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) | 8 | $5.2M |
| Agentic AI | 2 | $500K |
| Analytics | 2 | $500K |
| Billing | 1 | $500K |
| Bioinformatics | 1 | $500K |
| Desktop Apps | 1 | $500K |
| Battery | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Swimming | 1 | $307K |
| Education | 1 | $250K |
| B2B | 1 | $1.8M |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 13 | $16.1M |
| New York | 2 | $500K |
| Mountain View | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Seattle | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Vilassar De Mar | 1 | $307K |
| Atlanta | 1 | $250K |
| Singapore | 1 | $1.8M |
| Buenos Aires | 1 | $2.7M |
| Milan | 1 | $8.1M |
| Pittsburgh | 1 | Undisclosed |
Overdrive Health is a health tech company that offers an AI powered platform for medical billing services.
Strand AI offers biological datasets and data tools used by life sciences teams to train and evaluate machine learning models.
Emdash offers an open-source desktop environment that runs multiple coding agents in parallel for software workflows.
OpenSpec offers a framework that manages software specifications and tracks requirement changes for development workflows.
Kyten Technologies builds custom aerospace-grade battery packs, handling design, testing, and high-volume manufacturing for vehicles.
Cocopool specializing in hourly private pool and spaces rental, offering booking, access, and management for personal use.
Remix is an agentic AI company that offers app that allows users to create content using AI.
Approxima is an AI platform that uses agents to identify issues, write code, and validate fixes to automate software development.
My Retirement Workshops is an education company that offers education and knowledge on retirement planning.
Envariant builds an AI interpretability SDK that lets teams inspect, steer, and control foundation model behavior programmatically.
HireQuotient is a HR tech company, disrupting the future of non-tech hiring.
Glue provides a software tool that allows developers and coding agents to build and modify user interfaces directly from code.
Cofia builds AI software that learns user workflows, generates task automations, and executes repetitive work.
Satellites on Fire helps to detect the real time forest fire through satellite imagery.
Zalos creates AI tools that automate finance tasks, handle invoices, manage payments, and integrate with accounting systems.
Foreverland Food is an Italian food-tech startup.
Bubble Lab offers an AI platform that converts natural language into TypeScript workflows with logging, APIs, and exportable code.
MouseCat builds AI platform for financial institutions and risk teams to detect fraud and make faster, data-driven decisions.
Octapulse Technologies offers an AI and computer vision-based system for ocean farming and aquaculture monitoring.
Conduit is a dock management software to automate schedules with trucks.
Scheduling Wizard develops medical scheduling automation software designed for residency and fellowship programs in the healthcare sector.
21st dev provides an open-source platform for discovering, sharing, and generating reusable React UI tools for frontend development.
Condor Energy is an energy tech company that offers operating system software for industrials, retailers, and data centers.
Oximy offers software that monitors enterprise AI usage, tracks adoption and spend, and supports governance and compliance.
Ruma Care offers software that automates prior authorizations and copay assistance for biologic treatments.
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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