Celestia - About the company
Celestia is a series C company based in Vaduz (Liechtenstein), founded in 2011 by Nick White and John Adler. It operates as a Blockchain-based modular consensus and data network. Celestia has raised $204M in funding from investors like Bain Capital Crypto, Polychain and Signatureventures. The company has 1309 active competitors, including 285 funded and 30 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Mysten Labs, Aptos and Solana.
Company Details
Blockchain-based modular consensus and data network. It features a pluggable consensus and data availability layer, to enable users to deploy a decentralized blockchain. Modularizes the blockchain technology stack by decoupling the consensus and application execution layer.
- Website
- celestia.org
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@celestia.org
- Registered Address
- C/O BUSINESS CONTROL LTD RED LION YARD,ODD DOWN,BATH,ENGLAND,BA2 2PP
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2011
Location
Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Stage
Series C
Total Funding
$204M in 10 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
10th among 1309 active competitors
Employee Count
55 as on Jul 31, 2026
Legal entities associated with Celestia
Celestia is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
CELESTIAL LABS LTD CIN: 12391157 , United Kingdom, Active | Jan 07, 2020 | - | 28 (As on Mar 30, 2024) |
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Celestia's funding and investors
Celestia has raised a total funding of $204M over 10 rounds. Its first funding round was on 2015. Its latest funding round was a Series C round on Sep 23, 2024 for $*****. 5 investors participated in its latest round. Celestia has 42 institutional investors and 8 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Celestia:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 23, 2024 | 7904318 | Series C | 6965162 | 2406018 | 5070527 | 4557885 |
Oct 16, 2023 | 6998292 | Series B | 9934057 | 7529855 | 9819725 | 5398274 |
Oct 19, 2022 | 5756981 | Series A | 9583048 | 4566450 |
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Celestia's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Celestia are Nick White and John Adler.
Here are the details of Celestia's key team members:
- Nick White: Co-Founder of Celestia. They are also an angel investor in 6 startups.Contact Info: 1 email address
- John Adler: Co-Founder of Celestia. They are also an angel investor in 2 startups.
Celestia's Board of Directors
Celestia's board has 3 active members. Bernard O'rourke, John William Rodenhouse and John Cabell Livingston Hopkins are independent board members.Here is the list of Celestia's board of directors:
Name | Type | Representing | Status | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent board member | - | Current | 1y 0m | |
fskdrje | Independent board member | - | Current | 2y 1m |
cdnecgv | Independent board member | - | Current | 8y 6m |
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Celestia's employee count trend
Celestia has 55 employees as of Jul 26. Here is Celestia's employee count trend over the years:
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Celestia's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Celestia include Mysten Labs, Aptos and Solana. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Celestia, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st |  Mysten Labs 2021, Palo Alto (United States), Series B | Blockchain platform offering Web3 infrastructure solutions | $336M | 82/100 | |
2nd | Aptos 2021, Palo Alto (United States), Series D | Provider of protocols for building blockchain-based solutions | $350M | 79/100 | |
3rd |  Solana 2010, San Francisco (United States), Series C | Blockchain-based infrastructure for transactions and counting | $374M | 79/100 | |
4th | NEAR 2017, Zug (Switzerland), Series D | Public blockchain network platform | $542M | 77/100 | |
5th | AVA 2018, Brooklyn (United States), Series B | Blockchain platform for smart contracts and custom subnets | $368M | 75/100 | |
6th | Blockchain-based public network for decentralized applications | - | 71/100 | ||
7th | Chain 2014, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Blockchain solutions empowering businesses to thrive in the Web3 era | $39.5M | 70/100 | |
8th |  DFINITY 2014, Palo Alto (United States), Series C | Blockchain-based public network for building decentralized applications | $164M | 68/100 | |
9th |  Avalanche 2018, Tortola (United Kingdom), Funding Raised | Provider of smart contracts platform for decentralized application development | - | 68/100 | |
10th |  Celestia 2011, Vaduz (Liechtenstein), Series C | Blockchain-based modular consensus and data network | $204M | 67/100 |
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Celestia's Investments and acquisitions
Celestia has made 1 investment in OpenGradient and acquired Sovereign.News related to Celestia
Filter this listMedia has covered Celestia for a total of 4 events in the last 1 year, 2 of them have been about company updates.
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Midnight Integrates Celestia to Enhance Zswap InfrastructureThe Crypto Times•Aug 25, 2026•Celestia, Midnight Network
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Celestia Labs Acquires Sovereign Labs to Build High-Performance Custom BlockchainsThenewscrypto•Jul 16, 2026•Celestia, Sovereign
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Bitwise strengthens staking strategy with Celestia ETP listing on Euronext ParisGlobeNewswire•Oct 16, 2025•Bitwise, Celestia
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Applied Labs raises $4.2M to make it easy to build high quality AI support and ops digital employeesTR Publications•Jan 27, 2025•Applied Labs, Abstract Ventures, Point72 Ventures, Outlander VC and 12 others
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Union Labs Secures $12M Series A to Bridge Cosmos, Ethereum and Bitcoin EcosystemsNftgators•Dec 03, 2024•Union Labs, gCC, LongHash, Borderless Capital and 7 others
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Celestia Foundation Raises $100 Million Led by Bain CapitalDecrypt•Nov 15, 2024•Celestia, Bain Capital
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Ethereum scaling infrastructure startup Spire Labs raises $7 million ...The Block•Oct 31, 2024•Spire, Maven 11, a16zcrypto, Digital Currency Group and 5 others
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Celestia’s token unlock could unleash $460 million selling pressureCryptoSlate•Oct 30, 2024•Celestia
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Celestia Foundation Raises $100M to Expand Modular Blockchain EcosystemCoinMarketCap•Oct 03, 2024•Bain Capital Crypto, Celestia
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Qubetics Presale Raises $1 Million in 24 HoursBitcoin Ethereum News•Oct 01, 2024•Qubetics, Binance, Celestia
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