Nicholas Brathwaite is the son of Grenada's former Prime Minister and spent over six years at Intel before co-founding nChip and later serving as CTO at Flextronics, where he helped grow the company from $300M to $30B in revenue while gaining hands-on experience taking technology from lab to global manufacturing scale. At Celesta, he focuses on deep-tech investments in semiconductors and advanced manufacturing, using his manufacturing background to help founders avoid common failure modes and applying a diligence approach that starts with evaluating technical depth and IP before considering business factors.
About their Fund
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AI, Deeptech / Hardware, Robotics, Materials, Defense, Space, Chips
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Seed - Series B+
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$500K - $20M
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Celesta is led by former senior operating executives from major hardware companies like Flex who take active engineering roles with portfolio companies, focusing specifically on deep tech infrastructure including semiconductors, networking, and industrial technology rather than software or consumer products. The firm operates with over $1B across US-India-Israel corridors and is increasing India's portfolio share from 15% to 25%+, specializing in the long development cycles and capital intensity that many generalist VCs avoid.
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