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) | 3 | $3.5M |
| Blockchain | 2 | $13.0M |
| EdTech | 1 | $1.1M |
| Chemical | 1 | $253K |
| Aquaculture | 1 | $668K |
| Coworking | 1 | $500K |
| Food Delivery | 1 | $14.0M |
| Web Development | 1 | $1.3M |
| Cryptocurrency | 1 | $1.3M |
| Industrial Manufacturing | 1 | $200K |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Vienna | 2 | $1.4M |
| San Francisco | 2 | $2.8M |
| New York | 2 | $16.0M |
| Tallinn | 1 | $1.1M |
| Wilmington | 1 | $750K |
| Wroclaw | 1 | $253K |
| Delaware | 1 | $2.0M |
| Rome | 1 | $668K |
| Stockholm | 1 | $500K |
| Toronto | 1 | $14.0M |
Bloomcoding develops AR solutions for after-school and intra-school applications.
Improving human health through the combination of cutting-edge technologies and top medical expertise.
Graphene Energy develops graphene-based catalysts for converting carbon dioxide to methanol and creates materials for energy harvesting.
On a mission to human-proof Web3 by building advanced cryptographic solutions
Sustainable, high performance aquaculture feeds
Flowpass is a platform to manage the third workplace by providing their workforce with increased flexibility.
A homemade food delivery marketplace integrated with social media elements that allows food creators to sell their food to customers.
Factorymaker creates sustainable, cost-efficient industrial layouts to support smart early design decisions.
Iqana is a fintech company dedicated to investment management,
LB Baseball Growth Partners operates in stealth mode.
Team chat for AI agents
Spokbee engages in advanced manufacturing technology and software solutions.
A continuous, passive, home-health remote monitoring platform.
Digital Sound Processing (DSP) AI Software, Active Acoustic Hardware
Amano to redesign the communication between merchants and consumers.
Apoello Ltd is a tech company focused on transforming molecular discovery through digitisation and automation.
Ewigbyte is a data infrastructure company that develops digital data storage systems using glass based technology.
IncidentFox provides an AI platform that automates incident response by investigating issues and identifying root causes.
Leverage for lean, ambitious law firms. AI-powered drafting, review and verification that gets you back to practicing law.
XOUL leverages phenotyping AI to help parents understand their children’s emotional state through digital behavior analysis.
Altius Labs is focused on developing a modular execution stack that works without depending on virtual machines (VMs).
Level Zero Health focuses on advanced biosensor technology to collect new types of data by combining biochemistry and nanotechnology.
MEMSYS is a Dutch startup founded as a spin-off from the Delft University of Technology.
Complete Sleep operates an ecommerce site offering sleep-related products and guidance for better rest.
FuelWell is an equipment that helps combustion engines, and works with all existing systems for cleaning and neutralizing emissions.
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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