Tech Company Financing Transactions

Helico Funding Round

Helico closed a $1.3 million Seed funding round on 5/18/2022. Investors included Icehouse Ventures and private investors.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
5/18/2022
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$1,250,000
Round
Seed
Investors

Icehouse Ventures (Lead Investor)

private investors (David Ross)

Proceeds Purpose
The company intends to use the funds to extend R&D and staff numbers.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
Undisclosed
Auckland, 1052
New Zealand
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
Helico is a biotechnology company located in Auckland, New Zealand. Created in 2020 by plant and computational scientists, with the aim to bring medicines for those that need it the most. We believe that the union of in silico predictions and wet lab experiments will allow us to accelerate R&D processes and to quickly introduce our plant models to the world.
Profile
Helico LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Helico Company Twitter Account
Company News
Helico News
Facebook
Helico on Facebook
YouTube
Helico on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Ilya Vensky
  Ilya Vensky LinkedIn Profile  Ilya Vensky Twitter Account  Ilya Vensky News  Ilya Vensky on Facebook
Chief Information Officer
Xiaoming Wang
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Chief Scientific Officer
Nikolai Macnee
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Chief Technical Officer
Wayman Puna
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VP - Operations
Coline Mei-Barker
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