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Recently Funded Seed Startups

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.

Last updated: August 2026
Total Companies
33,319
Total Funding
$86.4M
Avg Funding
$3.5M
Global Reach
10
countries

Top Industries for Seed Funding

IndustryCompaniesTotal Funding
Artificial Intelligence (AI)11$50.1M
Biotechnology3$7.6M
Blockchain2$4.5M
Database1$3.9M
Agentic AI1$2.7M
Battery1$8.3M
Desktop Apps1$1.3M
Information Technology1$300K
3D Technology1$526K
Medical1$5.0M

Seed Companies by City

CityCompaniesTotal Funding
San Francisco5$30.1M
London3$2.8M
Copenhagen3$6.3M
Tokyo1$1.5M
Riverside1$2.7M
Milano1$8.3M
Los Angeles1$5.0M
South San Francisco1$6.5M
Vancouver1Undisclosed
Berlin1Undisclosed

Recently Funded Seed Companies

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San Francisco, United States
Database

s2.dev is a serverless API system providing unlimited, durable, real-time data streams for developers.

$3.9M raised
Feb 2026
Tokyo, Japan
Blockchain

Shinsekai Technologies focuses on supporting companies, enabling them to advance their services to Web3 and NFT technologies.

$1.5M raised
Feb 2026
Riverside, United States
Agentic AI

Signal Lift offers a unified intelligent platform to bring together operational data, external signals, and expertise for multi-unit retail.

$2.7M raised
Feb 2026
Milano, Italy
Battery

Sinergy Flow enables the energy transition by developing redox flow batteries for energy storage.

$8.3M raised
Feb 2026
London, United Kingdom
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Tattvam aims to reduce the manual effort required to build custom silicon as global demand for specialised AI processors accelerates.

$1.7M raised
Feb 2026
London, United Kingdom
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Tetra AI is a healthtech firm that uses AI software to optimize surgeries and improve theatre efficiency for elective care delivery.

$610K raised
Feb 2026
San Francisco, United States
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Quiver is an AI research and product company building world-class models and tools for vector generation and editing.

$8.3M raised
Feb 2026
San Francisco, United States
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

t54 Labs is an AI infrastructure company enabling AI-driven financial services, facilitating transactions, payments, and economic activity.

$5.0M raised
Feb 2026
Los Angeles, United States
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

InHouse provides tools to draft and review legal documents such as contracts, agreements, and letters.

$5.0M raised
Feb 2026
South San Francisco, United States
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Quill Meetings develops Quilliam, an on-device AI staff coordination and meeting intelligence platform for professionals.

$6.5M raised
Feb 2026
San Francisco, United States
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Command Code is the first frontier coding agent that builds software & continuously learns your coding taste via meta neuro-symbolic AI.

$5.0M raised
Feb 2026
Vancouver, Canada
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

RentAHuman.ai is a gig economy platform that pairs AI agents with people to complete real-world

Feb 2026
San Francisco, United States
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Ezra is an AI infrastructure platform that automates capital raising and matching for private credit and project finance.

$8.0M raised
Feb 2026
Berlin, Germany
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

YGO is the AI Operating System for Travel, enabling travel companies to deliver modern AI-powered experiences.

Feb 2025
London, United Kingdom
Biotechnology

Xterna is an engineering biology firm producing molecular binders that can identify certain cell types for medication delivery solutions.

$526K raised
Feb 2025
Toowoomba, Australia
Desktop Apps

Tendl helps organizations chase more possibilities, provide better results, and substantially reduce the burden of submissions.

$1.3M raised
Feb 2025
Laguna Beach, United States
Information Technology

GT Optics is a technology based company

$300K raised
Feb 2025
Copenhagen, Denmark
3D Technology

3Sonic is a Med-Tech startup company that has developed a novel 3D imaging device to improve precision in cancer surgery

$526K raised
Feb 2025
Hamilton, Canada
Medical

Afynia Laboratories is a women's health healthcare company that provides innovative solutions to diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties.

$5.0M raised
Feb 2025
Copenhagen, Denmark
Health Care

Akasi Pharma focuses on developing peptide-based therapeutics aimed at treating peripheral pain conditions.

$526K raised
Feb 2025
Milan, Italy
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Arsenale is an innovative end-to-end bio-manufacturing platform integrating hardware, data, and AI to produce at scale.

$10.0M raised
Feb 2025
Paris, France
Blockchain

Restaking infrastructure platform

$3.0M raised
Feb 2025
Zürich, Switzerland
Biotechnology

CellX Biosolutions is the Sustainable treatment of chemical waste.

$1.9M raised
Feb 2025
Bethesda, United States
Analytics

Emerald Intel delivers verified B2B cannabis data and intelligence tools for sales and business development teams.

$1.8M raised
Feb 2025
Copenhagen, Denmark
Biotechnology

Fuse Vectors is disrupting the manufacturing process in order to provide universal access to gene therapy.

$5.2M raised
Feb 2025
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What is Seed Funding?

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.

Typical Funding Range

$500K - $5M

The actual amount varies based on market conditions, company traction, and investor appetite.

What It's Used For

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.

Who Invests at the Seed Stage?

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.

Key Metrics Investors Evaluate

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.

Seed Funding Trends

Based on 33,319 seed companies tracked in the VCBacked database, here is a snapshot of current funding activity at this stage.

Average Funding
$3.5M
Funded Last 12 Months
13
of 25 on this page
Industries Represented
10+
Cities Represented
10+

Top Industries Receiving Seed Funding

3 companies
2 companies
1 companies
1 companies

Top Cities for Seed Startups

1.San Francisco
5 companies
2.London
3 companies
3.Copenhagen
3 companies
4.Tokyo
1 companies
5.Riverside
1 companies

How to Find Seed Startups

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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