Zain Ventures (Zain Jaffer Family Office)

Zain Ventures is a globally-oriented family office founded by Zain Jaffer, focusing on real estate and startup investments. The firm actively seeks opportunities in PropTech projects and manages a diversified portfolio that includes stocks, fixed income, hedge funds, and private equity.

JZJ Holdings LLC, founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, is a single-family office investing in real estate, operating businesses, private equity, and angel opportunities. Their core strategy focuses on low- to moderate-risk real estate co-investments, along with technology and healthcare ventures.

Zinal Growth is a St. Helier, Jersey-based single-family office. Established in 2021, the firm invests and manages the wealth of Guillaume Pousaz and his family. Pousaz is a Dubai-based Swiss billionaire entrepreneur who founded and served as CEO of payment platform Checkout.com. In 2007, Pousaz set up NetMerchant, a U.S. to Europe money transfer service. He then founded Opus Payments in Singapore in 2009, enabling companies in Hong Kong to process payments from buyers on a global scale. The company then rebranded in 2012 and became Checkout.com. Checkout.com raised $230M in funding, the largest Series A funding round ever for a European fintech company. In January of 2021, Checkout.com raised another $450M at a $15B valuation. A year later in January of 2022, Checkout.com was valued at $40B. Zinal seeks to partner with passionate entrepreneurs and private companies who are actively challenging market structures. Today, Zinal Growth invests primarily in venture capital and private equity companies via direct transactions. The firm takes an agnostic approach to its deal sourcing, utilizing a global scale. Zinal has historically preferred targeting e-commerce and blockchain companies who display high growth potential with scalable business models. The firm's single-source capital provides for consistent and patient funding, without the need for specific deal mandates. In particular, the family office has partnered companies led by women in the past. Historical portfolio companies have included Ziina and Wayflyer.

J.A.S Ventures, based in New York and founded in 2021 as a venture practice for a prominent Abu Dhabi family, invests across stages and sectors with a founder-centric approach, focusing on technology-driven companies and facilitating growth in the US and UAE markets.

Zinc Ventures is a Calgary-based family office founded by Brad and Tanya Zumwalt in 1989, focusing on managing investments in real estate, finance, and wealth management. The firm, rooted in the Zumwalt family's community engagement, emphasizes protecting and growing their business and community investments.

Alzayani Investments is a Bahrain-based developer-investor active in the Middle East, UK, Europe, and the US, operating primarily in real estate through its subsidiary and other sectors. They have a broad development appetite spanning land acquisition through to forward purchase, with typical cheque sizes between $10 million and $50 million. No clear asset class specification or assets under management figure is publicly disclosed. Their Shariah stance is currently not explicitly stated. This profile is compiled mainly from the official website and LinkedIn data as of 2025.