Formerly known as WRVI Capital, Celesta Capital is a leading venture capital firm that invests in exceptional entrepreneurs and disruptive technologies.
Through our unique mix of intellectual capital, expertise, and network of relationships, we empower founding teams and drive continuous and measurable progress for our portfolio companies.
Celesta Capital is headquartered in California.
The Celesta Capital team is led by Lip-Bu Tan, Michael Marks, Nicholas Brathwaite, and Sriram Viswanathan—industry veterans with proven track records. Together with a multi-dimensional and experienced investments and operations team, we support the change-makers of tomorrow.
Location: United States, California, San Francisco
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2013
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Seed; Series A; Series B; Series E
Portfolio 102
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 18.08.2023 | TigerGraph | tigergraph... | $168M | United Sta... |
| 18.08.2023 | Canary | canary.is | $40M | Ireland, D... |
| 18.08.2023 | cartesiank... | - | United Sta... | |
| 18.08.2023 | Brick&... | bricknbolt... | $10M | India, Kar... |
| 05.08.2023 | Finicast | finicast.c... | $12.8M | United Sta... |
| 13.06.2023 | Normal Com... | normalcomp... | $17M | United Sta... |
| 18.05.2023 | STATHERA | stathera.c... | $15M | Canada, Qu... |
| 16.05.2023 | Auradine | auradine.c... | $81M | United Sta... |
| 29.04.2023 | Autonomy | autonomy.c... | $50M | United Sta... |
| 20.04.2023 | Exostellar | exostellar... | $15M | United Sta... |
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| 21.02.2024 | Recogni Revolutionizes AI Inference with $102 Million Fundin... | Recogni, a pioneer in AI-based computing, secures $102 million in Series C funding to drive next-gen... | parsers.vc... |
| 21.02.2024 | Recogni Raises $102 Million to Advance Next GenAI Inference ... | Series C funding round co-led by Celesta Capital and GreatPoint Ventures will drive AI inference sys... | aithority.... |
| 26.07.2023 | Very Good Ventures Expands Series A with $3.4M from Celesta ... | Very Good Ventures, a NYC-based full-service Flutter consulting firm, expanded its Series A round wi... | finsmes.co... |
| 10.07.2023 | How ideaForge Became the Game Changer in the Drone Industry | In a highly anticipated and successful IPO listing, ideaForge, a leading drone maker, witnessed a re... | indianstar... |
| 11.08.2022 | Prellis Biologics hires new CEO, raises $35M towards 3D biop... | Prellis Biologics has raised $35 million and appointed a new CEO as it seeks to advance the developm... | 3dprinting... |
| 22.06.2022 | Meet Nicholas Brathwaite, Managing Partner at Celesta Capita... | Celesta Capital invests in deep tech companies, with a focus on hardware, out of a $400M fund Ventur... | vator.tv/n... |
| 09.05.2022 | Unicorns are finding it harder to run with the pack as valua... | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign ... | fortune.co... |
| 05.05.2022 | Former Chairman & CEO of KPMG India, Arun Kumar Joins De... | SAN FRANCISCO, May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arun M. Kumar, a global executive with 40 years of experi... | en.prnasia... |
| 03.03.2022 | Supply chain specialist Cloudleaf rebrands as ParkourSC, lan... | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI an... | venturebea... |
| 03.03.2022 | Supply-chain specialist Cloudleaf rebrands as ParkourSC, lan... | Join today's leading executives online at the Data Summit on March 9th. Register here. Several month... | venturebea... |
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