# Lauren Connolley

> Lauren Connolley is a Series A investor at QED Investors backing FinTech. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [QED Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qed-investors)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Feb 2022
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenconnolley

Lauren Connolley is a Series A investor at QED Investors in New York focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Lauren joined QED Investors as Partner in 2019.Lauren is a thought leader and venture investor in the fintech startup community in the Bay Area. As part of Capital One Growth Ventures (COGV), she is redefining how entrepreneurs engage with teams through early capital investments and close ties to the lines of business. She also leads Capital One’sanchor partnership with Plug and Play, one of the largest incubators in Silicon Valley. Through these efforts, Lauren and the COGV team are building a portfolio of companies that will help Capital One offer customers cutting edge digital products and services.With eight years in operating roles at Capital One, Lauren brings a deep business and customer understanding to her investment decisions. She also led marketing and analytics at a direct lending start-up in the Bay Area, which introduced her to the fintech eco-system. Lauren is currently focused on payments and commerce related investments, among other opportunities.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 5 | 56% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 44% |
| SaaS | 2 | 22% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 22% |
| Finance | 1 | 11% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 33% |
| Series B | 2 | 22% |
| Seed | 1 | 11% |
| Series C | 1 | 11% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 11% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 22% |
| Brazil | 1 | 11% |
| Canada | 1 | 11% |
| Mexico | 1 | 11% |
| Colombia | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tribal | Tribal is a payments and financing platform using the latest emerging technologies to provide small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in emerging markets with better access to financial services. Tribal offers these SMBs access to modern payment methods like multi-currency physical and ​virtual business credit cards​, local and internationalwires, along with short-term financing, and a powerful ​spend management platform​ to track and control their expenses—all in one seamless interface. Tribal has raised from SoftBank Latin America Fund, QED Investors, BECO Capital, Stellar Development Foundation, and Coinbase Ventures. The company is also among an elite group of companies chosen as part of the Visa FinTech Fast Track program. | $60M | Series B | Feb 03, 2022 |  |
| Cobre | Cobre is a corporate treasury platform that allows companies to centralize, digitize and automate their payments processes. Our technology helps finance teams and CFOs claim back their time to focus on what really matters: growing their business. We’re committed to creating a frictionless payment process for companies; from cash-in to cash-out,allowing businesses to move money in real time, connect their bank accounts to a central treasury hub, and consolidate a single source for real-time data and reconciliation. Cobre began operations in 2020 and currently serves companies in Colombia and Mexico | $14M | Series A | Feb 01, 2022 |  |
| Nuvocargo | Nuvocargo is the only all-in-one digital platform for cross-border trade offering freight forwarding, customs brokerage, cargo insurance and supply chain financing. It combines powerful technology with an exceptional team of experts to seamlessly integrate end-to-end movement of cargo in a single platform. Nuvocargo is modernizing a $2T market thathas yet to experience real digitalization, empowering shippers with unparalleled visibility, efficiency and support. Run by a fully bi-lingual team, Nuvocargo's unique position at the intersection of technology, logistics, the US and Latin America, contributes to growing revenues >25% month over month since beginning operations in late 2019. Nuvocargo is backed by Tiger Global, QED Investors, NFX, ALLVP, world-renowned startup accelerator Y Combinator, leading entrepreneurs (including the founders of NuBank, Rappi, Loft, Ramp, Deel and the COO of Kavak) among others. | $20.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 10, 2021 |  |
| XpertSea | XpertSea is a Canadian technology company that's transforming how the global aquaculture industry farms seafood to help feed the world. Combining smart aquaculture equipment with a farm management platform, our collaborative solution uncovers actionable insights driven by artificial intelligence. These insights enable farmers and industryexperts to optimize feed efficiency, reduce environmental waste, take preventive actions against diseases and use data to bring transparency and knowledge to the entire supply chain. With customers in over 50 countries, we’re using Canadian ingenuity to make aquaculture profitable and sustainable. | $20M | Series B | Aug 10, 2021 |  |
