Helius Medical Bets Big on Solana with $500 Million Investment

Key Highlights Helius Medical invests $500M+ to make Solana a reserve asset Forward Industries buys $1.58B in Solana at $232 per coin Solana could surge to $250 by end of 2025 says analyst Helius Medical Technologies has launched a treasury strategy centered on Solana planning to hold the cryptocurrency as a reserve using over $500 million raised through a private equity round targeting public ￰0￱ move highlights growing institutional confidence in blockchain ￰1￱ Investments and Funding Partners Under the offering investors received common shares or pre-funded warrants priced at $6,881 each

set to expire three years from ￰2￱ fully exercised the transaction could exceed $750 million in total ￰3￱ funding round was led by Pantera Capital and Summer Capital with additional participation from Big Brain Holdings Avenir

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and Republic ￰4￱ the deal’s expected close on September 18 2025 Helius Medical plans to: Build an initial position in Solana and scale over 12–24 months Utilize ATM programs and other capital vehicles to deploy assets Explore staking lending

and other DeFi instruments within Solana Maintain a conservative approach to risk management Forward Industries Makes a Massive Solana Bet Meanwhile Forward Industries acquired 6.82 million SOL for roughly $1.58 billion at an average price of $232 per coin through open market and on-chain ￰5￱ press release noted this is the first time capital from a private equity round has been used to invest in public equity

with the round led by Galaxy Digital Jump Crypto and Multicoin ￰6￱ Research chief analyst Sean Young predicts Solana could rise to $250 by the end of 2025 indicating strong optimism in the crypto market.