Rick Kushel is Co-Founder and a Managing Partner at FINTOP Capital and brings to the firm a 30 year track record of guiding financial technology companies through growth phases and successful outcomes.

Rick leads FINTOP Capital’s investments in and sits on the board of directors at Decusoft, Cobalt Software, BipSync, Honcho, and GAN Integrity. Rick previously led investments for FINTOP Capital at DealCloud (acquired by Intapp) and Solovis (acquired by NASDAQ).

Rick has extensive experience founding new companies, spinning out products, and overseeing hyper growth. Throughout his career Rick has raised capital from Blackstone, The Carlyle Group, Hamilton Lane, Edison Ventures, NJTC Venture Fund, Duff & Phelps, and also served as a strategic advisor to the Innovations portfolio at The Blackstone Group.

Prior to co-founding FINTOP Capital, Rick was the CEO of DealCloud (acquired by Intapp in 2018), Founder and CEO of iLevel Solutions (acquired by Ipreo in 2015), and Founder, Chairman and CEO of Archive Systems (acquired by Access Information Management in 2015).

Rick is a frequent public speaker and guest lecturer on venture capital and entrepreneurship. He received a B.S. in Chemistry and Business from James Madison University, and serves on the board of JMI.