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 24,430 recently funded seed companies with lead investors, funding amounts, and founding team data.
| Industry | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence (AI) | 3 | $7.9M |
| EdTech | 2 | $6.6M |
| Health Care | 2 | $4.6M |
| Collectibles | 1 | $5.0M |
| Cannabis | 1 | $125K |
| Jewelry | 1 | $500K |
| Consulting | 1 | $3.2M |
| Business Development | 1 | $4.0M |
| Information Services | 1 | $3.5M |
| File Sharing | 1 | $2.0M |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 4 | $15.0M |
| London | 2 | $5.0M |
| Mountain View | 1 | $5.0M |
| New Orleans | 1 | $125K |
| West Hollywood | 1 | $500K |
| Camden | 1 | $2.3M |
| Carrollton | 1 | $3.5M |
| Vancouver | 1 | $2.0M |
| Newark | 1 | $1.2M |
| Brighton | 1 | $350K |
Collectibles.com is a community and marketplace for collectors and the worldwide collectibles sector.
Crescent Canna is a cannabis company offering high-potency CBD products and legal THC edibles.
B2B AI platform that helps sports, youth, employer, and health organizations measure and improve behavior change.
Fie Isolde is a jewelry brand that celebrates the intricate essence of humanity, encompassing the mind, body, and soul.
Housing Cloud is a next-gen Student Housing SaaS that helps schools attract more students to live on-campus while simplifying operations.
MedShip is to help provide innovative surgical dressings to patients by partnering with physicians.
Omnevue provide affordable and robust ESG performance reporting solutions available to businesses.
Pollen is the premier professional development platform for independents, consultants, and solopreneurs.
Procure IT provides a platform for small and medium-sized enterprises to ease IT sourcing and expense, performance, and risk management.
An open source, cross-platform file explorer, powered by a virtual distributed filesystem.
Empowering innovation and growth with AI and blockchain technology.
Virtual Technology Simplified is a manufacturer of 3D and virtual technologies.
Wherex uses AI to automate procurement, cut repetitive tasks, and boost your team’s ability to make smarter, strategic decisions.
Terra.do operate as an online climate school that offers learners an overview of the entire climate landscape.
Better days for people with Parkinson’s disease.
Atmos Labs is an expansive, play-and-earn ecosystem with deep economics, rich history, and heart-pounding gameplay.
A new Social Network based on short videos about local experiences.
Calliper is a platform for collaborative analytics.
By-the-hour luxury hotel booking platform for urban travellers in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam
JumpStory reinvents the photo & video industry and lets Marketers everywhere access the world’s best visuals in one click.
Lattice Therapeutics aims to unlock gene and nucleic acid therapy’s transformative potential for medicine to both cure and prevent diseases.
Leafood is a vertical farming company that produces sustainable and high quality leafy greens.
Pikkit is a consumer software company operating in the betting industry.
Sayves is a digital wallet platform that provides vanishing encryption security service
Strix is an open-source AI security platform that uses autonomous agents to continuously pentest applications, APIs, and codebases.
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 24,430 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 24,430 seed companies with verified founder contact information, updated regularly as new rounds are announced.
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