Helix Acquisition Corp. IIIHLXC
Cash in trust
$175M
$175,054,966
Trust per share
$10.15
Redemption value
IPO
Jan 2026
$173M raised
Combination deadline
—
Not disclosed
Filings on record
34
Latest Oct 14, 2026
Overview
Helix Acquisition Corp. III is a special purpose acquisition company incorporated in Cayman Islands and registered with the SEC under CIK 0002099656. It completed its initial public offering in Jan 2026, raising $173M in gross proceeds and listing on Nasdaq. Class A shares trade under the ticker HLXC on Nasdaq. The vehicle is sponsored by Helix through Helix Holdings III LLC. The mandate targets healthcare. IPO closed, trust funded, no definitive agreement announced.
“we intend to focus on healthcare or healthcare related industries, which can benefit from the expertise and capabilities of our management team in order to create long -term shareholder value.”
Reading the filings
Arithmetic on what Helix Acquisition Corp. III has disclosed, written the way a desk would read it. These are observations, not a rating. Nothing here scores the vehicle or implies a view on it.
Trading at a premium to trust
At $10.35 the shares trade 1.99% above the $10.15 redemption floor. Above trust the market is paying for the announced or expected deal rather than for the cash, so the premium is what is at risk if the combination does not close.
Trust versus the $10 unit
The trust holds $10.15 per public share, 1.5% above the $10.00 the units were sold at. That spread is accrued interest on the trust and, where the charter provides for it, sponsor contributions paid in to buy more time. It is the floor a public shareholder can redeem at, not a valuation of the business.
Sponsor record
Helix has launched 4 vehicles. Of the 3 that have resolved, 3 closed a combination and 0 liquidated, a 100% completion rate. A sponsor's record is not a forecast, but it does tell you whether the team has taken a deal across the line before.
Underwriting
Oppenheimer led the offering. It has been named on 20 SPAC IPOs, book-running 19 of them, and 70.6% of its resolved vehicles closed a deal. The syndicate has no control over whether a sponsor finds a target, but the quality of the book at pricing shapes who ends up holding the units.
Filings per month since the first one. A vehicle that has gone quiet with a deadline ahead is a different proposition from one that is still working.
34 filings in all. 4 in the last three months, against a busiest month of 20.
Scores
Recomputed 29m agoThree readings of Helix Acquisition Corp. III, each an unweighted mean of the components shown beneath it, and each component a percentile against every live SPAC rather than an absolute we invented. They describe the setup, not the merit. How they are built
Edge
ModerateHow much does the structure protect a holder right now?
39/100
- Discount to trust10
-1.99%
- Trust accretion34
$10.15 per share
- Sponsor record71
100.0%
Edge reads the setup, not the business. A vehicle can score well on protection and still be a poor place to leave money once a deal closes.
FOMO
ModerateHow much attention is this vehicle attracting right now?
36/100
- Filing activity19
1 in 30 days
- News coverage0
0 stories in 30 days
- Premium to trust90
1.99%
Attention is not quality. FOMO rises on news volume and on the market paying above trust, both of which have preceded plenty of disappointments.
Potential
ElevatedHow likely is this vehicle to complete a combination, and at what scale?
52/100
- Sponsor record71
100.0%
- Lead bank record82
70.6%
- Bank franchise16
20 SPAC mandates
- Trust scale50
$175M
- Stage40
searching
Potential is about execution, not about the target. It says nothing about whether the eventual deal is worth owning, because the target is usually unknown when the score is computed.
These are derived measures, not ratings of investment merit. They carry no view on the target, no price target and no recommendation, and a high score is not a reason to buy anything.
News on Helix Acquisition Corp. III
Last 90 daysNothing in the last 90 days that names this vehicle. We attribute a story only when the release carries the ticker or the registered name, so an empty section means no press release or wire story matched — not that nothing was published. The filings below are the primary record either way.
SEC filing history
Free tier: filings older than 24 hours- SCHEDULE 13G
Beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0001193125-26-420606
- 8-K
Notice of delisting or failure to satisfy a listing rule
Item 3.01 · Accession 0001213900-26-090826
- 10-Q
Quarterly report
Accession 0001213900-26-090230
- SCHEDULE 13G/A
Amended beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0001172661-26-003424
- SCHEDULE 13G
Beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0001104659-26-062866
- SCHEDULE 13G
Beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0001104659-26-062665
- 10-Q
Quarterly report
Accession 0001213900-26-057829
- SCHEDULE 13G
Beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0001193125-26-225190
- SCHEDULE 13G
Beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0001011438-26-000311
- SCHEDULE 13G
Beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0001104659-26-060303
- SCHEDULE 13G/A
Amended beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0001104659-26-054934
- 10-K
Annual report
Accession 0001213900-26-036583
- SCHEDULE 13G
Beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0001346824-26-000008
- 8-K
Other events
Items 8.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001213900-26-010350
- SCHEDULE 13D
Beneficial ownership report (activist)
Accession 0001213900-26-010248
- SCHEDULE 13G
Beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0001104659-26-008668
- 4/A
4/A filing
Accession 0001213900-26-009021
- 8-K
Entry into a material definitive agreement; Other events
Items 1.01, 3.02, 5.02, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001213900-26-007972
- 4
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership
Accession 0001213900-26-007772
- 424B4
Final IPO prospectus
Accession 0001213900-26-007252
- EFFECT
Notice of effectiveness
Accession 9999999995-26-000251
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001213900-26-006865
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001213900-26-006863
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001213900-26-006862
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001213900-26-006861
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001213900-26-006860
- S-1MEF
Registration of additional IPO securities
Accession 0001213900-26-006859
- CERT
Exchange listing certification
Accession 0001354457-26-000069
- 8-A12B
Registration of securities on an exchange
Accession 0001213900-26-006522
- CORRESP
Correspondence with SEC staff
Accession 0001213900-26-005718
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Helix Acquisition Corp. III: questions answered
What is Helix Acquisition Corp. III (HLXC)?
