Israel-based Capitolis, the technology company helping to create safer and more vibrant capital markets, today announced new strategic investments from four leading global banks.
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The new round is led by Citi and includes State Street, both existing investors in Capitolis, as well as new investors Morgan Stanley, and UBS.
Each bank will invest $5 million and will join other existing investors including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital, S Capital, Spark Capital, SVB Capital, Canapi Ventures, 9Yards Capital, Standard Chartered and J.P. Morgan.
The transaction and the funds it will generate will be used to fuel Capitolis’ growth across both its Capital Marketplace and Portfolio Optimization businesses. With an experienced and passionate team of global financial and technology executives and some of the most innovative solutions in the industry, Capitolis has become a strategic partner to the financial industry. Its unique approach to working side-by-side with its customers to understand their core optimization issues and help solve for them is seen as a true differentiator.
The need for the products company offers is expanding and as a result, the company is seeing strong business momentum in terms of revenue growth, network participation and new product releases. Capitolis has been named as one of CNBC’s World’s Top Fintech Companies, the World’s Best FX Software Provider in the Euromoney Foreign Exchange Awards, and one of Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies.
“Capitolis has been partnering closely with the industry to make the financial markets safer and stronger within a well-regulated system, and we have seen tremendous growth because of this,” said Gil Mandelzis, CEO and Founder of Capitolis. “Our partnership with the world’s leading banks over the last few years has been terrific and we are excited to expand these relationships as well as add more of the world’s foremost financial institutions as both investors and board members.”
“State Street is excited to continue our long-standing partnership with Capitolis. Welcoming additional key bank investors will further accelerate Capitolis’ success in capital markets optimization products,” said Tobias Krause, senior managing director, Risk and Capital Optimization at State Street.
About Capitolis
Founded in 2017, the Capitolis team brings decades of experience in launching successful startups, technology and financial services and is growing rapidly from our offices in New York, London and Tel Aviv.
The startup is backed by world class venture capital firms, including Canapi Ventures, 9Yards Capital, SVB Capital, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital, and S Capital, as well as leading global banks such as J.P. Morgan, Citi and State Street.
