Celestia Foundation
Foundation12 people tracked
Investment thesis
Celestia focuses on building dedicated, high-throughput blockchain chains for companies with internet-scale traffic. Acting as a full-stack partner, it designs and builds chains from first principles based on a client's specific traffic profile and application needs, then delivers them production-ready so the client owns the infrastructure and economics. The Celestia Foundation supports the network's long-term development, governance, and ecosystem, while Celestia Labs serves as the core engineering team maintaining the network.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 2, 2026.
Team · 12 people
from the firm's websiteCo-authored seminal blockchain scaling research and co-founded Chainspace, which was acquired by Facebook.
Co-founded the high-throughput Layer 1 Harmony and holds a BS and MS in AI from Stanford.
Previously Head of Product at Async Art; holds an MPhil from UCL.
Previously an investor at Coinbase Ventures and worked at McKinsey; holds a BS from MIT.
Previously a Product Marketing Manager at Snap Inc.; holds a BSc from the University of Waterloo.
Previously a Systems Software Engineer at Two Sigma; holds a BS and MS in CS from Stanford.
Previously a Senior SWE in Test at Oracle; holds a BSc in CS from Odessa National Polytechnic.
Co-founded the Sovereign SDK, described as the highest-performance blockchain framework in production.
Previously a software engineer at Go-Ethereum and the Ethereum Foundation; holds a BA from GWU.
Previously a software engineer at Palantir and AWS; holds a BA from Boston College.
Previously worked in M&A at Block, Cash App, Livepeer, and Samsung; holds an MBA from the University of Rochester.
Previously at dYdX, Perkins Coie, and Skadden Arps; holds a JD from Fordham Law.
Frequently asked questions
- What sectors does Celestia Foundation focus on?
- Celestia Foundation focuses on Crypto & Web3, Data & Infrastructure.
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