After a successful career with Accenture, in 2016 Clive Butkow finally took the plunge and launched his own venture capital company, Kalon Venture Partners. Butkow was speaking as part of episode two of “The month in VC”, a new monthly podcast series focused on all things venture capital launched by Disrupt Africa in partnership with Katapult Africa, Kalon Venture Partners, and Hlayisani Capital. It was 28 years before he decided to pursue his true dream – venture capital. “In 2012 I retired, and then I got headhunted into a company called Grovest, and then two years later I started Kalon Venture Partners. Now we will be able to play a big role in the South African and African VC space.”The companies Kalon invests in are solving big problems on the continent.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 21, 2023 12:03 UTC