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Leading Global and Indian Investors Launch India Deep Tech Investment Alliance

Times of India | Differentiations for AI Hardware Vendors

PR Newswire | WEKA Expands India Operations With State-of-the-Art Center of Excellence in Bengaluru

Times of India | Tuticorin to get three defense, space tech investments worth more than 5,600cr

Business Today | Ten Indian deep-tech start-ups that found a spot on the WEF’s top 100 emerging companies

Close to the Metal Blog | What Should Your Discuss at Board Meetings?

The Miner Mag | Auradine Shipped $73M Worth of Bitcoin Miners to MARA in H1 2025

Data Center Dynamics | SambaNova launches turnkey AI inference offering for data centers

PR Newswire | Normal Computing Announces Tape-Out of World’s First Thermodynamic Computing Chip

CB Insights | AI agent startups are becoming revenue machines — here are the top 20 ranked

BioSpace | Oncology, 2025 Expected to be a ‘Turning Point’

Contagion Live | Nationwide Avian Flu Response Gains Momentum, Yet Urgent Action Remains Essential

TechTarget | Weka Connects Storage AI with New NeuralMesh Architecture

BusinessLine | Agnikul, CynLr, GalaxEye, ePlane Co Among Indian Start-ups in WEF’s 2025 Tech Pioneers

Bloomberg | The Company That Wants to Bring Back Supersonic Jet Travel

Silicon Angle | Rewriting the Rules of AI Infrastructure for the Agentic Era

Bitcoin Magazine | Genesis Digital Assets Limited Acquires 1000 Air-Cooled Miners to Mine Bitcoin

Pulse 2.0 | Crescendo: Interview with CEO Matt Price About the Full-Service CX Company

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Forbes | Nokia Bell Labs Is Commercializing Its Historic IP Portfolio, Starting With Heathcare

Celesta In the News

Fortune | Nokia Helped Build the Mobile World. Now it Wants to Seed the Next One - From Inside Bell Labs

MARA Fireside: Rajiv Khemani - Auradine, Bitcoin Mining & Silicon Valley Mindset

EE Times | Silicon 100 Startups Worth Watching in 2025

Tonbo Imaging is Building the Future of Battlefield Autonomy

Q&A with Matt Marsh: Investing with Depth, Discipline, and a People-First Perspective

TechSurge Podcast: pen vs. Closed AI: Risks, Rewards, and Realities of Open Source Innovation

TechSurge Podcast: Betting Early on Zoom, Canva, and Crypto: Inside the Playbook of Visionary Solo VC Bill Tai

Celesta In the News

Betakit | US deep tech VC Celesta Capital adds BDC alum Charles Lespérance as Canadian partner

Celesta Capital Bolsters Leadership Team to Accelerate Deep Tech Growth

Scaling Radiology with AI: Inside 5C Network’s Ambitious Vision to Transform Medical Imaging

TechSurge Podcast: Blueprint for an AI Future - OpenAI Chief Economist on How AI Will Shape the Global Economy

Press Release | Auradine Expands Bitcoin Mining Solutions with ASIC chips, Range of Advanced Cooling Systems and Modular Megawatt Containers

Base to Base Biotech Podcast | Microbiotica, 1Cell.Ai and Tessellate Bio at AACR

Press Release | Excision BioTherapeutics Announces Publication Highlighting EBT-107 for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B in bioRxiv

AIN Online | Bill Filed To Allow Supersonic Flight over Land in U.S.

Economic Times | Agnikul ignites India’s first electric motor-driven semi-cryogenic rocket engine

PR Newswire | Recogni and DataVolt Partner to Deliver the World's Most Energy Efficient AI Cloud Infrastructure

AI INFRA SUMMIT 2025 | Capital at the Core: Investors on What’s Next for AI Infra

Build to Succeed Podcast: David Goldman on Investing in Deep Tech That Shapes the Future

CNBC TV-18 | Exclusive | Young entrepreneurs lead India's charge in global space race

PR Newswire | Finalists Announced for 20th Annual RSAC™ Innovation Sandbox Contest 2025

'Close to the Metal' | Lessons from History: The Power of Design & Manufacturing Synergy

Why the Next Silicon Valley Might Be Indian

Q&A with Celesta Associate Riddhi Daftary

Bloomberg | SambaNova Focus on LLMs, AI Cloud Infrastructure: Tech Disruptors

Press Release | Alveo Technologies Appoints Nobel Laureate, Dr. James Rothman, to its Board of Directors

The Block | Bitcoin Miner Manufacturer Auradine Raises $153 Million in Series C Funding Amid AI Expansion

Press Release | 1Cell.Ai, Formerly OneCell Diagnostics, Launches OncoIncytes Integrating Multi-Modal Data for Precision Oncology

