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    Kalon Venture Partners

    Johannesburg, South AfricaFounded 2016

    Kalon Venture Partners is a South African venture capital firm founded in 2016, investing in post-revenue disruptive technology startups across Africa. The firm focuses on high-growth technology companies in sectors including B2B SaaS, fintech, and marketplaces.

    40% of their portfolio is in Cybersecurity. Their most common stage is seed (50% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $4.3M (across 7 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    7

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    ARNOLD BASSERABIE

    ARNOLD BASSERABIE

    NON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    EDWIN OBLOWITZ

    EDWIN OBLOWITZ

    NON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    FATIMA HABIB

    FATIMA HABIB

    NON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Gil Oved

    Gil Oved

    NON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Marc Balkin

    Marc Balkin

    NON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Melbourne Nyamadzawo

    Melbourne Nyamadzawo

    Analyst

    Sean Bernstein

    Sean Bernstein

    Senior Analyst

    LERON VARSHA

    LERON VARSHA

    CEO

    RK

    ROMEO KUMALO

    NON EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN

    EO

    EDDY OBLOWITZ

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    10 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    GoMetro logoGoMetroSeries A$11.4MNov 2023
    Sendmarc logoSendmarcSeries A$7MFeb 2023
    Sendmarc logoSendmarcSeries A$7MFeb 2023
    GoMetro logoGoMetroSeed$1.5MJan 2023
    Talk360 logoTalk360Seed—Oct 2022
    Sendmarc logoSendmarcSeed—Jan 2020
    cARscan logocARscanSeed$1.3MJan 2020
    Sendmarc logoSendmarcSeed—Jan 2020
    SnapnSave logoSnapnSaveUnknown$1M—
    Mobiz logoMobizGrowth$1M—

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    Last updated: 20 October 2026