Our Portfolio
Six Ventures. Four Sectors.
One Guiding Thesis.
Our Portfolio
Six Ventures.
Four Sectors.
One Guiding Thesis.
Eyewear Retail
Stylo Opticals
Zolare Investment · Since 2009 · 16 Years
The GCC's premium destination for optical eyewear and eye care, delivering expert-led retail that combines clinical precision with aspirational design. Across its UAE stores, Stylo serves thousands annually, bridging medical necessity and personal style.
Investment Rationale
"The optical retail market in the GCC was underserved at the premium end. Consumers wanted expert care and aspirational product, not one at the expense of the other. Stylo was the vehicle to deliver both."
16 yrs
Track Record
UAE
Primary Market
Premium
Positioning
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Jewellery
Nishka Jewellery
Zolare Portfolio Company
A luxury retail brand bridging traditional South Asian craftsmanship with the aesthetic preferences of contemporary GCC consumers. Each piece reflects artisanal quality, handcrafted using techniques passed through generations, now in a modern retail format for today's discerning buyer.
Investment Rationale
"The GCC's South Asian diaspora represents a significant and underserved luxury jewellery audience, one that values cultural authenticity alongside quality and contemporary design. Nishka serves that audience with genuine craft."
Artisan
Quality
Luxury
Segment
GCC
Market
Tip Top Optical Trading LLC
Zolare Portfolio · 10 Years
A wholesale and distribution business supplying frames, lenses, and optical accessories to retail outlets and eye care practices across the UAE. As a trade operation, Tip Top provides the group with upstream exposure to the optical sector, complementing Stylo's downstream retail presence.
Investment Rationale
"Owning both the retail and trade link of an optical supply chain gives strategic control over margins, product selection, and market intelligence. Tip Top and Stylo are stronger together than either would be independently."
10 yrs
Track Record
B2B
Channel
UAE
Market
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1 Shot Beverages
Zolare Portfolio Company
A functional wellness drinks brand designed for the GCC's health-conscious, on-the-go consumer. Positioned at the intersection of convenience and performance nutrition, the brand serves a fast-growing category where demand for cleaner, more intentional products is accelerating across Gulf markets.
Investment Rationale
"The GCC consumer is becoming more sophisticated about health and nutrition. Functional beverage is one of the fastest-growing categories to reflect that shift. 1 Shot is positioned exactly where that consumer is heading."
FMCG
Category
Wellness
Positioning
GCC
Market
CANTES Italy
VISION-LED BRAND · CONTEMPORARY EYEWEAR
Cantes Italy emerges as the game-changer in the eyewear industry, addressing the void left by traditional brands. Cantes offer a captivating blend of bold purpose-driven designs and everyday functionality, transforming eyewear from a mere necessity into a vibrant expression of individuality.
Investment Rationale
The eyewear market is shifting beyond vision correction into a lifestyle category. Consumers increasingly seek products that reflect personal style and everyday functionality. Cantes is well positioned to capture this demand through design-forward, versatile eyewear.
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OMF Karate Academy
Zolare Portfolio Company
A structured martial arts education institution delivering character development alongside physical discipline to children and adults across the UAE. OMF serves the growing demand among GCC families for extracurricular programmes that develop both body and values.
Investment Rationale
"Education businesses with structured curricula and community relationships have genuine defensibility. OMF isn't just a sports academy, it is a character development institution, and those command lasting loyalty from families."
Youth
Audience
UAE
Market
Community
Model
MoJ Perfume
Zolare Own Brand · GCC-Born
A GCC-rooted fragrance brand conceived, built, and positioned from within the region for the region. MoJ celebrates the cultural centrality of perfumery in the Arab world, a tradition that is not merely aesthetic but deeply social, spiritual, and personal.
Strategic Rationale
"Perfumery is not a category in the GCC, it is a cultural language. A brand that speaks that language authentically, with quality that matches the aspiration, holds a position that imported luxury labels cannot replicate."
GCC
Regional Identity
Luxury
Segment
Own IP
Brand Ownership
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