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 | $14.3M |
| Software | 3 | $719K |
| Financial Services | 2 | $11.2M |
| E-Commerce | 2 | $502K |
| B2B | 2 | $2.4M |
| Internet | 2 | $1.4M |
| Advertising | 2 | $920K |
| Blockchain | 1 | $300K |
| GPS | 1 | $366K |
| Consulting | 1 | $207K |
FINGREEN AI provides an AI-powered SaaS solution for ESG data analytics and reporting on private assets
Cicada offers third-party underwriting and pool management on DeFi Protocol and institutional risk advising services.
Flawsome! is a sustainable british brand, transforming wonky and surplus fruit into perfect cold-pressed drinks.
Smarter Diagnostics brings innovation for orthopedic injury preventive diagnostics with medical imaging and AI
Blaaiz is a platform that enables seamless money transfers between loved ones worldwide, transforming remittance.
zOpt.ai is an optimization platform helps enterprises manage their AWS cloud application performance and efficiency while reducing cost.
Xplora develops AI-powered solutions for non-invasive subsurface analysis, UXO clearance, and military situational awareness
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Mobile App that links social media posts to order and pay!
AlphaGuilty Your go-to Web3 quest platform for amplifying crypto project engagement. Boost brand visibility and reward community actions.
Naurt's API boosts delivery efficiency by 16%, reducing last-mile times by 66 mins, enabling more daily deliveries with precision.
We Sparkle helps small businesses leverage artificial intelligence technology to save time and increase sales.
Emotional Heatmapping Analytics for VR and 3D environments
The AceMeta company is developing a sustainable digital creative space of the future.
AI powered fact-checker, AI detector and Originality Scanner
Standard Information is a distribution platform on the market and sets a new standard for lead distribution, tracking, and management.
AI-native, Saas, B2B producing AI advertising to scalably sell books not in the spotlight, with psychologically-tuned campaigns
Openfair is your premier destination for streamlining acquisitions.
Multiplayer video game development company
AI HR Assistant to Easily Source, Qualify and Outreach to Candidates
A hyperlocal hiring platform for local shops and small businesses.
Glassity is a Cloud Governance Platform offering comprehensive visibility into cloud operations and automation
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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