Capitolis: reimagining how capital markets operate

Gil Mandelzis, CEO & Founder, Capitolis

Since the 2008 global financial crisis, changes in financial market structure and the application of new regulatory measures have made the financial system much safer in many respects. However, this safety has come at the expense of financial services capacity: when large institutions that deliver critical financial services hold more capital, they must reassess the total cost of the services they provide.

This can often constrain them from doing more of what they do best – delivering critical solutions to their customers – which unnecessarily impedes and diminishes overall market efficiency and economic growth. Meanwhile, over this same timeframe, massive global economic development has resulted in burgeoning capital accumulation all around the world within asset managers, family offices, corporations and more. These institutional investors are starving for viable, vibrant investment opportunities and yield to put all that capital to work. 

Enter Capitolis. The high-growth fintech company has built a B2B marketplace for capital that solves these fundamental market inefficiencies by connecting banks, which have unique ability to originate, service and deliver critical financial services to their clients, with institutional capital providers that have investment capacity and are happy to partner with the banks. Capitolis’s solutions are delivered through its platform technology, democratising access to these collaborative opportunities and uniting large financial service providers with institutional capital providers in creative (and simple) ways. Capitolis has a unique problem-solving approach, creating tailor-made, turnkey solutions entirely at the service of customers’ needs and preferences. It is thus able to connect a growing network of originators and investors. Just two years after launch, Capitolis has already facilitated more than $60 billion in financing by working closely with leading global and regional banks as originators, and over 50 institutional investors. 

The inefficiency of capital markets demands a change, and it takes all participants working together to make it better. Capitolis has a passion for, and is fully committed to, changing capital markets for good – blending an intimate understanding of financial services capacity constraints, innate knowledge of investment realities, and a one-of-a-kind devotion to technology to make it happen.  

Capitolis is growing exponentially as it delivers against its vision of a safer and more efficient capital markets ecosystem. The company is riding a strong wave of momentum. In the first quarter alone, two-thirds of the largest global banks participated in balance sheet compression exercises leveraging Capitolis’s technology, and the company has grown its headcount by 50 per cent since the same period last year. The Capitolis team brings decades of experience in launching successful start-ups, technology and financial services, and is backed by the world’s leading venture capital firms. To date the company has raised $280 million in funding, bringing it to a $1.6 billion valuation. Capitolis operates globally with offices currently in New York, London and Tel Aviv. 

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