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Matt Risley

Investor

Partner at QED Investors

Washington, District of Columbia

Writes $30K – $3M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Partner Emeritus at QED with a career in fintech and payments spanning finance, marketing, product, and risk roles across the U.S. and Europe. He previously served as CFO and Chief Credit Officer at Klarna and advised financial services firms at Treliant Risk Advisors, with prior leadership roles at peer-to-peer and student lenders and Capital One.

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Invests in

Fintech

Experience

  1. TBC UZIndependent Board Membercurrent2025 — presentTashkent, Uzbekistan
  2. AnyfinIndependent Board Membercurrent2024 — presentStockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
  3. QED InvestorsPartner Emerituscurrent2024 — present
  4. QED InvestorsPartner2017 — 2024Washington D.C. Metro Area
  5. Caribou Financial, Inc.Board Membercurrent2017 — presentDenver, Colorado, United States
  6. Klarna ABCFO & Chief Credit Officer2013 — 2016Stockholm, Sweden
  7. Treliant Risk AdvisorsSenior Director2009 — 2013Washington D.C. Metro Area
  8. Pertuity DirectSVP, Head of Risk and Operations2008 — 2009
  9. Axiant LLCSVP Operations Strategy2007 — 2008
  10. EduCapChief Credit Officer2006 — 2007
  11. Capital OneBusiness Manager1999 — 2004

Education

  1. Duke UniversityBS, Economics1995 — 1999
  2. University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of BusinessMBA, MBA2006 — 2007

Skills & more

Management7Credit26Risk Management14Credit Risk39Credit Cards5Banking14Financial Risk27Portfolio Management6Consumer Lending8Credit Analysis5Financial Services8Mortgage Lending4
+12 moreUnderwritingLoansFinancial AnalysisEnterprise Risk ManagementFinancial ModelingAnalyticsRisk AnalyticsCredit ScoringSecuritizationMortgage BankingOperational Risk ManagementDue Diligence

Languages Spanish

From Matt's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Duke University384

Fred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgeJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersJulie YangVice President at InvestcorpScott RaneyManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesJack Bixby LucasGeneral Partner at Lucas Venture GroupVinnie McSweeneyInvestor at OpenView Venture Partners

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Also attended University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business254

Alexandra FarmerPrincipal at Intel Capital, North AmericaTige SavageCo-founder at RevolutionWendy XiaoPartner at NorthzoneRob LawrenceSenior Finance Associate at GreycroftHyun KooPartner at March Capital PartnersRichard GuVice President at March Capital Partners

+ 248 more

Shared employers

Also worked at TBC UZ1

Bolormaa LuvsandorjAdvisor at Nomadic Venture Partners

Also worked at Anyfin3

Ashley LundströmPartner at EQT VenturesMartin GibsonInvestor at AccelLevin BunzPartner at Heartcore Capital

Also worked at Caribou Financial, Inc.3

Justin MooreCEO at Innovius CapitalHarry MorrisAnalyst at Alpha EdisonRob ChaplinskyCo-Founder & Managing Director at Link Ventures

Also worked at EduCap1

Frank RotmanCo-Founder and Partner Emeritus at QED Investors

Investments

Investor

Albert

Per the firm's website.

Colleagues at QED Investors

Adams Conrad
Principal at QED Investors
Adiam Berhane
Accounting Manager at QED Investors
Alex Taub
Principal at QED Investors
Alexandra Piedrahita
Principal at QED Investors
Amias Gerety
Partner, Head of U.S. at QED Investors
Ana Cristina Gadala-Maria
Principal at QED Investors
Anne Bailey
Vice President, Platform – Investment Operations at QED Investors
Ashley Marshall
Director of PR and Marketing at QED Investors