When was Helius founded?

Helius was founded in 2022 and raised its 1st funding round within a year of its incorporation.

Where is Helius located?

Helius is headquartered in Remote, United States.

Who is the current CEO of Helius?

Mert Mumtaz of Helius. They have also founded 1 company and are angel investors in 7 startups, including Polyweave.

How many employees does Helius have?

As of Jul 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Helius is 61.

Is Helius a funded company?

Helius is a funded company, having raised a total of $34.4M across 3 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round, raised on Oct 19, 2022.

When was the latest funding round of Helius?

Helius' latest funding was a $***** Series B round on Sep 18, 2024, with participation from 6 investors.

Where does Helius rank among its competitors?

Helius ranks 6th amongst 499 active competitors, of which 124 are funded. It stands 6th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Digital Asset, which secured $365M in Jun, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of Helius?

Helius' top competitors include Consensys, Alchemy and IoTeX. Among them, Digital Asset secured the most recent funding round in June, 2026.

Helius - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Provider of Solana RPCs, transaction landing services, and data streaming. The company offers a unified platform for running applications and trading strategies. It provides low latency reads with optimized transaction delivery pipelines. The platform helps to detect on-chain signals faster and reduce engineering time. Services include streaming Solana blocks, transactions, and account data. It also offers transaction sending services and access to globally distributed RPCs.

Website: www.helius.dev/
Social

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2022

Location

Remote, United States

Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$34.4M in 3 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series B, Sep 18, 2024, $*****

Investors

Founders Fund & 12 more

Ranked

6^th among 499 active competitors

Employee Count

61 as on Jul 31, 2026

Investment & Acquisitions

Light Protocol

Similar Companies

BitsCrunch & 51 more

View Helius' full profile

Helius is associated with 2 legal entities given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
Helius Blockchain Technologies, Inc. CIN: 88-2846810 , United States, Active	Jan 01, 1970	-	-	-
HELIUS, LLC CIN: 870547594 , United States, Active	Dec 31, 2021	-	-	-

Helius has raised a total funding of $34.4M over 3 rounds. Its first funding round was on Oct 19, 2022. Its latest funding round was a Series B round on Sep 18, 2024 for $*****. 6 investors participated in its latest round. Helius has 9 institutional investors and 4 angel investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Helius:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Sep 18, 2024	2256638	Series B	1981393	4429633	5254977	7521747
Jan 26, 2024	3079111	Series A	5632262	6069207	6019289	Reciprocal Ventures & 7 more
Oct 19, 2022	3370062	Seed	9899919	1578016	Chapter One & 1 more	5224526

Access funding benchmarks and valuations. Sign up today!

View details of Helius's funding rounds and investors

The founders of Helius are Mert Mumtaz and Liam Vovk. Mert Mumtaz is the CEO of Helius.

Here are the details of Helius' key team members:

Mert Mumtaz: Co-Founder & CEO of Helius and founder of 1 other company. They are also an angel investor in 7 startups.
Liam Vovk: Co-Founder of Helius.

View details of Helius's Founder profiles and Board Members

Helius' employee count trend

Helius has 61 employees as of Jul 26. Here is Helius's employee count trend over the years:

Uncover Helius' growth story! Sign up today!

Access Tracxn on any website

Our Google Chrome extension lets you view company details while browsing their websites

Install Tracxn Extension

Top competitors of Helius include Consensys, Alchemy and IoTeX. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Helius, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Consensys 2014, Fort Worth (United States), Series D	Developer of blockchain and web3 software platform	$725M	Third Point, Marshall Wace & 58 others	80/100
2nd	Alchemy 2013, San Francisco (United States), Series C	Provider of complete blockchain developer platform	$564M	Silver Lake, Andreessen Horowitz & 36 others	78/100
3rd	IoTeX 2017, Tortola (United Kingdom), Series A	Developer of blockchain infrastructure for real world artificial intelligence	$50M	Borderless Capital, SNZ & 37 others	77/100
4th	Digital Asset 2014, New York City (United States), Series F	Provider of Canton Network, the public blockchain with institutional-grade privacy for tokenized real-world assets	$817M	Goldman Sachs, Samsung Venture Investment ... & 51 others	72/100
5th	Sui Foundation 2022, Cayman Islands, Funding Raised	Developer of Layer 1 blockchain and smart contract development platform	-	DNA Capital, No Limit Holdings & 9 others	67/100
6th	Helius 2022, Remote (United States), Series B	Provider of Solana RPCs, transaction landing services, and data streaming	$34.4M	Foundation Capital, Founders Fund & 11 others	66/100
7th	Startale 2019, Singapore (Singapore), Series A	Developer of blockchain infrastructure and digital asset management software applications	$70M	Sony Network, SonyVentures.com & 10 others	63/100
8th	Spydra 2021, Austin (United States), Seed	API driven Decentralization-as-a-Service platform	$1.86M	Logx Venture Partners, Singularity AMC & 4 others	61/100
9th	Galxe 2021, San Mateo (United States), Series A	Web3 credential data network	$10M	DRAGONFLY, Multicoin Capital & 28 others	60/100
10th	Zilliqa 2017, Singapore (Singapore), Seed	Blockchain-based platform for NFT and Defi application development	-	NGC Ventures, FBG Capital & 38 others	60/100