What is Helix Earth?
NASA-rooted humidity management hardware that retrofits commercial HVAC systems.
- Category
- HVAC energy efficiency
- Headquarters
- Houston, TX
- Founded
- 2022
- Employees
- Private; early growth-stage team
- Total funding
- About $18.8M disclosed funding and grants
- Valuation
- Not disclosed
What is Helix Earth?
Helix Earth builds retrofit devices for commercial HVAC systems that remove humidity and reduce cooling energy without replacing existing equipment.
Helix Earth uses proprietary liquid-gas chemistry with roots in NASA aerospace work to improve dehumidification and ventilation efficiency in buildings. Revenue and ARR are not publicly disclosed; customer count is not publicly disclosed. Its public positioning is commercial-building HVAC retrofit hardware for fresher air, lower humidity, and lower energy use.
As of June 2026, Helix Earth is best read as a seed-stage Houston hardware company moving from funded pilots into manufacturing scale-up. The most important operating signals are $5.6M seed funding, $1.2M NSF SBIR Phase II grant, $12M Seed 2, Rice/Greentown ecosystem ties, and commercial HVAC deployment claims. Helix Earth remains private company, so exact margins, revenue mix, and customer contract values are not publicly reported unless stated by the company.
What does Helix Earth offer?
Helix Earth offers the Helix MICRA retrofit system and humidity/energy-management hardware for commercial HVAC.
- Helix MICRA· HVAC retrofit
- Humidity removal· Building systems
- Energy efficiency· Savings
- Commercial ventilation support· Indoor air
- Manufacturing scale-up· Deployment
How does Helix Earth make money?
Helix Earth monetizes through hardware retrofits, deployment projects, and service or channel partnerships for commercial buildings.
No public list pricing; commercial pricing is quoted by deployment, customer scale, geography, and service scope. Pricing is not public; buyers likely evaluate payback from energy savings, avoided HVAC replacement, improved humidity control, and indoor-air benefits.
Growth depends on manufacturing capacity, HVAC-channel adoption, building-owner payback, utility incentives, and proof of energy savings. For sellers, the most relevant budget owners are facilities, energy management, sustainability, property operations, HVAC engineering, and finance teams; procurement maturity should be treated as startup or growth-stage, with technical founders and operators close to vendor decisions.
Who leads Helix Earth?
Helix Earth is led by Rawand Rasheed, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer; Brad Husick, Co-founder / executive; Daniel Preston, Technical origin / Rice researcher.
- Rawand RasheedCo-founder and Chief Executive OfficerCo-founder since 2022Rice alum leading commercialization of Helix Earth's HVAC retrofit technology.
- Brad HusickCo-founder / executiveCo-founder since 2022Public co-founder in private-market and startup profiles.
- Daniel PrestonTechnical origin / Rice researcherResearch originRice mechanical engineer whose lab is tied to the company's technology roots.
How do you contact Helix Earth's leadership?
Helix Earth publishes official company contact routes, but reviewed public sources do not verify personal executive email addresses. Use the company route below or a verified LinkedIn/workflow enrichment step before sending individual outreach.
Official routes at helixearth.com; personal executive pattern not verifiedHow much funding has Helix Earth raised?
About $18.8M disclosed funding and grants; latest disclosed financing: $12M Seed 2 in March 2026 led by Veriten. Not disclosed
Nov 2024: Seed, $5.6M, led by Veriten, valuation not disclosed (Anthropocene Ventures, Semilla Capital, and others participated); Jan 2026: NSF SBIR Phase II, $1.2M, led by National Science Foundation, non-dilutive grant; Mar 2026: Seed 2, $12M, led by Veriten, valuation not disclosed (Rua Ventures, Carnrite Ventures, Skywriter, Textbook Ventures, and others participated).
The company has not publicly disclosed every valuation or all small non-dilutive awards, so totals should be read as disclosed funding rather than a fully audited capitalization table. The latest financing signal matters because it funds manufacturing scale-up and commercial deployments.
How did Helix Earth get here?
Helix Earth's path is defined by founding, technical validation, financing, and commercialization milestones.
- 2022FoundedHelix Earth is founded in Houston from Rice/NASA-rooted technology.
- Nov 2024$5.6M seedSeed round led by Veriten with climate and Houston investors.
- 2025SXSW pitch recognitionHelix Earth gains Houston climate-tech visibility.
- Jan 2026$1.2M NSF SBIR Phase IIFederal grant supports HVAC energy-efficiency development.
- Mar 2026$12M Seed 2Oversubscribed Seed 2 led by Veriten funds manufacturing and deployments.
Who are Helix Earth's competitors?
Helix Earth competes with companies in undefined.
- GradientClimate-friendly HVAC startup competing in efficient cooling and heat-pump comfort systems.
- Mojave Energy SystemsDedicated outdoor-air dehumidification and HVAC equipment.
- enVeridHVAC load reduction and indoor-air-quality technology.
- BrainBox AIAI optimization layer for commercial HVAC.
- 75FBuilding automation and HVAC controls platform.
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