Accelerating Growth for Founders and Value for Investors

Baleon Capital was created to serve as the premier early-stage investor that is squarely focused on working with Founders to build great businesses. Over my 30-year career, I haven’t seen an investor as committed and dedicated to success as Baleon. I strive for the highest returns for all constituents by focusing on what matters most: the people. Baleon is committed to being a long-term partner to everyone we work with, it is very important to us that we develop trust with our investors and support our management teams.

As Founders will appreciate, joining the Baleon Family came with heightened expectations and risk. Jon and I had a shared vision of building a unique investment firm that focuses on collaboration and strategic thinking. We are creating an atmosphere in which investors, management teams, and employees are striving for excellence and continuously building towards a common goal.

Unlike others we interviewed, they immediately understood our value proposition, we aligned on their approach to capital allocation, and saw differentiation and value in their ready access to networked advisors throughout the healthcare industry.

As a repeat Founder, I understood the challenges of raising capital and bringing on an outside partner. Working with Baleon I quickly realized that their entire team was here to help build our business. We were looking for a partner to face challenges together, overcome obstacles, and eventually create a great business with. Baleon has been a great resource for Slick and we are proud to call them our investors.

Jon invested in my first business in the early 2000s when my industry was just developing. With his guidance, knowledge and forward-drive he helped develop that business into a global enterprise. When I started Avenue Z, I wanted a partner that would work alongside me through the challenges of multiple acquisitions – someone that was going to roll-up their sleeves with me. I looked no further than Baleon Capital.

From the outset, the Baleon team demonstrated a deep understanding of both our business and the complexities of the healthcare marketing industry. What truly set them apart was their creativity and flexibility in crafting a non-trivial deal structure tailored to our specific needs – something other funds might not have done for us. Beyond that, the Baleon team is simply a great group of people on a personal level, which was an incredibly important factor for our founding team.

I’ve learned that what matters most when deciding who to take money from is figuring out who will be a true partner to you — someone who’s unfazed by challenges and turbulence but is able to recognize potential and support a business in building towards it. Jon and his team have been a true and uncommon partner in building Clearstep.