Pre-seed companies are in the earliest stages of development, often pre-product or pre-revenue. These startups typically raise under $1M to validate their concept and build their initial team.
Explore 9,419 recently funded pre-seed companies with lead investors, funding amounts, and founding team data.
| Industry | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence (AI) | 3 | $950K |
| Apps | 2 | $2.8M |
| Financial Services | 2 | $3.0M |
| Food Delivery | 1 | $2.4M |
| Health Care | 1 | $793K |
| Clean Energy | 1 | $259K |
| Messaging | 1 | $250K |
| Software | 1 | $1.4M |
| Blockchain | 1 | $420K |
| Fashion | 1 | Undisclosed |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| London | 3 | $3.2M |
| New York | 2 | $1.9M |
| Berlin | 2 | $1.4M |
| Basking Ridge | 1 | $500K |
| Helsinki | 1 | $259K |
| Stockholm | 1 | $550K |
| San Salvador | 1 | $1.1M |
| Boise | 1 | $250K |
| Brisbane | 1 | $100K |
| São Paulo | 1 | $2.3M |
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MyMynd is a mental health platform for employees.
Ori Solution is a clean energy company that revolutionizes the conversion of kinetic fluid and gas energy to electrical energy.
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Teip is a platform that facilitates access to digitally-native financial services for people and SMEs.
Text Lifeline specializes in text-based mental health support and crisis intervention.
Guardians of the Blockchain is a software company that uses artificial intelligence for blockchains.
Bitcoin Libre is the fastest way to send, receive, and swap Bitcoin and Tether anywhere in the world, instantly and without fees.
A42 LAB is an innovation incubator where groundbreaking blockchain products are conceived, developed, and nurtured.
Bandi App is a clothes swapping app for sustainable shoppers.
Bloometa is a cross chain data marketplace for metaverse games.
Bubble Goods is an online marketplace built for customers to discover and shop for the best independent food brands across the USA.
Charly Group created a hybrid work management framework for individual work levels.
Charta is a consumer legal SaaS that translates the whole contract process into plain English.
AI-powered commercial auto insurtech tailored for “Smart Trucking” operations, owner operators, small fleets, and autonomous trucks.
CryptoSmartlife is an artificial intelligence-powered Thematic crypto basket investment platform.
Dope Coffee is a social and lifestyle brand that sells a premium coffee for an organic coffee brand.
Gameflavor brings the flavor and taste from games into reality.
Spade AI gives B2B product marketing and sales teams market intelligence to rapidly respond to the ever changing market conditions.
Rampa is a fintech company that aims to reduce complexity and revolutionize the way money works in Latam.
We bring 0 waste, 0 emissions, 30-minute deliveries to e-commerce.
Listium is a website for creating and sharing lists.
MarsX is an AI-powered low code platform with micro apps.
Pre-seed funding is the earliest formal stage of startup financing. At this point, founders are typically working on validating an idea, building a prototype, or conducting initial customer discovery. Many pre-seed rounds come from personal savings, friends and family, angel investors, or early-stage accelerators. The company is usually pre-revenue and may not yet have a fully built product.
$50K - $2M
The actual amount varies based on market conditions, company traction, and investor appetite.
Pre-seed capital is generally used to build a minimum viable product (MVP), conduct customer interviews, hire the first one or two team members, and cover operating expenses while the founders validate their assumptions about the market.
Friends and family, angel investors, micro-VCs, and startup accelerators like Y Combinator, Techstars, and 500 Global are the most common pre-seed investors. Some institutional seed funds also participate in pre-seed rounds when they see exceptional founding teams.
At the pre-seed stage, investors focus less on traction metrics and more on the founding team, market opportunity, and the clarity of the problem being solved. A compelling pitch, evidence of domain expertise, and early user interest or waitlist signups can be enough to secure funding.
Based on 9,419 pre-seed companies tracked in the VCBacked database, here is a snapshot of current funding activity at this stage.
Finding companies that have recently raised pre-seed funding is valuable for sales teams, investors, recruiters, and service providers. Pre-Seed startups are actively spending their newly raised capital on tools, talent, and services, making them ideal prospects. VCBacked tracks 9,419 pre-seed companies with verified founder contact information, updated regularly as new rounds are announced.
You can narrow your search by filtering companies by industry vertical, city or region, or by exploring specific combinations such as Pre-Seed artificial intelligence (ai) companies. Each company profile includes funding details, founder names, and contact information to help you reach out directly.
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