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) | 8 | $11.5M |
| Apps | 3 | $5.5M |
| Banking | 2 | $2.6M |
| Software | 2 | $1.3M |
| Health Care | 1 | $500K |
| Advertising | 1 | $100K |
| Financial Services | 1 | $1.1M |
| 3D Technology | 1 | $1.0M |
| CleanTech | 1 | $500K |
| AgTech | 1 | $1.5M |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 3 | $3.1M |
| London | 2 | $3.0M |
| Berlin | 2 | $2.9M |
| Long Island City | 1 | $500K |
| Larkspur | 1 | $100K |
| Chicago | 1 | $500K |
| Utting Am Ammersee | 1 | $1.1M |
| Cambridge | 1 | $800K |
| Roppongi | 1 | $614K |
| Indianapolis | 1 | $1.0M |
Empirical Health is a primary care solution that enables users to monitor their health metrics and receive medical guidance from doctors.
Linc AI is a data integration tool capable of instantly parsing documents and texts from emails and syncs the data with systems of record.
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Basebox is an AI integration platform for automating healthcare administration to reduce the costs of service delivery.
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Coolant helps people measure how much carbon is stored in their trees with drones and computer vision.
Carnot is a software startup that develops large language models dramatically increase human productivity.
Groundwork helps contractors save time in the quoting process and connect with their prospects.
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Integrum is a software and AI engineering firm that creates platforms that incorporate Artificial Intelligence solutions.
AI-powered mortgage loan processing that delivers 50%+ cost savings, faster response times, and a shorter time to close,
LLM-enabled financial research at the speed of thought.
Democratizing safe, secure, and speedy AI across the enterprise
Decarbonizing the Heavy Industry and Electricity Space by Pioneering Hydrogen as a Sustainable Alternative.
MACSO aims to give AI the capacity to mimic human senses in order to prevent catastrophes from occurring.
Solving the Fire Risk in Lithium Batteries + improving energy Density performance
SalesByte is a technology company that provides omniscient pre-sales advice.
Speedy Brand provides generative AI-powered marketing content for SMBs.
Rosotics produces the largest metal 3D printers in the world for air, sea, and defense.
eaze is a holistic digital program focused on providing solutions for sleep problems through CBT & personal coaching.
Early disease detection with a portable, simple-to-use device. Turning air into data. Mixed Hardware + SaaS
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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