Ho joins QED Investors as principal in Singapore

• Previously, Ho led the investment team at Wavemaker Partners
• She started her career at Singapore Airlines
• QED invests in financial services companies

QED Investors, an Alexandria, Virginia-based venture firm focused on financial services investing, has hired Melissa Ho as a principal based in Singapore.

In her new role, she will focus on fintech investments across multiple stages in Southeast Asia, with an emphasis on early-stage companies.

Previously, Ho led the investment team at Wavemaker Partners. She started her career at Singapore Airlines where she gained operational experience across product innovation and management, corporate strategy, as well as fuel procurement and hedging. Before transitioning to VC, she founded and led the regional marketing, partnerships team at Shopee, a Southeast Asian ecommerce firm.

Sandeep Patil, a QED partner and head of Asia, said in a statement that Ho is “a driven and energetic investor and a determined and intentional partner. Her diverse breadth of experiences and depth with the Singapore and Southeast Asia ecosystem will be brilliant additions to QED as we advance to help founders at the earliest stage of their journeys and build our on-ground presence in Asia.”

Founded in 2007 by Nigel Morris and Frank Rotman, QED Investors has $4.3 billion under management.