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 | $1.6M |
| Advertising | 3 | $2.1M |
| Health Care | 2 | $1.6M |
| Software | 2 | $832K |
| Automotive | 1 | $50K |
| Metaverse | 1 | $1.4M |
| Cloud Management | 1 | $2.5M |
| Apps | 1 | $1.3M |
| Education | 1 | $3.5M |
| Banking | 1 | $1.0M |
A SaaS solution that streamlines and automates supplier quality processes in manufacturing companies.
Qwark is a digital pharmacy platform that offers services to reduce cost-to-fill, increase revenues and focus on patient care.
Revioly is an AI shopping assistant that helps consumers make informed purchasing decisions.
Real-time engagement for global football (soccer) fans
TabRabbit provides restaurant technology solutions.
Nuw is the app to swap preloved fashion. ‘Spend your money anywhere, spend your clothes on Nuw’.
We use AI to generate realistic and effective video ads for brands to use
Wellward is a behavioral health platform that monitors well-being, detects risks, and provides clinical guidance to personalize care.
Zunify is the payment network providing tech and regulatory toolboxes for anyone to quickly design, issue, and accept any payment product.
DailyEdition is a no-code augmented analytics platform that automatically converts performance data into news stories
Using AI to accelerate the development of materials and chemicals.
CRAVERS - NEW AGE OF SNACKING WITH HAZELNUTS.
One Global Event Platform. Streamlining Events at Scale with AI.
We are a small independent game development studio based in London, Delaware, and Lahore, Pakistan
Anybodies is the world's fastest growing crypto rewards platform.
Transforming medical data into predictive algorithms without code
Aspirio is an enhance the brand content and advertisements.
Binho Board is a board game start-up that provides a comprehensive selection of games for various consumers.
What if we could discover thousands of new stories by solving one problem?
Chase Interaction is a platform that tracks customer interactions and experiences.
Databot develops and maintains artificial intelligence-enabled chatbots.
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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