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CO-FOUNDER, PARTNER AND CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER, QED INVESTORS, MANAKIN-SABOT
CO-FOUNDER, PARTNER AND CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER, QED INVESTORS, MANAKIN-SABOT
Virginia Business// August 29, 2024//
Rotman frequently pens advice to folks trying to build companies. “Getting a startup to ‘work’ isn’t simply about doing one thing well,” Rotman wrote in a post on X, where he tweets as @fintechjunkie. “Most startups are extremely complex and require many interconnected parts to all function in concert.”
He should know. For 17 years, Rotman has helped lead QED Investors, a fintech venture capital firm.
Nigel Morris, the co-founder of Capital One Financial Services, recruited Rotman right out of the University of Virginia, where he earned a bachelor’s in applied mathematics and a master’s degree in systems engineering. Morris brought Rotman to Signet Bank, where the credit card behemoth was started and then spun off.
Rotman spent 13 years with Capital One, leaving in 2005 as senior vice president of installment loans. After leaving, he helped to launch EduCap, a private student loan company, before again partnering with Morris in 2007 to found QED Investors.
“For 30 years, I’ve been trying to get escape velocity, but wherever I turn, there’s Frank Rotman,” Morris said on a recent episode of podcast “This Week in Fintech.”