STAT | 5C Network: Why AI like Grok isn’t ready for the radiology big leagues

New Funding Announcement | Cartesian Kinetics Raises New Funding from F-Prime, Celesta Capital and Clear Ventures

SiliconAngle | SambaNova debuts framework for lower-cost, open-source deep research agents

EnTrackr | Exclusive: Brick&Bolt valuation soars 3X in new round

BusinessWire | Auradine’s New Hydro-Cooled Bitcoin Miner Sets Industry Standards with Maximum Performance and Superior Cost of Ownership

Global VC Panel with Anita Rehman | Explore the Global Venture Capital Ecosystem with Antler, Celesta Capital & LeapFrog | DGEMS 2024

Celesta In the News

IgniteGTM Fireside Chat with David Goldman | Trends and challenges in AI infrastructure

Celesta In the News

Venture Capital Journal | Celesta's new managing partner Anand Chandrasekaran seeks to mine growing India-US tech corridor

Value Chain Innovation Speaker Series at Stanford GSB: AI in Business - Investments and Opportunities for Value Creation

Celesta Founding Partner Lip-Bu Tan Named as Next CEO of Intel

Auradine Blog | 100 Days: Bitcoin America Policy Recommendations

AMD TechTalk Podcast | Simplifying Enterprise Cloud with Platform9

Technology Express | Saudi’s stc Group Partners with SambaNova to Launch Sovereign AI Cloud Platform

Press Release | Alveo Technologies and Royal GD Form Long-Term Partnership to Expand Joint Offerings for Rapid, Molecular Animal Diagnostics at Point of Need

TechSurge Podcast: Inside Nokia’s Strategy: CSTO Nishant Batra on Telecom’s Future, Brand Reinvention, and Betting on Bell Labs

TechSurge Podcast: Leading Through Chaos: John Chambers on Tariffs, Cyber Threats, & the AI Supercycle

TechSurge Podcast: China, Funding Cuts, & Campus Controversy: Is U.S. Tech Leadership Falling Behind?

TechSurge Podcast: Inside Microsoft's Trillion Dollar Playbook with Chief Strategy Officer Bobby Yerramilli-Rao

TechSurge Podcast: Scaling the AI Era: Next-Gen Data Storage Solutions with Pure Storage CEO Charlie Giancarlo

TechSurge Podcast: Hype vs. Reality: Why AI Isn't Ready to Make Medicines Yet with Mike Nohaile

TechSurge Podcast: Understanding the Elegant Math Behind Modern Machine Learning with Anil Ananthaswamy

Redefining Customer Service with AI + Humans — Q&A with Crescendo CEO Matt Price

Nokia and Celesta Capital Launch Astranu to Advance Healthcare Imaging Technology

Q&A with Aurascape CEO Moinul Khan: Securing the AI Era

Q&A with Platform9 Co-founder & VP Product, Madhura Maskasky

Introducing New Celesta Partner Charles Lespérance

Press Release | Exostellar Raises Series A1 Funding to Make GPU Shortages Irrelevant with Autonomous Compute Orchestration

TigerGraph: Connecting the Dots in the Age of AI

TechSurge Podcast: Chips, Crypto, & Cyberterrorism: The Future of Financial Combat

TechSurge Podcast: The Future of Wireless Networks, Academia Startups, & Intel: A Conversation With Dr. Andrea Goldsmith

CNBC | CNBC Sanctuary: Can Nvidia's AI dominance in chips be challenged?

Shaun Holt LinkedIn Blog | CA's emergency bird flu declaration and the US's first death from it begs the question: Why aren't we doing more as a nation to curb this catastrophe?

Data Center Dynamics | The coming hardware revolution: How to address AI’s insatiable demands

Celesta In the News

Crowdfund Insider | David Goldman of Celesta Capital Explains Why Investment Firms Have Taken Interest in AI and Infrastructure Development

'Close to the Metal' | AI Is About Abundance

SiliconANGLE | Komprise introduces new sensitive-data management capabilities for AI and cybersecurity

Reuters | Boom Supersonic XB-1 breaks sound barrier over Mojave Desert

Celesta Portfolio Company Auradine Welcomes Lip-Bu Tan to its Board of Directors

IIT Madras Shaastra | India is poised for a tech leap

TechSurge Podcast: Adapting to Disruption - AI, Housing, Geopolitics, & More with Global Head of McKinsey Bob Sternfels

'Close to the Metal' | Why Startups Should Embrace Performance Vesting

Business Wire | ParkourSC Named 2024 Top Tech Startup by Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive

Celesta In the News

CNBC-TV18 | Celesta Capital Ropes In Anand Chandrasekaran As A Managing Partner

StreetInsider | Alveo Technologies and Fraunhofer Partner to Develop First-of-its-Kind Rapid, Molecular Feline Respiratory Panel Diagnostic

