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 | $21.3M |
| FinTech | 1 | $1.3M |
| SaaS | 1 | $1.3M |
| Customer Service | 1 | $1.6M |
| Chemical | 1 | $4.0M |
| Confectionery | 1 | $4.6M |
| Legal | 1 | $751K |
| Commercial Real Estate | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Blockchain | 1 | $10.0M |
| Agentic AI | 1 | $7.5M |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 3 | $17.5M |
| Amsterdam | 1 | $1.3M |
| Atlanta | 1 | $1.3M |
| Brierfield | 1 | $1.6M |
| Palo Alto | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Miami Beach | 1 | $4.0M |
| Edwardsville | 1 | $4.0M |
| Northbrook | 1 | $4.6M |
| Brooklyn | 1 | $3.5M |
| Tartu | 1 | $751K |
Investing and educational platform for the next generation of Europeans.
On-demand personal assistance for travelers. Rich customer experience data for airlines and airports.
Upholstery2u provides on-site repairs for equipment and furniture upholstery.
Lamini is the Enterprise AI platform for Expert AI, enabling every enterprise to build their own Expert AI.
Airstack is an artificial intelligence-powered platform that allows on-chain data across projects and blockchains.
alterBiota is a green materials company focused on cost effective concrete decarbonization.
Serendipity Frozen is a food and beverages company that offers frozen deserts and ice creams.
Super Turbo Society is a technology company.
Crespect is a legal management platform that assists law firms in managing their daily operations.
Erithmitic is a digital and non-bank lending platform that provides CRE borrowers with institutional financing leveraging data and AI.
Kiosk offers on-chain assets that are essential for social media clients that build feedback loops between assets and communities.
Monocle is a an Agentic AI company that develops agents for automated email, marketing, and frequency optimization with the use of AI.
NinjaTech AI offers a fast & affordable All-in-One General AI Assistant to Complete any task
Plotline builds a global SaaS product that empowers organizations to understand their customers better.
Potential Motors builds computer vision software to enable vehicles to go anywhere.
BosWell offers free record keeping and reporting tools for community-based organizations.
Biolytica is a health data company developing a platform for data-driven personalised health optimisation.
1Mentor enables higher education and students to understand how the labour market is evolving and how to prepare for the future of work.
BrooqLy is a tech startup that creates an innovative platform for customers, brands, and HORECA stores.
Digital platform that provides smart agronomic recommendations for higher yield and profitability with less environmental impact.
Infrafon is creating a "credit card format smart badge system."
Kairos Discovery is a biotechnology business that is exploring novel targeted cancer medicines.
Nolus is an interoperable application on Cosmos.
Ristretto designs, develops, manufactures, and sells high performance, luxury electric bikes.
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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