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 33,319 recently funded seed companies with lead investors, funding amounts, and founding team data.
| Industry | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence (AI) | 3 | $13.3M |
| Blockchain | 3 | $4.2M |
| Financial Services | 1 | $419K |
| Machine Learning | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | $675K |
| Bitcoin | 1 | $8.0M |
| Analytics | 1 | $1.8M |
| FinTech | 1 | $400K |
| Information Services | 1 | $8.0M |
| Manufacturing | 1 | $4.9M |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Singapore | 4 | $7.7M |
| New York | 2 | $11.3M |
| Los Angeles | 2 | $2.9M |
| London | 2 | $700K |
| San Francisco | 2 | $3.0M |
| Atlanta | 1 | $419K |
| Portland | 1 | Undisclosed |
| San Bruno | 1 | $675K |
| Cottonwood | 1 | $500K |
| Berkeley | 1 | $9.5M |
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AI platform that transforms repetitive customer queries into intelligent, context-aware conversational support.
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SigIQ offers and builds reliable & trustworthy GenAI for lowering the cost of personalized learning to the cost of computation.
Revolutionizes the food industry by using AI to optimize production, enhance product quality, and predict consumer trends
Aloha offers a platform to manage bookings, operations, marketing, and payments for small hoteliers and property managers.
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Libraro operates on blockchain technology to modernise the book publishing sector.
Wiv.ai is a FinOps automation platform helping enterprises optimize cloud spend with AI-driven workflows and agentic automation.
Safeheron is a platform that enables open and transparent self-custody of digital assets.
Mon Petit CE is a SaaS platform allowing VSEs, SMEs, and freelancers to set up a turnkey work council.
Landed improves the hiring process for hourly employers and job applicants.
Well Traveled offers trip advice and travel booking services.
Ascend Now offers personalised online academic and beyond academic coaching and mentoring to students aged 7-17.
WeLoveNoCode is a program development firm that provides applications to firms with no-code developers.
The world's most sophisticated in-game advertising platform. Immersive ads built into gameplay across mobile, PC and console.
Homecoming is a provider of patient engagement tools for psychedelic therapy.
Taki Games is building the Web3 Zynga: A player-owned Web3 mobile gaming network offering a variety of engaging, free-to-play games
DEFY Labs is the game studio behind DEFY: the next-generation location-based RPG mobile game.
Kynos Therapeutics develops KMO inhibitors across key indications in inflammation, immunity, and metabolism.
Offgrid Finance channels capital to growing businesses in emerging markets for clean and productive use technology.
Jack & Bry is a food tech company, creating the tastiest, meatiest meat-free meats on the planet from jackfruit
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 33,319 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 33,319 seed companies with verified founder contact information, updated regularly as new rounds are announced.
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