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Celes: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

Celes provides AI-driven solutions for retailers to enhance their marketing, finance, sales, and supply chain operations. By helping clients gain a deeper understanding of their customers, Celes enables them to enhance their campaigns, promotions, and communication strategies, ultimately leading to increased customer loyalty, higher average purchase value, and more items purchased per transaction. Additionally, Celes uses data analysis to optimize purchasing decisions, pricing strategies, and promotional efforts.

www.celes.app LinkedIn Barranquilla, Colombia 11-50 employees
Machine Learning Retail Technology Small and Medium Businesses B2B
Total raised
$4.2M
Rounds
3
Latest
Seed
May 2024

Celes has raised $4.2M across 3 funding rounds on record, the most recent a Seed of $3.0M announced in May 2024.

That round is below the $5.5M median round size for Artificial Intelligence companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Celes Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$4.2M
across 3 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
3
Latest funding round
Seed
$3.0M in May 2024
Employees
11-50
reported band
Headquarters
Barranquilla, Colombia

Latest funding round on record: May 2024.

Celes Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Seed
$3.0M
Seed
$1.0M
Pre-Seed
$200k

Celes raised $200k in a Pre-Seed announced in Nov 2022.

8 months later, a Seed of $1.0M was announced in Jul 2023.

10 months later, a Seed of $3.0M was announced in May 2024.

Celes Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Luis Miguel Ballestas Ayala
Founder
Locked
Luis Ricardo Almanza Herazo
CEO
Locked

Contact details for the Celes team: 2 of 2 have an email address on file.

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Celes Funding Compared to Other Artificial Intelligence Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
140
$6.5M
16,485
$3.1M

Celes' latest round of $3.0M is below the median round in Artificial Intelligence. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Celes Funding FAQs

What does Celes do?

Celes provides AI-driven solutions for retailers to enhance their marketing, finance, sales, and supply chain operations. By helping clients gain a deeper understanding of their customers, Celes enables them to enhance their campaigns, promotions, and communication strategies, ultimately leading to increased customer loyalty, higher average purchase value, and more items purchased per transaction. Additionally, Celes uses data analysis to optimize purchasing decisions, pricing strategies, and promotional efforts.

How much funding has Celes raised?

Celes has raised $4.2M across 3 rounds on record. The most recent is a Seed of $3.0M announced in May 2024.

When did Celes last raise funding?

Celes' most recent funding round on record is a Seed of $3.0M, announced in May 2024.

Who founded Celes?

FundedIQ lists Luis Miguel Ballestas Ayala (Founder) at Celes.

Who is the CEO of Celes?

Luis Ricardo Almanza Herazo is listed as CEO at Celes.

Where is Celes headquartered?

Celes is based in Barranquilla, Atlantico, Colombia.

How many employees does Celes have?

Celes is in the 11-50 employee band.

How does Celes' funding compare to other Artificial Intelligence startups?

Celes' latest round of $3.0M is below the $5.5M median round size for Artificial Intelligence companies on FundedIQ across 7,233 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Celes Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Celes is left off this page rather than filled in.

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