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Helium

Cybersecurity · San Francisco, United States · Founded 2013

The most secure and scalable way to capture insights from smart devices. Helium powers next generation technology that connects the physical world MoreLess

Helium is a pioneering startup that aims to revolutionize the wireless communication landscape by creating the world's first peer-to-peer wireless network. The company leverages a unique blend of radio and hardware expertise, manufacturing, distributed systems, peer-to-peer, and blockchain technologies to build a decentralized network infrastructure. This network is designed to support Internet of Things (IoT) devices, which include smart dog collars, wildfire sensors, and other connected gadgets that typically require cellular plans.

Helium's primary clients are businesses and developers who need reliable and cost-effective connectivity solutions for their IoT devices. The company operates in the rapidly growing IoT market, which is expected to expand significantly as more devices become interconnected. By offering a decentralized network, Helium provides an alternative to traditional cellular plans, making it cheaper and more efficient for IoT devices to communicate over long distances.

The business model of Helium is based on the sale of IoT hotspots, which are devices that users can purchase and deploy to contribute to the network. These hotspots not only provide coverage but also earn rewards in the form of Helium's own cryptocurrency, HNT (Helium Network Token). This incentivizes users to expand the network, creating a robust and widespread coverage area. Helium makes money through the sale of these hotspots and by taking a small transaction fee from the data credits used by IoT devices to access the network.

In summary, Helium is building a decentralized, peer-to-peer wireless network to support IoT devices, serving businesses and developers in the IoT market. The company generates revenue through the sale of IoT hotspots and transaction fees from data usage.

Keywords: IoT, wireless network, peer-to-peer, blockchain, hotspots, cryptocurrency, decentralized, connectivity, data credits, Helium Network Token.

Valuation $1–2.5B
Revenue $10–50M
Headcount 100–500
Total funding $100–500M
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Helium's talent

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Team profiled 26 named & role-tagged
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Key operators 3 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
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Investors

27 investors on Helium's cap table

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Seed 8 investors entered at this stage
Series A 3 investors entered at this stage
Series B+ 16 investors entered at this stage
Union Square Ventures
Multicoin Capital
Andreessen Horowitz
Ribbit Capital
Alameda Research
10T Holdings
Tiger Global
NGP Capital
Kingsway Capital
FTX
Deutsche Telekom
Seven Seven Six
Liberty Global
Pantera Capital
Goodyear Ventures
Telekom Innovation Pool

Global footprint

Where Helium has talent and traffic

Workforce by country
22 countries with
team presence
🇺🇸 United States51.4%
🇨🇦 Canada5.7%
🇺🇦 Ukraine5.7%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom4.3%
🇮🇳 India4.3%
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Web traffic by country
160K monthly visits
across markets
🇺🇸 United States27.5%
🇵🇱 Poland10.9%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom6.3%
🇩🇪 Germany5.5%
🇨🇦 Canada3.6%
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Patent intelligence

$2M patent portfolio · 8 active families

Estimated portfolio value
$2M
0.13% of valuation · 60.8× smaller than top peer CrowdStrike ($95M)
8 active patent families
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Where Helium concentrates vs peers

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Market sentiment

What the market is saying about Helium

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