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) | 4 | $9.1M |
| Software | 2 | $1.9M |
| Education | 1 | $3.0M |
| Business Intelligence | 1 | $1.0M |
| Battery | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Manufacturing | 1 | $1.0M |
| E-Commerce | 1 | $250K |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | $55K |
| FinTech | 1 | $1.2M |
| Information Technology | 1 | $50K |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 6 | $8.3M |
| London | 3 | $3.5M |
| Singapore | 2 | $750K |
| Lausanne | 1 | $3.0M |
| Las Vegas | 1 | $700K |
| Miami | 1 | $2.5M |
| Vancouver | 1 | $2.6M |
| Belo Horizonte | 1 | $250K |
| Mesa | 1 | $55K |
| Winchester | 1 | $50K |
BEAMRaiL Provides AI-powered software for law enforcement agencies.
Margin develops autonomous pricing and revenue optimization software for businesses.
Voxel Energy builds solar-powered data centers to provide immediate power, bypassing years of utility grid connection delays.
Pallma AI provides a security platform that protects AI agents across their full lifecycle
Collective OS is a data partnership platform, empowering professional service firms to flex their capabilities through shared services.
Rotostitch is an innovative manufacturing startup focused on automated textile manufacturing technologies.
Internet Backyard is an AI platform that embraces financial stability of the compute economy by automating quoting and billing.
InkVell is an AI research platform that connects scientists and allow them to carry on their research work smoothly. 2025
An operations management platform for health simulation centers - SaaS, Healthtech
SafeHouse is a software startup, that makes day-to-day condominium management simpler for property managers and administrators.
Inovata helps to boost the digital economy by bringing the offline retailers into the digital platform for free.
A digital liquor marketplace on a mission to redefine current liquor consumption landscape with affordable pricing and convenience.
AccessVR develops and delivers VR experiences in minutes through an immersive learning platform.
Cardalonia is a virtual world where players can build, own and customize their own experiences on the Cardano Blockchain.
Subbliminal provides a 3D platform for shoe customization.
Green Meadows is a retailer and manufacturer of medical cannabis products.
FOCO Digital is a digital media company offering marketing, media engagement, and strategic publishing solutions.
Creator Economy startup: An online marketplace that makes it easy for talented professionals to productise & monetise their expertise
Debbie is a data-driven recovery platform that provides power for manual processes and improves recovery using advanced data analysis.
Carzuno offers an online platform that provides car subscription services including vehicle access, insurance, and maintenance in one plan.
WellHealthLabs is a full service, national diagnostic testing laboratory and provides designated medical provider and medial PPE equipment.
Tenantcube provides property listing, applicant tracking, tenant screening, online rent payments, work-order, and lease management services.
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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