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 | $16.2M |
| Blockchain | 3 | $13.5M |
| Health Care | 2 | $7.5M |
| Finance | 1 | $3.8M |
| Emergency Medicine | 1 | $3.0M |
| Advanced Materials | 1 | $4.6M |
| Heating | 1 | $2.6M |
| B2B | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Virtual Assistant | 1 | $3.4M |
| AgTech | 1 | $2.6M |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| London | 4 | $9.4M |
| Wilmington | 3 | $9.0M |
| New York | 2 | $3.0M |
| San Francisco | 2 | $9.0M |
| Barcelona | 1 | $928K |
| Manchester | 1 | $6.7M |
| Geneva | 1 | $7.5M |
| Norwich | 1 | $4.6M |
| Freiburg Im Breisgau | 1 | $2.6M |
| Tampa | 1 | Undisclosed |
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Paralign Health is a primary healthcare organization that offers in-home preventive care and community paramedicine services.
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Blooms is a financial services company that offers trade finance and global payments solutions for produce exporters.
Calder Biosciences is a groundbreaking biotechnology and molecular engineering firm developing next generation subunit vaccines
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Genway AI is a SaaS company that offers AI-moderated user interviews for product and market research.
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Ontik provides a modern payment platform that helps merchants achieve a greater number of trade customers.
utobo is an AI-powered all-in-one platform to sell courses and digital products effortlessly.
Kaamfu is an innovative, end-to-end work platform.
Behavio is a SaaS platform that provides behavioral insights on how to maximize advertising performance.
Blockless is a WASM-based verifiable serverless functions platform, they decentralize all the way without any compromise.
A public layer-1 blockchain foundation for the decentralization of an Artificial Intelligence ecosystem.
StackZone is a secure, cost-efficient, and self-service cloud management platform for multi-account environments
Tokensoft is the leading technology platform for companies seeking to launch digital assets on the blockchain, at scale.
UnicornDAO is a NFT project platform that uses Web3-based tools to make content in the Web3 space, aiming to empower women and NFT creators.
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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