Helius
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anchored·3xyn4v…DnnQSummary
Helius (helius.dev) is a Toronto-founded, Solana-focused developer infrastructure company offering RPC nodes, enhanced APIs, webhooks, data streaming, and validator services. Founded in June 2022 by former Coinbase and AWS engineers, the company has raised $34.85 million across three rounds led by Founders Fund, Haun Ventures, and Foundation Capital, and operates as a key infrastructure layer for the Solana ecosystem. No regulatory actions or security breaches have been identified against Helius; the main risk signals are minor service reliability incidents and unresolved workplace conduct allegations against its CEO.
Connected Entities
9 entities · 60 linked investigations- Helium (HNT)→mentioned with→Solana(80%)
- Hivemapper→mentioned with→Solana(80%)
- Crossmint→mentioned with→Coinbase(70%)
- Crossmint→mentioned with→Solana(65%)
- Hivemapper→mentioned with→Helium (HNT)(65%)
- Helius→mentioned with→Helium (HNT)(60%)
- Helius→mentioned with→Amazon Web Services(80%)
- Helius→mentioned with→Jupiter Exchange(60%)
- Helius→mentioned with→Solana(80%)
- Helius→mentioned with→Crossmint(60%)
- + 6 more
Connected Through
9 shared actors · 532 investigationsDistinct actors this investigation shares with others — holders, traders, and named parties. Shared infrastructure (exchanges, pools) is excluded.
- □Solanaorganization
- ♦Coinbasetoken
- △Jupiter Exchangeexchange
- □Heliusorganization
Timeline(11 events)
June 2022
Helius founded by Mert Mumtaz, Liam Vovk, and Nicolas Pennie after Mumtaz left Coinbase.
IQ.wiki / Decrypt19 October 2022
Helius closes $3.1 million seed round co-led by Reciprocal Ventures and Chapter One.
Decrypt21 February 2024
Helius closes $9.5 million Series A led by Foundation Capital, bringing total raised to ~$12.6M.
BusinessWireJuly 2024
Helius becomes Solana's leading validator by total stake within two months of launch.
Helius Blog18 September 2024
Helius closes $21.75 million Series B co-led by Haun Ventures and Founders Fund, bringing total raised to $34.85M.
Unchained Crypto30 January 2025
Former engineer Miles Smith publishes allegations against CEO Mert Mumtaz on X, including claims of workplace toxicity, IP misappropriation, and technical misrepresentation. Mumtaz publicly denies all allegations.
Crypto.news18 June 2025
Helius launches LaserStream, a gRPC-based real-time data streaming product for Solana developers.
Helius Blog15 September 2025
Unrelated company Helius Medical Technologies (NASDAQ: HSDT) raises $500M to create a Solana treasury, causing widespread name confusion with helius.dev.
CoinDesk28 October 2025
Bitwise Solana Staking ETF (NYSE: BSOL) begins trading, exclusively powered by Helius validators.
Bitwise Investments25 April 2026
Frankfurt node timeout incident on Gatekeeper Beta endpoint lasting approximately 26 minutes; auto-rerouted to Amsterdam.
IsDownDecision Log
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- slot 424142212 · hash 7P2zMk9dkRa9jXmtuU8FHscauEXZcb4NPMXdPJyUPN1Y
- slot 423639847 · hash H2kvmL1UNJESWotSp4TireaA4wTJJFLi62YdxUypyCCW
- slot 423639843 · hash DeKq3Y43qHPSGNYohs9f4xEYxMhhqP5DvstyU4yvaGij
- slot 423596977 · hash BLbqK8jShCshm1q9DM8Fqhe9bWSw1Wjggh92MtnAsZjv
This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (5 decisions). 21 of 25 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-sonnet-4-6
generated: 6/1/2026, 1:01:12 PM
last updated: 6/1/2026, 1:01:12 PM
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