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Helena
FoundationLos Angeles · 12 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Helena positions itself as a new kind of institution built for the shifting dynamics of the 21st century, operating on the belief that the most consequential decisions in human history will be made over the next 50 years. Rather than a traditional investment fund, it pursues solutions to major global problems through initiatives it calls Helena Projects, carried out alongside a small network of accomplished people called Helena Members who span disciplines, generations, and beliefs. Its guiding premise is that problems caused by humans can be solved by humans.
Source: firm website, verified Oct 25, 2026.
Team · 12 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 9 of 9 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×6Deep Tech ×3Climate Tech ×2Consumer ×2Energy ×2Hardware ×2New Materials ×2Advanced Manufacturing ×1
HQs:United States×6United Kingdom×1
Investments · 9 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 12021 · 13 dated
Aether provides carbon offset solutions for weddings, helping couples reduce and offset their event's environmental impact through carbon accounting and certified offset packages.
Climate TechConsumerDirect to ConsumerNew Materials
Daniel Wojno(Founder)Ryan Shearman(Founder)
Co-investorsTRIRECVectors Angel
A manufacturing company focused on domestic production of robotics, aiming to build large-scale factories and apply AI in manufacturing.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRobotics
Co-investorsPax VenturesScribble VenturesThe Westly GroupARCH Venture PartnersCollaborative FundExor Ventures
Matter is a read-later app for iPhone, iPad, and web that saves articles, newsletters, threads, PDFs, and video/podcast content with parsing and search capabilities.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerMedia & EntertainmentSaaSSan Francisco, US
Ben Springwater(Founder)inRobert Mackenzie(Founder)inMohal Lalbhai(Founder)Nicolas Machado(Designer)in
Co-investorsAdapt VenturesGaingelsGV (Google Ventures)Outliers VCY CombinatorAndreessen Horowitz+15 more
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Matter. is a venture-backed cleantech company that designs and builds microplastic and micropollutant capture and filtration technology, including products for the laundry sector and industrial-scale water filtration systems for textile manufacturing.
Circular EconomyCleantechClimate TechNew MaterialsBristol, GB
Co-investorsBritish Design FundChrysalixRegeneration.VCTechFounders
Matter builds superintelligent vision systems for the physical world, leveraging experience from space and Mars instrumentation.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardware
Nathan Stein(Founder)Thomas Chrien(Founder)Vishnu Sridhar(Founder)
Co-investorsE2MC VenturesLowercarbon CapitalPear VCBezos ExpeditionsCubit CapitalMark Cuban+1 more
Phaidra develops an AI control platform that uses reinforcement learning to optimize energy efficiency and operational performance in data centers and AI factories.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeep TechEnergySeattle, US
Jim Gao(Founder)inVeda Panneershelvam(Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer)inKatie Hoffman(Founder)inVedavyas Panneershelvam(Founder)
Co-investorsCollaborative FundCool Climate CollectiveEast Valley VenturesFlying Fish VenturesIncubate USIndex Ventures+10 more
Positron builds purpose-built hardware and inference accelerator silicon for running Transformer-based generative AI models, offering inference appliances that map HuggingFace Transformers models onto the hardware and expose an OpenAI API-compliant endpoint.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareSemiconductorsLovelock, US
Thomas Sohmers(Chairman)inBarrett Woodside(Founder)inEdward Kmett(Founder)inMitesh Agrawal(CEO)in
BoardRobert Reid(Director)
Co-investorsAloniqAsimov VenturesBanyan VenturesCaucasus VenturesCisco InvestmentsFlume Ventures+17 more
Star Catcher builds a space-based power grid that uses optical power beaming to transmit concentrated solar energy directly to satellites' existing solar arrays, increasing their available power without hardware modifications.
Deep TechEnergySpace TechJacksonville, US
Michael Snyder(Executive Officer, Director)inAndrew Rush(Executive Officer, Director)inBryan Lyandvert(Founder)inNathan O'Konek(Executive Officer)in
BoardDavid Rothzeid(Director)inJeff Johnson(Director)
Co-investorsAurelia FoundryB Capital GroupB4 CapitalFJ LabsGreatPoint VenturesInitialized Capital+8 more
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Uses a Whole Body Digital Twin to help people manage and reverse chronic metabolic disease.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMountain View, US
Jahangir Mohammed(Founder)inTerry Poon(Co-founder, EVP and Chief Technology Officer)inMaluk Mohamed(Co-founder, VP Research and Head of India)inJennifer Bealer(Executive Officer)inEric Carlson(Executive Officer)inLisa Shah, MD(EVP and Chief Medical Officer)
Co-investorsAble PartnersCorner VenturesDag VenturesICONIQICONIQ GrowthLTS Investments+6 more
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Star Catcher · prnewswire.com · Sep 28, 2026
Positron AI · prnewswire.com · Sep 10, 2026
Phaidra · techcompanynews.com · Oct 4, 2025
Twin Health · finsmes.com · Aug 22, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Helena made?
- Helena has 9 tracked investments, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- What sectors does Helena focus on?
- Helena focuses on Impact & Social Good.
- Where is Helena located?
- Helena is headquartered in Los Angeles, US.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamHostile AI Will Only Become More Dangerous | Helena CEO ...
Johnathan Bi · Henry Elkus
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