About
Calm Capital buys and invests in profitable companies with uncomplicated business models (simple enough for grandma to grasp). These companies possess durability, strong client relationships, a capable staff, and profitable earnings. Calm Capital works with selling-founders to achieve a mutually beneficial outcome, offering straightforward terms and a simple process.
The Calm Way
How we do things around here.
Principled
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Patient
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Persistent
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Performance-oriented
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Perpetual
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Team
Marty Balkema
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Co-founder, Managing Partner
Over the last 24 years, Marty has progressed from writing code as a software engineer to leading product teams across a wide variety of industries for companies like Mitsubishi Caterpillar and Lifetime Fitness. Building on these experiences, Marty co-founded and operated multiple software companies before starting Calm Capital with David.
Marty resides along the southern coast of North Carolina with his wife and four kids — where you’ll find him cruising on open water or putting on fast greens.
David Horne
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Co-founder, Managing Partner
After a brief stint playing professional golf, David worked in marketing until going out on his own in 2008. Since then, he launched several startups and built a few creative agencies before co-founding Calm Capital.
David resides in his home state of North Carolina, bouncing between the Sandhills and the Outer Banks with his wife and two sons.
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