# Helical, a London-based pharma AI startup, has raised $10 million in a seed round.

*biotech · news · 2026-04-14 · TNW*

## Key points

- Helical’s AI platform is already deployed in production with multiple top-20 global pharma companies.
- Their Virtual Lab and Model Factory share data, enabling reproducible, consistent pharma research across disciplines.
- Helical's partnership with Pfizer focuses on predictive blood-based safety biomarkers using AI.
- Teams using Helical’s platform have reduced drug discovery timelines from years to weeks.
- The seed round included Cohere and HuggingFace CEOs as angel investors.

**Companies:** Helical
**Countries:** Luxembourg, United Kingdom

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