Helical
4 known investors
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
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Rick SchneiderFounder
Investors · 4
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$20M disclosed across 2 rounds · 2026
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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 Gradient Ventures, BoxGroup, Frst, redalpine.
- How much funding has Helical raised?
- Helical has disclosed $20M raised across 2 rounds.