Private equity firm

Caleo Private Equity (Pty) Ltd

Compiled from public sources

Caleo Private Equity (Pty) Ltd is a Johannesburg-headquartered growth equity firm, relationship-focused investment manager, and general partner founded in 2011 as the dedicated private equity division of multi-family office and wealth manager Caleo Capital. Co-CEOs Glen Scorgie and Selwyn Blieden, alongside Director Garth Wellman, lead the firm, whose core investment strategy centres on providing growth capital, private credit, and venture financing to start-ups, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and mid-sized corporate platforms locally in South Africa and offshore. Caleo Private Equity combines traditional private equity practices with conscious investing, flexible structuring, and an unpressurised approach to holding periods free from rigid exit mandates.

Investment focus

Sectors
Financial servicesReal estate and housingConsumerManufacturing and industrials
Stages and strategies
GrowthBuyout
Instruments
Equity
Regions
Sub-Saharan Africa
African markets named in public materials
South Africa

Sources

  1. Partner Researchers, accessed 14 November 2026