# Helio Display Materials

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/helio-display-materials

- Industry: Electronics
- Headquarters: Harrogate, UK
- Website: www.heliodisplaymaterials.com
- Total disclosed funding: $7.5M
- Latest round: Series A (Mar 2, 2022)
- Investors on record: 3

## About

Based in North Yorkshire, UK, and founded in 2016 by its Directors, Professor Sir Richard Friend and Professor Henry Snaith, Helio Display Materials Limited operates as a digital display company. In 2021, Helio Display Materials Limited raised GBP 2 million in seed funding from new investor Parkwalk Advisors. In March 2022, Helio Display Materials Limited raised GBP 3.6 million in series A funding led by new investor Longwall Ventures, with participation from another new investor Business Growth Fund. As of March 2022, the company’s CEO and CTO are Simon Jones and Dr.Bernard Wenger respectively.

The company provides digital screen displays for LCD (liquid crystal display) and OLED (organic light-emitting diode) screens. It also provides next-generation displays such as Heliofilm, Heliopixel, and HelioLED.
	
The company plans to use the series A funds to drive a significant expansion of its team and move to custom-built labs at the wood center for innovation in Oxford. It also plans to form partnerships with companies in the display supply chain in order to gain access to the market for display modules.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Mar 2, 2022, $4.8M — BGF Investment Management, Longwall Ventures
- Seed, Sep 3, 2021, $2.8M — Parkwalk Advisors

## Investors

- Parkwalk Advisors (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/parkwalk-advisors) — Seed
- BGF Investment Management (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/bgf-investment-management) — Series A
- Longwall Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/longwall-ventures) — Series A