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) | 8 | $5.6M |
| Business Development | 2 | $471K |
| SaaS | 2 | $1.2M |
| Internet | 1 | $800K |
| Fitness | 1 | $1.2M |
| Apps | 1 | $300K |
| Bitcoin | 1 | $181K |
| Information Technology | 1 | $3.0M |
| Financial Services | 1 | $450K |
| Cloud Management | 1 | $1.1M |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 2 | $300K |
| San Francisco | 2 | $875K |
| Washington | 2 | $3.4M |
| Provo | 1 | $800K |
| Middletown | 1 | $1.2M |
| Maryland | 1 | $181K |
| Lausanne | 1 | $115K |
| San Diego | 1 | $525K |
| Barcelona | 1 | $586K |
| Palo Alto | 1 | $1.5M |
wOS is a social fitness app with personalized live and on demand classes.
CKM Analytix develops and distributes T-K, an Intelligence Engine for service operations in SaaS delivery
Carbon Country is a sustainable land that is focusing on combining renewable energy, regenerative agriculture, and Bitcoin mining.
AI-powered cloud OS for business with zer-knowledge encryption
Credit Genius is an American finance company and AI Credit Builder providing credit monitoring, AI insights, and stronger credit management.
Neural Defend provide real-time deepfake detection with patent-pending AI technology.
Ovianta is a developer of an artificial intelligence-based software designed to improve efficiency in medical practices
Agentic AI for K-12 schools and districts.
Vertru Technologies enables you to understand the sustainability impact and related business risks of the supplier and direct manufacturers.
Eyris is a blockchain system that empowers public and private companies with data-centric security.
AuthPay offers a smart wallet that optimizes rewards for each transaction.
CTO2B helps organization in managing the cloud service adoption and runtime operations.
Pabloo is a FinTech startup that uses financial structure imitation to change consumer and corporate connections.
ProFound organizes a professional network of disability-inclusive leaders.
123 Baby Box is an online platform offering mothers brain developmental products for children by personalized subscription box for babies.
Alleo.ai is a Life Optimization app using AI for personalized coaching, task automation, and organization to boost well-being.
SELF is a Web3 identity technology developer
ReplayzIQ is a SaaS platform that autoscores sales calls, and auto-predicts crucial skills.
SaaS, PropTech, 3D Scanning, 3DGS, Gaussian Splatting, Splats, AI
LDGR Systems builds and deploys AI agents that automate every step of Property Accounting, from Accounts Payable to Financial Statements.
e-commerce agency focused on Norce, Shopify, Shopware and Magento.
QARL AI is building AI tools for interactive learning.
Refine is an AI-powered platform designed for training in retailing, negotiations, and procurement.
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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