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) | 8 | $83.2M |
| Software | 3 | $12.1M |
| Financial Services | 1 | $350K |
| SaaS | 1 | $350K |
| Hospitality | 1 | $1.2M |
| Data Integration | 1 | $3.7M |
| B2B | 1 | $7.7M |
| Fashion | 1 | $800K |
| Advanced Materials | 1 | $2.1M |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | $1.3M |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Dover | 2 | $26.6M |
| Zug | 1 | $350K |
| Brussels | 1 | $350K |
| Viborg | 1 | $350K |
| Amsterdam | 1 | $1.2M |
| Florianópolis | 1 | $3.7M |
| Los Angeles | 1 | $7.7M |
| San Francisco | 1 | $8.6M |
| Toronto | 1 | $5.3M |
| São Paulo | 1 | $4.5M |
Ariadne design smart data-driven financial simulation tools for ALM and risk management, parallel accounting and transaction-processing.
CrypDefi is a secure, omni-chain institutional custody and trading platform designed for fast and safe DeFi trading.
Groundley develops a platform for assembling sustainability data.
Maisa offers an agentic process automation platform that enhances the performance of AI and LLM.
Ordinal is an AI-powered research assistant that helps municipal governments streamline operations through approved documents and data.
Toppi provides AI-driven local marketing to boost visibility, manage your reputation, and automate online tasks without breaking the bank.
VAAS offers cloud-based platforms for secure data storage, real-time analytics, and integrated workflow automation.
Unlockt Brands is a B2B Firm offering brand building, supply chain, and eCommerce facility to local firms from korea in overseas market.
Central simplifies payroll, hiring, benefits, and compliance for startups, automating back-office tasks to save time and reduce risks.
Bench IQ arms law firms with intel on their judges using AI.
Self-learning plug & play AI employee for non-technical SMBs
Easymoc is a footwear company that offers handwoven moccasin loafer style footwear.
Converting waste streams into value streams.
PodUp is a comprehensive platform that allows users to create, produce, and monetize podcasts with ease.
Pure Simple Foods is a food manufacturing company that offers healthy and organic food and snacks.
Payment Labs empowers startups and SMBs with enterprise grade tools and resources to make payments.
Sequifi is a platform that provides comprehensive HR and payroll solutions.
Aurasell is an AI-native platform that manages the entire go-to-market process for sales teams and operations.
Bright Harbor helps companies, organizations and governments prepare and respond to natural disasters
CommanderAI is the sales intelligence platform built for waste haulers, ensuring you focus only on prospects that actually need service.
Flonics is a medical imaging-based blood flow diagnostic company.
Hemi Labs is a blockchain platform provides scaling, security, and interoperability.
Simply Bread enables anyone to become a local artisan bakery providing income and building community
Tiver.cloud provides document management services for SMEs with secure, transparent, and verifiable digital processes.
Kira is a unified API platform for organizations to execute payrolls, remittances, wallets, and cross-border payments.
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.
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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