# CE-Ventures

> CE-Ventures is a VC fund backing Health Care, Biotechnology and FinTech. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.crescententerprises.com/ce-ventures/

CE-Ventures is a VC fund focused on Health Care and Biotechnology. CE-Ventures is the corporate venture capital platform of Crescent Enterprises, focusing on strategic investments in early- to late-stage high-growth companies and select venture funds globally.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 4 | 20% |
| Biotechnology | 4 | 20% |
| FinTech | 3 | 15% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 15% |
| Life Science | 3 | 15% |

48 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 6 | 30% |
| Series B | 3 | 15% |
| Series D | 3 | 15% |
| Seed | 2 | 10% |
| Grant | 1 | 5% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 7 | 35% |
| United States | 6 | 30% |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 15% |
| France | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Think Bioscience | Think Bioscience is reimagining synthetic biology by guiding the design and assembly of better medicines through the use of living systems. | $55M | Series A | Jan 20, 2026 |  |
| Think Bioscience | Think Bioscience is reimagining synthetic biology by guiding the design and assembly of better medicines through the use of living systems. | $55M | Series A | Jan 20, 2026 |  |
| Distil | Distil provides fully customized, scalable solutions, dependable quality, technology-enabled quick purchase with on-time delivery, and substantial after-sales support to manufacturers globally. | $7.7M | Series A | Sep 23, 2025 |  |
| Mesh | Founded in 2020, Mesh's mission is to build an open, connected and secure financial ecosystem. Mesh is a modern financial operating system that provides enterprise clients with the ability to enable digital asset transfers, crypto payments, account aggregation and registered securities trading, all within their platform. With integrations toover 300+ platforms like Robinhood, Coinbase and MetaMask, Mesh is creating an embedded financial ecosystem that is more open, connected and secure for businesses and users alike. To learn more, visit https://www.meshconnect.com/. |  |  | Aug 14, 2025 |  |
| Mesh | Mesh Pay is a payment infrastructure platform that enables businesses to accept and send digital assets and cryptocurrency transactions through a single integration. It supports connectivity with hundreds of wallets and exchanges, and processes payments, deposits, verification,s and global payouts, settling funds in stablecoins or local currency toreduce volatility risk and increase completion rates. The platform includes SmartFunding™, which orchestrates funding from multiple sources to streamline checkout and payout processes, and offers real-time address validation and settlement features. Mesh Pay also provides programmable wallet capabilities for autonomous commerce and routes funds securely across wallets, banks and exchanges. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 14, 2025 |  |
| PierSight Space | PierSight is constructing a SAR satellite network to provide continuous monitoring for the maritime industry. |  | Seed | May 20, 2025 |  |
| CrossBridge Bio | CrossBridge Bio operates as a biotechnology company, innovates ADC therapeutics through stable dual linker payload technology. | $10M | Seed | Nov 04, 2024 |  |
| NorthLadder | Most of us know what it feels like to sell a pre-owned device - be it a smartphone, a laptop or a tablet. The fact is that the pre-owned market is intransparent and finding a fair price for your asset is daunting. Even if you do get a fair price, the inconvenience of meeting the buyer, negotiating the price, shipping the asset, and waiting forpayment could be an exhausting process. And then there is the worry of figuring out what happens to the data on your device.This is why NorthLadder came to be. We are the region’s only auction-driven selling platform for pre-owned electronics devices- a thoughtfully created service where people can sell their devices to a network of global buyers and get cash instantly in a safe, dignified, and hassle-free manner.But that’s not all. We have many convenient drop-off locations across the region for getting instant cash against your devices. Don’t want to drop off your device? No worries, we will come to your doorstep to pick it up and hand the cash over to you. And if you want your data to be erased, we can advise you on ways to do it or use internationally approved software to erase it for a small fee.We have served thousands of customers and their overwhelmingly positive feedback tells us we are on the right track. Our efforts actively contribute to the formation of a circular economy, which is the need of the day. You can help too, by introducing your electronic gadget to the secondary market - increase its lifespan and reduce its carbon footprint. This is what keeps us motivated: to help the planet as we continue our mission to serve millions of people across the globe.We are passionate, we are focussed, we are NorthLadder. | $10M | Series B | Oct 31, 2024 |  |
| Basic Home Loan | Founded in 2020, Basic Home Loan is a fintech company, developing an automated platform for home lending in India. Using a Phygital approach, the company provides paperless online home loan sanctions, and ensures end to end fulfilment through an asset-lite agent network for faster loan disbursements. The company's vision is to change the wayIndia finances its housing dreams. | $10.4M | Series B | Sep 30, 2024 |  |
| Freya Biosciences | Freya Biosciences is a clinical-stage women’s health company pioneering a new class of microbial immunotherapies. It is based in Copenhagen and Boston. | $38M | Series A | Dec 12, 2023 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Crescent Enterprises Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crescent-enterprises-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Angelini Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angelini-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DFF Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/augus-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AV8 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/av8-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BECO Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beco-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Buff Gold Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/buff-gold-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does CE-Ventures invest in?

CE-Ventures invests primarily in Health Care, Biotechnology and FinTech startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did CE-Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for CE-Ventures closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 20 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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