Helena
VC Fund
Los Angeles, United States
Helena is an organization of thirty global influencers who work together to achieve positive world impact.The group collaborates to create breakthrough ideas, then leverages its collective reach, strategic partnerships, and network to make them happen.Half of Helena's members are under the age of twenty-five, and half are older thantwenty-five. Every Helena member represents the pinnacle of accomplishment in their field.They have fought diseases, created currencies, and commanded armies. They have disrupted industries, overcome oppression, and discovered technologies. They are actors, linguists, economists, biochemists, activists, technologists, explorers, financers, filmmakers, and much more.The result is a broad and powerful platform that spans talents, skills, and generations. When Helena's members collaborate, their diverse abilities, generational experiences and influence come together to address issues, advance technologies, and guide movements in previously unexplored ways.
- Total investments:
- 19
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 47%
Last updated:
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Industries Helena invests in
Stages Helena invests in
Countries Helena invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Investment Focus
Industry
- Information Technology 2 (11%)
- Artificial Intelligence 2 (11%)
- Email 1 (5%)
- Legal 1 (5%)
- Mining 1 (5%)
Stage
- Series B 3 (16%)
- Series A 2 (11%)
- Seed 1 (5%)
- Post-IPO Debt 1 (5%)
Country
- United States 4 (21%)
- India 1 (5%)
- Canada 1 (5%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Michael Heinrich
Braintrust
|
Braintrust | Total investments: 11 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matter strives to change the electric ecosystem and alter electric mobility by developing integrated solutions and leveraging the latest tech. It offers the technology stack MatterEnergy, MatterEntel, MatterDrive, MatterLink, and MatterX. It was founded in 2019 and is based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. | $25M / Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 25, 2026 | ||
| Kibu is a DC-based platform that helps individuals and organizations verify and understand who they’re interacting with when it matters most. | $10.5M / Seed / Apr 27, 2026 | ||
| LLM Inference Hardware | $233.9M / Series B / Feb 04, 2026 | ||
| Universal Digital is an investment company that focuses on digital assets and blockchain technologies. It offers equity-based exposure to crypto markets, operates BullWave, a SaaS analytics platform for traders, and runs validator nodes on networks, supporting blockchain infrastructure and earning staking rewards. | $325K / Post-IPO Debt / Jan 28, 2026 | ||
| Universal Digital is an investment company that focuses on digital assets and blockchain technologies. It offers equity-based exposure to crypto markets, operates BullWave, a SaaS analytics platform for traders, and runs validator nodes on networks, supporting blockchain infrastructure and earning staking rewards. | $35.7M / Post-IPO Debt / Oct 24, 2025 | ||
| Phaidra provides AI and ML solutions to accelerate performance in large-scale industries. | $50M / Series B / Oct 01, 2025 | ||
| Matter strives to change the electric ecosystem and alter electric mobility by developing integrated solutions and leveraging the latest tech. It offers the technology stack MatterEnergy, MatterEntel, MatterDrive, MatterLink, and MatterX. It was founded in 2019 and is based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. | $9.9M / Series B / Jun 26, 2024 | ||
| Lykos Therapeutics' goal is to revolutionize the way mental health is addressed. By creating innovative medicines and therapeutic techniques to treat mental health disorders, we hope to upend the status quo. With over thirty years of expertise investigating therapies aided by psychedelics, we continue to be committed to adhering to rigorousscience so that we can create and market innovative treatment alternatives. | $100M / Series A / Jan 05, 2024 | ||
| Twin Health is a Metabolic Health platform combining Sensors, AI, and Medical Science to reverse chronic diseases and improve human metabolic health. They are backed by leading VC firms Iconiq Capital, Temasek, Sequoia Capital, Perceptive Advisors, Corner Ventures, LTS Investments, Helena, and Sofina with $249M in funding through Series D.Twinhas developed unique patent-pending technology (3 patents granted, 7 patents pending) to analyze complex biosignals from wearable sensors, predict metabolic outcomes using ML, and recommend highly-personalized treatments based on the metabolic profile of each patient. | $50M / Series D / Dec 13, 2023 | ||
| Cruz Foam develops structural foams intended to help end the global issue of plastic pollution from oceans. It produces bio-benign foam and eco-friendly EPS-alternative solutions that powers key industry leaders to be the catalyst for a cleaner environment. The company's products are produced from naturally sourced biopolymers that create ascalable, compostable alternative using the existing supply chain and at a similar cost. Current industry partners include consumer electronics, appliances, shipping, and consumer packaged goods. Cruz Foam was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Santa Cruz, California. | $18M / Series A / Oct 28, 2022 | ||
| See all 19 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Helena invest in?
Helena invests primarily in Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Email startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 19 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The team at Helena includes Michael Heinrich (Braintrust). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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