Approach
Rock Vision Investments is a private investment company owned by the Zabadne family. We invest our own capital in real estate, operating businesses, and market-entry ventures across Nigeria, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States.
Where we invest
Each is something the family has run directly, in more than one market.
01
Residential and commercial property in Lagos, Damascus, and Dubai. We buy directly, hold on the balance sheet, and manage the assets ourselves rather than outsourcing leasing and maintenance.
02
Manufacturing, distribution, and specialist products. The family has built and run companies of this type since 1952, including a Nigerian factory that employed more than eight hundred people.
03
Bringing established international brands into markets where they are not yet represented, and building the operation behind them. It is the oldest business the family has, and the one it is most active in today.
Criteria
Stated plainly, so you can tell in a minute whether there is a fit.
Markets
We invest where the family already operates and has people on the ground. Syria is where we are most active at present: property holdings in Damascus, and a registered Damascus company trading goods between the United States and Syria.
Assets
Income-producing or development real estate; established businesses with a working management team; and exclusive distribution or agency rights for brands entering our markets.
Structure
We take controlling positions or partner with an operator who retains a meaningful stake. We do not take passive minority positions in businesses we cannot influence.
Capital
Every investment is funded from family capital. There is no fund, no outside investors, and no committee — which means we can commit quickly and hold for as long as the asset warrants.
What we bring
Three generations of manufacturing, distribution, and property management across West Africa, the Levant, the Gulf, and the United States. When we invest in a business, we have usually run something like it.
Scope
So that no one spends time on a conversation that was never going to work.
What we do
What we do not
Process
Four stages. No investment committee to satisfy and no external approval to wait on.
Stage 01
Send the opportunity with the basic figures and who is running it. We will tell you quickly whether it is something we invest in.
Stage 02
We examine the accounts, visit the asset or business, and meet the people responsible for running it.
Stage 03
We agree structure, price, and the role each side takes afterwards, then document it with counsel in the relevant jurisdiction.
Stage 04
We take the position and support it — capital where it is needed, and management involvement where it helps.
Enquiries
Tell us what the opportunity is, where it is, and who is running it. We will give you a straight answer either way.
