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) | 10 | $12.6M |
| AgTech | 2 | $4.1M |
| Information Technology | 2 | $3.6M |
| Self-Storage | 1 | $300K |
| Marketplace | 1 | $3.3M |
| Cloud Management | 1 | $2.0M |
| B2B | 1 | $2.5M |
| Human Resources | 1 | $180K |
| Financial Services | 1 | $3.0M |
| Electronics | 1 | $948K |
Multispectral sensor tech with AI on the edge, for autonomous anything, anywhere anytime at the highest speeds in the harshest environments.
College Storage, Micro-Storage and Reusable Moving Boxes
Restaurent is an online marketplace for private restaurant and event space rentals.
Kloutit specializes in chargeback management automated AI solutions.
Simulation Theory is a software development company that provides cloud management services.
tiun changes how the next generation will consume and pay for online services.
Little John creates a platform using generative AI to empower insurance brokers.
Creating real animal fat - without harm to animals - to improve the flavour and nutrition of alternative meat
GIG & Talent Marketplace - Bolt-On Direct Sourcing Solutions - matching skills & opportunities in real-time.
Generative AI evaluation
Juice is a developer of a payment network platform for cross-border business payments for businesses and individuals.
ChatLabs offers an AI-powered social experience platform that helps brands engage social native audiences.
Refute identifies and addresses misinformation on behalf of there businesses.
Wilder Sensing is a nature technology business that uses artificial intelligence to quantify biodiversity changes.
Agridex offers a blockchain-based supply chain platform for the digital agriculture industry.
The first unified platform for end-to-end AI development and workflow automation modular, interconnected, and built for custom AI.
Draft&Goal automates content creation at scale with its AI-powered no-code platform leveraging Ai agentic workflow automation.
AIMon enables reliable adoption of Enterprise Generative AI.
Suprema specializes in manufacturing superconductive tapes.
Twill is a recruitment network that allows top talent to suggest their peers and friends for vacant positions.
MoldCo helps you reclaim your health from mold with virtual care and specialized lab testing.
CENTERLINE facilitates communication between designers of the built environment and construction crews.
Cyder is a loyalty platform for credit unions.
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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