Helix Acquisition Corp. III is a special purpose acquisition company incorporated in Cayman Islands and registered with the SEC under CIK 0002099656. It completed its initial public offering in Jan 2026, raising $173M in gross proceeds and listing on Nasdaq. Class A shares trade under the ticker HLXC on Nasdaq. The vehicle is sponsored by Helix through Helix Holdings III LLC. The mandate targets healthcare. IPO closed, trust funded, no definitive agreement announced.
How much does Helix Acquisition Corp. III hold in trust?
Approximately $175,054,966, or about $10.15 per public share, as at the most recent filing on record. Trust balances move: shareholders redeem at extension votes and at the combination vote, and sponsors pay contributions in to extend. Treat the figure as a point-in-time disclosure, not a running balance.
When must Helix Acquisition Corp. III complete a merger?
No combination deadline appears in the filings we have indexed. The date is stated in the charter and repeated in each quarterly report; where our parser could not establish it with confidence we leave it blank rather than infer one.
What happens if Helix Acquisition Corp. III does not find a target in time?
The charter requires the vehicle to redeem 100% of the public shares and return the trust, pro rata, to public shareholders. That is the mechanism working as designed rather than a default. Founder shares and warrants are worthless in that outcome, which is why the sponsor's incentive is to get a deal done or to buy more time. Across the market, deadline lapsed without a deal; trust returned to public shareholders.
Can I redeem shares in Helix Acquisition Corp. III, and at what price?
Public shareholders may elect to redeem in connection with a combination vote and at each extension vote, at the pro-rata trust value on the relevant record date, most recently disclosed at about $10.15 per share. Redemption is a right attached to the public shares only; warrants and rights carry no claim on the trust. The mechanics and the deadline for electing are set out in the proxy statement for the vote in question.
What tickers does Helix Acquisition Corp. III trade under?
Class A shares trade as HLXC on Nasdaq. Units trade first and separate into their component securities roughly 52 days after the IPO; only the Class A shares carry the redemption right against the trust.
Is the trust value the same as the share price for Helix Acquisition Corp. III?
No, and the gap between them is the whole trade. Trust per share is a disclosed, contractual figure of $10.15, being what a redeeming holder receives. The market price is whatever the shares change hands at: most recently $10.35, a premium of 1.99% to the redemption value. Quotes on this site are delayed and indicative; confirm on your own venue before trading.
Who sponsors Helix Acquisition Corp. III, and what is their track record?
Helix Holdings III LLC is the sponsor entity, part of the Helix franchise. That franchise has launched 4 vehicles in total, of which 3 closed a combination and 0 liquidated, a 100% completion rate on resolved vehicles. Named principals: Bihua Chen.
Which banks underwrote the Helix Acquisition Corp. III IPO?
Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer was credited as book-running manager on the cover. Syndicate membership and role are read from the prospectus cover and the underwriting section.
Is Helix Acquisition Corp. III tradeable, and where?
Yes. HLXC returned a live quote of $10.35 on Nasdaq. Quotes here are delayed and refreshed on a schedule rather than streamed, so treat the figure as indicative and confirm on your own venue. Units and warrants trade under their own symbols and are quoted separately.
Is Helix Acquisition Corp. III a good investment?
That is not a question this site answers. Helix Acquisition Corp. III is covered here as reference data: what the company filed, when it filed it, and what the numbers in those filings say. The Edge, FOMO and Potential scores on this page are derived measures with a published formula, not ratings of investment merit: they describe the setup, and every component is shown so you can take them apart. We publish no price targets and no recommendations, and nothing here should be read as advice. The figures are a starting point for your own work, and each one carries the accession number of the filing it came from.
Where does this Helix Acquisition Corp. III data come from?
Filings Helix Acquisition Corp. III submitted to the SEC under CIK 0002099656: the registration statement and final prospectus for the structure, quarterly and annual reports for the trust, current reports and proxy statements for deals, votes and extensions. Trust economics are taken from the registrant's own XBRL tags rather than parsed from prose, which is why they are exact. Every filing in the history above is listed with its accession number, which identifies the document uniquely on EDGAR; Pro accounts open it directly from the row.
Compiled by the SPACListing research desk
Last reconciled Oct 19, 2026
Every figure on this page is read from documents the registrants filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, principally the IPO prospectus (Form 424B4), quarterly and annual reports, current reports and proxy statements, the registrant's own XBRL tags for trust economics. Nothing is sourced from press coverage, from the companies themselves, or from a third-party aggregator. Where a filing does not disclose something, the field is left blank rather than estimated.
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