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) | 3 | $4.9M |
| Software | 2 | $1.8M |
| Apps | 2 | $770K |
| Gaming | 2 | $905K |
| Biotechnology | 1 | $150K |
| Accounting | 1 | $700K |
| Air Transportation | 1 | $366K |
| Consulting | 1 | $502K |
| Environmental Consulting | 1 | $100K |
| Fitness | 1 | $2.1M |
Aperture Bio provides a rapid, ultra-sensitive solution to quantify how, why and when drugs fail.
Konvex is the AI Integration Engine that helps SaaS and fintechs connect their customers’ ERPs, CRMs, and e-commerce.
Advanced aviation analytics platform, utilising AI to generate deep stakeholder insights.
Stitching.ai specializes in AI solutions.
Eventpack is a next-generation event management platform that streamlines registration, check-in, badge printing and attendee engagement.
Medlo connects healthcare professionals with locum jobs, simplifies onboarding, shares commissions, and offers payment options.
Optimaze develops AI platform for cloud cost attribution and financial analytics.
Xanavo gives your store a clear conversion health score, diagnoses real issues, and turns complex data into prioritized decisions.
Ergo empowers shoppers by letting them communicate with retailers so they can set prices together.
Simple to use software that makes managing a workforce simple by taking care of timesheets, location tracking, scheduling and job tracking.
Modo is a mindful productivity app that enables overburdened and overwhelmed people to remain present and focused.
Collctiv is a Techstars portfolio company. The group payments platform makes it easy for groups of consumers to collect and spend money.
Phoenix Waste Solutions develops cutting-edge technology for waste disposal machines that are both pollution-free and fuel-free.
Maestro Game Studio is a mobile game development company.
Day-J is a health and wellness platform that offers users one-on-one coaching with licensed nutritionists, trainers, and mindset coaches.
Stardust Games is a software studio that develops mobile games.
AndesML is a technology platform that enables e-Commerce marketplaces with a white-label ad network
Vertical Farming, AgTech, R&D, Urban Farming
HR B2B SaaS leadership development platform
Revolutionary AI technology group specialising in marketing & advertising
API-Verse: an AI-powered solution that streamlines development, creating seamless and secure blockchain apps & data analysis for businesses.
Wildr is the world's first toxicity free social platform that empowers every creator to monetize in an instant.
Smartli is a MMORPG fantasy game that teaches kids between 5 and 12 years old learn Math using the Singapore Math methodology.
Granny & Charly is a platform that connects citizens to senior for companionship and assistance.
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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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