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) | 5 | $8.9M |
| Analytics | 2 | $1.6M |
| Information Technology | 2 | $4.6M |
| Agentic AI | 2 | $4.5M |
| Energy | 1 | $1.0M |
| Consumer Software | 1 | $342K |
| Compliance | 1 | $265K |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | $1.0M |
| Software | 1 | $1.2M |
| Financial Services | 1 | $1.2M |
Audrey AI is an audit‑specific AI copilot, automates data collection, analysis, & review to make audits faster, more consistent, & scalable.
Datost provides AI based data intelligence solutions helping businesses manage and optimize information.
Flare builds infrastructure for a more internet by connecting real-world data with machine learning in a verifiable way.
Outcraft AI develops autonomous revenue agents that convert, retain and grow customers across voice, SMS, email and messaging.
Resolv offers an AI-powered platform to automate clean energy incentives to accelerate equitable decarbonization.
Sage Haven develops an AI-moderated messaging and calling app that enables safer communication between children and approved contacts.
CloudTop is a cloud-based operating system and desktop
Euverify is a SaaS platform helping brands ensure EU & UK compliance with GPSR, CE, UKCA, and GDPR representation services.
Automated document package parsing for investment & underwriting teams.
Cookonnect connects busy families with early career, personal cooks to create greater access to in-home meal preparation services.
Go Mind Solutions automates business processes via custom software, designing systems that replace manual workflows and unlock efficiency.
Imot.io analyses calls, identifies inefficient employees, and increases sales.
Smartwage is an Italian fintech startup that simplifies corporate welfare benefits for both employers and employees.
SolvaPay develops machine-focused payment infrastructure intended for enabling autonomous transaction handling purposes.
The UK's first rental marketplace for kids clothing
Traza builds autonomous AI agents for procurement and supply chain automation in manufacturing and construction.
Vox Talk AI is a voice AI system designed primarily for alarm receiving centers (ARCs) and the emergency security business.
Footage is an AI video agent that writes briefs, generates clips, and edits video so you can focus on your creative vision.
Arrival which focuses on payments consolidation and property-related services.
Mission Control Games is a mobile game studio focused on the casual puzzle genre
AI platform connecting hotels and travelers through intelligent agents with memory, autonomy, and personalized experiences.
Open Moove is a software platform that provides tools for property transactions, collaboration, and workflow management.
Versant is an environmental analysis company that provides land identification for ecological compensation.
All Ride School offers action sports instruction, water sports lessons, mountain sports coaching, and street sports experiences.
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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