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) | 11 | $1.0M |
| AI Infrastructure | 3 | $3.5M |
| Analytics | 2 | $500K |
| Advanced Materials | 1 | Undisclosed |
| B2B | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Electronics | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Apps | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Aerospace | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Health Care | 1 | Undisclosed |
| 3D Printing | 1 | Undisclosed |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 16 | $1.5M |
| Berlin | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Levallois-perret | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Elk Grove Village | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Dover | 1 | $500K |
| Detroit | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Dublin | 1 | Undisclosed |
| New York | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Düsseldorf | 1 | $3.5M |
| California | 1 | Undisclosed |
Infera develops an AI operating system for laboratories that converts scientific protocols into validated, instrument ready workflows.
Intelligence Factory builds robot intelligence that learns by seeing, doing and feeling, enabling robots to reason and act seamlessly.
Kinect AI develops AI software for e-commerce brands, including shopping assistants, adaptive product pages, and intent-based search tools.
KugelAudio builds European voice AI and text to speech models for real time, multilingual voice agents with GDPR compliant deployment.
Kuli is an autonomous AI agent that analyses social media content to optimise creator discovery, campaign execution, and brand safety.
Limrun provides remote Xcode, iOS simulators, and Android emulators that enable cloud-based AI agents to build and test mobile apps.
Maquoketa Research develops autonomous attack drones, guidance software, and control systems for defense applications.
Matforge develop AI systems that act as scientists, finding the advanced materials needed to build better microchips and faster datacenters.
Memory Store is a platform that offers a shared memory storage space for office teams and workforce.
Mount develops AI risk assessment and insurance solutions for businesses deploying autonomous AI agents in production workflows.
Napkin Math is an AI food journal that gamifies nutrition tracking by offering customized guidance to achieve health goals.
Nine Fives develops networked, driverless RF test equipment and control software for electronic measurement applications.
Ontora is a software that connects business data sources, analyzes workflows, and identifies process issues with recommended actions.
OpenWork is a desktop app that enables users to connect their existing skills, MCP servers, and AI agents within a unified workspace.
Ornadyne is a defense tech company that builds autonomous bird-like drones for covert military reconnaissance and surveillance.
Panacea is a biotech focused platform that helps biotech companies accelerate FDA submissions and streamline drug approval workflows.
Parrot is the AI management platform for collision repair shops, handling customer interactions, insurance claims, and shop operations.
Pavoot provides an AI agent that manages event workflows and turns event engagement into sales pipeline.
Plena Health is a healthtech company that offers an AI driven operating system for specialty medical practices.
Prototyping.io provides an AI-driven platform to analyze CAD designs and manufacture custom mechanical parts.
ReasonBlocks provides AI infrastructure and developer tools for optimizing autonomous agent workflows.
Atrisa is a B2B SaaS platform that develops tools for securing AI models and automating analog circuit design workflows.
Regbase provides an AI-driven regulatory intelligence platform for tracking global laws, consultations, and grants.
reltix provides property management services for residential and commercial real estate.
River Markets is a financial tool that allows traders and users to focus on alpha by handling their execution and trading infrastructure.
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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