VCCircle | The Inaugural Episode of Crafting Bharat: A Deep Tech Edition with Agnikul Cosmos

VentureBeat | H2O.ai improves AI agent accuracy with predictive models

TechDogs | Auradine Unveils Auralinks To Transform Genai Data Center Network Fabrics

CRN | The 10 Hottest Networking Startups Of 2024

SiliconAngle | Unlocking AI’s potential: Inference, scalability and sustainability in focus

Business Wire | Credo Completes First GHG Emissions Calculation, Strengthens Commitment to Environmental Sustainability

Reuters | Juniper Networks invests in AI startup Recogni in $102 million funding round

Pulse 2.0 | Normal Computing Picked For ARIA’s £50 Million Scaling Compute Program

BioSpace | Alveo Technologies Begins Shipping the First Point-of-Need™ Molecular Test for Avian Influenza in Poultry to the EU

Secrets of Scale: What Investors Look for in Startup Founders

EE Times | Recogni’s 25-W Chip for AVs Processes High-Res Camera Streams

Bringing Space Within Reach: Why We Invested in Agnikul

Financial Express | Budget 2024: ‘Investing in development of deep tech ecosystem transcends immediate financial considerations’

CRN | The 20 Coolest Cloud Software Companies Of The 2024 Cloud 100

Your Story | Sunny Days Ahead: India's E-Mobility to Continue one Growth Trajectory in 2024

TechCrunch | More than 40 investors share their top predictions for 2024

NextGen Tech Leader: SambaNova CEO Rodrigo Liang

Medical Device Network | Alveo announces new distributor partnerships for EMEA region

ideaForge: Helping First-Time Founders Take Flight

Nokia and Celesta Capital Announce Major Strategic Partnership for Acceleration of Deep Technologies

Fast Company | Why bio-cement could become the next big bumper crop

Q&A with Partner Steve Fu

Sand Hill Road Podcast | Celesta Capital's Michael Marks Talks Global Supply Chains, Manufacturing, & More

Startup Outlook India | Celesta's Arun Kumar: Investors in Startups Need to Balance Caution and Optimism

Private Equity Wire | Staging a Return: Venture Capital’s AI Fueled Rejuvenation

The Hindu Businessline | Winner Changemaker 2023: Digital Transformation

ET Now | Celesta Capital to Double Investment in India

Q&A With Celesta Founding Managing Partner Nic Brathwaite

The Times of India | An Indian inventor who has impacted almost all on Earth

Celesta In the News

Forbes India | Celesta Capital: At a sweet spot in India's deep tech startup landscape

The Economic Times | Celesta Capital to play on front foot on startup investments

The Times of India | India, US plan to put people at centre of technological revolution, says Eric Garcetti

TechCrunch | India's Agnikul gets $26.7M to prepare for commercial space launches

Q&A With Celesta Capital Partner Anita Rehman

What's Next for the Global Semiconductor Market | TechSurge 2023

Bloomberg Businessweek Podcast | Celesta Capital's Michael Marks discusses VC investing in the deep technology space

NextGen Tech Leader: Recogni CEO Marc Bolitho

Silicon Angle | New Baffle Data Protection for AI secures private data in generative AI projects

TechCrunch | Pixis, an AI-powered full-stack marketing platform, raises $85M

Global Investor and Operating Executive Anita Rehman Joins Deep Tech Venture Firm Celesta Capital as Partner

TechCrunch | Exostellar raises $15M to help companies optimize their cloud spend

PR Newswire | Recogni Announces Pegasus PCIe Card for Autonomous Mobility Solutions

Nasdaq TradeTalks | Celesta Capital's Michael Marks on the VC Investing Environment in Deep Tech

Fortune | How a crypto startup raised $81 million with no product, no customers, and just a pitch deck

Silicon Valley Journals | Finicast Raises $12.8M in Seed Funding for Collaborative Enterprise Planning Platform

Bitcoin.com | Auradine Unveils Teraflux, New Line of US-Crafted Bitcoin Mining Rigs Providing Up to 270 TH/s

NextGen Tech Leader: ideaForge Co-Founder and CEO Ankit Mehta

Q&A with Celesta Founding Partner Michael Marks

Financial Times | Startups seek to challenge Nvidia's dominance over AI chip market

San Francisco Business Times | S.F. biotech Excision inches closer to potential HIV cure with key move by FDA

The New Stack | Flutter Fever: Adoption Grows and Spreads to Embedded Devices

Tech Trends Outlook: A Conversation with Internet Pioneer Vint Cerf | TechSurge 2023

Business Wire | Alveo Technologies Announces Partner Program and Portal, New Enablement Software Suite, Further Empowering Partners in Co-Development of Advanced Molecular Diagnostics

mint | India's only listed drone-maker is flying high

CNBC | IdeaForge Technology Lists On Dalal Street | IPO Listing

CNBC | India's drone sector has lucrative investment opportunity: Celesta Capital

Semiconductor Review | Nicholas Brathwaite: What Is Driving the Next Wave of Disruptive Semiconductor Companies?

