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 |
|---|---|---|
| E-Commerce | 3 | $2.3M |
| Artificial Intelligence (AI) | 3 | $2.0M |
| Apps | 2 | $1.1M |
| Analytics | 2 | $1.0M |
| Gift | 1 | $250K |
| Video Games | 1 | $1.7M |
| Mobile Apps | 1 | $410K |
| Virtual Assistant | 1 | $960K |
| Veterinary | 1 | $700K |
| Assistive Technology | 1 | $1.9M |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| London | 2 | $1.2M |
| Los Angeles | 2 | $3.8M |
| Key Biscayne | 1 | $315K |
| Bucharest | 1 | $593K |
| Lewes | 1 | $250K |
| Edinburgh | 1 | $1.7M |
| Pensacola | 1 | $410K |
| Georgetown | 1 | $960K |
| Brooklyn | 1 | $700K |
| San Clemente | 1 | $600K |
Social ecom marketplace engaging fashion superfans in co-creation, gamified pre-sales and crowdfunding
KooKoo Grocery is an omnichannel grocery store that delivers alternative products and daily essentials in 30 min.
AI-Powered procurement fraud & error management
Bring My Song To Life creates customized music for special occasions such as anniversaries, weddings, birthdays and other events.
Carbon Based Lifeforms is an indie studio that focuses on the video games industry.
FanFare Music is a mobile application that provides entertainment services.
Virtual Assistant Services
Gentle Beast is a canine behavior and wellness platform that provides personalized, on demand dog training and behavior consultations
Knows is a new kind of eyewear company that uses proprietary technology to make great fitting glasses for all kinds of faces.
Remote Patient Monitoring Solution. Proven, scalable virtual care platform that remotely connects patients and healthcare professionals
Monetize the "Long Tail", increase AOV, and automate visual merchandising with instant outfit generation for enterprise fashion e-commerce.
MatchGorithm is a ground-breaking solution focused company, solving preference matching problems through intelligent algorithms.
Ötzibrew is a beverage brand that specializes in making coffee-alternative organic bean-less brews made from roots and mushrooms.
SaaS eCommerce prebuilt system allowing them to setup & connect an advanced custom checkout & post checkout experience for their customers
Quicko is an online marketplace, focusing on groceries.
Ripe Robotics is a producer of fruit-picking robots.
We match young professionals to companies with the precision of headhunters for the costs of a job post
FriskAI provides runtime observability and understanding for AI agents.
Navifare is an AI travel price optimization platform that compares flight, hotel, and car rental prices from third-party providers.
Lucrative is an AI-based SEM services firm that offers AI, data analysis, artificial intelligence software & technology services.
FlairMakers provides a digital talent platform connecting hospitality businesses with vetted freelance professionals.
Zerolook provides an API that predicts flight prices and itineraries for travel search.
Palette is a model-agnostic operating system designed for AI-native teams to work collaboratively with AI agents.
The Avy Project is a blockchain-enabled, AI-powered, gamified learning platform born in Melbourne (founded in 2022).
Paddy is an AI platform that simplifies the teaching workflow- from planning and material creation to analyzing learning progress.
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 e-commerce companies. Each company profile includes funding details, founder names, and contact information to help you reach out directly.
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