About Us
CZ Venture Capital stems from Creative Zones' 12 years of experience in successfully building startups. Apart from helping over 45,000 entrepreneurs setup their businesses in the UAE, the CZG Group has launched dozens of organisations that are a prominent part of the UAE's business landscape.
Our Vision
To play a pivotal role in incubating, launching and accelerating exceptional startups by backing them from seeding to scaling. CZ Ventures investment strategy spans across all stages of a company's growth, from seeding innovations in emerging markets to funding early-stage companies in high-growth markets to fueling the growth of market leaders. Any stage of growth is the right stage to partner with CZ Venture Capital. We can add value and offer expert guidance throughout the company's lifecycle, whether your idea is at its inception or has already progressed to be a viable reality.
Our Approach
If you are an entrepreneur with innovative ideas capable of disrupting the industry, we would love to hear from you and be your partners in growth.
CZ Venture Capital is firmly built on the 'founder-first' philosophy and invests with high conviction behind a very select number of new teams each year.
- We invest in passionate people & teams
- We look to complement and exponentiate
- We go in it with you
- We like to solve tough problems no matter the challenge
- We are here to make a difference and impact everybody around us
How can we help you?
Infrastructure Support
We will help you choose and setup your business in the right jurisdiction with a tailor-made plan including a wide range of business solutions so you can focus on growing your business
- Licensing support
- Office and Coworking Spaces
- PRO Services
- Special Permits
- Government Introductions
Human Capital & Team Expertise
We help you recruit the right people to keep the engines running
- HR and Recruitment solutions
- Tax and Accounting
- Regulation and Compliance
- Legal Advisory
- Marketing Agency Support
- Virtual PA
- Tech and digital business tools/support
Strategic Advice
Benefit from hands-on assistance from our partners and the expertise of our collective networks to work side-by-side with you on your biggest and smallest challenges
- Board Advisory
- Mentorship & Dedicated Support
- Business Development and Introductions
Funding and Partnerships
Leveraging our partners' years of experience and knowledge, we do everything we can to help our portfolio companies get to Series A and beyond.
- Access to Seed Funding and Angel investment
- Series A & B investments
- Loans and Financial Support
- Access to Partnerships
Team
Steve Mayne
FOUNDER AND MANAGING PARTNER
Jigar Sagar
MANAGING PARTNER
Lorenzo Jooris
PARTNER
Michal Sobieraj
PARTNER
FAQs
Submit
We are thrilled that you have decided to submit your startup to CZ Venture Capital for funding consideration. Please fill the fields in the form below, so your startup gets logged in our system. We will make sure to respond to you regarding your submission in a timely manner.
Please fill the fields in the form below, so your startup gets logged in our system. We will make sure to respond to you regarding your submission in a timely manner.