CELESTIA's first investor was George Lambeth, a college student at the time. The price per token for his investment in the seed round was $0.0094. CELESTIA faced multiple rejections from investors in 2019 and took several months to convince George Lambeth to invest. Eventually, they raised $1.5 million in the seed round. George Lambeth is a co-founder of Divergence Ventures and a member of the DAO5 team. In addition to CELESTIA, he has also participated in the seed rounds of Arbitrum and Avalanche.

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Foresight News reported that Mustafa Al-Bassam, co-founder of Celestia, responded to comments about the token price of TIA in the seed round, stating that it was only $0.0094. He mentioned that in 2019, Celestia faced multiple rejections from investors and it took several months to convince the first investor, George Lambeth, who was a college student at the time. Celestia (TIA) raised $1.5 million in the seed round. According to George Lambeth's profile, he is a co-founder of Divergence Ventures and currently a member of the dao5 team. Apart from Celestia, George has also participated in the seed rounds of Arbitrum and Avalanche.

The first investor in CELESTIA is a university student, with the seed round token price at $0.0094.