# Rick Vitón

> Rick Vitón is a Series A investor at IA Capital Group (Greenwich) backing FinTech and Software. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [IA Capital Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inter-atlantic-group)
- Location: Greenwich, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jan 2025
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-viton-8aa16822/

Rick Vitón is a Series A investor at IA Capital Group in Greenwich focused on FinTech and Software. Richard L. Vitón is a Partner of Inter-Atlantic Group which he joined in 2008 and is a member of Inter-Atlantic Group’s investment committee. Mr. Vitón is also a director on the board of Inter-Atlantic portfolio company, Homeowners of America Holding Corporation. With over 20 years of financial services experience as a senior level investmentbanker and previously in a corporate finance role, Mr. Vitón has significant industry client relationships and extensive transaction execution experience. Mr. Vitón specialized in the insurance sector with particular strength in its cross-over with other financial services sectors including asset management, transaction processing, finance companies an banking and has advised the largest Hispanic-owned investment bank. Mr. Vitón was most recently a Managing Director in the Financial Institutions Group of Credit Suisse from 2005 to 2007, where he was recruited to rebuild Credit Suisse’s insurance practice with a focus on cross-divisional coordination with the Fixed Income and Asset-Backed Securities areas. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Mr. Vitón was a Managing Director at UBS Investment Bank from 1997 to 2005, having founded a Chicago office and Insurance Group for Dillon Read prior to its acquisition by Swiss Bank and merger with UBS. In addition to senior client relationship responsibilities for the insurance sector Mr. Vitón also served for a period as Chief Operating Officer of the Financial Institutions Group assisting in managing and growing the group from 10 to 50 professionals. At UBS Mr. Vitón completed over 150 financing and merger and acquisition transactions totaling over $60 billion, including a variety of large cap, small cap, cross border and structured products transactions. Prior to joining Dillon Read, Mr. Vitón was in the Chicago office of Dean Witter Reynolds from 1990 to 1997, where he was a Midwest region generalist and a founding member of the Insurance Industry Group within Investment Banking. Mr. Vitón started his career as Senior Corporate Finance Analyst at Sears, Roebuck and Co. where he was a member of a small team with responsibilities for Sears’ global capital markets activities and financial strategies. Mr. Vitón holds a Master of Management degree from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Northwestern University. Mr. Vitón is a member of the Association of Insurance and Financial Analysts.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Logistics | 1 | 33% |
| Service Industry | 1 | 33% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 33% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 67% |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 67% |
| Canada | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Scription | Scription offers maintenance companies the only end-to-end solution for pricing, selling, and managing personalized maintenance contracts. | $7.8M | Seed | Jan 10, 2025 |  |
| Afficiency | Afficiency has developed a digital life insurance platform that allows new products to be digitized and made available for distribution rapidly, completely via API. Headquartered in NewYork, the company has been partnering with insurance carriers and reinsurers since 2018 to bring new innovative products to market. All of Afficiency’s lifeinsurance products are digitally underwritten and issued to applicants within seconds. | $7M | Series A | Apr 05, 2022 |  |
| Authentic4D | Insurtech company providing bodily injury claims evaluation and visualization services to insurance companies and attorneys. | $5M | Series A |  |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Impression Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/impression-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Markd](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/markd-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SBLI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sbli) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Western & Southern Financial Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-western-and-southern-life-insurance-company) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About IA Capital Group

VC Fund · New York, United States

IA Capital is the longest-tenured independent venture capital firm focusing on insurtech. Based in New York City, IA Capital has a two-decade track record of successfully partnering with innovative early and growth stage companies in insurance and—more broadly—financial services. IA Capital manages strategic venture capital programs for 16insurers.

5 contacts available at IA Capital Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andy Lerner | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andy-lerner |
| Anton Wesener | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anton-wesener |
| Brett G. Baris | Advisory Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brett-g-baris |
| Cornelia Spiegel | Advisory Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cornelia-spiegel |
| Ravi Shah | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ravi-shah-7563 |

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## FAQ

### What does Rick Vitón invest in?

Rick Vitón invests primarily in FinTech, Software and Logistics startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Rick Vitón last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Rick Vitón closed in Jan 2025. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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