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) | 7 | $5.2M |
| Analytics | 3 | $1.5M |
| Developer Tools | 3 | $1.5M |
| Developer APIs | 2 | $1.0M |
| Apps | 2 | $1.0M |
| Graphic Design | 1 | $500K |
| Database | 1 | $500K |
| Health Care | 1 | $500K |
| Content Creators | 1 | $500K |
| 1 | $500K |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 15 | $9.2M |
| New York | 5 | $2.5M |
| Wilmington | 2 | $1.0M |
| Boonton | 1 | $500K |
| Singapore | 1 | $500K |
| Los Angeles | 1 | $500K |
Noya Software is a product design platform for non-designers.
Sherloq is a data management platform to collaborate and manage SQL data with help of AI.
Demospace is an AI voice agent.
UpTrain develops an open-source toolkit to observe and refine AI applications.
Decoherence is an AI-based platform to help in video creation from prompts.
Unstatiq provides a data integration and transformation platform using artificial intelligence.
Untether Labs is a scheduling software that offers workforce management solutions for healthcare industries.
DAGWorks develops an open-core platform for data science teams to develop, produce, and maintain machine learning.
CreatorML is a developer of machine learning tools for YouTube creators to optimize video titles and thumbnails.
Planar is a software that specializes in analyzing code changes and automatically breaks big PRs into smaller sections.
CorgiAI is an AI-based payment fraud prevention software for merchants.
Nebula is a code-level observability and debugging platform for enterprises.
Swishjam measures, mitigates, and enhances the performance of websites and applications.
Coldreach is a digital platform that generates hyper-personalized sales emails.
coil helps businesses to collect bank payments to cut out credit card fees and reduce churn.
Type is an AI-powered document editor that helps people to write remarkably fast.
CodeParrot converts Design to code. Get production ready UI components from Design files, Screenshot to Code.
Cloudchipr is a cloud cost management and analytics platform.
THEYA is a Bitcoin self-custody app for users who find crypto exchanges risky and hardware wallets overwhelming.
clearspace is an app that eliminates compulsive phone use by intercepting impulsive app opens and cutting doom scrolling sessions short.
Mogara creates automation tools to draw capitalizable expenses through integrations and automation.
Fastgen is a low-code API and workflow builder with a drag-and-drop interface to create backends and automations.
Clad is contractor management software for telecommunications companies.
Turntable develops a data discovery and visualization platform to create and manage data pipelines.
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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