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Victoria Zuo

Investor

Partner at QED Investors

San Francisco

Writes $100K – $25M checks · typically $3M

About

Victoria Zuo is a partner at QED Investors on the early stage domestic team, based in San Francisco, where she invests in early stage fintech and commerce businesses. She joined QED in May 2022 as a principal and was promoted to partner in September 2025. Before QED, she helped lead fintech investing at Gradient Ventures, Google's early stage venture fund, backing founders in areas such as insurance, e-commerce, application software, transaction processing, and core fintech infrastructure. She began her career in tech M&A at Qatalyst Partners, advising founders on more than $20 billion in sell-side transactions. Born and raised in Nanjing, China, she draws inspiration from commerce innovation in Asia.

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Invests in

Fintech

Beyond investing

Education
Earned a B.A. and M.S. in economics and engineering at Stanford University.
Communities
Draws inspiration from the boom in commerce innovation in Asia.
Hobbies
Is a supporter of the Stanford Cardinal football team.
Family
Was born and raised in Nanjing, China.

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Experience

  1. QED InvestorsEarly stage VCcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. LorikeetBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
  3. AirwallexInvestorcurrent2026 — present
  4. XP HealthBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
  5. BadgeSeed Co-Leadcurrent2023 — present
  6. FERMÀTBoard, Seed Leadcurrent2022 — present
  7. Meridian AISeed Investor2025 — 2026
  8. GoogleEarly Stage VC2018 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  9. Qatalyst PartnersTechnology M&A2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area

Education

  1. Stanford UniversityMaster of Science (M.S.), Technology Management / Engineering
  2. Stanford UniversityB.A., Economics
  3. Nanjing Foreign Language School

Skills & more

Public Speaking33Microsoft Excel36PowerPoint27Microsoft Word7Photoshop4Java7Social Media11Data Analysis17Economics14Market Research7Financial Modeling6Statistics7
+2 moreTeachingResearch

Languages Chinese

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Same school

Also attended Stanford University1,578

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

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Also attended Nanjing Foreign Language School2

Daphne ZhaoDirector - APAC at Type One VenturesElena QinScout at LvlUp Ventures

Shared employers

Also worked at Airwallex9

PaulInvestor at Square Peg CapitalEzgi BereketliProduct Manager at Asymmetric Capital PartnersMelike Abacioglu GunesVP of Marketing at Asymmetric Capital PartnersRatan ManehaniPartner at R136 VenturesMichael ToloPartner at Blackbird FoundryChibo TangManaging Partner at Gobi Partners

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Also worked at XP Health5

Rebecca LynnManaging Director at Canvas VenturesHarrison LieberfarbPartner at Canvas VenturesRichard LungenGeneral Partner at HC9 VenturesJames WongInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsJimmy LeeAdvisor at SemperVirens Venture Capital

Also worked at FERMÀT4

Saam MotamediInvestor at Greylock PartnersConnie WangVice President at Electric Feel Ventures LlcScott FriendPartner at Bain Capital VenturesCorinne RileyPartner at Greylock Partners

Also worked at Google945

Ron ConwayFounder of SV AngelBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundJess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalTomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at Felicis

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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

Network1

David Miles
Founding Partner at ManchesterStory Group, LLC

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