Fintech’s prolific investor and co -founder of Qed Frank Rotman investors said Friday that he will make the transition to a socio -end of the year to focus on the foundation of his own new companies.
But these new companies will not necessarily be financial technology companies. In A publication in XRotman, who helped begin in 2007, declared that “the first business” that plans “to get out of the ground is in the music industry.”
He wrote: “It is easy to call me crazy for all the obvious reasons, but it is worth reserving the trial until I learn more about the business that has evolved in my head and sits on the shelf for years. It will be fun to build and it could actually make a big difference for an industry that none of us could imagine without living.”
Rotman began Qed, based in Alexandria, Virginia, who today has $ 4 billion in assets under administration, almost two decades ago with Nigel Morris and Caribou Honig. He led the company’s investment in Karma Credit and played a role in Qed investments in unicorns such as Greensky, Flywire and Sofi. (In fact, QED was the first institutional money in Karma de Credit). Other companies that the company has supported includes CREDES, CLORANK, AVIDXCHANGE and BITSO.
Qed invests exclusively in companies that build financial technology in the pre-semilla of the stages of series A.
Rotman, who goes through the mango “The Fintech Junkie” in X, said he will make the transition to his new role on January 1, 2026. He will continue to serve in a part -time advice to QED in the coming years.
In addition to founding the new music companies, Rotman said he probably plans to write a book centered on his “Observations and Mark for Start and VC Worlds.”
He wrote in publication X: “This should not surprise anyone who knows me: writing is my oxygen. I can’t imagine a life without it even though Chatgpt and Claude are better writers than me.”
In a statement, Qed’s managing partner, Nigel Morris, said he and Rotman had worked together for more than 30 years, also also in Capital One.
“Frank, deep down, is an entrepreneur and I have no doubt that he will excel in his next chapter,” he said.
QED’s investor partner, Amias Gerety, will be promoted to lead the QED US investment team.
