Kalon Venture Partners

Kalon Venture Partners is a South African venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments in high-growth technology companies. The firm focuses on sectors such as fintech, e-commerce, digital platforms, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity, aiming to support entrepreneurs who are solving African and global challenges. Kalon seeks to provide smart capital and strategic support to help these companies scale and achieve significant returns.

The firm's investment strategy involves deploying capital into post-revenue startups, not necessarily post-profit ventures, with the potential to expand into African and global markets. Kalon aims to achieve an investment return of five times the risk capital invested within six years, targeting an internal rate of return of more than 30% per annum. The firm emphasizes creating both financial and non-financial value, believing that great returns are achieved by generating as much non-financial as financial value.

Kalon's portfolio includes a diverse range of companies across various industries, reflecting its commitment to fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in Africa. The firm's experienced team, with a combined 200 years of technology, business building, venture capital, and entrepreneurial experience, actively participates in the earliest stages of their portfolio companies' journeys, providing hands-on support to build businesses into valuable assets. Kalon operates under the Section 12J Venture Capital Company (VCC) regime, offering tax incentives to investors in qualifying enterprises.

Kalon Venture Partners is headquartered in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, and operates with a team of experienced professionals dedicated to supporting the growth and success of its portfolio companies across the continent.