About us

About Us

The Helight® story

This is the story of a small family business, forced to expand internationally to survive.

But above all, it's a human and family adventure. The story of two families, united by a shared passion: making the benefits of Red Light Therapy accessible to everyone.

THE BEGININGS

When science meets wellness

In 2015, the Grange family, French industrialists, met a scientist passionate about photobiomodulation, or Red Light Therapy. After several tests, they witnessed the extraordinary potential of this technology, capable of naturally promoting relaxation, recovery, aesthetics, and reducing inflammation. They then decided to share it with the general public.

In 2016, they invited their Canadian friends and partners, the Bonnier family, to join the adventure. Together, they envisioned an ambitious project: to create simple, attractive, and accessible Red Light Therapy devices.

In 2017, they opened the world's first center entirely dedicated to photobiomodulation, in Montreal.

HELIGHT PRO

The first device

The very first device developed was Helight® Pro, a professional photobiomodulation device designed for aesthetic purposes and to promote the relief of pain related to inflammation. Very quickly, users noticed an unexpected effect: using Helight Pro helped them sleep better.

Intrigued, the Helight scientific team investigated the matter and stumbled upon a 2012 Chinese study, conducted on female basketball players, which demonstrated the exact same thing: exposure to red light before bedtime improves sleep quality.

HELIGHT SLEEP

The evolution

The team's research led to the discovery of numerous articles detailing NASA's work on the effect of light on astronauts' circadian rhythms in space.

From these discoveries emerged a simple yet revolutionary idea: to create a device specifically designed for sleep.

This is how Helight Sleep, the first patented Red Light Therapy sleep aid, was born.

A Media storm

The rise

The launch took place in Quebec in September 2020, a market with a North American and European mindset open to innovation. Success was immediate. Numerous radio, television personalities and journalists tested the product and published enthusiastic reviews: for them, it worked—they slept better. In less than two years, more than 50,000 devices were sold in Quebec, a meteoric rise for a small family business.

But this success is unsettling. A single media outlet dismissed it as a scientifically unfounded dream, while refusing to test the product. Some sleep researchers are publicly complaining about this new approach that has disrupted the established order. This is the burden of any innovation. This biased nine-minute report calls into question Helight's credibility, wrongly suggesting that the company is fraudulent. The consequences are devastating: the company loses 40 points of sale and sees its revenue cut by two-thirds.

Refusing to be defeated, Helight chose to cross borders and reinvent itself in the United States. Thanks to the vision and determination of its New York-based CEO, Denise De Baun, a former protégé of Calvin Klein, the brand not only survived but thrived. Helight gained the trust of doctors, athletes, and major sports leagues, and its light now shines in more than 40 countries.