Wed, Sep 30, 2026
4:00 PM UTC • 180 minutes
Meetup / WorkshopHardwareEdge AI & Deep Tech
Speakers
Nicholas Brathwaite
Founder and General Partner at Celesta Capital
Nicholas Brathwaite, a technology leader, deep-tech investor, and champion of higher education whose career has helped translate semiconductor innovation into global-scale technology businesses. Nic has worked for more than three decades at the leading edge of semiconductors, systems engineering, advanced manufacturing, and technology investing. Before Celesta, Nic co-founded Riverwood Capital, a growth-equity firm focused on helping high-potential technology companies scale. Prior to that, he spent more than a decade as Chief Technology Officer of Flex, helping shape technology strategy and global innovation as the company grew from roughly $150 million to annual revenues of $28 billion and became one of the world’s largest electronics manufacturing and supply-chain companies. Alongside his investment work at Riverwood, Nic served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Aptina Imaging, a pioneer in CMOS image-sensor technology whose sensors went into mobile devices, automobiles, consumer electronics and industrial applications. At the outset of his career, Nic held senior engineering and technology-leadership roles at Intel and nCHIP.
Builder Series - Episode 02
An intimate, high-density gathering of Deep Tech builders, engineers, and operators in Lagos focusing on raw engineering, firmware, and edge technologies.
Speakers
Nicholas Brathwaite
Founder and General Partner at Celesta Capital
Nicholas Brathwaite, a technology leader, deep-tech investor, and champion of higher education whose career has helped translate semiconductor innovation into global-scale technology businesses. Nic has worked for more than three decades at the leading edge of semiconductors, systems engineering, advanced manufacturing, and technology investing. Before Celesta, Nic co-founded Riverwood Capital, a growth-equity firm focused on helping high-potential technology companies scale. Prior to that, he spent more than a decade as Chief Technology Officer of Flex, helping shape technology strategy and global innovation as the company grew from roughly $150 million to annual revenues of $28 billion and became one of the world’s largest electronics manufacturing and supply-chain companies. Alongside his investment work at Riverwood, Nic served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Aptina Imaging, a pioneer in CMOS image-sensor technology whose sensors went into mobile devices, automobiles, consumer electronics and industrial applications. At the outset of his career, Nic held senior engineering and technology-leadership roles at Intel and nCHIP.
