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 | $28.3M |
| Blockchain | 3 | $7.8M |
| AI Infrastructure | 3 | $16.7M |
| Construction | 1 | $5.8M |
| Beauty | 1 | $2.5M |
| Insurance | 1 | $1.7M |
| Compliance | 1 | $13.0M |
| Agriculture | 1 | $7.0M |
| Financial Services | 1 | $2.0M |
| Biotechnology | 1 | $2.3M |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Newport | 1 | $3.6M |
| New Castle | 1 | $8.5M |
| Palo Alto | 1 | $20.0M |
| Ikoma | 1 | $3.2M |
| Nashville | 1 | $4.2M |
| Tórtola | 1 | $5.0M |
| Barcelona | 1 | $5.8M |
| Vienna | 1 | $4.0M |
| Olympia | 1 | $2.5M |
| Los Angeles | 1 | $5.0M |
TYTL.ai is a residential real estate tokenization platform that allows homeowners to unlock home equity without incurring debt.
AI Infrastructure optimization platform. Zymtrace profiles GPU & CPU workloads with zero instrumentation to cut costs and boost performance
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LENZO is a semiconductor company that builds hardware designed for modern parallel workloads from blockchain to AI inference.
Rebel Audio is an audio platform that processes recordings with AI to generate titles, and publish episodes to podcast platforms.
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Ayéya is a retail company that offers ethically sourced body care, home care, and handwoven baskets.
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Kayna is an insurance distribution company that collaborates with vertical SaaS platforms and utilises data to offer insurance services.
MarsCat is an AI-powered robotic pet cat that responds to touch, voice, and vision, designed for companionship and robotics research.
MetaComp delivers secure, seamless solutions for managing both traditional and digital assets.
NatGold Digital offers a platform for blockchain-based digital mining process in order to monetize in-ground gold.
Living Models is concentrating on this field by employing AI methods on biological data, especially in plant science
OpenCFO is an AI-native financial operations platform targeting mid-market companies.
Smart Vitamins is a biotechnology company that develops innovative formulations in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and nutraceutical sectors.
Solusolo is a manufacturer of a Japanese biotechnology product that helps restore soil health.
Ucaneo is an environmental services company that develops carbon removal technology designed to capture carbon dioxide from the air.
Wonder Family is an AI that incubates and manages products people want and generates profits for investors.
Liminal is a brand-new user-generated content game for narrative action role-playing games.
Cano-ela is a food technology firm that intends to remove refined ingredients from the food supply chain.
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KemLab is a chemical manufacturing firm that specializes in research, design, microelectronics, negative, and positive photoresists.
Navlungo is a digital logistics platform that allows freight owners to see and purchase transportation deals from local service providers.
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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