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Helical

Biotech & Life Sciences · Luxembourg, Luxembourg · Founded 2023

Open-source platform for researchers, biologists & developers MoreLess

Helical AI is an innovative company operating in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors, providing an open-source platform designed to accelerate drug development through the use of bio foundation models. The platform is tailored for researchers, biologists, and developers, offering tools to explore and build applications that leverage these advanced models. Helical AI serves a diverse clientele, including pharmaceutical and biotech companies, helping them harness the full potential of bio foundation models, whether or not they have existing AI teams. The business model revolves around offering turnkey applications, fine-tuning models on proprietary data, and steering predictions to ensure biological relevance. Revenue is generated through enterprise subscriptions, early access programs, and customized solutions for clients.

Keywords: bio foundation models, drug development, biotech, pharmaceutical, open-source platform, AI, turnkey applications, model fine-tuning, biological predictions, enterprise solutions.

Company overview

Helical company information

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Status
Operational
Founded
2023
Headquarters
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Employees
26
Open positions
6
Dealroom signal
87.8
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Valuation & funding

Helical funding history

Company financing events and reported valuations.

Deal typeDateAmountValuationInvestorsSource
SEEDOther financing Apr 2026 $10M $40M Gradient Ventures · Frst Capital · BoxGroup · Aidan Gomez
SEEDOther financing Jun 2024 $2.4M $9.7M Frst Capital · BoxGroup
SUPPORT PROGRAMOther financing May 2024 $0 Luxembourg-City Incubator
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Financials

Workforce over time

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YearEmployees
2026 26
2025 20
2024 10
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Growth signals

Helical website traffic

Latest recorded traffic for Helical is 4.9K monthly website visits, up 25.6% over the last three months. Helical's team grew 30% over the past year.

Latest monthly visits4.9K 3-month web change+25.6% 1-year team growth+30%
Monthly website visits27 observations · May 2024–Jul 2026
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Hiring

Open positions at Helical

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Comparisons

Helical compared with similar companies

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Talent graph

Helical's talent

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Team profiled 5 named & role-tagged
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Investors

9 investors on Helical's cap table

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Seed 7 investors entered at this stage
Frst Capital
BoxGroup
Redalpine
Gradient Ventures
Aidan Gomez
Clément Delangue
Mario Götze
Other known 2 additional known investors
Luxembourg-City Incubator
Luxinnovation

Global footprint

Where Helical has talent and traffic

Workforce by country
4 countries with
team presence
🇬🇧 United Kingdom57.1%
🇱🇺 Luxembourg21.4%
🇩🇪 Germany14.3%
🇮🇪 Ireland7.1%
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Market sentiment

What the market is saying about Helical

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