About Us – Captiros

Empowering Smarter Investors, One Strategy at a Time.

Captiros was created to simplify the investment process for everyday people and experienced investors alike, with clarity, control, and confidence at the core.

Our Mission

At Captiros, our mission is to democratize access to intelligent investing. We’re committed to empowering individuals—whether beginners or experienced investors—with AI-driven tools, transparent strategies, and real-time market insights that simplify financial growth.

We believe the future of wealth is inclusive, automated, and built on trust.
That’s why we exist—to help you invest smarter, live freer, and build lasting wealth with confidence.

What We Stand For

Clarity

No jargon. No guesswork. Just clean, easy-to-understand investment strategy.

Control

You stay in charge, from your risk levels to your withdrawal settings.

Confidence

Built with industry insight, AI-powered signals, and experienced financial minds.

Who We Serve

From first-time investors to portfolio veterans, Captiros is built for those who value strategy, structure, and simplicity.

Whether you’re planning for retirement or managing active capital, our platform adapts to your goals and your pace.

Our Story

Captiros was founded by a team of financial professionals, tech innovators, and market strategists who saw one major gap: too many platforms either overcomplicate investing or leave investors on their own.

We built Captiros to bridge that gap, blending automation with real guidance, and high-performance strategy with human-centered design.

Meet the team

Don Wilson

Founder & CEO

Don Wilson is the founder and CEO of DRW Trading, a powerhouse in global derivatives and options markets. Known for his precision in navigating market inefficiencies, he’s built DRW into a firm that thrives on volatility and complex risk structures.

When it comes to Captiros, Don’s strategic mindset and background in friction-based trading systems helped shape its risk-modeling core—blending speed, liquidity, and compliance into a seamless user experience. His indirect influence lies in how Captiros adopts DRW-style execution principles: fast, data-driven, and optimized for high-stakes environments.

Matt Andresen

Head of Strategy

Matt Andresen is a co-founder and former Head of Strategy at Citadel before establishing Headlands Technologies, recognized for his pioneering role in electronic trading systems and options market modeling. Known for capitalizing on market friction—the small inefficiencies between bid/ask spreads, execution delays, and price impact—Matt has built a reputation for designing algorithms that exploit those micro-gaps profitably.

In the case of Captiros, Matt brought his friction-focused expertise to the table by:

Integrating spread-optimization: Using Headlands-style models, Captiros embeds dynamic pricing engines that continuously minimize slippage across fragmented liquidity pools.

Advanced latency strategies: Drawing from his background, Captiros incorporates smart routing logic that reduces execution delay—leveraging micro-seconds advantage.

Execution risk modeling: Matt lent his experience in identifying and quantifying friction-related costs, ensuring Captiros adapts to changing market conditions and optimizes trade impact.

In short, Matt’s fingerprints are evident in Captiros’s infrastructure: by layering in granular friction-aware algorithms, he’s helped ensure the platform understands and navigates the hidden costs of trading in real time.

Kara Stein

Risk/Compliance Officer

Kara M. Stein served as a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner from August 2013 to January 2019, where she fervently advocated for stronger market structure, reduced settlement latency, and greater transparency—key factors in minimizing market friction

Friction focus: Stein emphasized how latency, data asymmetry, and fragmented liquidity can distort pricing and escalate risk. She spearheaded efforts like shortening settlement cycles and advancing machine-readable disclosures to reduce these inefficiencies sec.gov+1uclawsf.edu+1.

🛡️Her Contribution to Captiros

Latency reduction architecture: Drawing from her push to slash settlement delays and enable near-real-time data, Stein influenced Captiros to implement ultra-fast reconciliation and clearing processes—cutting down post-trade friction and easing capital constraints.

Transparent data framework: Inspired by her advocacy for centralized and standardized reporting (e.g., CAT), Captiros incorporates comprehensive tick-level and order-book transparency, allowing its algorithms to accurately measure and navigate friction.

Proactive compliance-at-speed: With Stein’s focus on preemptive risk controls (rather than after-the-fact enforcement), Captiros embeds real-time monitoring tools that flag execution slippage, breach of trading limits, or irregular exposures—enabling adjustments before friction turns into losses.

In short, Kara Stein’s market-friction philosophy—centered on reducing latency, enhancing transparency, and building live compliance—shapes Captiros’s core infrastructure, ensuring it trades efficiently, safely, and in harmony with market integrity principles.

Investing isn’t just about money, it’s about confidence, freedom, and long-term clarity. That’s what we’re here to build.

Welcome to Captiros.