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Since 2017, Kalon Venture Partners has backed 5 African startups across 9 disclosed funding rounds totaling $34.7M, most heavily in South Africa and AI & Analytics.
Kalon Venture Partners is a venture capital firm focused on disruptive technology businesses. According to its official materials, Kalon manages technology VC funds and is led by an experienced team active in the South African tech venture capital ecosystem. The firm is based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Kalon Venture Partners invests growth capital into high growth, small to medium sized technology companies in South Africa, with a mandate to support innovative business models and scalable software driven solutions. The firm is active across early stages, including seed and Series A rounds, and has participated in other venture funding rounds. Based on disclosed investments, Kalon has backed South African companies in sectors such as AI and analytics, logistics and supply chain, fintech, telecom and connectivity, and marketing and CRM, with a clear geographic focus on the South African market. Kalon’s portfolio includes GoMetro, Talk360, Carscan, Mobiz, and Ozow, alongside other high growth technology businesses. Its funds are structured to provide investors with exposure to South African technology ventures, and official fund documentation confirms a mandate to invest in South African technology SMEs. The firm often invests alongside other institutional and venture investors, reflecting an approach that leverages partnerships within the regional venture ecosystem.
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Kalon Venture Partners has backed 5 African startups across 9 disclosed funding rounds tracked on Liners, totaling $34.7M since 2017.
Mostly Seed: 5 of its 9 tracked rounds are at that stage, followed by Series A (2).
Kalon Venture Partners's tracked rounds are concentrated in South Africa (9).
Its tracked rounds lean toward AI & Analytics (3), Logistics & Supply Chain (2), Fintech (2), and 2 more sectors.
Kalon Venture Partners most often shares rounds with IDF Capital (3 shared deals), E2 Investments (2 shared deals), 4Decades Capital (2 shared deals).
Kalon Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that manages disruptive technology VC funds focused on South African technology companies. Official information confirms that the firm is based in Johannesburg, South Africa and invests in high growth, small to medium sized technology businesses in the country.
Kalon Venture Partners has invested in South African technology companies such as GoMetro, Talk360, Carscan, Mobiz, and Ozow. In several of these rounds the firm invested alongside other institutional co investors, including regional venture capital funds and asset managers, reflecting its collaborative approach to building a diversified technology portfolio in South Africa.