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About The Helm

The Helm is a venture capital firm founded in 2015. It is primarily based out of New York City, United States. As of Jan 2026, The Helm is an active investor, having invested in 31 companies, with 1 new investment in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from HealthTech to Retail and Enterprise Applications. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Biographica A lot of funds co-invest with The Helm, with names like XFactor Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. The Helm has team of 19 people including 3 partners.
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The Helm's List of Top Investments

The Helm has a portfolio of 31 companies. Their most notable investmentis in Hey JaneTheir portfolio spans across United States, United Kingdom, Puerto Rico and 1 more locations. They have invested in HealthTech, Retail, Enterprise Applications and 16 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by The Helm:
Biodesigning high-performance ingredients for consumer goods, enhancing health and sustainability. The company is a biotechnology firm that develops and manufactures sustainable alternatives to traditional ingredients used in the beauty, personal care, and food industries. They utilize a proprietary biomanufacturing platform to produce high-value, high-impact ingredients like oils and fats. These ingredients offer enhanced performance, supply chain resilience, and reduced environmental impact. The company partners with brands and manufacturers to create products that meet consumer demand for health, wellness, and planetary well-being. Their Palmless™ platform delivers ingredients that are safe, effective, and sustainably sourced, addressing concerns related to supply chain volatility and regulatory requirements. This is a B2B company with a focus on sustainability and social impact.

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2. AOA

Provider of an AI-enabled early detection platform focused on womens health. It offers a proprietary multi-omics platform called GlycoLocate to diagnose early-stage cancers by using a non-invasive blood test. and AKRIVIS GD is a liquid biopsy test that uses a multi-omics to analyze tumor-associated lipids and proteins for the diagnosis of ovarian cancer.

Key facts about AOA

3. WTHN

Online platform for the purchase of herbal and traditional Chinese medicine products. The company offers herbal-based medicines, devices, and supplements for allergies, circulation, clear skin, dark circles, detox, digestion, and more.

Key facts about WTHN

Computational Platform for gene discovery and Editing. It offers a platform for gene discovery that leverages graph machine learning and customized knowledge graphs, to identify targets. It generates insights about genes in their natural context and guides experimentation.

Key facts about Biographica

Key facts about Rebellyous Foods

The Helm's Investments by Stage

The Helm has made 11 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $4.02M and 6 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $9.52M.
Here are The Helm's investments by stage:
Stage of entry
No. of Investments
Seed
11
Series A
6
Breakdown of The Helm's investments by stage of entrySeed (11)Series A (6)
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

The Helm's Investments by Sector

The Helm has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Consumer, HealthTech, Sustainability Tech, Food and Agriculture Tech and Retail. Notably, it has invested in 26 Tech companies, 20 Consumer (B2C) companies, 10 Software companies and at least 9 companies focusing on Enterprise (B2B).
Here are The Helm's investments by sector:
Sector
No. of Investments
Consumer
5
HealthTech
5
Sustainability Tech
4
Food and Agriculture Tech
3
Retail
3
Others
16
Breakdown of The Helm's investments by sectorsConsumer (5)HealthTech (5)
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

The Helm's Investments by Geography

The Helm has made most investments in United States (14), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 2 investments.
Here are The Helm's investments by geography:
Country
No. of Investments
United States
14
United Kingdom
2
Switzerland
1
Breakdown of The Helm's investments by countriesUnited States (14)United Kingdom (2)
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

The Helm's recent investments

The Helm has made 1 investments in 2026 so far - Biographica.
Here are the most recent investments by The Helm:
Date
Company
Location
Round Details
Round Amount
Co-Investors
Jan 07, 2026
United Kingdom
Seed
1679
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Sep 08, 2025
United Kingdom
Seed
8127
Jun 28, 2024
United States
Seed
7536
May 02, 2024
Switzerland
Seed
7083
Mar 26, 2024
United States
Seed
2147

Team profile of The Helm

The Helm has a team of 19 members including 3 Partners located in United States. The Helm's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.
Here is a list of top team members in The Helm:
Name
Designation
Location
Board Memberships
Contact Details
Partner
New York City
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Partner
New York City
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Partner
New York City
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Co-investors of The Helm

Over the past 8 years, 194 investors have co-invested in The Helm's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.

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