QED Investors (India/EM)
QED Investors is a fintech specialist investing from seed through growth. Its Asia-Pacific practice is led by Sandeep Patil, and public disclosures show a material India program spanning consumer finance, lending, embedded finance and financial infrastructure.
At a glance
- Founded
- 2007
- Footprint
- Alexandria VA
- Stage
- Seed to growth (fintech-only)
Research profile
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Investment lens
QED Investors (India/EM) uses a seed to growth (fintech-only) approach across Lending, payments, embedded finance, fintech infrastructure.
Current evidence
QED’s May 2025 Asia-Pacific update said it had deployed more than $220M in India since 2020 and planned to invest $250M–$300M across India and Asia-Pacific over five years. The manager’s current Sandeep Patil profile identifies OneCard, Jupiter, Upswing, Refyne, LEO1, Habitto and Efficient Capital Labs among active investments.
Strategy
Seed to growth (fintech-only)
Sector focus
Lending, payments, embedded finance, fintech infrastructure
Current signal
QED’s May 2025 Asia-Pacific update said it had deployed more than $220M in India since 2020 and planned to invest $250M–$300M across India and Asia-Pacific over five years. The manager’s current Sandeep Patil profile identifies OneCard, Jupiter, Upswing, Refyne, LEO1, Habitto and Efficient Capital Labs among active investments.
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