Private equity firm
Caleo Private Equity (Pty) Ltd
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
- Partner Researchers, accessed 14 November 2026