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) | 6 | $8.9M |
| Information Technology | 2 | $1.8M |
| Blockchain | 2 | $2.3M |
| Cloud Computing | 1 | $390K |
| Legal | 1 | $592K |
| Audio | 1 | $170K |
| E-Signature | 1 | $250K |
| Apps | 1 | $250K |
| Analytics | 1 | $500K |
| Health Care | 1 | $429K |
Empowering global retailers to collaboratively manage construction projects and sustainability goals
Instruments of Things offers real-time controller to enable anybody to enter virtual worlds with new completely interaction possibilities.
MeeTeeM is an authenticated online interaction platform that provides online meetings and voting services.
RuufPay is the first wallet for real-world payments
Fireplace is a trading terminal platform that combines marketplaces, pricing, and execution by using real-time data.
Chasi AI offers AI assistants that automate communications, CRM updates, and customer outreach for equipment sales, services, and rentals.
The gamified reality layer for frontier AI
Self-Driving Regulatory Compliance for MedTech
Matresa is a digital health platform that focuses on preventative maternal care and supports women from pregnancy to early postpartum.
Dollar Banking alternative for global population.
Skintelligent is a Developing Advanced AI SkinTech Solutions for Health Care & Skin Care
Ready-to-use AI assistant for your industry.
77Studios is a Blockchain-based game studio that specializes in web3 development.
&Hamlet is a protech company that through co-ownership enable more people to own their dream holiday home.
Haia is an online and hybrid events platform that optimizes live online events.
Sitegeist Robotics is a Munich-based startup that develops modular, AI-powered robots for the construction industry.
Winduction develops wireless power transfer technology for electric vehicles.
GenoGra is a biotechnology company that specializes in genomic analysis using software tools and bioinformatics.
Jersey Hired operates a recruitment marketing and job board platform for New Jersey employers and job seekers.
Medical tourism platform connecting US & Canadian patients with pre-screened dental, hair, fertility & cosmetic providers abroad.
Arttac Solutions is an AI-first innovator delivering modular multi-agent systems to transform enterprise data, text, and workflows
KeynesPay is a crypto payments platform that facilitates stablecoin and blockchain-based payments.
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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