QED Investors, a global venture capital firm specializing in fintech, has promoted Victoria Zuo from principal to partner. Zuo is based in San Francisco and works with the early stage domestic investment team. She is one of 20 investment professionals at the firm.
“Over the past three years, Victoria has progressed from a rising star to a well-respected leader within our team,” said QED Managing Partner and Co-Founder Nigel Morris. “She has anchored our presence in the Bay Area admirably, enhancing the QED brand and cultivating an impressive network of fintech entrepreneurs, finance leaders and investors. She has also played a meaningful advisory role to our portfolio company CEOs as a consigliere, thought partner and a board member.
“Victoria is a non-consensus thinker and she has a wonderful ability to develop investment hypotheses, hunt for opportunities and build conviction.”
Zuo has led several deals for QED Investors. Her investments include companies such as e-commerce platform Fermàt, health technology firm XP Health, banking infrastructure business Astrada, direct-to-consumer commerce company Aghanim, mobile wallet provider Badge, and AI-driven financial operations company Lorikeet.
Before joining QED in May 2022, Zuo worked at Gradient Ventures—Google’s early-stage venture fund—where she focused on investing in founders developing new technologies across insurance, e-commerce, software transaction processing, and core fintech infrastructure.
“I’ve always believed that financial services are one of the most powerful levers to change people’s lives,” Zuo said. “At QED, I’m fortunate to partner with founders who are tackling hard problems across fintech and beyond, from commerce enablement and the CFO suite to AI applications for financial services. Being on the ground in San Francisco has given me a front-row seat to the next wave of innovation, and I’m excited to keep working with bold entrepreneurs who are building companies that matter.”
Earlier in her career Zuo worked at Qatalyst Partners advising founders on sell-side processes involving over $20 billion worth of mergers and acquisitions transactions. She holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in economics and engineering from Stanford University. Originally from Nanjing, China, she moved to pursue her education prior to college.
Contact information for media inquiries was provided by Ashley Marshall at QED Investors.