Klaris Capital
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Klaris Capital backs growth-stage AI, deep tech, and frontier industries.

Principal investing and strategic advisory for critical infrastructure, intelligence, and frontier systems.

Backed by a Family Office with a generational perspective, we partner with founders from Series A through pre-IPO with principal capital and hands-on M&A and capital-raising support.

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About Klaris

An investment and advisory platform built on permanence.

Klaris Capital is backed by a multi-generational Family Office. Free from fund-driven timelines or exit pressure, we invest and advise with patience, precision, and alignment.

We have trusted relationships with strategic acquirers and diverse pools of global capital, spanning family offices, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, pension funds, private equity, venture capital, and crossover investors.

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Integrated Approach

Three pillars. One platform.

Our advisory and investment capabilities work in concert — each informing and strengthening the other.

PRINCIPAL INVESTING Permanent Capital Co-invest & Direct CAPITAL SOLUTIONS Series A to Pre-IPO Global Network M&A ADVISORY Strategic Outcomes Cross-Border Klaris Capital
What We Do

Institutional execution
with aligned capital.

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Principal Investing
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Capital Solutions Advisory
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Mergers & Acquisitions

Our principal investing reflects a permanent capital mindset: investing patiently and selectively alongside our advisory relationships. We pursue minority and structured investments across sectors where we have conviction, without fund-driven timelines or exit pressure.

As a multi-generational family office, we bring a generational perspective to capital allocation — providing patient capital and strategic guidance to management teams building enduring businesses.

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For Founders

For founders building in frontier tech, Klaris is a hands-on growth partner.

Not just capital. An investor's mindset and a deal-maker's edge.

Pitch Klaris

Growth capital for critical technologies

From Series A to pre-IPO, we invest in the infrastructure, intelligence, and systems defining the next era.

Deal-makers' edge

M&A and capital-raising support from a team that lives transactions. We bring an owner's mindset to every engagement.

Family Office backing

Patient capital, cross-border relationships, and a global network spanning strategic and financial partners.

What We Invest In

Companies building the infrastructure, intelligence, and frontier systems of the future.

AI/ML & Data Infrastructure
Deep Tech & Frontier
Fintech & Financial Infrastructure
Defense & Dual-Use
Space & Orbital Systems
Industrials & Automation
Semiconductors & Hardware

We both lead and follow, focusing where our strategy, M&A, and capital-markets experience can most move the needle.

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Our Team

The people behind Klaris Capital.

Experienced professionals combining institutional rigor with an entrepreneurial mindset across investing and advisory.

Partners
Sid Kapur
Sid Kapur
Managing Partner
Sid Kapur
Managing Partner
Former Lazard, PJT Partners, STG (Symphony Technology Group), and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Babson BBA, Northwestern Kellogg MBA.
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Cem Kalay
Cem Kalay
Founding Partner
Cem Kalay
Founding Partner
Former BCG, Franklin Templeton, and growth equity at a single family office. LSE and Babson College.
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Enes Karakullukcu
Enes Karakullukcu
Founding Partner
Enes Karakullukcu
Founding Partner
Former Investcorp (Abu Dhabi) and Unlu & Co. Member of the family office that anchors Klaris. Babson MSF and BBA.
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Senior Advisors
Christopher Payton
Christopher Payton
Senior Advisor
Christopher Payton
Senior Advisor
Lecturer, Babson College. Fractional CFO, Stellaromics. Former Research Associate, Harvard Business School.
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Alex Noton
Alex Noton
Senior Advisor
Alex Noton
Senior Advisor
CEO, Web Shield. MD, Hampton Court Capital. 15+ years in investment banking across London, New York, and Silicon Valley.
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Murat Tasci
Murat Tasci
Senior Advisor
Murat Tasci
Senior Advisor
Founder & Chair, Actus Partners. President, JASMEF (World Bank-backed). Former Investcorp. 20+ years in PE and growth investing.
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Arjun Dev Arora
Arjun Dev Arora
Senior Advisor
Arjun Dev Arora
Senior Advisor
Founder, Format One. Angel investor with 20+ investments. Advises funds, startups, LPs, and Fortune 100 companies.
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Our Foundation

Built for the long term.

Klaris is anchored by a multi-generational Family Office with over a century of operational experience, active business operations across 25+ countries, and a workforce of 5,000+ people. That foundation gives us patient capital, cross-border relationships, and a long-term view of value creation that isn't driven by fund cycles or exit timelines.

Our principals have built and scaled real businesses across industries and geographies. That operational DNA shapes how we invest, advise, and partner: with an owner's perspective, a global rolodex, and a time horizon measured in decades rather than quarters.

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