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Helical

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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.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech

Founders & leadership

RSRick Schneider
Rick SchneiderinCEO & Co-Founder

Investors · 4

Gradient VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $10M
BoxGroupreportedNew York · $1M
FrstreportedParis · $2M
redalpinereported · 2 sourcesZug · $108K – $2.2M

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

$20M disclosed across 2 of 3 rounds · 2026

Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.

In the news

Helical closes $10M seed to turn bio foundation models into systemsthenextweb.com · May 2026Helical secures €8.4 million in Seed round led by Redalpinen24.com.tr · Apr 2026Helical Raises $10M Funding In Seed round Led By Redalpinestartuprise.co.uk · Apr 2026Founder Lodge | Helical raises $10,000,000 at Seed on 2026-04-15founderlodge.com · Apr 2026UK’s biotech startup Helical raises $10M to build a virtual AI lab for drug discovery | Vestbeevestbee.com · Apr 2026Helical Raises $10M in Seed Funding for Virtual AI Lab Operating at Pharma Scale to Make In-silico Discovery Reproducibletheaiinsider.tech · Apr 2026With pharma R&D teams under pressure to turn AI into usable science, Helical lands €8.4 million – BeBeez Internationalbebeez.eu · Apr 2026Exclusive: Helical raises $10M seed for virtual pharma AI labaxios.com · Apr 2026

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 Gradient Ventures, BoxGroup, Frst, redalpine.
How much funding has Helical raised?
Helical has disclosed $20M raised across 2 of its 3 known rounds.