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.
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 103
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 26.03.2026 | Normal Com... | normalcomputing.com | $50M | United Sta... |
| 18.08.2023 | TigerGraph | tigergraph.com | $168M | United Sta... |
| 18.08.2023 | Canary | canary.is | $40M | Ireland, D... |
| 18.08.2023 | Cartesian ... | cartesiankinetics.com | - | United Sta... |
| 18.08.2023 | Brick&... | bricknbolt.com | $10M | India, Kar... |
| 05.08.2023 | Finicast | finicast.com | $12.8M | United Sta... |
| 13.06.2023 | Normal Com... | normalcomputing.ai | $17M | United Sta... |
| 18.05.2023 | Stathera, ... | stathera.com | $15M | Canada, Qu... |
| 16.05.2023 | Auradine | auradine.com | $314M | United Sta... |
| 29.04.2023 | Autonomy | autonomy.com | $75M | United Sta... |
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Mentions in press and media 23
| Date | Title | Description |
| 27.03.2026 | Normal Computing Secures $50M to Reshape AI Chips: Energy Efficiency at Core | Normal Computing raised $50M, totaling $85M. Samsung Catalyst led the round. The company confronts AI's escalating energy crisis. It uses its Normal EDA platform to revolutionize semiconductor design, compressing development times. Normal C... |
| 26.03.2026 | Normal Computing: $50 Million Raised For AI-Native Semiconductor Design And Energy-Efficient Hardware | Normal Computing announced it has raised $50 million in strategic funding led by Samsung Catalyst Fund, bringing its total funding to more than $85 million. The round also included participation from Galvanize, Brevan Howard Macro Venture F... |
| 25.03.2026 | Normal Computing raises $50M to tackle the soaring energy demands of AI chips Send us a News Tip EXTRACT THE SIGNAL FROM THE NOISE Cookies | Normal Computing Corp., a startup that’s trying to reinvent the fundamental physics of artificial intelligence, said today it has raised $50 million in a new funding round led by Samsung Catalyst. Today’s Series B round also saw participati... |
| 25.03.2026 | Normal Computing Raises $50M in Funding | Normal Computing, a NYC-based company which specializes in probabilistic AI and thermodynamic computing, raised $50M in funding. The round was led by Samsung Catalyst Fund with participation from Galvanize, Brevan Howard Macro Venture Fund,... |
| 24.11.2025 | Artha, Advenza, others invest in Agnikul Cosmos | AgniKul Cosmos co-founder and CEO Srinath Ravichandran (left) and co-founder and COO Moin SPM Agnikul Cosmos has raised about Rs 150 crore (around $16.8 mn) in a new funding round that places the spacetech startup’s valuation at nearly $500... |
| 25.07.2025 | VC fund Yali Capital closes first deeptech fund at Rs 893 crore; exceeds target | Synopsis The fund has exceeded the target corpus of Rs 810 crore, including a greenshoe option of Rs 310 crore. Infosys, Qualcomm Ventures, Tata AIG, DPIIT Fund of Funds for Startups (managed by SIDBI), Self-Reliant India Fund, and Evolvenc... |
| 07.01.2025 | David Goldman of Celesta Capital Explains Why Investment Firms Have Taken Interest in AI and Infrastructure Development | Listen to this article 0:00 / 5:56 1X BeyondWords Deal flow in 2024 has picked up significantly compared to last year, and AI deals have predominantly dominated headlines due to megadeals like those involving OpenAI, Grok, and others. While... |
| 21.02.2024 | Recogni Revolutionizes AI Inference with $102 Million Funding | Recogni, a pioneer in AI-based computing, secures $102 million in Series C funding to drive next-gen AI inference solutions with 10x higher compute density and power efficiency. The funding, co-led by Celesta Capital and GreatPoint Ventures... |
| 21.02.2024 | Recogni Raises $102 Million to Advance Next GenAI Inference System for GenAI and Intelligent Autonomy | Series C funding round co-led by Celesta Capital and GreatPoint Ventures will drive AI inference system delivering 10x higher-compute density and power efficiency Recogni, Inc., the leader in AI-based computing, announced the closing of $10... |
| 26.07.2023 | Very Good Ventures Expands Series A with $3.4M from Celesta Capital | Very Good Ventures, a NYC-based full-service Flutter consulting firm, expanded its Series A round with $3.4m for a total raise of $6.6m. Celesta Capital made the investment. The company intends to use the funds to scale up its service to a ... |
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