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) | 4 | $26.5M |
| Financial Services | 2 | $8.6M |
| Business Development | 1 | $500K |
| Apps | 1 | Undisclosed |
| EdTech | 1 | $500K |
| Autonomous Vehicles | 1 | $3.4M |
| Finance | 1 | $25.0M |
| Software | 1 | $2.0M |
| Career Planning | 1 | $1.5M |
| Education | 1 | $100K |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 5 | $35.0M |
| San Francisco | 2 | $25.9M |
| Minneapolis | 1 | $500K |
| Newport Beach | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Istanbul | 1 | $500K |
| Espoo | 1 | $3.4M |
| Barcelona | 1 | $2.0M |
| Shiba | 1 | $1.7M |
| Gent | 1 | $1.5M |
| Reykjavík | 1 | $100K |
RMT Solutions is a technology retailer service company.
An artificial intelligence company creating synthetic media for the B2B IP licensing market.
Blast helps gamers save and win money by playing their favorite games.
Wise&Rise is an edtech platform offering expert-led video courses for personal and professional growth.
Willo is collaborating closely with businesses to transfer power from cables to the air.
Valinor is a digital investment firm that offers flexible financial capital for fintech companies.
Valeria HR is a digitized workforce management platform driven by AI.
VALANCE is a AI-driven headless supply chain management provider
TalentGuide is a software platform company that provides skills intelligence and workforce planning tools.
Signa is a global end-to-end counterfeit elimination and evidence collection platform.
Sapiom gives AI agents trusted access to the API economy.
Opinion Labs is a decentralized platform where users create, trade, and resolve prediction and opinion markets.
Veritus is a fintech start-up that builds an AI-native platform of intelligent agents for the consumer lending industry.
doris platform gives families helpful, reassuring, and unbiased international school recommendations and comparisons.
SaaS, PropTech, Artificial Intelligence, Mobile Apps
Brilliant Harvest Brilliant Harvest is an AI-powered Helpdesk.
Advance is a fintech company that offers a payments platform for insurance premiums.
Post-silicon computing with nanomaterials
ArrayPatch is a biotech company that specializes in clinical development services.
Coblr is the system of record powering the $25B global fashion repair industry.
Crosby Health is a healthcare financial operating system that combines expert appeal writers with software to appeal every denial.
Dataline Labs is the creator of a platform for data transformation that transforms different data sources into infrastructure.
Evonova Group builds retail applications using AI, robotics, and physical infrastructure for café operations.
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.
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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