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Crescent Ventures

VC
Manama, BahrainWebsite
How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$100K – $1.5M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

7 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Crescent Ventures specializes in early-stage investments in MENA’s tech ecosystem, with a focus on safety, mobility, and family-driven solutions.

Meet the Team

SA

Samer Al-Qahwaji

Managing Partner

Safety Tech
Mobility
Emerging Markets
BJ

Badr Jafar

General Partner

corporate strategy
venture capital strategy
global diversification
sustainability
TS

Tushar Singhvi

Principal

venture capital
life sciences
technology enabled businesses
corporate development
venture building (CE-Creates)
GA

Ghada Abdelkader, CFA

Senior Vice President, CE-Invests

private equity
strategic investments
India / Southeast Asia expansion
portfolio evaluation & exits
SP

Sudarshan Pareek

Principal

early-growth stage VC
tech-enabled companies
MENA, USA, India, Southeast Asia
scaling founders
DI

Damir Illich, PhD

Manager, Life Sciences, CE-Ventures

novel therapeutics
biopharmaceuticals
board advisory for biotech portfolio companies
life science investments
CS

Caroline Souchet

Investment Manager, CE-Ventures

health tech
biotechnology
emerging markets (US, Europe, MENA)
microbiome research platform

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

TA

Tamtam

Logistics/Mobility
HA

Hala

Transportation

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