PANews reported on September 19 that Solana ecosystem development platform Helius raised $21.75 million in the latest round of financing. The main investors include Haun Ventures and Founders Fund, and other participants include Foundation Capital, 6th Man Ventures, Chapter One and Spearhead. The funds will be used to further promote Helius' developer infrastructure construction in the Solana ecosystem.

Helius is a platform that provides core infrastructure for Solana developers, focusing on RPC services and data APIs. The platform helps developers solve pain points on the Solana network and launched weighted staking services when the network is congested. Helius also supports the issuance of compressed NFTs, and more than 500 million compressed NFTs have been issued through the protocol.