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Gil Mandelzis

CEO & Co-Founder, Capitolis

Search every verified Gil Mandelzis interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Gil Mandelzis, CEO and co-founder of Capitolis, has described the company as operating within wholesale banking and capital markets, working with banks and institutional investors to make more capital available while maintaining services like clearing and prime brokerage. He stated that Capitolis is not disrupting banks but rather connecting them with additional capital, and he characterized the notion of fintech replacing banks as "a very dangerous thing." Mandelzis said that after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, banks approached Capitolis to offset positions, and the platform reduced "hundreds of millions — actually probably billions of dollars — of risk" within days. He added that the company gave 50 percent of related revenues to Ukrainian causes. Mandelzis said the industry is "preparing for an overall slowdown in the economy" and expects "a pretty long winter" for 2023. He compared the current environment to the post-dot-com bubble period, calling for a return to "fundamental business." Mandelzis also expressed support for gun control, stating he does not understand why anyone would need "military-grade" weapons, and emphasized the importance of being purpose-driven, noting that employees notice when a company takes a stance. He predicted that digital currencies and digital assets will happen "for sure" but said the world is "not at the beginning of the beginning yet" for that transformation.

Recent appearances

  • Yael Dromi Interviews Gil Mandelzis on the “Not Buying It” podcast

    September 30, 2025 · 📺 Capitolis

    Capitolis Founder & CEO, Gil Mandelzis, shares his extraordinary journey in a brutally honest and inspiring conversation. Gil didn’t plan to become a tech entrepreneur — he once dreamed of being a sociology professor. But after realizing he lacked an original thesis idea, he changed direction. The result? A career that includes building a unicorn, selling his first startup for $250M, and leading Capitolis to become a category-defining company. In this episode, Gil talks openly about: 💡 Surviving a near-death crisis in his first company 💡 Why he doesn’t recommend anyone to become an entrepre…

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  • Capitolis CEO 'Preparing For Overall Slowdown' In The Economy | Forbes

    August 06, 2022 · 📺 Forbes

    Gil Mandelzis, Founder and CEO of Capitolis sits down with Forbes’ Diane Brady to talk about capitol markets, the Russia invasion, and the importance of running a purpose-driven company. 0:00 Introducing Diane Brady And Gil Mandelzis 0:14 What does Capitolis do? 1:04 Who Capitolis is disrupting 1:58 Response to the Russia Invasion 4:30 The Economic Landscape 6:45 Over-Hyped And Under-Appreciated? 9:05 Roe V. Wade, Gun Control, And Other Controversial Issues 10:10 Being Purpose-Driven 12:45 What’s Next? Subscribe to FORBES: https://www.youtube.com/user/Forbes?s... Stay Connected Forbes ne…

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  • Standing Out in a Crowded Fintech Landscape

    June 30, 2022 · 📺 Capitolis

    At Collision 2022, Capitolis CEO Gil Mandelzis sat down with Jordan French, Executive Editor at Grit Daily News, Bryan O'Connell, Co-founder & CEO at Huckleberry, and Padmini Gupta, Co-founder & CEO at Xare to discuss what it takes to stand out in a crowded fintech landscape.

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  • Reimagining How Capital Markets Operate

    June 27, 2022 · 📺 Capitolis

    In this interview with Business Reporter, Gil Mandelzis, founder and CEO of Capitolis, discusses how his company is helping to reimagine how capital markets operate while keeping them both safe and vibrant.

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  • Fireside Chat: Transforming Capital Markets through B2B SaaS

    May 08, 2021 · 📺 Fintech Week Tel Aviv

    Industry leaders Gil Mandelzis, Founder & CEO, Capitolis, in conversation with Haim Sadger, Managing Partner, S Capital / Sequoia Capital Israel

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  • Catching up with Capitolis. Jan Hammer and Gil Mandelzis discuss the reshaping of capital markets

    March 30, 2021 · 📺 IndexVentures

    Capitolis has just secured $90m from investors including Index, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia and Spark. Index partner Jan Hammer who led the company's Series A in 2018 and has been working with the team ever since, speaks to the founder and CEO of Capitolis Gil Mandelzis. He asks him how the Capitolis fintech platform changes the dynamics in the market, what the regulators make of it, and why we need it in the first place.

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