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 |
|---|---|---|
| E-Commerce | 4 | $1.9M |
| Analytics | 3 | $2.8M |
| Gaming | 2 | $1.0M |
| 3D Technology | 2 | $1.5M |
| Water Purification | 2 | $1.4M |
| Chemical | 1 | $250K |
| Audio | 1 | $5.5M |
| Artificial Intelligence (AI) | 1 | $62K |
| Apps | 1 | $530K |
| Legal | 1 | Undisclosed |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Istanbul | 2 | $1.0M |
| San Francisco | 2 | $2.5M |
| Headington | 2 | $1.4M |
| Fargo | 1 | $250K |
| Brooklyn | 1 | $5.5M |
| Clifton | 1 | $62K |
| Vedbæk | 1 | $530K |
| Miami | 1 | $230K |
| Buenos Aires | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Astoria | 1 | $1.2M |
Chemi-Sense develops rapid field tests for pipeline corrosion monitoring, helping operators optimize inhibitors and detect chemical changes.
Arcustin is an Istanbul-based AI-first mobile game studio.
Arcustin is an Istanbul-based AI-first mobile game studio.
Emilia Vision offers AI-powered solutions to enhance restaurant service, boost sales and efficiency through monitoring and analytics.
February platform provides create, design, manage and develop apps.
Symblepay is a payment app that secures private trade and creates trust between consumers across marketplaces.
3co provides state-of-the-art 3D computer vision AI and augmented reality for the design of gardens, landscapes, and interior spaces.
Brevity is a legal entity management creating digital identity for corporations
Intrabuild is an award-winning construction firm disrupting the space with technology, with more than a decade of experience in NYC.
Discreet and reliable remote patient monitoring with existing eyeglasses
AROS is an online platform engaged in the retail of fashion and beauty products for men and women.
Empire is a Delaware Corporation, which focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, Social networking, and artificial intelligence.
Medical Devices Corner specializes in providing commercial medical products.
tikpay is building a modern ticketing and payment solution for transport operators & authorities - reducing friction in mobility.
Empowering businesses, merchants, and entrepreneurs to easily integrate ecommerce into games, streaming, apps, publications, and webpages.
Virtus Tech is a virtual reality and data analytics company.
Building the transactional layer for new home sales in Latin America, empowering buyers, developers, and salesteams to digitalize.
Arcwise is a low-code platform for data apps that makes Python, SQL, and machine learning available to everyone.
Metabloqs is the trusted metaverse for real interactions, business and value (with more than 350k registered users in 3 months
Pointz is a mobile mapping app that helps navigate bike and scooter riders through safe routes in cities.
Moduly offers a virtual power plant that provides resilience, cost savings, and clean energy.
Pure Capture Innovations develops advanced carbon-based adsorbent materials designed to eliminate persistent micropollutants from water.
Pure Capture Innovations develops advanced carbon-based adsorbent materials designed to eliminate persistent micropollutants from water.
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 e-commerce companies. Each company profile includes funding details, founder names, and contact information to help you reach out directly.
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