Helios - High Impact Solar in Emerging Markets

$3,251.97 crowdfunded from 343 people

$5,904.70 received from matching pools

42%
average score over 3 application evaluations
Open-source platform for investment in solar projects in emerging markets, providing high yields and significant CO2 reduction, with a focus on transparent, web3-based impact investing.

Helios is an open-source platform enabling both web3 & traditional investment in profitable, high impact solar projects in emerging markets, earning users stable, double digit yields uncorrelated with crypto or public markets while averting millions of tonnes of CO2 emissions each year.

Our Mission is to enable anyone anywhere to measurably and profitably fight climate change. We built our protocol natively on web3 rails to bring transparency to impact investing, reduce lockup periods from decades to weeks and decentralize ownership to create an unstoppable impact machine.

100% of proceeds raised will go directly toward funding high impact solar installations in emerging markets. Your dollar goes further with Helios, creating nearly 4x as much impact as funding traditional, US-based solar.

We've already funded solar across 3 continents with a nearly two year track record of success, offsetting thousands of tons of CO2 while delivering double digit returns to our investors. We're long-time supporters of the Gitcoin community, having participated in GR13. We're honored to be welcomed back as we continue to raise funds to build as much solar as possible. The future is bright, we appreciate your support!

Helios - High Impact Solar in Emerging Markets History

  • accepted into Glo Dollar x Arbitrum DAO 9 months ago.
  • accepted into Climate Round 1 year ago. 108 people contributed $2,332 to the project, and $3,299 of match funding was provided.
  • accepted into Climate Solutions Round 1 year ago. 235 people contributed $920 to the project, and $2,606 of match funding was provided.

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