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 |
|---|---|---|
| Analytics | 2 | $3.0M |
| Medical Device | 1 | $759K |
| Energy | 1 | $500K |
| Hardware | 1 | $437K |
| Beauty | 1 | $380K |
| Apps | 1 | $600K |
| Agentic AI | 1 | $3.0M |
| Legal Tech | 1 | $750K |
| Consulting | 1 | $418K |
| E-Commerce | 1 | $750K |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 2 | $1.3M |
| Wilmington | 2 | $470K |
| Newcastle | 1 | $759K |
| Bogotá | 1 | $500K |
| Bucharest | 1 | $437K |
| Jundiaí | 1 | $380K |
| Ribeirão Prêto | 1 | $597K |
| Phoenix | 1 | $600K |
| Cambridge | 1 | $3.0M |
| Pleasanton | 1 | $750K |
Rocasol provides a digital platform for solar panel installation, financing, and system monitoring.
We aspire to lead in intelligent hotel management by creating a fully integrated, AI-enhanced environment.
UAUBox is an online cosmetics store selling customized beauty products using data mining and machine learning to study customer's usage.
Vectag provides a platform to request, manage, and secure tailored agricultural financing with transparent and simplified processes.
HUM is a private driving app that enables professional drivers
B2B SaaS that solves the most complex problems of the supply chain such logistics, insurance, inspections, audits and financing.
You lead your business. We lead your AI. Driving AI solutions across LATAM.
Your one-stop shop for creativity and innovative products.
Exghts is a sales hyper-automation platform that helps individuals and enterprises gain a competitive edge in ever-changing environments.
Foodpreneurs Hub is a food-tech company that provides training, resources, mentorship, and a community of support to food innovators.
Empowering hosts to unlock the potential of hospitality
Inklo is a fintech that offers financial services for medical procedures and services for healthcare institutions.
Quantum OOH transforms parked vehicles in high-traffic intersections into mobile advertising platforms.
Productlane offers a product discovery software for customer support and feedback system for modern companies.
Closera is an AI-driven platform designed for commercial real estate brokerages.
Metriqus assists game firms in maximizing their marketing success by consolidating game data from multiple platforms in one location.
Simbryo Technologies is a biotechnology company that develops solutions for reproductive health and assisted reproductive technologies.
StoreHero is an e-commerce analytics tool that provides online businesses with actionable insights into how they make money.
BeeInvites is an AI-powered meeting scheduling and calendar management platform.
Jellybean revolutionizes the world of employee benefits by offering a seamless and individualized experience.
Morgen is a universal time management platform where you can merge your calendars, to do’s, productivity apps and schedulers.
7Cantos is an apartment rental agency that helps landlords find tenants in a timely, safe, and humane manner.
GetFocus is the only AI platform used by R&D leaders that can reliably predict the technological future.
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 analytics companies. Each company profile includes funding details, founder names, and contact information to help you reach out directly.
For a broader view of the startup funding landscape, explore all funding stages or browse companies by our full company directory. Whether you are looking for early-stage startups to invest in or growth-stage companies to sell to, VCBacked provides the data you need to identify and connect with the right companies.
Perfect for: B2B sales teams targeting pre-seed companies, investors exploring opportunities, and service providers looking for companies that just raised capital and are ready to scale.
Get Started - Access Contact InformationJoin thousands of sales teams, investors, and service providers using VCBacked