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Helium

Decentralized wireless network.

About

Founded

2013

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Industry

Cryptocurrency

Company Description

Powered by the Helium blockchain, the Helium Network represents a paradigm shift for decentralized wireless infrastructure. #ThePeoplesNetwork

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Funding

Total Raised

$364.8 million

Valuation

$1.2 billion

Significant Investors

Ribbit Capital, Andreessen Horowitz

Company Traction

As of May 2023, Helium has a network of 991,170 in total hotspots and 143,934,821 circulating HNT supply.

As of May 2023, Helium’s Discord community has 167,441 members.

Helium customers include Choovio, Awair, AIRICA, and Abeeway.

Leadership Team

Amir Haleem: Co-Founder, CEO, & Chairman of Helium. Founder of Janitor.

Frank Mong: COO at Helium. Former CMO at Hortonworks.

Woody Schneider: VP of Sales at Helium. Former Head of Sales at Sora.

Press

CoinDesk (April 18, 2023): Decentralized Wireless Project Helium Begins Move to Solana Blockchain

Fierce Wireless (December 19, 2022): DeWi networks face uphill battle in declining crypto market

The Verge (July 29, 2022): Helium says its crypto mesh network is used by Lime and Salesforce — it isn’t

CoinDesk (February 18, 2022): Crypto-Powered Wireless Network Helium Raises $200M at $1.2B Valuation: Report

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