| Warren Investimentos | We are an investment brokerage and wealth management firm that provides access to the best investments in the market. We are the pioneering firm to implement in Brazil the goal-based investment model, utilized by the ultra-high-net-worth individuals overseas. We provide a comprehensive experience tailored to the specific life stage of eachinvestor. Our unique proposition lies in our complete alignment with your objectives, as we operate under a model that safeguards clients against a prevalent market concern: conflicts of interest. | $56.1M | Series C | Apr 28, 2021 |  |
| Tribal | Tribal is a payments and financing platform using the latest emerging technologies to provide small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in emerging markets with better access to financial services. Tribal offers these SMBs access to modern payment methods like multi-currency physical and ​virtual business credit cards​, local and internationalwires, along with short-term financing, and a powerful ​spend management platform​ to track and control their expenses—all in one seamless interface. Tribal has raised from SoftBank Latin America Fund, QED Investors, BECO Capital, Stellar Development Foundation, and Coinbase Ventures. The company is also among an elite group of companies chosen as part of the Visa FinTech Fast Track program. | $34.3M | Series A | Apr 21, 2021 |  |
| Tribal | Tribal is a payments and financing platform using the latest emerging technologies to provide small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in emerging markets with better access to financial services. Tribal offers these SMBs access to modern payment methods like multi-currency physical and ​virtual business credit cards​, local and internationalwires, along with short-term financing, and a powerful ​spend management platform​ to track and control their expenses—all in one seamless interface. Tribal has raised from SoftBank Latin America Fund, QED Investors, BECO Capital, Stellar Development Foundation, and Coinbase Ventures. The company is also among an elite group of companies chosen as part of the Visa FinTech Fast Track program. |  | Debt Financing | Apr 21, 2021 |  |
| Nuvocargo | Nuvocargo is the only all-in-one digital platform for cross-border trade offering freight forwarding, customs brokerage, cargo insurance and supply chain financing. It combines powerful technology with an exceptional team of experts to seamlessly integrate end-to-end movement of cargo in a single platform. Nuvocargo is modernizing a $2T market thathas yet to experience real digitalization, empowering shippers with unparalleled visibility, efficiency and support. Run by a fully bi-lingual team, Nuvocargo's unique position at the intersection of technology, logistics, the US and Latin America, contributes to growing revenues >25% month over month since beginning operations in late 2019. Nuvocargo is backed by Tiger Global, QED Investors, NFX, ALLVP, world-renowned startup accelerator Y Combinator, leading entrepreneurs (including the founders of NuBank, Rappi, Loft, Ramp, Deel and the COO of Kavak) among others. | $12M | Series A | Apr 07, 2021 |  |
| Worky | At Worky, we are revolutionizing the way HR is managed at Small and Medium Companies. We want to disrupt the way these firms communicate with their employees, and these employees’ financial health | $3M | Seed | Jun 24, 2020 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Hi Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venture-partners-2) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [BECO Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beco-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Stellar Development Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stellar) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Aqua Spark](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aqua-sparks) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Atlantico](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atlantico) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Chromo Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chromo-invest) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About QED Investors

VC Fund · Alexandria, United States

QED Investors is an investment firm that supports high-growth companies and businesses. The firm typically provides a combination of both capital and capability. But common to all the firm's partnerships is a shared conviction that information plays a decisive role in the success of the company, a mutual desire for a high degree of directengagement, and a shared enthusiasm for experimentation and learning.

5 contacts available at QED Investors.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bill Cilluffo | Partner and Head of Early Stage Investments | — |
| Lauren Connolley | Partner at QED Investors | — |
| Matthew Risley | Partner | — |
| Matt Risley | Partner | — |
| Miles Reidy | Partner and Emeritus | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/j-miles-reldy |

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## FAQ

### What does Lauren Connolley invest in?

Lauren Connolley invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and SaaS startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Lauren Connolley?

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### When did Lauren Connolley last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Lauren Connolley closed in Feb 2022. Shizune tracks 9 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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