Nicholas Brathwaite is a Founding Managing Partner at Celesta Capital. Nic has more than 40 years of experience in technology investment, product development, and business building. Prior to Celesta, Nic co-founded Riverwood Capital, a private equity firm focused on investments in high-growth technology companies. Nic spent over 25 years as a technology operating executive, including serving as CTO of Flex for more than a decade, and most recently as the Chairman and CEO of Aptina Imaging. He previously served in various engineering and technology leadership roles at Intel and nChip. Nic earned a M.Sc. Degree in Polymer Science from the University of Waterloo, Canada and a B.Sc. (Honors) Degree in Applied Chemistry from McMaster University, Canada.