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) | 11 | $185.9M |
| Analytics | 2 | $3.1M |
| AI Infrastructure | 2 | $14.1M |
| Dental | 1 | $50K |
| Information Services | 1 | $2.0M |
| Big Data | 1 | $11.6M |
| Agentic AI | 1 | $4.1M |
| Health Care | 1 | $1.1M |
| Developer Tools | 1 | Undisclosed |
| B2B | 1 | $2.8M |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 4 | $28.5M |
| New York | 2 | $14.0M |
| Mclean | 1 | $107.0M |
| City Of Industry | 1 | $33.0M |
| Milan | 1 | $3.6M |
| Carlsbad | 1 | $50K |
| Shinjuku | 1 | $1.4M |
| Brooklyn | 1 | $2.7M |
| Chicago | 1 | $2.0M |
| Stockholm | 1 | $11.6M |
Trase Systems is an AI firm that provides safety and security to organisation to run there administrative workflows and processes.
Orann AI is an AI marketing firm that offers complete AI content marketing solutions.
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Cambrian is an AI infrastructure protocol that creates quickly available financial insight from offchain and onchain information.
Oral Genome is a health and wellness company for dental medication.
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NexusMD.ai is a healthcare technology company specializing in agentic AI solutions designed to streamline and automate administrative tasks.
VisionR delivers crucial insight to brands and retailers to empower the billions of dollars worth of decisions they make every day.
TruHealth is a company that offers healthcare services.
Better Auth provides tools for developers to simplify how developers manage user authentication.
OPERe is an IT company that specializes in the development of semi autonomous hospitalization guidance solutions.
PayAmigo offers a payment platform for instant transactions in emerging markets, focusing on LATAM, Middle East, and Africa.
Blank Metal is an AI-native engineering services company.
Execo delivers AI-powered services blending tech and human expertise to accelerate contracts, compliance, data, and GTM.
Koobz is a consumer products company that designs and manufactures 3D-printed footwear products with automated manufacturing processes.
XPerf focuses on AI-native software for both training and inference data centers to enhance their GPU utilization.
SpiNNcloud is an AI hardware company that develops brain-inspired computing systems and hardware for high-performance computing.
8Layers is an artificial intelligence platform that offers cloud identity threat detection to organizations
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.
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