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 | $8.3M |
| Blockchain | 2 | $3.3M |
| Health Care | 2 | $1.6M |
| Apps | 1 | $10.0M |
| Banking | 1 | $604K |
| Logistics | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Software | 1 | $306K |
| E-Commerce | 1 | $220K |
| Advanced Materials | 1 | $450K |
| PC Games | 1 | $500K |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| London | 3 | $2.2M |
| San Francisco | 2 | $1.6M |
| Los Angeles | 2 | $10.4M |
| Stockholm | 1 | $2.5M |
| Bergamo | 1 | $604K |
| Charlotte | 1 | $600K |
| Helsinki | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Vienna | 1 | $540K |
| Middletown | 1 | $220K |
| Monrovia | 1 | $450K |
Berget AI is an AI platform that focuses on inference and agentic infrastructure, enabling businesses to deploy and expand open-source LLMs.
BizTrip AI builds cutting-edge AI software to streamline business travel.
Breezy is a Los Angeles-based startup offering an AI operating system tailored for residential real estate professionals.
SaaS , Cloud , App Development
Kamupak digital reuse platform provides frictionless tools and data to optimize circular economy processes for better environmental impact
Proofcheck is a multilingual AI proofreading platform and a collaborative in-browser workspace for PDFs and epubs.
The only content solution designed Uniquely for auction houses
GIFTS NY works as an e-commerce store to list independent fashion brands and provide the necessary tools and services to reach new markets
Velocigro creates sustainable food-growing technologies that are efficient, profitable, and earth-friendly.
Clave is a smart account platform that effortlessly simplifies Crypto and Account Abstraction.
Enki is AI software that helps businesses discover the next perfect opportunities.
Myr is a Virtual Reality Games studio focus on social connectivity via VR/XR.
unea is a platform for business collaborations, bookings, and payments.
Advanced payment & sales platform with analytics for small/medium retail businesses. More than a processor, it streamlines operations.
Barbr is a platform that empowers barbers to save time, earn more and unlock their true potential.
GlobalED is a global education credentialing organization empowering the upskilling & mobility of the professional workforce.
Mental health app built for Organizations - integrating human-led conversation-first approach with technology to scale
The first personal operating system designed to bring work, life and wellness into view while putting YOU back in control of your day.
Linguix is an AI-based writing assistant that eliminates spelling issues in English texts anywhere on the web.
Āut Labs is a suite of DAO-native Tools to expand decentralized communities.
Trusty is a web-application for title and escrow companies to facilitate payments and validate payment instructions
Vela is a SAAS Legaltech firm offering streamlining VA claims processing with AI-powered automation to maximize veteran benefits.
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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