About Us

VM Capital Partners Inc, is a Florida Corporation since 2005. The original Goal and Mission Statement was to Advise Startup and Minority Owned businesses who were seeking capital to grow. Through the years we have realized that most of our clients needed help in more than just standard financing. We then expanded our reach to partner with Major Lending Institutions, Private Real Estate Lenders and a select group Angels and Venture Investors to round out their Capital Needs. Additional we provider Insurance and Business Solutions such as Life Insurance (Personal, Group Health, Key Man), Annutities, E-Commerce, Business Lending and Merchant Processing

Early Years

Mr. Cabezas began his Financial Career in 1996 in Boca Raton, Florida, with Kenny Securities and then Merit Capital. In his 1st year he opened over 100 accounts and was involved with 3 separate IPOs listed on the NASDAQ. He then transferred to Capital International in Miami, FL. He was able to develop and enhance Capital International website Net-IPO.com, an online trading website, into a brand name and Internet IPO facilitator. Brands that you might recognize include DLJdirect®, Ixnet®, Ravenswood Winery® and Salon.com. The online platform was later sold to another Broker Dealer.

Online Platform

Rick went to work RK Grace® on Brickell A ve, in Miami. There he continued his work doing IPOs and built his 2nd online offering site, IPOselect.com, from scratch. This site also included Private Placement Offerings for Accredited and Non-US based Investors. It also offered IPOs from Andover.net and Nogatech, QuePasa.com and 3Dshopping.com. This 2nd site had a total of 8 IPOs in 6 months and added an additional 100 new accounts and 700 registered members. Clients came from over 30 different countries including Argentina, Japan, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Australia. RK Grace was eventually sold to Cardinal Capital.

Investment Banking

In 2000, Mr. Cabezas was offered the role of Syndicate Manager for Brookstreet Securities in Irvine, Ca. During his 4 years at this firm, he helped Brooksdirect.com grow to include 2,200 members and 500 brokers. managed 30 offerings, ranging from Closed End Mutual Funds, Private REITS, IPOs, Private issue and Oil & Gas Leases. In only 3 months, the site tracked 45 offerings and raised $14.7M thru its online reach and internal Broker network.

Currently

For the last 10 years Rick has served as CEO of VM Capital Partners, Inc. where works to consult and advise Startups and Pre-Revenue Companies. He has been the key Advisor on two Hard Rock Hotel projects (Ambergris Caye, Belize, and Panama City, Panama) and Sagebrush Steakhouses in North Carolina. In 2021 Mr. Cabezas was the interim President of IGC and COO of 19 Degrees Water (A Fiji Water Company). He is currently a Registered Rep with Weild & Co, Insurance Salesperson with Cary Levinson and Newtek and a California Real Estate Salesperson.