Helion

formerly Helion Energy

Building the world's first fusion power plant

Helion was founded in 2013, is headquartered in Everett, United States, lists 201–500 employees, and has $1.5B in recorded funding across 6 rounds.

Employees
201–500
Founded
2013
Business Model
B2B
Total Funding
$1.5B
Last Round
$465.0M Series G+Jun 2026
Rounds
6

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About

Helion was founded in Washington State by Dr. David Kirtley, Chris Pihl, Dr. John Slough, and Dr. George Votroubek with the goal to build a fusion system designed for commercial electricity. Helion signs customer agreements with the industry's first two customers: Microsoft and Nucor. Raised $500M to build 7th fusion prototype, Polaris.

Summary

Helion is a Clean Energy company based in Everett, United States, founded in 2013. It lists 201–500 employees. It has raised $1.5B in total across 6 rounds, most recently a $465.0M Series G+ round in Jun 2026. Investors include Thrive Capital, Nucor and Sam Altman.

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Funding History

Series G+Series GJun 2026
$465.0M

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Funding: Series C through Series G+. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.

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