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Recently Funded Seed Startups

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 24,428 recently funded seed companies with lead investors, funding amounts, and founding team data.

Last updated: October 2026
Total Companies
24,428
Total Funding
$83.9M
Avg Funding
$3.4M
Global Reach
7
countries

Top Industries for Seed Funding

IndustryCompaniesTotal Funding
Artificial Intelligence (AI)6$10.6M
Information Technology2$4.5M
Health Care2$3.7M
Aerospace1$2.1M
3D Printing1$323K
Consulting1$6.4M
Gaming1$1.0M
Food and Beverage1$275K
Home and Garden1$500K
Battery1$1.0M

Seed Companies by City

CityCompaniesTotal Funding
San Francisco3$11.5M
New York3$13.8M
Phoenix2$5.2M
Singapore2$17.9M
Tokyo1$2.1M
Kawasaki1$824K
Sakai1$323K
Kowloon City1$6.4M
Wayland1$400K
Zielonki1$1.0M

Recently Funded Seed Companies

Export
Tokyo, Japan
Aerospace

Cosmobloom is a manufacturing company that develops flexible space structures and related technologies for spacecraft and space missions.

$2.1M raised
Aug 2026
San Francisco, United States
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Latitude Health is a developer of AI-native automation software optimizing healthcare efficiency, resource management, costs, and decisions.

$2.0M raised
Aug 2026
Kawasaki, Japan
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Nobest provides IoT-based unmanned rental service, AI weather prediction system, and camp-related business.

$824K raised
Aug 2026
Sakai, Japan
3D Printing

O-Gai Holdings develops digital denture and dental medical MaaS services including mobile and remote dental care solutions.

$323K raised
Aug 2026
Kowloon City, Hong Kong
Consulting

Wiener Intelligence is an artificial intelligence startup focused on generating high-quality interactive and reasoning data.

$6.4M raised
Aug 2026
Wayland, United States
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

EmulateAI is a developer of AI cybersecurity platform finding, testing, prioritizing, and fixing exploitable software vulnerabilities.

$400K raised
Aug 2026
Zielonki, Poland
Gaming

FunVenture is a polish developer company that specializes in pixel art RPG adventures.

$1.0M raised
Aug 2026
New York, United States
Food and Beverage

Gourmend Foods is a producer of clean, flavorful low-FODMAP cooking essentials, broths, seasonings, and gut-friendly ingredients. :::

$275K raised
Aug 2026
Basalt, United States
Home and Garden

InHaus Lab provides comprehensive home health assessments, testing air, water, mold, radon, and more for healthier homes.

$500K raised
Aug 2026
Great Falls, United States
Information Technology

Veyl Technologies is a tech firm currently operating in stealth.

$950K raised
Aug 2026
Phoenix, United States
Health Care

Captiox is a medical device startup for upper-extremity orthopedics developing surgical solutions for hand, wrist, and arm procedures.

$2.4M raised
Aug 2026
New York, United States
Information Technology

Furnace Systems is an IT firm currently operating in stealth.

$3.5M raised
Aug 2026
Vienna, Austria
Battery

Europe's #1 sodium-ion battery tech company — proprietary energy-storage platform with in-house BMS, EMS and software.

$1.0M raised
Aug 2026
Charlotte, United States
Automotive

The Hub Corporation is a manufacturing company that designs truck components that improve safety, uptime, and maintenance efficiency.

$1.9M raised
Aug 2026
Hoboken, United States
Health Care

Bullseye Biodevices develops biosensing technology for real-time tissue assessment, tumor detection, and surgical care.

$1.3M raised
Aug 2026
Washington, United States
Analytics

AI Recipe Formulation Platform accelerating F&B innovation and product development with fast, precise, and accurate recommendations.

$6.0M raised
Aug 2026
Singapore, Singapore
Media and Entertainment

Triangle is a live entertainment platform that enables global artists to manage tour financing, promotion, and operations.

$10.0M raised
Aug 2026
New York, United States
E-Commerce

Malachyte offers an intelligence platform that develops real-time individualization solutions.

$10.0M raised
Aug 2026
Phoenix, United States
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

MiiHealth is a software company that offers medical assistant designed to support the physical and emotional well-being of older adults.

$2.8M raised
Aug 2026
London, United Kingdom
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Safehire.ai provides AI-driven surface and dark web digital risk screening and background checks to support safer hiring and insider risk.

$673K raised
Aug 2026
Singapore, Singapore
Music

Surf Music is a SaaS Music A&R tool for the b2b music space supporting cross-market collaborations and sales.

$7.9M raised
Aug 2026
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Malted AI's platform enables enterprises to create custom AI solutions using distilled Large Language Models.

$3.9M raised
Aug 2026
San Francisco, United States

Agentic video editing for motion graphics and post-prod. Launch films, storytelling and new media for frontier tech co's

$5.0M raised
Aug 2026
Kami-meguro, Japan
Animation

FLASH is an entertainment and technology startup.

$8.2M raised
Aug 2026
San Francisco, United States
Agentic AI

LLABS deploys enterprise agents into bounded roles. They work in your systems and improve from outcomes through Causal Trajectory Learning.

$4.5M raised
Aug 2026
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What is Seed Funding?

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.

Typical Funding Range

$500K - $5M

The actual amount varies based on market conditions, company traction, and investor appetite.

What It's Used For

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.

Who Invests at the Seed Stage?

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.

Key Metrics Investors Evaluate

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.

Seed Funding Trends

Based on 24,428 seed companies tracked in the VCBacked database, here is a snapshot of current funding activity at this stage.

Average Funding
$3.4M
Funded Last 12 Months
25
of 25 on this page
Industries Represented
10+
Cities Represented
10+

Top Industries Receiving Seed Funding

2 companies
1 companies
1 companies

Top Cities for Seed Startups

1.San Francisco
3 companies
2.New York
3 companies
3.Phoenix
2 companies
4.Singapore
2 companies
5.Tokyo
1 companies

How to Find Seed Startups

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 24,428 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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