About us
Who we are
We believe in:
Archelon is a team of industry leaders with diverse backgrounds and a shared passion for excellence. Our origins within high-quality businesses allows us to leverage our expertise to support our clients. Each member and partner brings unique insights and commitment to our core values. We navigate the complex market dynamics and achieve outstanding results.
What we do
We specialise in providing advisory services and managing private capital investments for ourselves, institutions and individuals globally. Our expert team leverages deep industry knowledge and robust network to deliver exceptional investment opportunities and strategic advice. We are dedicated to maximising value and achieving superior returns for our stakeholders through our comprehensive approach and global reach.
Investment philosophy
We focus on Small to Medium companies (SME's) with compelling value propositions, robust growth trajectories and sufficient available collateral. Our investment philosophy is underpinned by thorough due diligence processes and active portfolio and exposure management. We seek to partner with experienced business owners and management teams to accelerate and support their growth, profitability and continued sustainability.
We believe in responsible investing and are dedicated to making a positive impact. We ensure that the impact of our investments contribute to the sustainability of our economy and environment while still delivering exceptional returns.
The Team
Sheldon, a registered CA(SA) and UCT alumnus with dual honours in finance and accountacy, is the founder of Archelon Group. He has over 15 years' experience in large financial services group's with over R15 billion assets under management across various sectors. He held various financial and operational executive roles over the 15 years. He was recognised as Young CFO of the Year in 2021 by CFO South Africa.
Sheldon successfully operated and expanded a private capital fund for a financial services group, increasing assets under management ten fold, with the fund delivering on the forecast returns for investors delivering an average of 12.74% per annum nominal return.