Helium-3 Ventures

Helium-3 Ventures backs founders building companies it describes as exciting, spanning areas such as clean energy, aviation, space technology, robotics, healthcare and materials. Beyond capital, the firm offers support built around its partners' experience assessing management teams, including help with recruiting and hiring. It has ties to Columbia University and says it can draw on the university's network of faculty, students and alumni. It maintains office space in New York that founders can use for meetings, and says it can share data it procures, such as e-commerce scraping, retail tracking and government validation services. The firm also says it has a network of executives that can help with customer introductions and distribution.