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) | 4 | $1.8M |
| Analytics | 2 | $1.4M |
| Manufacturing | 2 | $503K |
| Blockchain | 2 | $1.9M |
| Health Care | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Pharmaceutical | 1 | $1.2M |
| Concerts | 1 | $600K |
| Information Technology | 1 | $250K |
| Advertising | 1 | $700K |
| Rental | 1 | $338K |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| London | 3 | $2.0M |
| San Francisco | 2 | $100K |
| Austin | 2 | $2.0M |
| Rutherford | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Montréal | 1 | $1.2M |
| Geneva | 1 | $1.1M |
| Scottsdale | 1 | $250K |
| Destin | 1 | $250K |
| Atlanta | 1 | $700K |
| Madrid | 1 | $323K |
Neurofundus develops AI foundation models to map psychiatric disease subtypes for personalized mental health treatments.
Astro X - A Highly intelligent integrated AI digital health platform designed to solve the most complex issues facing the US Health System
Ditto Bio develops AI-driven therapeutics by harnessing parasite biology to treat autoimmune diseases effectively.
AI-Driven Scheduling for Aseptic Drug Manufacturers
Molo is an AI-powered app designed to help parents manage the mental load of family tasks by providing pre-made lists and reminders.
B2B SaaS SipSkip is a data driven platform for venues, while allowing customers to purchase passes for instant service. App
Nomiks is an analysis for web3 economies, allowing users to design, monitor, and forecast token outcomes battle-tested simulations.
Pidgi helps sellers break into new accounts by identifying and tracking the job movements of past product users and former buyers.
SORD Fishing Products is a manufacturing firm that produces and supplies fillet knives, and titanium pillars.
Jax is a car rental marketplace connecting rideshare & delivery drivers without vehicle access to fleet owners with excess vehicle inventory
Rentd is a platform currently allowing users to conclude the entire process of renting or letting your home via an application.
WerGym is a health and wellness startup that has created a physical-digital solution.
Building autonomous soil infrastructure
Nicer transforms the way of travel by connecting travel advisors and well-known brands to discerning travels.
Exomnia operates a real estate platform that is specifically designed to unlock data-driven insights swiftly and on a large scale.
Nevly Money provides data-driven, personalized solutions.
Smarter.ai is a website that lists and provides access to AI agents, tools, and AI solutions for users.
INF Care is a software platform that bridges the physical and digital worlds, enabling seamless care delivery with just a tap of a button.
Rocky is a personalized self-improvement app that uses interactive, intelligent, and guided journaling.
Gibb offers industry-leading on-demand pay solution with modern, insight-driven pay strategies that help Brazil's leading employers.
sqcdp is a digitises manufacturing processes to connect teams and drive business performance.
An Omnichain Liquidity Protocol that connects fragmented liquidity across chains for greater capital efficiency.
Fishwife is a food company that make ethically-sourced, and premium tinned seafood a staple in every cupboard.
The Zero Fund is a climate fintech company that connects organizations with local community project developers.
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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