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 |
|---|---|---|
| Information Technology | 3 | $3.1M |
| E-Commerce | 3 | $3.0M |
| Artificial Intelligence (AI) | 2 | $1.0M |
| Financial Services | 2 | $4.5M |
| Analytics | 1 | $3.3M |
| Biotechnology | 1 | $1.4M |
| Home Improvement | 1 | $525K |
| Industrial Automation | 1 | $393K |
| Embedded Software | 1 | $510K |
| Aerospace | 1 | $2.1M |
Business performance operating system using AI to help companies manage their corporate goals, KPIs, business rhythms, and reporting.
Linexa develops cloud-based SaaS for decoding complex shop floor automation.
Locai infrastructure company focused on Sovereign AI and Edge Computing.
Northern Light Microscopy creates optical solutions for biological issues.
Flair Labs provides voice AI designed to support real estate and mortgage businesses.
Skrym develops an algorithmic optimization system that automates real-time package selection and generates an optimal set of package sizes.
Boona is a retail shopping technology company for health products.
SQARP offers e-commerce actors a next generation platform for distribution and management of product information.
Bot-Hive is building the future of flexible automation.
We make the world's first embedded robotic chefs that fit into existing kitchen designs and cook hundreds of dishes from scratch.
Accelerating Hardware Integration from Years to Days
Zynt is an AI‑powered B2B sales intelligence platform that identifies buying triggers in every industry.
Aro focused on personal financial services, particularly for individuals facing challenges with traditional banks.
Making on-site wind power as accessible and scalable as solar panels for homes and businesses.
Artificial Intelligence
Building multiplayer experiences across multiple platforms and surfaces.
Rebel Tech creates high-tech electronics repair solutions and provides repairs at prices that no one else can match.
Arbor Steel provides the ultimate digital identity citadel.
Estaid develops a real estate platform that provides property data instantaneously.
SaaS - Unique tool to create a visual model of any project at an early stage using a node-based interface
Journexx is the trading platform for quality content from publishers around the world.
Moojo helps freelancers and creators streamline their invoicing process and get paid instantly.
Outshifter is a Developer of embedded e-commerce software designed to scale online distribution by selling products or services .
Credit cards and international credit scoring. Building the foundations you need to unlock unsecured credit around the globe.
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 information technology companies. Each company profile includes funding details, founder names, and contact information to help you reach out directly.
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