Overview
Salaries
Products
People
Growth
Offices
Financials

Funding and backers

Total raised
$3M
5 rounds on record
Latest round
$850k
Venture round · Sep 2024 · 2 yr ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Grants
$1.3M
2 grants · CORDIS
Backers
1
StartX
The money's age
Long since its last round
25 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Aug 1, 2025 Won a grant $1M · CORDIS Sep 3, 2024 Raised a round Venture round $850k · SEC Form D Sep 3, 2024 Raised a round Venture round $850k · SEC Form D Apr 11, 2023 Won a grant $290k · CORDIS Jun 15, 2020 New executive John Fortkort, Executive Officer · SEC Form D Mar 31, 2020 Raised a round Venture round $1.3M · SEC Form D 2019 Founded
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Grant Aug 2025 $1M — CORDIS
Venture round Sep 2024 $850k — SEC Form D
Venture round Sep 2024 $850k — SEC Form D
Grant Apr 2023 $290k — CORDIS
Venture round Mar 2020 $1.3M — SEC Form D
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
Legal entity CELESTIAL THERAPEUTICS INC. SEC Form D
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Ajay GuptaExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Leontis TeryazosExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
John FortkortExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
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Overview

Celestial Therapeutics is developing novel therapies based on innovative and groundbreaking science to treat, prevent and cure infectious diseases, rare diseases and cancers.

People

Ajay Gupta
Executive Officer, Director
Leontis Teryazos
Executive Officer, Director
John Fortkort
Executive Officer
George Siber
Director
Annelise Barron
Director
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
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Irvine United States
HQ
San Diego United States
Regional office
Celestial Therapeutics, Inc.
3210 Merryfield Row San Diego, CA 92121
company site

Financials

Total raised
$4.3M
Latest round
Grant
Funding rounds
5
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Grant 2025 $1M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2024 $850k Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2024 $850k Details
Grant 2023 $290k Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2020 $1.3M Details