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Helical offers an AI platform for drug discovery that tunes bio foundation models to a customer's own biology and lab data, orchestrating them into ranked, mechanistically grounded candidate shortlists for target identification and biomarker discovery. It is built for biopharma R&D teams and provides model-agnostic harnesses, benchmarking, and enterprise deployment with data controls.
Founders & leadership
Investors · 4
How we know: Frst's portfolio page · a partner's Signal profile · funding news · Not right? Tell us
How we know: Gradient Ventures's portfolio page · funding news · Not right? Tell us
How we know: a partner's Signal profile · funding news · Not right? Tell us
How we know: funding news · startuprise.co.uk · Not right? Tell us
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$20M disclosed across 2 of 3 rounds · 2026
- Undisclosed amountseedMay 2026Source ↗
- $10MSeed FundingApr 2026 · 6 sources
Redalpine (lead)
Source ↗ - $10MraisedApr 2026 · 3 sourcesSource ↗
Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Helical do?
- Helical offers an AI platform for drug discovery that tunes bio foundation models to a customer's own biology and lab data, orchestrating them into ranked, mechanistically grounded candidate shortlists for target identification and biomarker discovery. It is built for biopharma R&D teams and provides model-agnostic harnesses, benchmarking, and enterprise deployment with data controls.
- Who founded Helical?
- Helical was founded by Rick Schneider.
- Who are Helical's investors?
- Helical's investors include Frst, Gradient Ventures, BoxGroup, redalpine.
- How much funding has Helical raised?
- Helical has disclosed $20M raised across 2 of its 3 known rounds.