Helicon raises $16 million seed to automate carbon fiber part production

Los Angeles startup Helicon Industries raised a $16 million seed round led by AlleyCorp to use robotics to handle flexible carbon fiber textiles, a step that remains largely manual. It aims to cut composite lead times from over six months to about two weeks from a 36,000 sq ft plant in Torrance, serving aerospace, defense and robotics customers.

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