Simple past tense and past participle of help.(verb)
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Use "helped" in a sentence
"London's fume-filled, concrete roundabout may not have had the glamour or scale of California's Silicon Valley, but the label helped pinpoint a new generation of tech talent that included music site Last.fm and printworks Moo.com."
"He would be the force behind two of the major theaters in Midtown: the Roxy and Radio City Music Hall, where his name helped inspire the Rockettes."
"The phrase helped him get his silkscreen business going, which he later expanded through the Internet."