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 |
|---|---|---|
| Software | 2 | $2.3M |
| Information Technology | 1 | $1.4M |
| Power Grid | 1 | $374K |
| Media and Entertainment | 1 | $871K |
| Artificial Intelligence (AI) | 1 | $2.0M |
| Agentic AI | 1 | $1.7M |
| Analytics | 1 | $400K |
| Financial Services | 1 | $3.2M |
| Events | 1 | $540K |
| Content Creators | 1 | $163K |
FirstQFM develops machine learning foundation models to improve the performance and scalability of quantum computers.
LUX Industries is a renewable energy startup specializing in scalable, on-site hydrogen production.
Newsrooms.ai is an AI-powered content production and management platform that enables users to connect their content feeds.
The best way to hire clinical talent.
AgentX is a multi-agent build platform allows you to create specialized AI Agents for your business.
Tidalflow is pioneering a GPS moment for physical health and provides fitness plans tailored to individual needs.
Soteria is the leading cloud-based smart retailer CRM company providing real-time analytics, security, and cloud storage service to market.
Neutral is an exchange for environmental assets.
Eventuall is a web-based software firm that enables virtual and hybrid events such as film premieres, live performances, and conferences.
Bookster is a content platform that lets employees access books, ebooks, audiobooks, animated summaries, and more.
Advance mobility hardware technology platform
OmnigenicsAI aims to redefine healthcare by providing a comprehensive suite of services, spanning prevention, diagnosis and prognosis
Luupli is an inclusive social media platform empowering creators from underserved communities.
ELYZIO is a computer gaming company that designs and develops blockchain-based gaming platforms.
The USD saving account alternative to traditional banking for Latin America, powered by DeFi
All In Team Sports offers coaches the tools required to improve their athletes' performances.
Career Development Coaching Platform
Last 500ft of package delivery in apartments using autonomous robots.
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.
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