Investors / United States / The Helm
The Helm
Venture capital · New York City, NY, United States · North America
The Helm is an early-stage venture firm that invests in companies founded by women through its fund and angel syndicate. It also runs a membership and angel investor network alongside its editorial content.
Invests inHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordsfemale foundersgender lens investingwomen's healthclimatesustainabilityconsumer
Your fit with The Helm
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Or find every investor that fitsThe Helm lists 17 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (44%), AI & Machine Learning (9%) and Enterprise Software (9%). 73% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Halogen Ventures, XFactor Ventures and Backstage Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name The Helm, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not The Helm's whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 17. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 67% |
| Series A | 33% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 2 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 44th | 17 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 80th | 67% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 78th | 44% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 58th | 3 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 44% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 9% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 9% | 8% |
| Media & Entertainment | 9% | 4% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 4% | 1% |
| Space & Defense | 4% | 3% |
| Legal & Compliance | 4% | 2% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 4% | 6% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Halogen Ventures | 3 |
| XFactor Ventures | 3 |
| Backstage Capital | 2 |
| Chloe Capital | 2 |
| Muse Capital | 2 |
| Red Beard Ventures | 2 |
| Union Heritage Capital | 2 |
| ACME Capital | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers17100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Halogen Ventures
Compare The Helm head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with The Helm| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 18 May 2026 | Series A | |
| 7 Jan 2026 | Seed | |
| 8 Sept 2025 | Seed |
Round details for The Helm
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in The Helm's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
17 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tia provides healthcare services for women, including primary care, sexual and gynecological health, and mental health support. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| BoobyBiome develops a product that preserves the living microbiome in stored breast milk. | Healthcare & Biotech | Sept 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Dogdrop provides dog daycare services with socialization, enrichment, movement, and trusted care | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Aunt Flow provides tampons and pads to businesses and schools | Healthcare & BiotechEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Biographica is a biotechnology company that designs and develops better plant traits using AI and rapid experimentation. | Healthcare & Biotech | Jan 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Haute Hijab sells hijabs and accessories | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| INARU provides premium cocoa products from the Dominican Republic to discerning enthusiasts who know true luxury is free from compromise. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| It's electric installs and maintains curbside electric vehicle chargers in cities | Mobility & LogisticsSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Kinema shows various films and documentaries | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Leda Health designs and provides self-administered DNA testing kits for individuals who have experienced sexual assault | Healthcare & BiotechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Mahmee provides pregnancy, birth, and postpartum care services, including doula support, lactation consulting, and nursing care. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Miss Grass sells cannabis products, including THC gummies and other weed products, in several US states. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Oova develops and sells at-home hormone monitoring kits for fertility and perimenopause tracking | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| SponsorCX provides software for managing sponsorships and partnerships | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | May 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| Venus Aerospace develops and manufactures rocket engines and propulsion systems for space, defense, and commercial high-speed flight. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Wthn provides acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine services in New York City | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- thehelm.co
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 8 Sept 2025
- Companies checked
- 17
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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