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 | $8.5M |
| Information Technology | 3 | $1.5M |
| Biotechnology | 2 | $1.0M |
| Health Care | 2 | $1.0M |
| Home Health Care | 1 | $500K |
| Fitness | 1 | $1.5M |
| Financial Services | 1 | $500K |
| SaaS | 1 | $500K |
| Film Production | 1 | $500K |
| Enterprise | 1 | $500K |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 15 | $14.5M |
| London | 2 | $2.0M |
| New York | 1 | $500K |
| Orinda | 1 | $500K |
| Seattle | 1 | $500K |
| South San Francisco | 1 | $500K |
| Santa Barbara | 1 | $500K |
| Toronto | 1 | $500K |
| Vancouver | 1 | $2.1M |
| Wilmington | 1 | $400K |
Andy AI is AI software that completes documentation for nurses during home visits.
KLIQ is an all-in-one platform that enables Creators to launch their own apps and grow their community-focused digital businesses.
Opencall.ai provides AI call centers for any business.
Metofico provides a no-code analysis platform for life science research.
Hazel AI-enabled fair marketplace for government contracts.
Hatchet is a platform that orchestrates background tasks and provides visibility.
Haplotype is a startup that improves human health over time by dramatically improving the security, accessibility, and sophistication.
Terrakotta is a web phone that allows users to communicate with leads and leave AI-generated voicemails.
Givefront is the financial operating system for non-profits.
Tensorfuse makes it simple to deploy and manage LLM pipelines on your cloud.
Lumina AI Search Engine for Scientific Research.
Real-time and Two-way Data Synchronization between CRMs and Databases.
Oma Care is to empower, assist, and compensate people who care for our most vulnerable citizensfamily caregivers.
Forge is a company that develops software for procurement teams of hardware companies.
Focal is an AI film studio. They create technologies that allow users to turn books and screenplays into movies.
Velorum Therapeutics produces powerful cancer treatments that starve tumors.
Veles is the only price calculator that provides salespeople the confidence to close larger agreements.
EdgeTrace makes video data easily available and actionable for important businesses.
DraftAid is the first generative AI for CAD industrial designs, similar to GitHub's Copilot but for CAD.
Alai uses AI to assist technology professionals create high-quality presentations faster.
Amber is an extension of your post-sales team, providing context for each customer and action.
Corefin is an open-source lending platform that enables technology businesses to create and market lending solutions.
Sonus Microsystems is a polymer-based ultrasound transducer technology firm.
Fams is a mobile application that helps families deepen relationships by having meaningful talks to strengthen the bond.
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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