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) | 6 | $14.7M |
| Financial Services | 2 | $1.5M |
| Construction | 2 | $398K |
| Information Technology | 1 | $3.0M |
| Apps | 1 | $4.3M |
| Alternative Protein | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Brand Marketing | 1 | $5.5M |
| Commercial Real Estate | 1 | $250K |
| Beauty | 1 | $2.2M |
| Education | 1 | $1.5M |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| London | 4 | $12.8M |
| Dallas | 2 | $1.1M |
| Washington | 2 | $3.0M |
| Sofia | 1 | $1.1M |
| Reston | 1 | $3.0M |
| Copenhagen | 1 | $4.3M |
| San Francisco | 1 | $1.5M |
| Cambridge | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Berlin | 1 | $2.0M |
| Wilmington | 1 | $1.0M |
SODA provides AI-powered software tools to accelerate the development and engineering of modern vehicles.
Team Schedule is a software firm that offers cloud extensions for SAP SuccessFactors that facilitate business shift scheduling.
Software orchestration layer for robotics and AR-assisted humans enhanced by facility Digital Twin
Nordcraft combines a visual design tool with a powerful web framework
Trez provides payroll, tax compliance, benefits and workforce management software for small business operations.
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Wild Microbes is developing a microbial platform to produce faster and cheaper sustainable products from plastic to protein.
A unified workflow to search and uncover trends within petabytes of multimodal data, and build spatial intelligence.
GenAI testing and validating startup
Slate develops a content creation and asset management platform for sports leagues, networks, and brands.
The StartEngine for Real Estate
Sourcerie is to assist those who are underserved by the beauty industry in locating the finest products and routines for them.
Super Vegan specialized in chocolates, cream chocolates, veganism, and beantobar.
Symbiosis is an online marketplace where private practices can find business services, including flexible clinic space, for their practices.
Threatrix creates cloud-native enterprise open source security, compliance, and supply chain risk management solutions.
Shop Management Software solution for tire shops, tire wholesalers and tire online retailers.
Triminer is a leading staking platform for cryptocurrency enthusiasts.
Surf provides brands a better way to engage and understand consumers while compensating consumers for their data.
Unmanned Life is the leading software platform for seamless orchestration of autonomous robotics
Urvin is a shareholder relationship management platform, that helps companies discover and engage with individual shareholders.
The digital analyst for private markets
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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