ZAYNA VENTURES
City Life + Consumer Commerce

We Build Ventures.
We Help Founders Build.

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How we build

BUILD

Turning opportunities into companies.

Ideas, validation, entrepreneurial leaders, and the resources a new company needs to stand on its own.

How we build
How we grow

GROW

Helping established businesses grow.

ZAYNA Advisors works alongside established companies on growth, market entry, expansion and partnerships.

How we grow
Where we build

City Life + Consumer Commerce

ZAYNA builds products, services and experiences around the changing ways people live, participate, shop and experience everyday life.

Why we build here

Growing markets. Changing lifestyles. New opportunities.

We focus on areas where changing consumer behaviour, technology and new business models are creating opportunities to build something better.

The ZAYNA Venture Engine

A repeatable model for creating companies.

ZAYNA identifies opportunities, builds the foundation and partners with entrepreneurial leaders to create businesses designed to grow independently.

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One engine. Any industry.

Client engagements and company-building activities are independently governed. Client information, opportunities and intellectual property are treated confidentially.

The Venture Game

Strategy, Stakes & Startups

Ideas are everywhere. Building them is the game.

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Build

Turning opportunities into companies.

Everything a company needs on day one.

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What is already in place on day one

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Build With ZAYNA

Where a company begins.

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Founder in Residence

Bring an idea. Bring a venture. Or build one with us.

Build it with a team already in place.

Build it. Lead it. Earn ownership in it.

Entrepreneurs can bring their own idea, bring an existing venture, or join an opportunity ZAYNA is already developing.

Build From Anywhere

ZAYNA works with entrepreneurs locally, remotely and internationally.

Apply

Apply to Founder in Residence

Tell us what you want to build, or what you have already started. We read every application.

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We read every application and reply by email.

Founder in Residence is an entrepreneurial venture-building program and should not be understood as an offer of salaried employment. Individual relationships and structures depend on the venture, role, contribution and circumstances. Where regulated professional services are required, they are handled by qualified independent professionals.
Portfolio

Companies we're building.

A growing portfolio of businesses created and developed through the ZAYNA venture-building model.

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What's Next

The portfolio keeps growing.

New ventures are added as opportunities are validated, entrepreneurial leadership is established and building begins.

Founder in Residence
Grow

Helping established businesses grow.

An operating partner through execution.

ZAYNA Advisors works alongside established companies on growth, market entry, expansion and partnerships, staying involved through delivery.

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Talk to ZAYNA

Tell us where the business is going.

Growth, a new market, an expansion or a partnership. Tell us what you are working on and we will tell you how we would approach it.
ZAYNA Ventures

ZAYNA Access

Private access for investors and entrepreneurial leaders.

Investor Access

Access ZAYNA investment materials, venture rooms, updates and approved diligence documents.

  • ·Investment materials
  • ·Venture rooms
  • ·Updates
  • ·Diligence
Investor Login

Founder Access

Access venture resources, documents, operating materials and founder-specific information.

  • ·Venture resources
  • ·Business requirement documents
  • ·Brand
  • ·Operating materials
Founder Login

Access is by invitation only.

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The Venture Game

Strategy, Stakes & Startups

Ideas are everywhere. Building them is the game.

Perspectives on entrepreneurship, founders, venture building, markets, technology, capital and what it takes to turn opportunities into companies.

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Beyond the Box: Building What Doesn't Exist Yet, by Ilyaz Zameer
From the founder

Beyond the Box

Building What Doesn't Exist Yet

The thinking behind how ZAYNA builds. Founder Ilyaz Zameer on creating what has no precedent.

Print and Kindle on Amazon · Audio also on Apple and Google

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Talk to Us

Start a conversation.

Whether you want to run one of our ventures, build your own with us, or grow the business you already have, tell us what you are working on.

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