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Helogen

HQ New YorkFounded 202211-50 employeesUpdated

High-value biomaterials manufactured in orbit and returned to Earth.

StartupAdvanced manufacturing and materialsBiotechnology and biomanufacturing+1
Website
Total raised
$7.1M
1 round
Last round
$7.1M
Seed · Sep 4, 2026
Systems
2
Capabilities
3

Funding1 round · $7.1M

Equity raised
$7.1M
Latest
$7.1MSeed · Sep 4, 2026

Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.

Systems2

  • KeyshieldA variant of the Keystar orbital base configured for high‑power payloads and resilient operations for defense missions.
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  • KeystarAn orbital factory platform providing power, thermal management, autonomy, communications and docking for payloads.
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Newest unveiled first. Systems that belong to a government program link to the program page, where variants, costs and contracts are.

Capabilities3

  • Advanced manufacturing and materials
    Developer
    classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Builds autonomous orbital factories for biomaterials and advanced materials; no defense use stated.
    —Reported
  • Biotechnology and biomanufacturing
    Developer
    classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Builds autonomous orbital factories for biomaterials and advanced materials; no defense use stated.
    —Reported
  • Space, launch and counterspace
    Developer
    classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Builds autonomous orbital factories for biomaterials and advanced materials; no defense use stated.
    —Reported

Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.

People1

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People
PersonRole
Shishir BankapurCEO

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Sources7

Profile3

  1. 1
    DatabaseSixth-Domain public startups directory

    Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind

    “{"country": "USA", "hq_iso2": "US", "id": "a868fa9f-c45e-46a5-9890-3a281c845374"}”
  2. 2
    DatabaseHelogen - Crunchbase company profile

    Crunchbase · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · hq city

    “employee_range: 11-50 (profile: 11-50)”
  3. 3
    DatabaseHelogen - LinkedIn company profile

    LinkedIn · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · hq city

    “employee_range: 11-50 (profile: 11-50 employees)”

Systems1

  1. 4
    CompanyHelogen® | Space Manufacturing for Biomaterials on Earth

    Helogen · Supports Organization · description, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · name, Organization · website, System

    “High-value biomaterials manufactured in orbit and returned to Earth. Helogen builds autonomous space factories for regenerative medicine and advanced materials.”

Funding2

  1. 5
    NewsHelogen Raises $7.1M in Seed Funding to Advance In-Orbit Manufacturing

    Global Startups Insights · Sep 4, 2026 · Supports Funding round · amount, Organization · ownership

    “has raised $7.1 million in seed funding”
  2. 6
    NewsHelogen raises $7.1M Seed round

    MediaBoost · Sep 4, 2026 · Supports Funding round

    “has raised **$7.1M** in a seed round, announced on September 4, 2026”

People1

  1. 7
    NewsJordan Greco, Author at LambdaVision

    lambdavision.com · Supports Role

    ““LambdaVision is exactly the type of customer HEL-IOS was built to support: a company that has demonstrated the value of microgravity and is now ready to move toward repeatable commercial production,” said Shishir Bankapur, CEO of Helogen.”

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