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.