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 | $3.5M |
| Bitcoin | 1 | $150.0M |
| Education | 1 | $800K |
| Automotive | 1 | $180K |
| Alternative Protein | 1 | $2.0M |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | $4.4M |
| Hardware | 1 | $485K |
| Advertising | 1 | $1.0M |
| Environmental Consulting | 1 | $250K |
| Financial Services | 1 | $460K |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 4 | $2.4M |
| São Paulo | 2 | $1.1M |
| Dover | 2 | $660K |
| New York | 1 | $150.0M |
| Madrid | 1 | $180K |
| Austin | 1 | $4.4M |
| Brooklyn | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Miami | 1 | $485K |
| Frederick | 1 | $1.0M |
| Sebastopol | 1 | $250K |
Trust Machines is building an ecosystem of applications and platform technologies aimed at unleashing the true potential of bitcoin.
Analytica Ensino is an educational technology company that creates instructional materials for businesses, governments, and institutions.
The all-in-one flexible, intuitive and modern SaaS for car repair shops
PawCo Foods is the new generation of healthy and delicious pet foods made from plant-based meat.
RF Austin Operating is a restaurant company.
The AI Powered Execution Infrastructure for Programmable Financial Alpha.
The Fovionics AI smart glasses are intended for people with visual impairments.
Lightberry designs and develop robotic software for human-robot interactions with emotional intelligence.
Adwave is a self-serve SaaS platform that uses AI to turn a business’s website into a ready-to-run TV ad and campaign.
CalStixx provides eco-friendly alternatives to products.
Card Blanch is a bank and loyalty card aggregator. It connects all user's bank cards, crypto assets and loyalty programs in one app and card
Courageous Land is to counteract climate change while improving the health and abundance of all living things.
Emica Solar is a company which develops the floating solar energy.
MelodAI (Former Muverse) is a Los Angeles, CA-based AIGC and Multi-modal AI Agent platform.
Predictive Equations develops and provides artificial intelligence solutions for computer vision applications.
Redbud Roots is a cultivator, producer, and supplier of craft cannabis.
Rekindled Studios is a bespoke animation and character creation studio that specialises in animation, technical animation.
AI-driven peer review and replication for scientific papers
Building open source inference for AI agents.
Wordsworth AI is a customization tool driven by AI that enables businesses to customize their online shopping experiences.
ContributionDAO provides a platform for institutional staking.
Chamb helps sales teams close more deals through AI simulations.
Delox is designing and developing a new generation of bio-decontamination devices.
HACE is a specialist data and tech company focused on the sustainable eradication of child labour in corporate supply chains.
Neowrk is an application that manages the employee's journey in the various workspaces of corporate offices.
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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