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Celesta Capital

Last cheque observed May 2026; 58 cheques on record.

VC firmDeploying nowNew fund $102M, Sept 2025

Pre-seedSeedSeries AMedicinesTranscriptomicsLife Sciences

Deploying now
29%of best year4cheques in 12 months, 58 on record
Since the last cheque181days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$16MCheque size, as they say$500K – $25MRounds led3 of 58Sole investor10 roundsMostly inUnited States, 84%
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Celesta Capital highlights

  1. 01

    4 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Venture and Series A: 65% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 10 rounds, median $5.0M

What they do

Celesta Capital is a global deep tech venture capital firmFrom their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$500K – $25M as they say
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries B
Sectors
MedicinesTranscriptomicsLife Sciences
Based in
San Francisco, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first58 appearances

  1. 2026

    3 rounds

  2. May
    AurascapeSeries A · US · Ventureburn$50MWith 2 others
  3. May
    Alveo TechnologiesGrant · US$200KSole investor
  4. Jan
    EliyanVenture · US$50MWith 1 other
  5. 2025

    13 rounds

  6. Nov
    PowerLatticeSeries A · CA · TechCrunch$25MLed
  7. Nov
    AutonomyVenture · US$25MWith 2 others
  8. Oct
    MovandiVenture · US$40MWith 4 others
  9. Oct
    HiOSeed · US$15MWith 1 other
  10. Oct
    HiOctaveSeed$15MWith 1 other
  11. Sept
    BrilliantVenture · US$9.7MWith 3 others
  12. Jul
    Tagore TechnologyVenture · US$2.0MWith 1 other
  13. Jul
    Connect and HealVentureUndisclosedSole investor
  14. Apr
    AurascapeSeries A · US$26MWith 3 others
  15. Apr
    Tonbo ImagingSeries D$20MWith 1 other
  16. Apr
    AuradineSeries C · US$138MWith 4 others
  17. Mar
    RizzleUS$5.3MWith 2 others
  18. Feb
    ExostellarSeries A · US · Prosperity7 Ventures$11MWith 6 others
  19. 2024

    9 rounds

  20. Nov
    OneCell DiagnosticsSeries A · IN · TechCrunch$16MLed
  21. Nov
    RecogniUS · TechStartups$102MLed
  22. Oct
    CrescendoSeries C · US$50MWith 1 other
  23. Jul
    Magnetic InsightVenture · USUndisclosedWith 4 others
  24. Jul
    EtherWhereSeries B · US$16MSole investor
  25. Jul
    CaluminoVenture · AUUndisclosedWith 2 others
  26. Apr
    5C NetworkVenture$3.0MSole investor
  27. Feb
    DustPhotonicsSeries B$24MWith 2 others
  28. Jan
    Arzooo.comVentureUndisclosedWith 1 other
  29. 2023

    10 rounds

  30. Sept
    ExostellarSeries A · US$15MWith 3 others
  31. Jul
    Very Good VenturesSeries A · US$3.4MSole investor
  32. Jul
    FinicastSeed · US$13MSole investor
  33. Jun
    LocalizeOSSeries A · US$9.0MWith 1 other
  34. May
    StatheraSeries A · CA$15MWith 1 other
  35. Mar
    KyuluxSeries C · JP$32MWith 4 others
  36. Jan
    KompriseSeries D · US$37MWith 2 others
  37. Jan
    PhenomeXDebt · US$70MWith 2 others
  38. Jan
    Brick&BoltSeries A$4.9MWith 2 others
  39. Jan
    Berkeley LightsDebt$70MWith 2 others
  40. 2022

    5 rounds

  41. Jun
    ProsimoSeries B · US$30MWith 2 others
  42. May
    Quartic.aiVenture · US$5.0MSole investor
  43. Mar
    ParkourSCVenture · US$26MWith 4 others
  44. Mar
    Alif SemiconductorSeries B · US$113MWith 1 other
  45. Jan
    NodVenture · US$1.0MWith 4 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration4 named

MMMatthew MarshManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
MEMichael E MarksManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
NBNicholas BrathwaiteManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
SVSriram ViswanathanManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed

We also hold 16 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

$850Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
Legal name
MNS Global Capital Managers, LLC
SEC number
CRD 310575

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

0 of 1 we have independently watched raise

TechSurge

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Celesta Capital. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Recently backed

The latest companies Celesta Capital put money into.

Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name Celesta Capital in their description, not their title.

Quick answers about Celesta Capital

What does Celesta Capital invest in?

Celesta Capital invests most often at Venture and Series A (65% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Medicines, Transcriptomics and Life Sciences.

How active is Celesta Capital?

58 investments on record, 4 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 3. The most recent was in May 2026.

What has Celesta Capital invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Aurascape (Series A, May 2026), Alveo Technologies (Grant, May 2026) and Eliyan (Venture, Jan 2026).

How big are Celesta Capital's cheques?

The median round it joins is $16M. It says it writes cheques of $500K to $25M.

Does Celesta Capital lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 3 of its 58 investments on record (5%).

Where does Celesta Capital invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (84%) and Canada (6%).

Is Celesta Capital investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 4 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does Celesta Capital invest alongside?

Most often Cota Capital (7 rounds together), National Science Foundation (6 rounds together) and Khosla Ventures (4 rounds together).

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