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 |
|---|---|---|
| B2B | 3 | $5.7M |
| Software | 2 | $1.3M |
| Information Technology | 2 | $2.9M |
| Artificial Intelligence (AI) | 2 | $773K |
| Data Center Automation | 1 | $4.5M |
| Agriculture | 1 | $861K |
| Content Creators | 1 | $582K |
| Advertising | 1 | $535K |
| Augmented Reality | 1 | $2.2M |
| Bitcoin | 1 | $1.4M |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 3 | $4.2M |
| Mexico City | 2 | $2.6M |
| Atlanta | 2 | $2.3M |
| New York | 2 | $3.5M |
| Walnut Creek | 1 | $4.5M |
| Berlin | 1 | $861K |
| Mataro | 1 | $535K |
| Sunnyvale | 1 | $2.2M |
| Pittsburgh | 1 | $1.4M |
| Zurich | 1 | $1.7M |
Demox Labs develops a decentralized, trustless oracle protocol for the connection of smart contracts to any off-chain data source.
Disruptive new cacao supply chain player. Providing first mile traceability, living wage for farmers and improved cacao.
SaaS with embedded finance for Content Creators
Create Hollywood videos on your iPhone
Zinnia empowers sales teams to use AI to close more deals.
BlockSpan is an NFT API platform that enables Web3 builders to innovate apps with speed, confidence, and clarity.
Antefil Composite Tech provides micro engineered hybrid fibre for lightweight structures.
Minoa is a collaborative value management tool that assists SaaS companies in selling value over the whole client lifecycle.
Twirl is a platform for data teams that want to ship value rather than tooling.
Butterflye assists clients in avoiding business disruptions by successfully communicating change.
Yachtdrop is an ordering platform that offers drink delivery services, including order processing, shipping, and managing customer returns.
No-code productivity and compliance field data platform
The first B2B Cross-Border Platform in Latin America
Real Estate Investment Manager, PropCo partner to June Homes
Cytocast revolutionizes the fields of drug discovery and personalized treatment through a comprehensive cell simulator.
spectra.theater enables live theater-makers to imagine and build new community-based theatrical projects, plays and productions
We're building the world's easiest to use, end-to-end procurement software, specifically built for small and medium procurement teams.
Remembr is a photo album modifier software.
Disrupting telecom for the good of people and the planet!
A better way to use the internet.
Platform Economy, Creator Economy, Content Creation, Blockchain
Soptle is a High growth financial technology company providing access to fair and low cost credit to SMBs
Young Heroes is the coaching & career program for young professionals.
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 b2b companies. Each company profile includes funding details, founder names, and contact information to help you reach out directly.
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