# Celesta Capital: portfolio, investments and team

> Celesta Capital is a vc firm based in United States. 58 investments on record, 4 in the last 12 months, latest May 2026.

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# Celesta Capital

Last cheque observed May 2026; 58 cheques on record.

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VC firm Deploying now New fund $102M, Sept 2025

Pre-seed Seed Series A Medicines Transcriptomics Life Sciences

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**29%** of best year **4** **cheques in 12 months**, 58 on record

Since the last cheque **181** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$16M** Cheque size, as they say **$500K – $25M** Rounds led **3 of 58** Sole investor **10 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 84%**

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## Celesta Capital highlights

- 01 4 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Venture and Series A: 65% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 10 rounds, median $5.0M

## What they do

> Celesta Capital is a global deep tech venture capital firm From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $500K – $25M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Medicines Transcriptomics Life Sciences
- **Based in:** San Francisco, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **58 appearances**

- **2026** 3 rounds
- **May** **[Aurascape](https://millionrounds.com/company/aurascape)** Series A · US · Ventureburn **$50M** With 2 others
- **May** **[Alveo Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/alveo-technologies)** Grant · US **$200K** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[Eliyan](https://millionrounds.com/company/eliyan)** Venture · US **$50M** With 1 other
- **2025** 13 rounds
- **Nov** **[PowerLattice](https://millionrounds.com/company/powerlattice)** Series A · CA · TechCrunch **$25M** *Led*
- **Nov** **[Autonomy](https://millionrounds.com/company/autonomy)** Venture · US **$25M** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[Movandi](https://millionrounds.com/company/movandi)** Venture · US **$40M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[HiO](https://millionrounds.com/company/hio)** Seed · US **$15M** With 1 other
- **Oct** **[HiOctave](https://millionrounds.com/company/hioctave)** Seed **$15M** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Brilliant](https://millionrounds.com/company/brilliant)** Venture · US **$9.7M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Tagore Technology](https://millionrounds.com/company/tagore-technology)** Venture · US **$2.0M** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[Connect and Heal](https://millionrounds.com/company/connect-and-heal)** Venture **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[Aurascape](https://millionrounds.com/company/aurascape)** Series A · US **$26M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Tonbo Imaging](https://millionrounds.com/company/tonbo-imaging)** Series D **$20M** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[Auradine](https://millionrounds.com/company/auradine)** Series C · US **$138M** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[Rizzle](https://millionrounds.com/company/rizzle)** US **$5.3M** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[Exostellar](https://millionrounds.com/company/exostellar)** Series A · US · Prosperity7 Ventures **$11M** With 6 others
- **2024** 9 rounds
- **Nov** **[OneCell Diagnostics](https://millionrounds.com/company/onecell-diagnostics)** Series A · IN · TechCrunch **$16M** *Led*
- **Nov** **[Recogni](https://millionrounds.com/company/recogni)** US · TechStartups **$102M** *Led*
- **Oct** **[Crescendo](https://millionrounds.com/company/crescendo)** Series C · US **$50M** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[Magnetic Insight](https://millionrounds.com/company/magnetic-insight)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[EtherWhere](https://millionrounds.com/company/etherwhere)** Series B · US **$16M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[Calumino](https://millionrounds.com/company/calumino)** Venture · AU **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[5C Network](https://millionrounds.com/company/5c-network)** Venture **$3.0M** Sole investor
- **Feb** **DustPhotonics** Series B **$24M** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[Arzooo.com](https://millionrounds.com/company/arzooo-com)** Venture **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **2023** 10 rounds
- **Sept** **[Exostellar](https://millionrounds.com/company/exostellar)** Series A · US **$15M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Very Good Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/company/very-good-ventures)** Series A · US **$3.4M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[Finicast](https://millionrounds.com/company/finicast)** Seed · US **$13M** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[LocalizeOS](https://millionrounds.com/company/localizeos)** Series A · US **$9.0M** With 1 other
- **May** **[Stathera](https://millionrounds.com/company/stathera)** Series A · CA **$15M** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[Kyulux](https://millionrounds.com/company/kyulux)** Series C · JP **$32M** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[Komprise](https://millionrounds.com/company/komprise)** Series D · US **$37M** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[PhenomeX](https://millionrounds.com/company/phenomex)** Debt · US **$70M** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[Brick&Bolt](https://millionrounds.com/company/brick-and-bolt)** Series A **$4.9M** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[Berkeley Lights](https://millionrounds.com/company/berkeley-lights)** Debt **$70M** With 2 others
- **2022** 5 rounds
- **Jun** **[Prosimo](https://millionrounds.com/company/prosimo)** Series B · US **$30M** With 2 others
- **May** **[Quartic.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/quartic-ai)** Venture · US **$5.0M** Sole investor
- **Mar** **[ParkourSC](https://millionrounds.com/company/parkoursc)** Venture · US **$26M** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[Alif Semiconductor](https://millionrounds.com/company/alif-semiconductor)** Series B · US **$113M** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[Nod](https://millionrounds.com/company/nod)** Venture · US **$1.0M** With 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 registration **4 named**

MM **Matthew Marsh** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

ME **Michael E Marks** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

NB **Nicholas Brathwaite** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

SV **Sriram Viswanathan** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing 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

**$850M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture 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.

New fund on file

**$102M**

raised in Sept 2025

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$16M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$5.0M**

Led 3 of 58 rounds **5%**

- **Said size:** $500K – $25M
- **Sole investor:** 10 rounds
- **Last cheque:** May 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Venture *17*
- Series A said *14*
- Series B said *8*
- Series C *5*
- Seed said *4*
- Pre-seed said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

Often in the room with

- [Cota Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cota-capital) 7
- [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) 6
- [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) 4
- [Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) 4
- [Walden International](https://millionrounds.com/fund/walden-international) 4
- [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) 3

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## 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.

[**Cota Capital** VC firm **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cota-capital)[**National Science Foundation** Government **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno)[**Khosla Ventures** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures)[**Mayfield Fund** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield)[**Walden International** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/walden-international)[**Alumni Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)[**Intel Capital** Corporate VC **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intel-capital)[**Menlo Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures)[**Bossa Invest** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bossa-invest)[**Dell Technologies Capital** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dell-technologies-capital)[**Gaingels** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels)[**General Catalyst** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Celesta Capital put money into.

[**Aurascape** $50M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/aurascape)[**Alveo Technologies** $200K · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/alveo-technologies)[**Eliyan** $50M · Jan 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/eliyan)[**Movandi** $40M · Oct 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/movandi)[**HiO** $15M · Oct 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/hio)[**Tagore Technology** $2.0M · Jul 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/tagore-technology)

## Mentioned on podcasts

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

- [TechSurge](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/techsurge) 17 Oct 2024 · 35 min FinTech & InsurTech: Industries at the Intersection Series Mentions [Celesta Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/celesta-capital)[Northwestern Mutual](https://millionrounds.com/fund/northwestern-mutual-future-ventures) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [TechSurge](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/techsurge) 3 Oct 2024 · 56 min Zoox CEO Aicha Evans: AI Robotaxis & the Future of Autonomous Driving With [Aicha Evans](https://millionrounds.com/person/aicha-evans) Mentions [Celesta Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/celesta-capital)[Revolution](https://millionrounds.com/fund/revolution)[Sriram Viswanathan](https://millionrounds.com/person/sriram-viswanathan) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [TechSurge](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/techsurge) 18 Sept 2024 · 52 min Busting Technology Myths: AI, Jobs, Politics, & Privacy Mentions [Celesta Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/celesta-capital) Apple PodcastsShow page

## 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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