CEI VENTURES

CEI Ventures is a private equity and venture capital investment arm of Coastal Enterprises specializing in seed/start-up, early stage, mid venture investments, recapitalizations, and growth capital investments. It seeks to invest in companies that are emerging, growing, or undergoing a transformation. CEI Ventures primarily invests in companies in the underserved markets throughout the Northeastern United States specifically in New England. It prefers to make investments in Maine. CEI Ventures typically invests between $250,000 and $1 million often through multiple financings. It prefers to exit its investment between five years and seven years. CEI Ventures seeks to take a board seat in its portfolio companies. It began operation in 1994, with its headquarters at Brunswick in Maine.