Rick is Co-Founder and General Partner at Equal Ventures, an early-stage venture firm focused on bridging the digital divide. Rick was an early investor / board member in insurance leaders ThreeFlow, ClearCover, Riskmatch and Snapsheet (amongst others) as well as vertical software platforms that embed insurance such as SmartHop, Wrapbook, WorkRise and MVMNT. Prior to co-founding Equal Ventures, Rick was an investor at Lightbank, Foundation Capital, Bowery Capital, and Lightview Capital - investing in technology companies across the capital spectrum from seed-stage to buy-out. He began his career as a strategy consultant at Deloitte Consulting and is a graduate of Columbia Business School and the University of Richmond.