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) | 7 | $5.4M |
| Blockchain | 1 | $3.5M |
| Concerts | 1 | $650K |
| B2B | 1 | $654K |
| Renewable Energy | 1 | $120K |
| Apps | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | $552K |
| Power Grid | 1 | $3.1M |
| Architecture | 1 | $3.6M |
| Manufacturing | 1 | $2.0M |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| London | 4 | $4.7M |
| San Francisco | 3 | $5.1M |
| Paris | 1 | $3.5M |
| Newtown | 1 | $650K |
| Berlin | 1 | $654K |
| Iowa City | 1 | $120K |
| Ferraz De Vasconcelos | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Barcelona | 1 | $552K |
| Lisbon | 1 | $460K |
| Delft | 1 | $3.1M |
Zealy is an operating system that helps companies to grow and engage their community.
EventRoostr is an events firm that organizes community events, concerts, sports events, exhibitions, and more.
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Lojika is a company re-inventing how cars, people, traffic, and cargo move in urban environment.
Mixo produces self-service machines for cocktails that reduce waiting for lines and the costs of personnel that improve customer experience.
Property marketplace, mobile app, and supporting tools developed with an abstracted use of blockchain and AI to drive greater transparency.
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Synaps is an AI architecture platform for drafting floor plans, generating renders, and collaborating on building designs in real time.
Taiga is the AI-native medical billing company that manages billing service and takes over the entire revenue cycle.
The AI operating system for supply chain teams.
Jupid Tax offers AI-driven solutions for micro, automating LLC incorporation, management, and bookkeeping without human involvement.
Supply chain Decision Intelligence platform
ManaMind is an AI-powered platform that automates video game quality assurance (QA) testing using autonomous bots.
Mosaic-SoC expertise in chip design and developing cutting-edge processors for machine learning and artificial intelligence.
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Elora is a developer of a generative AI assistant that uses AI-powered tools to handle calls, chats, and workflows.
Essence App is an AI-powered platform supporting menstrual well-being, stress management, and daily life balance with personalized insights.
The first robots capable of true friendship
Hilight Assisting schools and districts in highlighting the important work of their teachers and staff throughout the day.
Iteright helps software product teams create solutions that customers need through guided data-driven validation activities.
Protecting your platform from automated threats and unfair play.
Ludex protocols enable Video Game Devs to handle on-chain Token transactions with no blockchain experience required.
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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