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Hello, Japan! 🇯🇵 We're excited to welcome our first Japan-based company Habitto, to the QED portfolio. Today, we celebrate the closing of Habitto's Series A, which will enable the company to accelerate its mission of reducing financial anxiety among Japan's younger generations, who often face economic uncertainties and lack access to appropriate financial advice. With a rapidly growing user base of over 42,000 installs, Habitto's mobile app offers a comprehensive, free financial planning service supported by digital advisors providing personalized guidance to help users build effective financial strategies. Congratulations to QED Partner, Head of Asia, Sandeep Patil, for championing this deal. Welcome Habitto co-founder & CEO Samantha Ghiotti and her entire team to the QED family.

For the investors at QED, Latin America fintech is always a market to watch. However, partner and Head of Latin American investments Mike Packer believes 2025 could be a big year and shares with Rebecca Szkutak at TechCrunch two reasons he thinks we're likely to see a resurgence in deals in the market. 1️⃣ LatAm fintech companies that raised in the hype of 2021 are just resurfacing now to raise their next round — for better or for worse. But it isn’t just companies running out of runway. 2️⃣ QED is seeing fintech companies in their portfolio hitting milestones and ready to head back out to reach their next level of growth. One limiting factor for startups looking to raise is that the majority of the funding to fintech companies in LatAm still comes from local funds or firms focused on the region. Mike explains, "We need more investors to look at LatAm as a global opportunity and need entrepreneurs to believe that they can make a difference and change things.” Read more on TechCrunch: https://lnkd.in/dKhAACwP

In his latest Crunchbase article, co-founder and chief investment officer Frank Rotman explains why 'Startup Speed' is essential for success and offers strategies for founders to achieve it. Given startups operate in an environment where rapid execution is essential for survival, Frank explains that it's necessary to maintain exceptional speed across multiple dimensions to thrive in today’s competitive landscape. In his byline, Frank details generic signs to look for to know when Startup Speed has been achieved and suggestions to get Startup Speed right. Read more on Crunchbase: https://lnkd.in/e7kEj3K9

🎙 We've been waiting for this episode to drop since they recorded it. 🎙 Managing Partner Nigel Morris spoke with Miguel Armaza for the latest Fintech Leaders pod. Some great nuggets in here including how Nigel finds energy in curiosity and learning; his first-principles way of thinking about how money is made; why NPV is the holy grail of evaluating success over LTV and CAC; and how a culture of an organization is the manifestation and projections of the human beings. https://lnkd.in/ezBFi94F

Congratulations to QED portfolio company @minuservicios, the leading employee wellness platform in Mexico, for raising a $30 million Series B to improve the financial health of millions of workers. We're excited to double down on minu after previously leading its Seed Round and following on for its Series A. Anna Heim has the full exclusive story on TechCrunch. https://lnkd.in/guAmYdvS Welcome to new investors Next Billion Capital Partners, Flourish Ventures, Promotora Impact Ventures, Endeavor, Clocktower Technologies and Working Capital Fund, alongside our friends and existing investors at FinTech Collective, Redwood Ventures, Salkantay Ventures and Nazca Capital. Nima Pourshasb Bill Cilluffo Mike Packer Ana Cristina Gadala-Maria Camila Vieira Fernandes

Our Managing Partner Nigel Morris spoke with Forbes about the differences between the U.S. and European venture ecosystems as Germany's Nico Rosberg expands his fund of funds to $100 million to focus on Silicon Valley. More to come from Nigel on the similarities and differences in the coming weeks.

"Real estate is the single biggest wealth generator in the history of humankind." GetGround CEO Moubin Faizullah-Khan shares why he's so excited about what his team is building and why GetGround is *the* all-in-one property investment platform. #QEDInvestors #Fintech #Entrepreneurship #GlobalEntrepreneurshipMonth

A big thanks to Entrepreneurship and Private Capital at London Business School for inviting me to its Multiple X conference. I had a wonderful discussion with professor Gary Dushnitsky chatting about the state of venture, the fintech opportunities globally and the importance of mental health and overcoming failure. I can't wait to spend more time with the London Business School students in the future.

Quickly scaling a business can often be a double-edged sword. Frank Rotman, Founding Partner and Chief Investment Officer of QED Investors, has faced his share of difficulties while scaling businesses in the fintech sector. Reflecting on his journey, he shares insights on how unexpected obstacles can arise, especially in the credit space where managing money requires strategic finesse. At QED Investors, a premier venture capital firm with over $3.6 billion under management, Frank emphasizes the importance of a strong operational foundation during periods of hypergrowth. With a track record of investing in over 200 companies over the past 15 years, he and his team leverage their extensive experience to assist founders in navigating the complexities of scaling their businesses. What key lessons have you learned while navigating the challenges of rapid scaling? Listen on iTunes: https://lnkd.in/gvSPBHu9 Listen on YouTube: https://lnkd.in/g4X_qsK3 Listen on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/ge5x4cib Visit our website: https://lnkd.in/gbADN-cK Sign up for GrowthCap’s email newsletter https://lnkd.in/gXXniHP Nominate Top 40 Under 40 Growth Investors of 2024 at https://lnkd.in/g9hfKiY #investing #venturecapital #fintech #entrepreneur #podcast

Wonderful discussion yesterday with Kazuhiko Yoshimatsu (Tokyo Stock Exchange), Rei Murakami Frenzel (Kadan Capital) and Takeo Shimotsu (MUFG) coordinated by the crisp Navin Suri (GFTN ) about Investment opportunities in and from Japan. Japan is at a strategic point: 1. It is an advanced economy that is emerging from a multi-decade pause. 2. Humongous financial asset bases, deomographic change, and government/regulatory drive with the positive inflation/interest turn make it an opportunity of tremendous interest.  3. Next couple of years would set the tone for decades to come. My sense is that given the emerging uptick in the ecosystem, B2C opportunities will come up live first. The global supply chain reorientation, among other things as industrial revival, will power the B2B opportunties. We, at QED Investors, stay keen to learn, absorb and participate.