Seed stage companies are early-stage startups that have validated their initial concept and are building traction. These companies typically raise $500K-$3M to develop their product and acquire first customers.
Explore 33,142 recently funded seed companies with lead investors, funding amounts, and founding team data.
| Industry | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence (AI) | 6 | $11.0M |
| Financial Services | 3 | $464K |
| Blockchain | 1 | $3.5M |
| Electronics | 1 | $2.4M |
| College Recruiting | 1 | $500K |
| Analytics | 1 | $1.3M |
| Consulting | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Education | 1 | $4.0M |
| Energy | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Procurement | 1 | $674K |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 3 | $8.3M |
| Singapore | 2 | $500K |
| Los Angeles | 2 | Undisclosed |
| Victoria | 1 | $3.5M |
| Stavanger | 1 | $2.4M |
| Oslo | 1 | $1.0M |
| Wilmington | 1 | $500K |
| Florianópolis | 1 | $1.3M |
| Buenos Aires | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Hamburg | 1 | $464K |
Codex provides enriched blockchain data APIs and tools for developers building trading, analytics, and web3 applications.
Evert is an appliances, electrical, and electronics manufacturing platform.
Journalia develops AI-based tools that make healthcare professionals' work more efficient, improve patient experience and reduce costs.
SaaS for crypto market data across CeFi and DeFi
AI-powered EdTech SaaS platform for student and career counseling
Abstrato builds the cognitive layer for enterprise operations, enabling organizations to unify data and automate decision-making.
SiloReal offers real-time remote monitoring and security of silo bags.
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Gaia AI uses LiDAR, cameras, and satellite imagery to collect data in forests.
Unravel Carbon is a enterprise software for companies to track and reduce their carbon emissions.
B Generous is a venture-backed fintech company that has built the nation’s leading credit marketplace for nonprofits.
AlgoPear is a B2B embedded agentic wealth building platform for community financial institutions looking to engage and attract young adults
StoryGold is building foundation models that turn designs into CADs to streamline the jewelry manufacturing process.
Folio is a career accelerator that transforms students into job-ready interns.
An end to end customer engagement platform, addressing loyalty, benefits, rewards and user monetization
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Koncile is an AI OCR platform to extract and structure data from any document type, with API and no-code integration.
DVx Domify provides an AI platform for regulatory oversight in financial services.
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Bemi is an automatic audit trail for Postgres that tracks data changes reliably without engineering complexity and costly infrastructure.
Organize, simplify and accelerate your contract negotiations without changing how you work.
Green Living Coliving housing and shared spaces facilities.
Decentralized Autonomous Organisation funding personalized medicine research for life-altering diseases
Seed funding is typically the first significant round of institutional or angel capital a startup raises. Companies at the seed stage usually have a working product or a strong prototype and are beginning to acquire early customers. This stage bridges the gap between concept validation and achieving the traction needed for a Series A.
$500K - $5M
The actual amount varies based on market conditions, company traction, and investor appetite.
Seed funding is used to refine the product based on early customer feedback, build out the core team (typically engineering and go-to-market roles), establish initial go-to-market channels, and generate enough traction to raise a Series A within 12-18 months.
Seed-stage investors include angel investors, seed-focused venture capital firms, and accelerator programs. Notable seed-stage investors include firms like First Round Capital, Precursor Ventures, and Initialized Capital, as well as individual angels with domain expertise.
Seed-stage startups are typically evaluated on early revenue or user growth, the size and defensibility of their target market, product-market fit signals, and the strength of the founding team. Monthly recurring revenue (MRR) in the low five figures or strong user engagement metrics are common benchmarks.
Based on 33,142 seed companies tracked in the VCBacked database, here is a snapshot of current funding activity at this stage.
Finding companies that have recently raised seed funding is valuable for sales teams, investors, recruiters, and service providers. Seed startups are actively spending their newly raised capital on tools, talent, and services, making them ideal prospects. VCBacked tracks 33,142 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 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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