CE-Invests to deploy AED 1 bn across GCC, India, and Southeast Asia: Crescent Enterprises’ strategic investments platform CE-Invests plans to invest AED 1 bn over the next three years across India, Southeast Asia, and the GCC, according to a press release. The plan, which includes both direct investments and fund allocations, targets four key sectors: consumer, healthcare, financial services, and manufacturing.

The investment firm plans to acquire significant minority stakes through AED 75-200 mn tickets, the statement added.

Why those markets? “Large, youthful populations with rising incomes and investor‑friendly policies make our target markets ideal for scaling businesses and compounding returns,” Senior VP at CE‑Invests Ghada Abdelkader said.

REMEMBER- We recently spoke with Abdelkader about the company’s investment strategy and the firm’s interest in acquiring minority stakes of mid-market companies that require capital to scale. The investment firm recently participated in Indian interior design and build firm Flipspaces ’ expanded series C funding round. The firm raised USD 50 mn, up from an initial USD 35 mn, with Singapore’s Panthera Growth Partners and Japan’s SMBC Asia Rising Fund also taking part.

OTHER INVESTMENT NEWS-

An Israeli lab-grown dairy startup secured USD 20 mn from UAE fund Tau Capital, an venture capital fund backed by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan in what is one of few Gulf investments into Israel since the war in Gaza began in 2023, Bloomberg reports. The startup is eyeing further Gulf investments, including from Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, to support the commercial rollout of its fermentation-based, cowfree milk protein, CEO Aviv Wolff said, citing growing interest from Gulf states in food security and deep tech.

Tau in Israel: Tau Capital also recently backed Israeli cybersecurity startup Dream Security, with the firm set to deploy its threat detection and comms solutions across different Emirati ministries and national infrastructure.

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