Helsing

Helsing is a new type of defence and artificial intelligence company with a mission to help protect liberal democracies in an increasingly volatile world.

Defense and security Cybersecurity

Latest funding

$1.8B Series B+ · July 13, 2026

Led by Dragoneer · Source: thenextweb.com

Total raised: $2.41B across 3 sourced rounds

All 5 rounds ↓

Website: helsing.ai.

X: @helsingai · 11,284 followers.

LinkedIn: linkedin.com.

Categories: Defense and security Cybersecurity.

Sectors: AI.

Subcategory: defense AI systems.

Stage: Series B+.

Based in: Munich, Germany.

Founded: 2021.

Total raised: $2.41B in 3 sourced rounds.

Last round: Jul 13, 2026 · 122 days ago.

Headcount: 1001–5000 employees.

On Recent Funding since: Sep 22, 2026.

Signals

X account@helsingai · created Aug 30, 2021 (5 years old) · 11,284 followers

Website registeredSep 2, 2020 (6 years old)

TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

Helsing | 434 days from website to first raise on record

@helsingai·Raised $2405M in 3 sourced rounds·2 signals before the first raise

Money raised, round by round (amounts linked to their source). Pins are dated signals; hover the icons for dates.

Funding rounds

July 13, 2026
Series B+ · $1.8B
DDragoneer (lead), LLightspeed (lead), GGeneral Catalyst, GGoldman Sachs Growth Equity, GGreenoaks, IICONIQ, JJPMorgan Chase & Co., PPlural Platform, PPrima Materia, TThe Stepstone Group
Source: thenextweb.com
July 15, 2025
Series B+ · amount undisclosed
PPrima Materia (lead), AAccel, BBDT & MSD, GGeneral Catalyst, LLightspeed, PPlural Platform, SSaab
Source: en.ain.ua
July 11, 2024
Series B+ · $487M
GGeneral Catalyst (lead), AAccel, EElad Gil, GGreenoaks, LLightspeed, PPlural Platform, SSaab
Source: TechCrunch
January 15, 2024
Series B+ · amount undisclosed
Source: fundraisingfox.com
November 10, 2021
Series A · $118.47M
PPrima Materia (lead)
Source: siliconcanals.com
August 30, 2021
X account created
September 2, 2020
Website created

Founders and team

GS
Gundbert Scherf Founder

LinkedIn
NK
Niklas Köhler Founder

LinkedIn
TR
Torsten Reil Founder

@torstenreil · LinkedIn
FM
Frederik Mattwich Head of Future Projects
KW
Keesiu Wong Head of Future Projects
MF
Marc Fontaine Président France
NE
Nick Elliott Chair
RK
Rigas Kouskouridas Senior Research Engineer
SB
Sasha Borovik General Counsel
SZ
Simone Zandara Lead Software Development Engineer

Acquisitions

Acquired company	Price	Announced
GGrob Aircraft	Not disclosed	Date not given · Flightglobal
BBlue Ocean Monitoring	Not disclosed publicly	Date not given

Investors

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Sources and API

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