Terry Gilton
InvestorPartner at Celesta Capital
Boise City, Idaho
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
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About
Partner at Celesta Capital with a 37-year semiconductor career spanning R&D in materials, memory, sensors, and algorithms. He previously was VP of R&D at Micron Technology, where he helped develop CMOS imager technology used in the Motorola Razr and first iPhone, and later served as Senior Director of Sensor Technology at Apple.
Experience
- Celesta CapitalPartnercurrent2020 — presentUnited States
- Celesta CapitalVenture Partner2020
- Technology ConsultantOwner2014 — 2020
- SelfRetired2019 — 2020
- Boise State UniversityClinical Assistant Professor2015 — 2019Boise, Idaho
- Aptina ImagingVP Advanced Technology2013 — 2014Meridian, Idaho
- Technology ConsultantSole Proprietor2013Boise, Idaho
- Apple Inc.Senior Director, Sensor Technology2011 — 2013Cupertino, California
- pSiFlow TechnologyFounder & CEO2008 — 2011
- Aptina ImagingVice President of Technology1990 — 2008
- Micron TechnologySr. Director of Product Technology2004 — 2008
- Micron TechnologyVarious over the years1990 — 2004
Skills & more
Venture Capital2Sensors99Semiconductors99Manufacturing26Patents14Image Sensors15Intellectual Property6Mobile Devices24Materials10Metal Fabrication4Semiconductor Process9R&D95
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CMOSOpticsSiliconProcess IntegrationEmbedded SystemsLeadershipImage ProcessingCharacterizationStrategyEmbedded SoftwareFirmwarePhysicsLanguages German
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Colleagues at Celesta Capital
Anand Chandrasekaran
Managing Partner at Celesta Capital
Andrew Kau
Partner at Walden Catalyst
Anita Rehman
Partner at Celesta Capital
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Arun Kumar
Managing Partner at Celesta Capital
Blake Williams
Chief Operating Officer - Healthcare Advisory Services; Laboratory + Life Sciences at Transwestern
Charles Lespérance
Partner at Celesta Capital
David Goldman
Partner at Celesta Capital
Dena Porter
Business Operations Manager at Webb Investment Network
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Terry Gilton?
- Partner at Celesta Capital with a 37-year semiconductor career spanning R&D in materials, memory, sensors, and algorithms. He previously was VP of R&D at Micron Technology, where he helped develop CMOS imager technology used in the Motorola Razr and first iPhone, and later served as Senior Director of Sensor Technology at Apple.
- Where does Terry Gilton work?
- Terry Gilton is Partner at Celesta Capital.
- What check size does Terry Gilton write?
- Terry Gilton typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- Where did Terry Gilton go to school?
- Terry Gilton studied at UC Santa Barbara (Ph.D., Chemical Physics); University of Arkansas at Little Rock (B.S., Chemistry).
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Also attended University of Arkansas at Little Rock5
Shared employers
Also worked at Celesta Capital20
Sarah LucasManaging General Partner at Lucas Venture GroupMichael MarksFounding Managing Partner at Celesta CapitalSudhir RaoSenior Partner at Celesta CapitalNicholas BrathwaiteFounding Managing Partner at Celesta CapitalSriram ViswanathanFounding Managing Partner at Celesta CapitalLip-Bu TanFounding Managing Partner at Celesta Capital
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