Forbes India | Buoyed by strong IPO response, ideaForge Technology eyes scalable and profitable growth

Tech Leaders to Know: Stathera Founder George Xereas

Examining the Venture Landscape with VC Industry Leaders | TechSurge 2023

Inc42 | US-India Business Council Hosts Startup-Focused Defense Exhibition to Promote Innovation

Benzinga | Calumino Named 2023 Best of Sensors Award Winner

The Economic Times India | Ideaforge IPO expected to fuel drone startup's flight

Q&A with Partner Arun Kumar

Fast Company | Boom Supersonic reveals new partners and engine details, bringing its Mach 1.7 passenger jet closer to reality

EE Times Europe | Sriram Viswanathan: Chips Acts' Role in Reshaping a Global Industry

CNBC | Global Dialogues: Spotlight on India-US Relations, Opportunity & More

eeNews | Ex-Google engineers’ probabilistic, AI startup raises seed funding

Creating Reliable and Transparent AI: Why We Invested in Normal Computing

The Economic Times India | Critical and emerging technologies new frontier of India-US cooperation, says former Obama admin official

Analytics India Magazine | Open Source Opens Funds for Semiconductor in India

Times Now | Celesta Capital: Plans to Double Down On Investments In India

Q&A With Kara Swisher: The Road Ahead for Tech | TechSurge 2023

Meet Stathera: Resetting the $9B+ Timing Chips Market

Betakit | Stathera Closes $20 Million CAD Series A To Commercialize Semiconductor Timing Tech

Crunchbase | US Semiconductor Startup Funding Slows Even As AI Beckons

Axios | Internet Infrastructure Firm Auradine Raises $81 Million

Driving the Mass Adoption of a Decentralized Web – Why We Invested in Auradine

CNBC | IdeaForge Soars To New Heights: India's Top Drone Company Wins Disruptor Of The Year Award

NY Times | U.S. Focuses on Invigorating 'Chiplets' to Stay Cutting-Edge in Tech

The Times of India | Ayushman Bharat Digit Mission is a Catalyst for Healthcare Innovations

Q&A with Partner David Goldman

Tech Trend Outlook: A Conversation With Alphabet Chairman John Hennessy | TechSurge 2023

Forbes India | Startup Fridays S4 Ep11: Arun Kumar at Celesta on tough times revealing resilient founders, great investments

Bloomberg | Betting on Bacteria to Fix the Cement Industry's Emissions Problem

MarTech Series | Baffle Streamlines Data Protection for Databases

CNBC | India's Push for Drone Manufacturing

The Economic Times | Arzoo has first mover advantage despite ONDC

AIthority | SambaNova Boosts Leadership Team with Duo of Industry Veterans

Digit.FYI | Optima Partners with H2O.ai for Financial Services Solutions

Tech Leaders to Know: Exostellar Founder Hakim Weatherspoon

Report: Economic Growth and Strategic Alignment Between India and Silicon Valley

Times of India | India presents tremendous opportunity in areas of deep tech and technology driven transformation.

Celesta In the News

Venture Capital Journal | What's driving deep tech?

Forbes | AI framed as 'amplifier of human intelligence' at recent TechSurge Summit.

The Hindu | Drone maker ideaForge Technology files IPO papers with SEBI

WSJ | VC support growing for bioconvergence startups.

The Economic Times | Industry group says India semiconductor distribution centres necessary for supply chain.

Tech Crunch | Komprise raises $37M to help companies index, manage and transform data.

TechSurge Global Deep Tech Summit Announces All-Star Roster of Speakers from Tech, Venture, and Government

Business Standard | Arun Kumar Op-Ed: Globalisation in reverse gear: Opportunity for bold US-India partnership?

YourStory | Proptech startup Brick&Bolt raises $10M from Accel and Celesta Capital.

Celesta In the News

Economic Times | Celesta Capital eyes to invest in India's semiconductor sector

Celesta Capital Announces Partnership with The Sultanate of Oman

CRN | The 10 hottest semiconductor startups of 2022, featuring Celesta portfolio companies Alif Semiconductor and Eliyan.

Forbes India | Startup Fridays S3 Ep11: 'Strategic investors can make or break a deep tech venture, choose wisely, time it right' — Sriram Viswanathan

Yahoo! Finance | Alveo Technologies Announces New Executive Leadership, Open Platform Strategy

TechCrunch | Weka announces $135M investment on $750M valuation to change how companies move data

TechCrunch | Eliyan raises $40M from Intel and Micron to build chiplet interconnections

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