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 33,141 recently funded seed companies with lead investors, funding amounts, and founding team data.
| Industry | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence (AI) | 5 | $8.6M |
| Market Research | 1 | $3.3M |
| Agriculture | 1 | $537K |
| Digital Marketing | 1 | $101K |
| Customer Service | 1 | $5.3M |
| PC Games | 1 | $250K |
| Logistics | 1 | $500K |
| Blockchain | 1 | $5.0M |
| Health Care | 1 | $1.2M |
| EdTech | 1 | $250K |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| London | 3 | $5.8M |
| New York | 2 | $9.3M |
| Mountain View | 2 | Undisclosed |
| San Francisco | 2 | $9.0M |
| De Pere | 1 | $3.3M |
| Riga | 1 | $537K |
| Durham | 1 | $101K |
| San Jose | 1 | $5.3M |
| College Park | 1 | $250K |
| Fulton | 1 | $500K |
ReadySet is a virtual reality platform for consumer goods companies and retailers to innovate.
Alternative Plants is a plant based healthcare company that offers active ingredients from rare medicinal plants.
Allobee is an entrepreneur marketplace that provides truly flexible work to those who have abandoned the traditional.
BIA Controls specializes in installing and maintaining energy management, loading control systems, and building automation.
MPLEX is a virtual reality (VR) development company.
Abridge helps importers/exporters ship anything from the APAC region in just a few clicks.
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Cherry Health is Canada’s medical careers network. We empower providers with connectivity and tools to solve systemic healthcare problems.
Curious is an EdTech that offers sex education for the new generation of students and parents.
MSL is an entertainment and gaming technology provider helping creators build, distribute, and market blockchain-powered experiences.
PieceKeeper is a B2B SaaS tool that helps companies keep their sales assets current, compliant, and co-branded.
Voxmind's biometric confirmation and authentication platform that provides voice based biometrics.
Farm To People is an online market for unique, handcrafted foods and lifestyle products made by artisans.
Infection Control Built into Medical Devices
An applied research lab exploring new modes of music and audio creation.
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Ellipse creates effective utility bikes that look like actual automobiles.
ThIA Santé Mentale is a start-up focused on developing innovative mental health tools.
Human Archive builds human data archiving platform with comprehensive dataset for training embodied AI and robotics systems.
Certo is an agentic AI company that offers a product compliance platform for regulatory management.
AI patch platform for COPD diagnosis and management
Anchorbase connects systems and payments without integrations or manual work.
Canyon Code provides an enterprise AI infrastructure layer to observe, optimize, and govern multi-agent applications at scale.
Reprogram Biosciences is a biotechnology company that develops cancer treatment with cell reprogramming technology.
Mathew is an educational platform that provides AI-powered software for teachers and students.
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 33,141 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 33,141 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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