# Helios

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/helios

- Industry: Financial Services
- Headquarters: Paris, France
- Website: www.helios.do
- Total disclosed funding: $9.7M
- Latest round: Seed (Apr 21, 2022)
- Investors on record: 9

## About

Based in Paris, France, and founded in 2019 by its CEO Maeva Courtois and co-founders Andrei Tanascu, and Julia Ménayas, Helios SAS operates as a financial technology company that provides a financial operating system for software as a service startup company. In April 2022, Helios SAS raised EUR 9.71 million in seed funding co-led Racine, Raise Ventures along with individual investors, and also participated in the round.

Helios SAS offers a platform that finances companies to contribute in a concrete way to the ecological transition such as waste treatment, local production, plastic recycling, renewable energies, regenerative agriculture, circular economy, low-carbon transport, energy efficiency, or the conservation of ecosystems. The company provides current accounts, shared accounts, and youth accounts through its mobile application available on Android as well as iOS devices. In addition, the company offers sustainable savings account crowdsourced with its community of users with full disclosure of realized investments and allows users to finance the ecological transition from the first euro deposited on their account.  

The company will use the seed funding for sustainable and ecological banking solutions, allowing environmental investments. It also plans to hire more than 20 talents across marketing, mobile development, and data positions.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Apr 21, 2022, $9.7M — Racine, Serena, RAISE, Meero SAS, Nickelodeon, Swile, Verve Ventures, Beautycom SAS, Motier Ventures

## Investors

- Racine — Seed
- Serena (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/serena) — Seed
- RAISE (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/raise) — Seed
- Meero SAS — Seed
- Nickelodeon — Seed
- Swile — Seed
- Verve Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/verve-ventures) — Seed
- Beautycom SAS — Seed
- Motier Ventures — Seed