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 | $355K |
| Analytics | 3 | $500K |
| Biotechnology | 2 | $1.0M |
| B2B | 2 | $1.0M |
| Small and Medium Businesses | 1 | $500K |
| Data Management | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Blockchain | 1 | $500K |
| Apps | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Real Estate | 1 | $776K |
| Cryptocurrency | 1 | $1.2M |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 5 | $1.5M |
| Madrid | 2 | $355K |
| Boston | 1 | $500K |
| Panama City | 1 | $500K |
| Los Angeles | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Edmonton | 1 | $500K |
| College Park | 1 | $500K |
| Kirkland | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Lewes | 1 | $500K |
| Santiago | 1 | Undisclosed |
Guardian Bio is centred on developing a personalised cell therapy based on dendritic cells.
Hero assists Latam SMBs in organizing their costs without the need of pen and paper.
InVision creates AI technologies to help with the interpretation of cardiac ultrasounds and the detection of undetected illnesses.
Invofox is an AI tool that fully automates document data extraction without requiring any human intervention.
KemNet provides pharmacists with quality revision of popular pharmaceuticals that are more beneficial to certain patient groups.
Manatee enables businesses to monitor how prospects interact with their demos and subsequently convert them into paying customers.
Mercator is an AI-assisted data analytics software that specializes in the collection of tools for interacting with data in space.
Intuned is a code-first browser automation platform. Deploy scrapers, RPA, and automations at scale built by you or by Intuned Agent.
MovingLake provides a data platform for real-time and event-driven data connectors.
Payfura is a payment gateway that provides a payment application and gateway for fiat-to-crypto conversion.
Phind is an intelligent search engine and assistant that utilizes generative AI to provide prompt and accurate answers for developers.
Plutto is an online platform that provides tools, data, and documents to identify and monitor companies in regulated industries.
Zown is a technology-driven real estate service that provides a simple, stress-free way for people to buy or sell their homes.
Bits set up automatic investments at regular intervals within the Bits app to strengthen the value of your micro-investments.
Software for firefighters, by firefighters. Quick maps, user-friendly data processing, map with drones, and share insights with ease.
Inrobics proposes a rehabilitation model using artificial intelligence and social robots.
Instant access to metrics, alerts, and insights through the first AI-chatbot that’s connected to your Amazon and Shopify data. #nodashboards
Elisa Interactive is a generative AI software startup building digital 3D level-design tools.
YON E Health is a carefully crafted device that combines precise temperature monitoring with cutting-edge pH-sensing technology.
The digital commodity trading platform that consolidate trade, logistics, finance and risk management into a single execution layer
Fly-Box is a transportation and logistics supplement for the 5,400 container ships that crisscross.
Seaqure Labs is a biotech startup utilizing mycoproteins as the solution for current unsustainable methods within aquaculture.
Weel transforms smartphones into GPS navigators and dashcams through its mobile application.
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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