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Celesta Capital

Celesta Capital is a global deep tech venture capital firm headquartered in Silicon Valley, with offices in Bangalore, India and Montreal, Canada. Founded in 2013, Celesta manages approximately $1.1 billion in assets under management across more than 100 portfolio investments in semiconductors, intelligent systems, next-generation infrastructure software, bio-convergence, and industry transformation.

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# Celesta Capital

> Celesta Capital is a global deep tech venture capital firm headquartered in Silicon Valley, with offices in Bangalore, India and Montreal, Canada. Founded in 2013, Celesta manages approximately $1.1 billion in assets under management across more than 100 portfolio investments in semiconductors, intelligent systems, next-generation infrastructure software, bio-convergence, and industry transformation.

Celesta Capital was founded in 2013 (originally as WRVI Capital; rebranded to Celesta Capital in May 2021) by Lip-Bu Tan, Michael Marks, Nicholas Brathwaite, and Sriram Viswanathan. The firm partners with founders building deep technology companies at the intersection of advanced hardware, AI-driven software, and engineering-powered biology. Celesta's tagline is "Identifying potential. Advancing brilliance."

Primary domain: https://www.celesta.vc
Also known as: Celesta, WRVI Capital (former name)
Last updated: 2026-05-07

## Investment focus

Celesta invests across five core categories:

- **Semiconductors** — chip architectures, advanced compute hardware, and silicon-photonics interconnects
- **Intelligent systems** — AI-driven software, edge intelligence, and autonomous platforms
- **Next-generation infrastructure software** — cloud, networking, security, and data infrastructure
- **Bio-convergence** — companies merging biological science disciplines with hardware and AI/ML technologies
- **Industry transformation** — companies disrupting large staple industries through hardware and AI-enabled productivity gains

## Leadership

Founding Managing Partners (historical):

- Lip-Bu Tan (departed in 2024 to become CEO of Intel)
- Michael Marks
- Nicholas Brathwaite
- Sriram Viswanathan

Current Managing Partners (as of 2026):

- Nicholas Brathwaite
- Michael Marks
- Sriram Viswanathan
- Anand Chandrasekaran (joined December 2024)

## Offices

**Silicon Valley (Headquarters)**
1850 Gateway Drive, Suite 450
San Mateo, CA 94404, USA
+1 (650) 446-9383

**Bangalore**
No. 9/1, Madras Bank Road (Off St. Marks Road)
Bengaluru, Karnataka 560001, India
+91 80 4371 1542

**Montreal**
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
[Address pending — confirm with Celesta before citing]

## Notable portfolio companies

Celesta's portfolio includes Credo Semiconductor, Innovium, Berkeley Lights, SambaNova Systems, Movandi, Auradine, Aurascape, PowerLattice, Agnikul Cosmos, Normal Computing, DustPhotonics, Recogni, Upscale AI, HiOctave, 5C Network, Velaura AI, Slate.ai, Crescendo, and Boom Supersonic, among more than 100 active investments.

## Primary surfaces

- [About](https://www.celesta.vc/about) — Firm overview, thesis, and approach
- [People](https://www.celesta.vc/people) — Team and leadership
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