CE-Invests is Crescent Enterprises’ strategic investments platform that invests in mid-market growth companies and private equity funds in some of Asia’s fastest growing economies. With a long-term investment horizon, CE-Invests partners with founders and management teams to drive exceptional growth, generate consistent returns, and create lasting impact.
Founded in 1983, Gama Aviation is a highly valued global partner to blue-chip corporations, government agencies, healthcare trusts, and private individuals. It provides business aviation, special mission, and technology and outsourcing services. Those services include commercial operations that extend from aircraft management and maintenance to charter flights and medical transport.
Date of Investment
2007Country
United KingdomSector
Business AviationStatus
CurrentMarkets Served
Europe, Middle EastContact
Growthgate Capital is a private equity firm focused on buy-and-build investments in the MENA region’s mid-market segment. It monitors US$ 1.6 billion in assets and since 2008 has invested in eight companies and handled more than 24 bolt-on acquisitions for them. Since 2013, Growthgate has completed five exits. CE‑Invests is represented on Growthgate’s board.
Date of Investment
2007Country
BahrainSector
Private EquityStatus
CurrentMarkets Served
Middle East and North AfricaContact
TVM Capital Healthcare is a global private equity healthcare investment specialist focused on emerging markets. It invests growth capital in companies that are transforming healthcare delivery to make healthcare more reliable, accessible, and efficient than ever before. CE‑Invests is a Limited Partner in TVM Capital Healthcare Fund I and is represented on the fund’s advisory board.
Date of Investment
2012Country
UAESector
Private Equity, HealthcareStatus
CurrentMarkets Served
Middle East and North AfricaContact
RAK Ceramics is one of the largest ceramic brands in the world. Specialising in ceramic and gres porcelain wall and floor tiles, sanitaryware, faucets and tableware, RAK Ceramics has the capacity to produce 118 million square metres of tiles, 5.7 million pieces of sanitaryware, 36 million pieces of porcelain tableware and 2.6 million pieces of faucets per year at its 23 state-of-the-art plants across the United Arab Emirates, India, Bangladesh and Europe.
Samena Limestone Holdings, a special-purpose vehicle managed by Samena Capital, a principal investment group with investments across multiple asset classes, managed a consortium of investors that acquired a 30.6% stake in RAK Ceramics.
Date of Investment
2014Country
UAESector
Construction MaterialsStatus
ExitedMarkets Served
UAE, India, Bangladesh, EuropeContact
The FIM-IBC MENA Real Estate Opportunities Fund (FIM-IBC) was formed through a partnership between Frontier Investment Management Partners Ltd. (FIM Partners), and Investbridge Capital (IBC).The FIM-IBC Fund deploys capital through structured debt and equity arrangements in real estate investments within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Its primary interests are in the residential, retail, hospitality, and office classes and include three transaction types: completion funding, development funding, and build to suit.
Date of Investment
2014Country
UAESector
Private Equity, Real EstateStatus
ExitedMarkets Served
UAEContact
Siraj Fund Management Company (Siraj) was founded by Palestine-based Massar International to manage and oversee investment funds in Palestine that spur sustainable industrial development and economic growth. Siraj launched Siraj Palestine Fund I (SPF I), a US$ 90 million private equity fund. SPF I has concluded 14 investments in 7 sectors.
Date of investment
2011Country
PalestineSector
Private EquityStatus
ExitedMarkets Served
PalestineContact