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 9,222 recently funded pre-seed companies with lead investors, funding amounts, and founding team data.
| Industry | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence (AI) | 5 | $17.5M |
| Software | 3 | $2.2M |
| FinTech | 2 | $1.1M |
| Information Technology | 2 | $7.3M |
| SaaS | 1 | $2.3M |
| Mechanical Engineering | 1 | $3.5M |
| Content Creators | 1 | $250K |
| Cyber Security | 1 | $295K |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | $1.0M |
| Commercial Real Estate | 1 | $600K |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 5 | $14.6M |
| London | 4 | $4.2M |
| Altrincham | 1 | $799K |
| Amsterdam | 1 | $3.3M |
| Oklahoma City | 1 | $1.0M |
| Chisinau | 1 | $2.3M |
| Key West | 1 | $1.0M |
| Union City | 1 | $700K |
| Timisoara | 1 | $295K |
| Austin | 1 | $1.0M |
SAAS, Mobile App, FinTech, Finance/Accounting
BidScript is a software that provides AI-powered bid management, tender automation, and proposal workflow solutions for businesses.
Dawnguard is an AI-native cloud security platform that builds security into cloud architecture, helping teams validate their infrastructure.
Immigify is an AI-powered platform transforming the U.S. immigration experience for individuals, businesses, and institutions.
Enterprise software studio. 11 products: AR, ERP, BI, RPA, smart parking. Patent pending. Seed round — EUR 2M.
SmartWorx provides a platform for building enterprise systems without writing code.
Solvent Capital Partners: Global indices & futures trading, expert team, innovative asset investing, delivering long-term client value.
Syncere believes that the best technology just fades into the background.
enara — is an AI-driven creator commerce platform that empowers content creators to become micro e-commerce entrepreneurs.
AISafe deploys an autonomous network of AI security agents that finds security flaws in your Application.
Jacob Bar is a food manufacturing company that specializes in clean‑ingredient, high‑protein snack bars.
Kerys Software is a Data Security Product Manufacturing firm developing secured virtualization tool for cases.
Leapter is created to revolutionize enterprise software development by turning business needs into practical, visual designs.
Building internet infrastructure for web agents
Automate the acquisitions workflow for real-estate private-equity funds
Revaire is a members-only marketplace using novel tech to connect our members to shared private jet opportunities, with zero searching
AI Research and Development
Tracestory is an IT consulting firm that specializes in process control, data sourcing, blockchain, and technological support services.
Power‑Plant‑in‑a‑Box for EV, Data Centers | Green Energy Everywhere
Flow Aluminum manufactures aluminum-based batteries offering low-cost energy storage systems for electric vehicles and microgrids.
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 9,222 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 9,222 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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