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 24,429 recently funded seed companies with lead investors, funding amounts, and founding team data.
| Industry | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence (AI) | 4 | $11.9M |
| Analytics | 2 | $514K |
| Dietary Supplements | 1 | $1.3M |
| Agriculture | 1 | $1.1M |
| Advanced Materials | 1 | $14.7M |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | $1.0M |
| Optical Communication | 1 | $6.0M |
| EdTech | 1 | Undisclosed |
| CAD | 1 | $2.2M |
| Generative AI | 1 | $124K |
Braingood is a neutraceuticals company that develops and provides intelligent supplements to support the gut-brain axis.
Everhaze is a software that provides media monitoring, database management, and analytics solutions for PR and communications sectors.
DARO focuses on stopping swine disease outbreaks through advanced molecular pathogen and genomic strain surveillance.
Glitterin Tech develops fabless silicon photonic integrated circuits and optoelectronic systems for spectroscopy and optical computing.
Heavenly Foods is a specialty food manufacturer producing high-protein, yogurt-based gourmet dry baking mixes.
Klaro is an AI platform that assists small businesses with credit and improves cash flow management.
We are an AI Fintech, providing AI powered Payments and Conversational Commerce over everyday messaging like WhatsApp to B2C businesses.
Ravee Optics is a satellite company that provides optical communications and ultracompact link solutions.
Rivage is an AI-powered rental management and accounting software designed for real estate agencies and property managers.
Social Cascade is a for-benefit, SaaS organization helping healthcare providers find, guide, and keep happy patients.
Things offer product development and various information such as CAD, drawings, parts configuration, and price information.
Cerebrium is an AI infrastructure platform that allows engineering teams to build, deploy, and scale multimodal AI applications.
Model-centric AI platform for training, fine-tuning, benchmarking, and deploying scalable intelligence across research, and enterprise
Sift Media is leveraging advanced AI and machine learning algorithms to hyper-target app install ads for its clients.
XComP offers analytics, data aggregation, and competency-based assessments.
BrandLens: The B2B SaaS platform to Engage, Create and Tell branded stories through the community and customers!
Plum CoOwnership is the simplest way for people to buy and own vacation homes together.
Bringing Care Closer to Patients
Thabor Therapeutics develops innovative treatments for mucosal inflammatory diseases.
Basefund is a platform that provides infrastructure for verifying, validating, and coordinating institutional financial transactions.
Cauldron is building a new worlds that reimagine fictional experiences.
Crypthulhu Studios is an NFT game studio.
HidrateSpark offers smart water bottles with hydration tracking and app-based reminders.
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 24,429 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 24,429 seed companies with verified founder contact information, updated regularly as new rounds are announced.
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