Helaina is a breastfeeding support company commercializing the world's first nature-identical infant milk.
Location: United States, New York
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $65M
Investors 6
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Pres10 Ven... | pres10vent... |
| 05.07.2022 | Plum Alley... | plumalley.... |
| - | Barrel Ven... | barrelvc.c... |
| - | Ingeborg I... | ingeborgin... |
| - | Primary Ve... | primary.vc |
| 10.12.2021 | Spark Capi... | sparkcapit... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 26.09.2024 | Series B | $45M | - |
| 19.11.2021 | Series A | $20M | - |
Mentions in press and media 21
| Date | Title | Description |
| 26.09.2024 | Helaina's $45 Million Leap: Revolutionizing Nutrition with Human Lactoferrin | In the bustling world of biotechnology, Helaina stands out like a lighthouse in a storm. This New York-based startup has just raised $45 million in a Series B funding round, a significant boost that brings its total equity funding to $83 mi... |
| 26.09.2024 | Helaina Raises $45M to Commercialize First Precision-Fermented Human Lactoferrin | US precision fermentation company Helaina has raised $45 million in Series B funding to scale and commercialize its first product, effera Human Lactoferrin. Effera, claimed to be the first and only human lactoferrin available, is a bioactiv... |
| 25.09.2024 | Helaina raises $45m series B round to support market entry of human lactoferrin | New York-based Helaina—a startup using precision fermentation to produce bioactive proteins found in human breastmilk—has raised a $45 million series B round led by Avidity Partners. Additional investment came from Spark Capital, Ingeborg I... |
| 25.09.2024 | Helaina Raises $45M in Series B Funding | Helaina, a NYC-based biotechnology company developing human equivalent bioactive proteins, raised $45M in Series B funding. The round, which brought the total amount to $83M, was led by Avidity Partners, with additional investment from Spar... |
| 04.04.2023 | Trendwatching at Future Food-Tech, part one: From foodie chatbots to lactoferrin from precision fermentation | While investor sentiment may have soured on alternative proteins, the recent Future Food-Tech summit in San Francisco attracted a record number of foodtech startups showcasing everything from a chatbot steeped in the latest food trends to l... |
| 24.06.2022 | Precision Fermentation Infant Formula Startup Helaina Expands Leadership With Latest Funding | 4 Mins Read New York fermentation-based breast milk startup Helaina has announced the appointment of three new leadership hires. Expansion of the team follows a successful $20 million Series A raise back in November. A CTO, head of infant f... |
| 12.06.2022 | These 5 Alt Breast Milk Startups Could Prevent the Next Baby Formula Shortage | 5 Mins Read The current U.S. baby formula shortage has brought into sharp focus a need for alternatives to be brought to market. The U.S. has been attempting to increase its supply of infant nutrition products, but with little success. The ... |
| 09.03.2022 | Data Snapshot: Female founders in agrifoodtech have steadily multiplied since turn of century | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder. Almost without exception, the number of agrifoodtech startups with women founders has steadily increase... |
| 08.03.2022 | Meet the Female Founder: Helaina’s Laura Katz on scaling its infant formula alternative | Laura Katz says the journey to start her company Helaina, which makes an infant formula alternative using precision fermentation, has been “many, many years in the making.” “Before I started Helaina, I saw so much advancement in alternative... |
| 30.11.2021 | Helaina Raises $20M to Launch a Breast Milk Alternative with Near Human Milk Proteins | Breast milk is said to have the perfect mix of vitamins, protein, and fat for a baby’s development. Natural breast milk also boosts a baby’s immune system by providing much-needed antibodies to ward off infection and prevent harmful bacteri... |
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