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 |
|---|---|---|
| Software | 2 | $1.8M |
| Apps | 2 | $6.6M |
| Food and Beverage | 2 | $820K |
| Financial Services | 2 | $10.5M |
| Artificial Intelligence (AI) | 1 | $5.6M |
| Electronics | 1 | $50K |
| Legal | 1 | $525K |
| Computer | 1 | $3.3M |
| Health Care | 1 | $126K |
| Digital Entertainment | 1 | Undisclosed |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Dublin | 1 | $1.1M |
| Cleveland | 1 | $300K |
| San Francisco | 1 | $1.4M |
| Clapiers | 1 | $5.8M |
| Brisbane | 1 | $5.6M |
| Salt Lake City | 1 | $50K |
| Brooklyn | 1 | $1.6M |
| Westfield | 1 | $525K |
| Chillan | 1 | $700K |
| Espoo | 1 | $3.3M |
myClub is a Dublin-based sports club management app that offers sporting clubs and organisations with free software.
Prizum offers customizable ERP, CRM, inventory, and scheduling solutions to streamline business operations.
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DiappyMed specializes in developing platforms to calculate insulin dosages.
Future Maintenance Technologies provides AI-driven robotics for automated rail and asset maintenance operations.
Sublime Laser is a custom laser machining company that offers femtosecond lasers.
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Deal Driver Technologies is a SaaS platform for transaction management.
Foccuz is a company that provides software solutions for sales teams.
Fondion is a computer software company that provides management and ERP solutions.
IZI App is a mobile application for retail sales analysis.
June's Pizza, the small-scale pizzeria in West Oakland
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EV Biotech specializes in developing microbial cell factories for industrial production of chemicals and proteins.
Focalpay is a commerce platform that combines payment and retail functionality.
GameBoost provides game-related services such as Elo Boosting, Coaching, and Account Selling.
House of M Beauty is a luxury skincare brand that offers face masks, lip balms, cleansers and other beauty products.
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PV01 provides more efficient debt capital markets for traditional and digital assets.
SQUAREAT is a food startup that prepares recipes reduced to individual squares that are cooked at very low temperatures and last longer.
Swype is a non-custodial wallet app that allows users to use crypto to interact with permissionless protocols.
Unmapped Digital Mining is a crypto startup that is focusing on mining digital assets.
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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