# Arun Kumar

> Arun Kumar is a Series B investor at Celesta Capital backing Aerospace and Manufacturing. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Celesta Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wrvi-capital)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Oct 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arunmkumar

Arun Kumar is a Series B investor at Celesta Capital in San Francisco focused on Aerospace and Manufacturing. Arun Kumar is based out of Bengaluru, Karnataka and is the Managing Partner of Celesta Capital and also serves as the Board of Directors of Celesta Capital. Arun previously worked at KPMG INDIA as a Chairman & CEO. Arun Kumar attended MIT - Sloan School of Management.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aerospace | 1 | 50% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 50% |
| Nanotechnology | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Agnikul | Agnikul is a space tech startup that designs, manufactures, tests, and launch orbital-class rockets for micro and nanosatellites. They currently work out of the National Center for Combustion R&D at IIT-Madras. Rocket scientists, engineers, ex-bankers and space lawyers are a part of their team. This unique blend of people is one of theirbiggest strengths. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. | $26.7M | Series B | Oct 17, 2023 |  |
| Agnikul | Agnikul is a space tech startup that designs, manufactures, tests, and launch orbital-class rockets for micro and nanosatellites. They currently work out of the National Center for Combustion R&D at IIT-Madras. Rocket scientists, engineers, ex-bankers and space lawyers are a part of their team. This unique blend of people is one of theirbiggest strengths. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. | $26.7M | Series B | Oct 17, 2023 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [APPYHIGH](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/appyhigh) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Artha Select Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/artha-select-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Artha Venture Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/artha-venture-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Java Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/java-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mayfield India](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mayfield-india) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Pi Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pi-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Celesta Capital

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Celesta Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs and disruptive technology companies. Their management team and investment professionals leverage over 400 years of accumulated investment and operational experience and bring to their portfolio companies a deep and unmatched network of value-added strategic relationships.Celesta Capital invests globally and has offices in California, Israel, India, and China

5 contacts available at Celesta Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Michael Marks | Founding Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-e-marks |
| Anand Chandrasekaran | President, Co-founder, and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anand-chandrasekaran |
| Andrew Kau | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-kau |
| Arun Kumar | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arun-kumar-8 |
| Ganapathy Subramaniam | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ganapathy-subramaniam-2 |

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## FAQ

### What does Arun Kumar invest in?

Arun Kumar invests primarily in Aerospace, Manufacturing and Nanotechnology startups, most often at Series B stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Arun Kumar last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Arun Kumar closed in Oct 2023. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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