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 |
|---|---|---|
| Augmented Reality | 2 | $2.3M |
| Career Planning | 2 | $1.2M |
| Artificial Intelligence (AI) | 2 | $710K |
| Consumer Software | 1 | $185K |
| E-Commerce | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Mobile Apps | 1 | $1.4M |
| Audio | 1 | $1.3M |
| 3D Technology | 1 | $500K |
| CRM | 1 | $400K |
| Software | 1 | $440K |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 3 | $4.4M |
| Singapore | 2 | $735K |
| London | 2 | $2.0M |
| Munderfing | 1 | $1.1M |
| Boston | 1 | $1.4M |
| Paris | 1 | $1.3M |
| Denver | 1 | $400K |
| Carmel | 1 | $415K |
| Málaga | 1 | $250K |
| Stockholm | 1 | $589K |
Independently or collaboratively create, place, view and share as well as buy and sell georeferenced augmented reality experiences.
Request a space on demand at any time, by the hour. Hotels | Workspaces | Yachts & more.
SparkOffer is a digital offer platform that gives agents the ability to offer their customers a modern online offer experience.
Wisear enables people to get high-speed, private & inclusive controls over their everyday devices
Redefining Web3 onboarding by creating seamless interoperable solutions, liberating individuals from being commoditized.
Somm Says is a wine consumer-tasting game designed to support wine brand marketing, marketing automation, and wine market research.
Minority Moves Network offers technology solutions, specializing in software development, cybersecurity, and IT consulting.
Amplify10 is an AI Sales Enablement platform on Salesforce CRM. We are leading the revolution of next generation end to end sales execution.
FinanceOS tool that helps users auto-check, deduplicate, and merge data
Motoblockchain is the WEB3 online platform designed to create the Digital Identity of any motorcycle using blockchain and IOT technologies.
Accelerating the decarbonization of homes by removing friction in the transition to heat pumps.
Bulios is the first social investment platform that delivers real value to stock investors.
BUNDLAR is a Software as a Service, Augmented Reality Content Management System
SaaS for fan monetization, livestreams & engagement. Web + App + transaction-based revenue.
Dora Maar is a next generation luxury fashion platform that enables influencers to monetize their style.
Toliv is a transactional social network for Gen Z to discover events, connect with people, and transact seamlessly onsite & online.
Gists is Github for LLM prompts - helping product teams ship trustworthy AI products
Helping humanity live healthier by making airway treatments more accessible via tele-health and in-pracitce care.
Web and mobile app platform to connect people with different service providers like Aircon Servicing, Personal Trainer, Handyman etc.
A Polkadot-native token launch platform, by and for the community
The AI Platform for Architects, Builders, and Engineers
Coachendo is a startup that offers career coaching solutions for individuals and companies.
Auxuman is a platform for instant game creation
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 augmented reality companies. Each company profile includes funding details, founder names, and contact information to help you reach out directly.
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