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) | 6 | $24.9M |
| Financial Services | 2 | $12.6M |
| Apps | 2 | $6.0M |
| Biotechnology | 1 | $2.5M |
| Debit Cards | 1 | $979K |
| Health Care | 1 | $7.0M |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | $1.0M |
| Consulting | 1 | $1.6M |
| EdTech | 1 | $250K |
| Communities | 1 | $4.2M |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 3 | $14.2M |
| London | 3 | $17.4M |
| New York | 3 | $11.6M |
| Toronto | 2 | $5.7M |
| Mexico City | 1 | $979K |
| England | 1 | $7.0M |
| Santa Monica | 1 | $1.0M |
| Glendale | 1 | $1.8M |
| Osaka | 1 | $1.6M |
| Indianapolis | 1 | $250K |
Macro Oceans develops technology to harness the restorative power of seaweed.
Mozper is a debit card and money app that provides an all-in-one money management platform for families.
199 Biotechnologies is a biotech firm that treats a broad range of ailments, from cancer to neurodegenerative diseases.
Mind Network operates fully homomorphic encryption for AI and PoS networks.
Spicewell develops and creates food seasoning products that includes various kinds of micronutrients.
Assembly HOA Modernizes HOA management through advanced automation and transparency for streamlined community governance.
Flucle provides company rule building and risk mitigation, cloud advisor, human resource development, training & labor management services.
Highfive automates discipline in K-12 education with cutting edge research to better support educators
The Perlant is a hospitality company that offers a private social club rooted in wine.
TrueScreen certifies any multimedia file, email and document with legal and probative value, ensuring authenticity and immutability
Swan Chain develops a storage and computing infrastructure layer for Web3.
FocalStudio offers e-commerce companies AI image optimisation services to boost sales.
Quin AI is a generative behavioral AI platform designed to optimize revenue and customer engagement for businesses.
ShipTop is a multi-channel 3PL partner, providing best in-class order fulfillment and shipping solutions to online merchants.
Our mission is to make homeownership more affordable and rewarding
Bloks is your personal copilot - making sure you always come prepared for every professional interactions.
Sandgarden is a modularized platform to prototype, iterate, and deploy AI applications.
Anadro is a renwable energy company that offers solar electric power system along with a 24 hour battery system.
Berkeley Compute offers a platform to crowdsource capital by selling tokenized GPUs, automate payments and connect with rental marketplace.
The first AI platform to automate the full process of finding and bidding on government funding.
Icon is a retirement technology company pioneering Portable Retirement Plans (PRPs) and infrastructure solutions for the industry.
Infact is a real-time credit information platform.
Knownwell operates as an Artificial Intelligence as a Service platform.
Nmbr is an embedded payroll software supplier that simplifies how organizations create and implement their own payroll software.
Porcelain Fortress was founded by a small band of romantics in the summer of 2016 in Reykjavik, Iceland.
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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