# Celesta Capital

> Celesta Capital is a VC fund backing Artificial Intelligence and Software. See 85 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 85
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 49%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Celesta Capital is a VC fund focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Celesta Capital. Shizune tracks 3 team members at Celesta Capital. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/celesta-capital?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$100M |
| Series A | $3.4M–$50M |
| Series B | $15M–$70M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 20 | 24% |
| Software | 18 | 21% |
| Analytics | 11 | 13% |
| Information Technology | 10 | 12% |
| Machine Learning | 9 | 11% |

123 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 19 | 22% |
| Series B | 19 | 22% |
| Seed | 12 | 14% |
| Series C | 9 | 11% |
| Series D | 4 | 5% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 44 | 52% |
| India | 10 | 12% |
| Israel | 2 | 2% |
| Japan | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Skip Glass | Venture Partner | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/skip-glass |
| Steve Fu | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steve-fu |
| David Goldman | Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-goldman-fb13 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stathera | Stathera transforms the global timing market from Quartz-based to MEMS-based devices. | $55M | Series B | Jun 30, 2026 |  |
| Stathera | Stathera transforms the global timing market from Quartz-based to MEMS-based devices. | $55M | Series B | Jun 30, 2026 |  |
| Normal Computing | Normal is rethinking semiconductors from the ground up.Normal EDA - Normal deploys AI software to accelerate complex hardware engineering with zero defects – all in one unified EDA platform.Normal ASICs - With the help of Normal EDA, and our closest semiconductor partners, we are building thermodynamic computing hardware that could reduce AIenergy consumption by 1000x.Normal helps enterprises deploy AI into their highest-stakes applications, where AI can reason reliably, autonomously understand its own limits. Normal’s AI application development platform is powered by a novel full-stack probabilistic machine learning infrastructure driven by thermodynamic physics. | $50M | Series B | Mar 25, 2026 |  |
| PowerLattice Technologies | PowerLattice Technologies is a power delivery company that helps improve power delivery for AI accelerators. The company supports AI accelerators with its power delivery chiplet, which integrates power and compute, delivering power where and when it’s needed to achieve performance, efficiency and reliability for AI and data center infrastructure. | $25M | Series A | Nov 17, 2025 |  |
| Movandi | Movandi is the fastest growing 5G mmWave solutions company with a mission to revolutionize 5G Everywhere. The company was founded by two siblings, Maryam and Reza Rofougaran, today’s top leaders in the wireless industry, whose innovations have shaped and transformed wireless in the last few decades. Having pioneered wireless systems. Movandi issolving real-world 5G mmWave deployments with unmatched differentiation and high performance core technology in 5G integrated circuits, antennas, systems, and algorithms design disciplines, to enable 5G to its full potential. Movandi’s flexible solutions solve 5G mmWave deployment cost and schedule challenges and provide future-proof solutions utilizing mesh and routing to further improve 5G coverage and capacity. Movandi’s strong and diverse system portfolio of IP and patents plays a critical role across the complete 5G ecosystem, from infrastructure to mobile, while allowing for maximum 5G coverage. | $40M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 14, 2025 |  |
| HiOctave | HiOctave AI solution helps small and mid' sized businesses (SMBs) automate and personalize customer experiences. | $15M | Seed | Oct 08, 2025 |  |
| Upscale AI | Upscale AI is a high‑performance AI networking company accelerating AI democratization with open‑standard and full‑stack turnkey solutions. | $100M | Seed | Sep 17, 2025 |  |
| Tensordyne | Recogni was incorporated in 2017 to help auto manufacturers reach Level 2+ vehicle autonomy, but their roots go way back to 2013. The company's platform delivers unprecedented inference performance and power efficiency, enabling clients to get novel edge processing | $35M | Series C | Jul 28, 2025 |  |
| Aurascape | Aurascape is a cybersecurity business that provides generative AI protection solutions against emerging cyber threats. | $50M | Series A | Apr 08, 2025 |  |
| Exostellar | Exostellar provides a platform that enables users to enhance cloud computing for greater cost efficiency by utilising its exclusive licence to patent-pending technologies created at Cornell University and combining artificial intelligence and machine learning. | $10.8M | Series A | Feb 11, 2025 |  |

10 of 85 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Celesta Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wrvi-capital) — VC Fund, 74 deals together
- [Mayfield Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mayfield-fund) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Cota Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cota-capital) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Intel Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/intel-capital) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Redline Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/redline-capital-management) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Celesta Capital invest in?

Celesta Capital invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Analytics startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 85 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Celesta Capital's check size?

Celesta Capital typically joins rounds of $2M–$100M at Seed, $3.4M–$50M at Series A and $15M–$70M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Celesta Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Celesta Capital?

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### Who are the partners at Celesta Capital?

The team at Celesta Capital includes Skip Glass (Venture Partner), Steve Fu (Partner) and David Goldman (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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