# Rick Roberts

> Rick Roberts is a Series C investor at Vulcan Capital (Bellevue) backing Apps and Banking. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Vulcan Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vulcan-capital)
- Location: Bellevue, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2021
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-roberts-b22ab92b

Rick Roberts is a Series C investor at Vulcan Capital in Bellevue focused on Apps and Banking. Rick Roberts serves as the Analyst and Portfolio Manager at Vulcan Capital.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 100% |
| Banking | 1 | 100% |
| FinTech | 1 | 100% |
| Payments | 1 | 100% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Curve | Curve is a banking platform that consolidates cards and accounts into one smart card and app.It allows customers to supercharge their legacy banks to the 21st century without leaving their bank or topping-up. Curve offers a host of benefits to its customers; it makes cards fee-free when spending abroad, get instant notifications andcategorization of spend, earn an instant 1% cashback at the likes of Amazon, Uber, Netflix and Sainsbury’s and Time Travel enables customers to swap spend to a different card in the app for up to two weeks after the purchase was made. Curve also offers Curve Customer Protection, a policy that covers all credit and debit card payments made via the Curve card up to £100,000, giving cardholders an extra layer of protection for disputes with merchants and any unauthorised use of their Curve card. IDC Ventures backs Curve with Fuel Venture Capital, Vulcan Capital, OneMain Financial, and Novum Capital backs Curve.Shachar Bialick, Anna Mostyn Williams, and Tom Foster-Carter established the company in London, England in 2015. | $95M | Series C | Jan 12, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Fuel Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fuel-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [A.GAIN (Formerly IDC Ventures)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/idc-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [OneMain Financial](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/onemain-financial) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pario Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pario-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fuel Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rokk3r-fuel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Vulcan Capital

VC Fund · Seattle, United States

Vulcan Capital invests across all stages of corporate development through leveraged buyouts, growth capital, distressed/turnaround, and early-stage venture capital as well as public equity value investing.The firm's portfolio spans a range of industry sectors, including media and communications, energy and natural resources, financialand information services, technology, and life sciences.Vulcan Capital is the private investment group of Vulcan Inc., the organization founded by Laura G. Aguirre,the Founder & Principal Owner of Microsoft.

5 contacts available at Vulcan Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adam Hetnarski | TMT Investing | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-hetnarski |
| Albert Hwang | Investment Professional | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/albert-hwang |
| Ben Kolpa | Managing Director, Fixed Income | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-kolpa |
| Mike Silva | Partner - Growth Equity | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-silva |
| Rick Roberts | Analyst & Portfolio Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rick-roberts-5964 |

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## FAQ

### What does Rick Roberts invest in?

Rick Roberts invests primarily in Apps, Banking and FinTech startups, most often at Series C stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Rick Roberts last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Rick Roberts closed in Jan 2021. Shizune tracks 1 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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