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Crescent Enterprises is a multinational conglomerate headquartered in Sharjah, UAE, operating through four platforms including CE-Ventures, its corporate venture capital arm that invests in early- to late-stage high-growth companies and venture funds across the MENA region, India, Southeast Asia, and the US.
Deal activity decreased year-over-year (3 deals in the last 12 months vs 5 prior). Average disclosed round size is $79.4M (across 23 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
18
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Series B
Last 12 Mo
3
Team
V. Ravi Kumar
Executive Director
Mohamed Khalifa
Venture Associate, CE-Creates
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
28 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 XCath | Series C | $30M | Mar 2026 |
 Think Bioscience | Series A | $55M | Jan 2026 |
 Distil | Series A | $7.7M | Sep 2025 |
 Aalo Atomics | Series B | $100M | Aug 2025 |
 Flipspaces | Series C | $50M | May 2025 |
 Plaid | Growth | $575M | Apr 2025 |
 Freya Biosciences | Series A | — | Nov 2024 |
 Basic Home Loans | Series B | $10.6M | Sep 2024 |
 Crossbridge Bio | Seed | $10M | Jan 2024 |
 Exeliom Biosciences | Series A | — | Jul 2023 |
 Servify | Series D | $65M | Aug 2022 |
 NirogStreet | Series B | $12M | Jan 2022 |
 Furlenco | Series D | $140M | Jul 2021 |
 Kitopi | Series C | $415M | Jul 2021 |
| Kitopi | Series B | — | Feb 2020 |
 Vezeeta | Series D | $40M | Jan 2020 |
 FreshToHome | Series A | $11M | May 2019 |
| Furlenco | Series C | $17.3M | Jan 2019 |
| Vezeeta | Series C | $12M | Sep 2018 |
| Furlenco | Series C | — | Jan 2018 |
| Vezeeta | Series C | — | Jan 2018 |
| Kitopi | Seed | $2M | Jan 2018 |
| Furlenco | Series A | $30M | Oct 2016 |
| Furlenco | Series B | $15M | Jan 2016 |
 Aalo | Series B | $100M | — |
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Top Co-Investors
CE Ventures15 shared
India Quotient7 shared
Lightbox5 shared
Headline4 shared
BECO Capital4 shared
Crosscut Ventures3 shared
Alumni Ventures3 shared
Harpoon Ventures3 shared
Gaingels3 shared
Hitachi Ventures3 shared
Valor Equity Partners3 shared
MCJ3 shared
Kindred Ventures3 shared
Tishman Speyer3 shared
Fine Structure Ventures3 shared
Maple VC2 shared
Fifty Years2 shared
Iron Pillar2 shared
AXIS2 shared
Silicon Badia2 shared
Last updated: 27 September 2026