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Nicholas Brathwaite

Managing Partner at Celesta Capital

United States

Overview 

Nicholas Brathwaite is the Founder and Managing Partner at Celesta Capital, investing in various sectors including IoT, Robotics, and AI. With a background in engineering and entrepreneurship, he has held leadership roles in companies like KATERRA and Riverwood Capital, and serves on the boards of organizations like Power Integrations and Fuller Theological Seminary.

Work Experience 

  • Founder and Managing Partner

    2014 - Current

Celesta Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs and disruptive technology companies.

  • Member, Board of Trustees / Finance Committee Chairman

    2016

  • Member, Board of Directors / Chairman of the Nominating & Governance Committee

    2000

Power Integrations designs, develops, markets, and manufactures high-voltage, analog integrated circuits.

Raised $6,000,000.00 from Keiretsu Forum and Esther Dyson.

  • Chairman, Board of Directors

    2014

  • Member, Board of Trustees

    2017

  • Member, Board of Directors / Chairman of the Nominating & Governance Committee

    2013 - 2021

INPHI provides high-speed analog semiconductor solutions for the communications and computing markets in the United States.

Raised $69,795,665.00 from Flex, Mayfield Fund, KTB Ventures, Samsung Venture Investment, Western Technology Investment, Tallwood Venture Capital, Walden International and ICCP Venture Partners.

  • Chief Technology Officer

    2017 - 2020

Katerra is a developer of a construction technology platform to optimize aspects of building development, design, and construction.

Raised $1,648,170,844.00 from SoftBank, SoftBank and Investopad.

  • Member, Board of Directors

    2015 - 2020

Bossa Nova Robotics is a provider of real-time, on-shelf product data for the global retail industry.

Raised $97,610,389.00 from Celesta Capital and Ten Eighty Capital.

  • Member, Board of Directors

    2011 - 2020

  • Founding General Partner

    2008 - 2019

Riverwood Capital invests in technology companies in need of financial and intellectual capital to scale.

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