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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bitcoin | 2 | $3.3M |
| B2B | 2 | $3.7M |
| Financial Services | 2 | $12.4M |
| Apps | 2 | $774K |
| Compliance | 2 | $1.2M |
| Analytics | 1 | $500K |
| Artificial Intelligence (AI) | 1 | $500K |
| Alternative Protein | 1 | $500K |
| SaaS | 1 | $500K |
| Energy | 1 | $500K |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 4 | $3.2M |
| London | 3 | $14.0M |
| Austin | 2 | $2.8M |
| Los Angeles | 1 | $500K |
| Boston | 1 | $500K |
| Santiago | 1 | $500K |
| Singapore | 1 | $1.3M |
| Madrid | 1 | $327K |
| Exeter | 1 | $163K |
| Valencia | 1 | $363K |
Mutiny is a self-custodial lightning wallet that runs in the browser.
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Peazi is a food-tech platform to order food and drink easily.
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Zulu Network is a bitcoin networking platform.It supports EVM and UTXO for major improvements in the Bitcoin ecosystem.
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Voltla facilitates the life of electric vehicle owners by enabling all electric charging stations to be viewed from a single point.
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Mainstack enables businesses to sell globally, like a local. We provide multi-currency billing solutions and handle tax compliance.
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 bitcoin companies. Each company profile includes funding details, founder names, and contact information to help you reach out directly.
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