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Marcel Mabhena

Critic · DISC type C
Co-Founder at Capital Lift Investment
📍 Prague, Czechia

Marcel is the Director of FinTech Engineering at Kiwi. com, with a deep background in building high-availability financial applications for payments, risk, and collateral. He previously spent 15 years at Deutsche Börse and holds a Masters from Czech Technical University in Prague. People who have worked with him describe him as a strong team leader.

He was inspired to co-found his own investment firm, Capital Lift, from a personal desire to make his money work harder for his familys future. He sought a way to grow capital consistently without the demands of being a full-time trader, which led him to create an automated, algorithm-driven solution.

Unique Fact: He co-founded an automated investment firm to help families like his grow their capital without needing to become full-time traders.

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Prague, Czechia
Personality Overview

How Marcel shows up

Critic
Objective Thinker
Precise

Unless the value is proven by data, they are unlikely to value fancy features. It is very likely that they will negotiate pricing or other important terms. They enjoy working alone and do not rely on others very often.

Priorities

Topics Marcel cares about

FinTech Transformation
He actively discusses the future of payments and commerce, noting the industry is still in the "early innings of transformation" and involves leaders from major tech and payment companies.
Agentic Commerce
He foresees a major shift in e-commerce by 2026, where AI platforms will handle not just product discovery but also the entire checkout process through agentic payments.
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Career

Work history

5-2025
Co-Founder
Capital Lift Investment
10-2023
Director of FinTech Engineering
Kiwi.com
10-2020 - 9-2023
Director of Clearing Payments & Collateral Implementation
Deutsche Börse
9-2016 - 9-2020
Project Manager for Eurex Clearing
Deutsche Börse
1-2014 - 8-2016
Head of Unit System Requirements
Deutsche Börse
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2006 - 2008
Masters
Czech Technical University in Prague
2001 - 2002
Advanced Level Cambridge Certificate
St. George's College
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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