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Celestia Foundation

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Jonas Vetterleunlockedknows Mustafa Al-Bassam · together at UCL (overlapped)
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×2knows the team · via Isenberg School of Management, UMass Amherst
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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 3, 2026.

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Nick White· Co-founder & CEO, Celestia Labs

Co-founded the high-throughput Layer 1 blockchain Harmony and holds a BS and MS in AI from Stanford.

Rene Lubov· Founding Engineer

Previously a software engineer at Go-Ethereum and the Ethereum Foundation; holds a BA from GWU.

Achilleas Sarantaris· Product Managerin

Previously Head of Product at Async Art; holds an MPhil from UCL.

Ethan Oak· Head of Strategic Partnerships

Previously an investor at Coinbase Ventures and worked at McKinsey; holds a BS from MIT.

Manav Aggarwal· Product Managerin

Previously a Systems Software Engineer at Two Sigma; holds a BS and MS in CS from Stanford.

Preston Evans· CTO, Celestia Labs

Co-founded the Sovereign SDK, described as a high-performance blockchain framework in production.

Rootul Patel· Head of Protocol

Previously a software engineer at Palantir and AWS; holds a BA from Boston College.

Frequently asked questions

What sectors does Celestia Foundation focus on?
Celestia Foundation focuses on Crypto & Web3, Data & Infrastructure.
Does Celestia Foundation lead rounds?
Celestia Foundation typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.

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