About Celesta Capital
Celesta Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2013. It is primarily based out of San Francisco, United States. As of Apr 2025, Celesta Capital is an active investor, having invested in 104 companies, with 3 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series B round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from High Tech to Enterprise Applications and Semiconductors. Most recently it led the $16M Series A round of OneCell Diagnostics along with Tenacity Ventures. This round also saw participation from Singularity Venture Partners and other investors.
Overall, Celesta Capital portfolio has seen 6 unicorns, 6 IPOs and 21 acquisitions including key companies like Robinhood, ideaForge and Metaswitch. A lot of funds co-invest with Celesta Capital, with names like Cota Capital sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Celesta Capital has team of 33 people including 17 partners.
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Celesta Capital's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Celesta Capital has invested in 104 companies over the last 12 years, with an average of 6 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2024, it made 7 investments, while as of Apr 2025, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in OneCell Diagnostics and most recent follow-on round was in Aurascape.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1stÌý¸é´Ç³Ü²Ô»å | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2024 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
2023 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
2022 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
2021 | 14 | 5 | 19 |
2020 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
2019 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
2018 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
2017 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
2016 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
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Celesta Capital's Investment Trends by Stage
Celesta Capital has made 28 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $19.2M, 21 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $34.1M and 9 investments in Series C stage with an average round size of $59.5M.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 28 |
Series B | 21 |
Series C | 9 |
Seed | 4 |
Series D | 1 |
Others | 1 |
Celesta Capital's Investment Trends by Sector
Celesta Capital has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the High Tech, Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure, Semiconductors and Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications. Notably, it has invested in 94 Tech companies, 83 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 51 Software companies and at least 38 companies focusing on Tech hardware.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
High Tech | 38 |
Enterprise Applications | 30 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 15 |
Semiconductors | 15 |
Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications | 11 |
Others | 58 |
Celesta Capital's Investment Trends by Geography
Celesta Capital has made most investments in United States (76), followed by India where it has made 14 investments.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 44 |
India | 12 |
Israel | 5 |
Canada | 2 |
Australia | 1 |
Others | 2 |
Celesta Capital's recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by Celesta Capital:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 08, 2025 | United States | Series A | $50M | Mayfield [+3] | |
Nov 20, 2024 | United States | Series A | $16M | Tenacity Ventures [+3] | |
Oct 02, 2024 | Switzerland | Series C | $50M | [+1] | |
Aug 06, 2024 | United States | Seed | $12.8M | Mayfield [+3] | |
Apr 11, 2024 | United States | Series B | $80M | [+5] |
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Here is a list of unicorns in Celesta Capital's portfolio:
ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
51 | Cloud based platform offering parallel file system based storage management software | 2013 | Campbell | Series E | yibaxg{ | ||
41 | Developer of 4D imaging sensors for cancer detection and other devices | 2011 | Yehud | Series E | zqqwhf{ | ||
56 | Provider of an open-source machine learning platform | 2012 | Mountain View | Series E | escdmzh | ||
64 | Provider of an AI and cloud based data science platform | 2012 | Boston | Series G | ryiepvb | ||
62 | Manufacturer of supersonic passenger airplanes | 2014 | Denver | Series B | sg{plbz |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Celesta Capital's Portfolio
Here are Celesta Capital's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jul 07, 2023 | Nov 28, 2017 | Series A | $9.6M | |
Jan 27, 2022 | - | - | - | |
Jul 29, 2021 | - | - | - | |
Dec 21, 2020 | - | - | - | |
Aug 21, 2020 | - | - | - |
Acquired companies in Celesta Capital's Portfolio
Here are Celesta Capital's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
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Dec 10, 2024 | - | - | - | |
Aug 28, 2024 | Aug 30, 2021 | Series B | $40M | |
Dec 11, 2023 | Mar 31, 2020 | Series B | $29M | |
Oct 10, 2023 | Aug 01, 2013 | Seed | $2.5M | |
Jan 18, 2023 | - | - | - |
Team profile of Celesta Capital
Celesta Capital has a team of 33 membersÌýincluding 17 Partners, 1 Venture Partner and 5 PrincipalsÌýlocated in United States, India and . Celesta Capital's team sits on the board of 4 companies.Here is a list of top team members in Celesta Capital:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
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Partner | United States | , | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | San Jose | Ittiam Systems, Quatrro and 2 more | ||
Partner | Palo Alto | BankBazaar and Quatrro | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | , | |
Partner | Israel | - | ||
Partner | Palo Alto | - | ||
Partner | Boise | - | ||
Partner | Oakland | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - |
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Over the past 12 years, 693 investors have co-invested in Celesta Capital's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Celesta Capital:ÌýWalden International, IndusAge Partners and 230 others have invested in rounds before Celesta Capital. There are 4 companies where Walden International has invested before Celesta Capital and 3 companies where IndusAge Partners has invested before Celesta Capital.
- Top Co-investors of Celesta Capital:Ìý222 investors entered a company along with Celesta Capital. These include investors like Cota Capital (6 companies).
- Invested after Celesta Capital:ÌýA total of 239 investors have invested in Celesta Capital's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Atreides Management (4 companies), SoftBank Vision Fund (3 companies) and Redline Capital Management (3 companies).
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