# Helsing funding: rounds and investors

> Helsing has raised $3.7B across 3 rounds since 2025. Investors include Lightspeed Venture Partners, Dragoneer Investment and General Catalyst.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/helsing (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Germany · [Series E startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Helsing*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 16 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

AI Defence Tech Drones Robotics

Raised 3 months ago Valuation: $5.4B, Mar 2026

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$3.7B** raised across 3 rounds since 2025, from 8 sources

**$694M** Series D **$1.2B** Growth **$1.8B** Series E

- **Latest round:** Series E, $1.8B Jul 2026
- **Led by:** General Catalyst and Lightspeed Venture Partners and 1 more
- **Step-up i:** 1.5×
- **Investors:** 16 (4 led)

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2026

**$694M** Series D

**$1.2B** Growth

**$1.8B** Series E

- **First round:** Series D, $694M
- **Biggest round:** $1.8B
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 11 months

## The rounds

- **Jul 2026** Series E **$1.8B** *6 new* *7 returning* [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) Lead [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) Lead [Dragoneer Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dragoneer-investment-group) Lead [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) [JP Morgan Chase](https://millionrounds.com/fund/j-p-morgan-chase) [Greenoaks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greenoaks) [CPP Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cpp-investments) [ICONIQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital) [Plural](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plural) [Goldman Sachs Alternatives](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs-alternatives) [Disruptive](https://millionrounds.com/fund/disruptive) [StepStone](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stepstone) [Prima Materia](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prima-materia) Reported by TechStartups and 3 others
- **May 2026** Growth **$1.2B** *2 new* *1 returning* [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) Lead [Dragoneer Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dragoneer-investment-group) Lead [Daniel Ek](https://millionrounds.com/fund/daniel-ek) Reported by TechCrunch and 2 others
- **Jun 2025** Series D **$694M** *8 new* [Prima Materia](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prima-materia) Lead [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Greenoaks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greenoaks) [Plural](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plural) [BDT & MSD Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bdt-and-msd-partners) [Saab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saab) Reported by TechStartups

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Series D** 2025 **Growth** 2026 **Series E** 2026 [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) L L [Dragoneer Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dragoneer-investment-group) L L [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) L [Prima Materia](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prima-materia) L [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) [Greenoaks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greenoaks) [Plural](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plural) [JP Morgan Chase](https://millionrounds.com/fund/j-p-morgan-chase) [CPP Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cpp-investments) [ICONIQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital)

## Everyone who backed them

[Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) VC firm **3** rounds, led 2

[Dragoneer Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dragoneer-investment-group) Private equity **2** rounds, led 2

[General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) VC firm **2** rounds, led 1

[Prima Materia](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prima-materia) Venture studio **2** rounds, led 1

[Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) VC firm **2** rounds

[Greenoaks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greenoaks) VC firm **2** rounds

[Plural](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plural) VC firm **2** rounds

[JP Morgan Chase](https://millionrounds.com/fund/j-p-morgan-chase) Corporate VC **1** round

[CPP Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cpp-investments) Growth equity **1** round

[ICONIQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital) Family office **1** round

[Goldman Sachs Alternatives](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs-alternatives) Growth equity **1** round

[Disruptive](https://millionrounds.com/fund/disruptive) Advisor **1** round

[BDT & MSD Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bdt-and-msd-partners) Investment bank **1** round

[StepStone](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stepstone) Private equity **1** round

[Saab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saab) Growth equity **1** round

[Daniel Ek](https://millionrounds.com/fund/daniel-ek) Angel **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=helsing).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 5 firms list Helsing as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Iconiq Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital-3) Growth equity Per its own site

[Alkeon Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alkeon-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Mastry](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mastry) VC firm Per its own site

[Talberg](https://millionrounds.com/fund/talberg) Family office Per its own site

[Talberg Entrepreneurial Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/talberg-entrepreneurial-capital) Investment firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Helsing

### Who invested in Helsing?

Helsing's investors include Lightspeed Venture Partners, Dragoneer Investment, General Catalyst, Prima Materia and Accel, and 11 more on record. General Catalyst led its latest round.

### How much has Helsing raised?

Helsing has raised $3.7B across 3 rounds since 2025.

### When did Helsing last raise?

Helsing's most recent round was a Series E of $1.8B in Jul 2026, led by General Catalyst.

### What was Helsing's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $1.8B in Jul 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Helsing first?

Helsing's first round on record, in Jun 2025, was backed by Prima Materia, General Catalyst and Accel and 5 others.

### What stage is Helsing at?

Helsing's latest named round is a Series E, in Jul 2026.

### Where is Helsing based?

Helsing is based in Germany.

### Who led Helsing's rounds?

Prima Materia led the Series D in 2025; Lightspeed Venture Partners led the Growth in 2026; General Catalyst led the Series E in 2026.

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