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) | 7 | $8.1M |
| Blockchain | 3 | $2.5M |
| Energy | 2 | $1.7M |
| Industrial Manufacturing | 1 | $1.0M |
| Outdoors | 1 | $250K |
| Marketplace | 1 | $300K |
| Gaming | 1 | $2.6M |
| Compliance | 1 | $1.5M |
| E-Commerce | 1 | $1.1M |
| Finance | 1 | $251K |
Cellbox Labs offers industrialized organ-on-chip technology.
AI-powered image recognition technology for rapid pathogen identification.
App-based platform to rent an RV as easily as renting an electric scooter.
SupplyScope is a product development firm that deals with regulatory compliance and safety to help come to market faster.
Jamango operates as a gaming platform that enables to create and play user-generated worlds.
Checkfirst: a software company that enables businesses stay compliant and drive revenue through manual on-site verifications & data capture.
Mavarick is the AI-powered carbon management solution for complex supply chains and manufacturers.
The future of human self expression, driven by AI
MetroElectro operates as a climate tech start-up.
A blockchain betting platform redefining gambling with risk profiling, lossless betting and yield investments
Crestal offers a decentralized platform that meets the objectives of Web3 applications through modular service architecture.
Embedded finance for e-commerce, enabling a personalized shopping experience through your banking app.
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Subbb is a monetization platform that enables content creators to manage subscriptions, payments, and users on social media platforms.
Vista Power installs energy storage and generation infrastructure as a service at commercial & industrial properties.
Trudy AI is an influencer selection tool built for data-driven marketers.
Online Appointment & Event Scheduling for Industries (B2B) Our template driven approach powers industries to improve their productivity
Glaut is an AI-native customer survey platform that conducts in-depth, AI-moderated interviews with customers at scale.
OpenDelta is a operator of a cryptocurrency platform that aims to offer a stablecoin with a high yield.
Web-based software for business aviation & charter brokers
Legal due diligence delivered faster than your client's ambitious deadline
Langtail is a SaaS that helps you develop and deploy LLM-powered applications faster.
Tintte is a biomaterials development company that offers biocolorants and biocompounds for the textile industry.
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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