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 | $7.5M |
| Aerospace | 2 | $525K |
| Biotechnology | 1 | $935K |
| Hardware | 1 | $1.3M |
| Blockchain | 1 | $300K |
| Cyber Security | 1 | $1.0M |
| Content | 1 | $800K |
| FinTech | 1 | $3.5M |
| Health Care | 1 | $2.4M |
| Beauty | 1 | $320K |
HTuO Biosciences is a deep-tech company developing advanced computational methods for drug discovery.
Composable vault infrastructure powering on-chain asset management
We provide legal entity and regulatory data and insights as a service to enable clients to expedite onboarding and minimise regulatory risk.
Optionality.ai develops an AI-based advisory platform to help clients make improved and informed decisions.
Artificial Intelligence Saas for Accountants
Precise Space Insights, when and how the world needs them.
Lobster Protocol is a software development that is 100% automated by multi-protocol strategies.
XS Matrix develops an enterprise access risk management solutions for businesses.
Quillette is an online magazine that provides news about culture, science, politics, and philosophy.
switstack is a B2B SaaS company that offers compliance-as-a-service to take care of retailer in-store payment acceptance pain points.
Building the first true healthcare AI that deeply understands women's health
Khooa is a mobile app that leverages cutting-edge artificial intelligence technologies to make image consulting accessible to everyone.
Byterise offers product optimization, marketing, budget management, and finance support services.
Green Financial Technology Solutions for impact and monetisation of data and AI
Fume creates end-to-end automation solutions for development team workflows that leverage massive language models.
Prolong created a SaaS platform that enables brands and retailers to launch, trial, and scale white label maintenance and repair services.
Spot, an app that allows to get paid without sort codes or account numbers.
An AI-driven tool streamlining documentation tasks and enhancing contact center efficiency.
An Open, Interactive and Intelligent Cloud Ops Automation Platform
Coana uses advanced reachability analysis to scan for vulnerabilities in open source dependencies, cutting false positives by over 80%.
Software Development, DoD, SaaS, DevOps, Mission Systems, Simulation
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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