an SEC-registered investment adviser based in New York.

Orchard Platform

Series A in 2014
Orchard Platform is a Brazilian company that offers data, technology, and software solutions for the online lending industry. It operates a centralized marketplace that connects loan originators with institutional investors, facilitating the exploration and evaluation of funding opportunities. By leveraging a global network and providing high-quality data services, advanced analytics, and capital management tools, Orchard Platform enhances the efficiency of transactions in the private credit markets. The company also produces the Orchard U.S. Consumer Marketplace Lending Index, a key performance benchmark in the direct lending sector. Recognized as a thought leader, Orchard shares insights and research through its platform and blog. As a subsidiary of Velocity Markets, Inc., it aims to create a transparent and technologically optimized environment for its users, while investment advisory services are offered through Orchard Platform Advisors, LLC, an SEC-registered investment adviser based in New York.
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