Enabling visionaries on the frontiers of deep tech.
| Firm Name | Celesta Capital |
| Investment Thesis/Tagline | Enabling visionaries on the frontiers of deep tech. |
| Headquarters | San Mateo, California (Silicon Valley), with offices in Bangalore, India and Montreal |
| Year Founded | 2013 |
| Team Count | 19 investment professionals (4 Founding Managing Partners, 3 Managing Partners including CFO, 6 Partners, 1 Senior Partner, 1 Principal, plus 5 Senior Advisors) |
| Investment Stage/Focus | Deep tech infrastructure technologies across the stack, bioconvergence, and technologies transforming industries with low legacy tech adoption. Early to growth stage investments. |
| Founding/Managing Partners | Nicholas Brathwaite, Michael Marks, Sriram Viswanathan, Lip-Bu Tan (all Founding Managing Partners) |
| Entity Details | Venture capital firm, $1.1B AUM, 100+ portfolio companies, California registered entity |
| Public Contact Email | No direct public email address found on firm domain. Contact form at https://www.celesta.vc/contact. Phone: Silicon Valley +1 (650) 446-9383; Bangalore +918043711542 |
| Assets Under Management | $1.1 Billion |
| Portfolio Companies | 100+ companies |
| Recent News | Sep 1, 2025: Led India Deep Tech Investment Alliance with $1B+ AUM alongside Accel, Blume Ventures, Gaja Capital, and others. Announced planning of India-focused Deep Tech fund targeting Rs 2,000 Cr corpus. |
| Notable Portfolio Exits | Robinhood (IPO), Aquantia (IPO), Credo (IPO), Berkeley Lights (IPO), IdeaForge (IPO), Metaswitch (acquired by NEC), Nuvia (acquired by NVIDIA), Habana Labs (acquired by Intel), Annapurna Labs (acquired by Amazon), Weka, TigerGraph, H2O.AI, SambaNova Systems, Boom Supersonic |
| Social Media Presence | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/celestacapital/; Twitter: @CelestaCapital; YouTube: @techsurge-deeptech |