UAE’s CE-Ventures leads $17.5m funding for India’s Furlenco
CE-Ventures has led $17.5 million funding to finance Kieraya Furnishing Solutions (Furlenco), an India-based online furniture subscription platform. The move comes in light of India’s growing furniture subscription market…
Crescent Enterprises and Bee’ah inaugurate sustainable transport company ION; commence operations in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah
ION, the UAE-based sustainable transport company, has been officially established during an inauguration ceremony attended by Badr Jafar, CEO of Crescent Enterprises, and Khaled Al Huraimel…
Crescent Enterprises Partners with The Big Heart Foundation to support refugees
UAE-based multinational company donates AED 500,000 to support humanitarian relief efforts…
Investors boost startup funding
Investors have increased funding levels for startups, showing that the private sector is starting to grasp the importance of supporting entrepreneurship, said Samer Choucair, director, CE-Creates. The firm has grouped
Creating the right environment for electric vehicles
If you build it, they will come.” That would definitely appear to be the rationale for Dubai’s development of its electric vehicle infrastructure, with the government keen to achieve its
Oxford Business Group Speaks to Badr Jafar, CEO, Crescent Enterprises, about How Innovation and Entrepreneurship Can Reshape Economies
What role can innovation and entrepreneurship play in both Sharjah and the region? JAFAR: Sharjah’s emerging role as a hub for start-ups is…
Specialty Coffeehouse Kava & Chai opens three new locations in Dubai
CE-Creates, the internal venture building platform for Crescent Enterprises, announced today that Kava & Chai, the UAE’s home-grown specialty coffeehouse, has opened three additional locations in Dubai…
Crescent Enterprises’ VC Arm Leads $11M Series A Round In FoodTech Startup FreshToHome
The latest entrant to the UAE’s startup scene, FreshToHome, that supplies fresh meat and fish on demand through an app, has just bagged a series A round of funding worth
Crescent Enterprises Hosts Columbia Business School Students to Share Business Expertise
Crescent Enterprises, the UAE-based diversified conglomerate, hosted 30 MBA students from New York-based Columbia Business School as part of an educational trip designed…