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    The Helm

    New York, New York, United StatesFounded 2016
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    ConsumerHealthcareClimate & EnergyAIBiotech & Life SciencesEnterprise SoftwareRobotics & AutomationDefense & SpaceManufacturing

    The Helm is a New York City-based early-stage venture firm investing in game-changing, tech-enabled companies founded by women. The firm focuses on sectors including healthcare, climate, consumer, AI, defense, and robotics, backing 8–12 seed-stage deals per year.

    They made 2 investments in the last 12 months. Their most common stage is seed (57% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $6.6M (across 26 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    23

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    2

    Team

    JW

    Julie Weber

    COO & General Partner

    LT

    Lindsey Taylor Wood

    Founder & General Partner

    OF

    Olivia Fleming

    Partner

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    28 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Biographica logoBiographicaSeries A$8.8MJan 2026
    booby biome logobooby biomeSeed—Sep 2025
    it's electric logoit's electricSeed$6.5MJul 2024
    Chiyo logoChiyoSeed$3MMar 2024
    Sway logoSwaySeed$5MFeb 2024
    Sway logoSwaySeed$5MJan 2024
    itselectric logoitselectricPre-Seed$2.2MMar 2023
    OOneRoofSeed$3.2MJan 2023
    Simplifyber logoSimplifyberSeed$3.5MJul 2022
    Venus Aerospace logoVenus AerospaceSeries A$20MApr 2022
    Realworld logoRealworldUnknown$3.2MJan 2022
    Realworld logoRealworldSeed$3.4MApr 2021
    Realworld logoRealworldSeed$3.4MApr 2021
    Dogdrop logoDogdropSeries A$2.9MJan 2021
    Realworld logoRealworldSeed$3.4MJan 2021
    Haute Hijab logoHaute HijabSeed$2.3MFeb 2019
    Riveter logoRiveterSeries A$15MDec 2018
    Ganaz logoGanazUnknown$2.1MNov 2018
    The Riveter logoThe RiveterSeries A$15MJan 2018
    Ganaz logoGanazUnknown$2.1MJan 2018
    Biographica logoBiographicaSeed$9.5M—
    Hey Jane logoHey JaneSeries A$6.1M—
    Mahmee logoMahmeeSeries A$9.2M—
    TTestmate HealthSeed$6M—
    itselectric logoitselectricSeed$6.5M—
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    Top Co-Investors

    Techstars8 shared
    Human Ventures4 shared
    XFactor Ventures4 shared
    Bezos Expeditions4 shared
    Fitz Gate Ventures4 shared
    Amplifyher Ventures3 shared
    Muse Capital3 shared
    Gaingels3 shared
    SuperSeed Ventures LLP2 shared
    Cardumen Capital2 shared
    Entrepreneurs First2 shared
    Chalfen Ventures2 shared
    Faber2 shared
    Empirical Ventures2 shared
    Pulse Fund2 shared
    Halogen Ventures2 shared
    Gratitude Railroad2 shared
    Newlab2 shared
    Alliance Ventures2 shared
    Underdog Labs2 shared

    Last updated: 7 October 2026