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) | 6 | $28.1M |
| Finance | 2 | $2.9M |
| Credit | 1 | $3.6M |
| Biotechnology | 1 | $3.0M |
| Industrial Engineering | 1 | $2.0M |
| 3D Technology | 1 | $1.4M |
| Coffee | 1 | $2.0M |
| Agentic AI | 1 | $300K |
| Wearables | 1 | $364K |
| Advertising | 1 | Undisclosed |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 3 | $1.6M |
| New York | 2 | $15.0M |
| London | 2 | $4.4M |
| Toronto | 1 | $3.6M |
| Brooklyn | 1 | $1.8M |
| Yerres | 1 | $1.7M |
| Akron | 1 | $3.0M |
| Uberlândia | 1 | $2.0M |
| Tokyo | 1 | $1.4M |
| Los Angeles | 1 | $2.0M |
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Developer Capital is an investment firm that offers funding to early stage AI startups.
Geni is an AI storytelling toy creating screen-free, safe, and interactive audio adventures for children.
TwoWay Finance is an wealthtech startup building workflow intelligence tools for capital markets and trading desks.
Auxilium Health is creating low-cost, smart biomaterials for difficult-to-heal wounds.
AIMIRIM provides integrated technology solutions for simulation and visualization of industrial processes.
OpenHeart designs, develops, manages, and offers a platform that enhances the accessibility of 3D photography.
Calibre is the building AI-powered solutions for the testing, inspection, and certification industry
Laurel’s Coffee offers ready-to-drink A2 milk lattes in flavors such as Classic Latte and Dirty Chai Latte.
Cotan Labs uses applied physical intelligence to build self-correcting and self-regulating robotic and AI systems.
Arch Perception is a smart device company that offers smart wearables for cognitive extension.
Laurence is a hedge fund for ads, automating performance marketing using quantitative models
Sandwiche creates customizable link in bio pages enabling social media monetization and affiliate marketing management.
Sprouts is an AI-powered martech platform for B2B companies, integrating databases, intent products, and sales outreach.
Count Finance fintech company that offers all-in-one app for budgeting, automated savings, and smart investing solutions.
Guzco is an IT company that provides software development, artificial intelligence solutions, and fraud risk management services.
FinEdge Terminal is a fintech company that offers a unified trading platform with data, AI-powered insights, news, and execution tools.
Luel develops AI training data marketplace that supplies training datasets to connect AI enterprises and content contributors.
Orasio is an AI tool that designs solutions capable of detecting, situations in video streams, for internal security forces.
XP is a blockchain-based ticket marketplace that allows users to buy, sell, and trade event tickets transparently.
DealGround is an AI data platform for commercial real estate that automates property research and ownership lookup.
HiCap.ai provides crowdsourced computing for running AI models, cutting costs, boosting speed, and protecting data privacy.
Martello uses AI to analyze environmental data points in real-time, surfacing critical risks such as flooding, and land contamination.
Silverguard is a B2C2B protection fintech that provides protection solutions for individuals and valuable protection data for companies.
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.
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