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) | 7 | $25.4M |
| Analytics | 3 | $10.7M |
| Biotechnology | 2 | $6.6M |
| Health Care | 2 | $1.5M |
| Blockchain | 1 | $5.0M |
| Marketing | 1 | $250K |
| Cosmetics | 1 | $2.6M |
| DevOps | 1 | $4.7M |
| Pet | 1 | $925K |
| Business Development | 1 | $4.5M |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 6 | $17.4M |
| London | 2 | $7.2M |
| Buenos Aires | 1 | $5.0M |
| Dallas | 1 | $2.6M |
| Brooklyn | 1 | $5.0M |
| Warrington | 1 | $3.0M |
| Portsmouth | 1 | $2.2M |
| Omaha | 1 | $925K |
| Montréal | 1 | $1.5M |
| Deventer | 1 | $4.5M |
Thred is a next-generation ad network that helps AI apps earn revenue while giving brands contextual, conversational reach.
TINGE produces, supplies, and sells online beauty and cosmetic products.
Vycarb is a Brooklyn-based firm that enables decentralized carbon removal through real-time.
Supermemory is an open-source AI platform that enables users to organize, search, and understand all the saved content on the internet.
Flai is an AI-powered virtual assistant platform designed for enhancing dealership operations and customer engagement.
HELIOS® helps developing athletes and teams get better faster.
Pangolin provides an open-source gateway for secure access to internal applications with user-based permissions.
Leash is a ride service designed for the pets of busy people.
Metreecs helps retailers plan and allocate products efficiently with AI forecasting, driving sales and reducing waste.
Oasis Learning AI revolutionizes workforce training with advanced AI technologies for customized, scalable, and up-to-date programs.
OpusFlow is an all-in-one ERP system for the installation industry.
Trig is the Customer Performance platform. Automatically drive customer growth through intelligent, targeted interventions
Popsink develops the next generation of data processing tools for the modern data stack.
The Cat Health Company focuses on research and development for novel therapeutics against the age-related diseases of companion felines.
Aisthesis Medical specializes in providing AI-driven decision support for acute care to prevent complications and enhance patient outcomes.
Universal Schema Intelligence layer for machine communication
HashtEX is the first patent-backed marketplace where cultural identity becomes a tradable, consent-based asset class.
HemostOD manufactures platelets on-demand from engineered stem cells.
Reinventing restaurants. Building Europe’s fastest-scaling food concept.
Jack Fertility provides home sperm testing kits for personalized semen analysis.
Kilelehealth offers wearable remote patient monitoring for cardiometabolic diseases, providing real-time data for better disease management.
Lilac is a Software Development firm providing an enterprise GPU cloud.
MiChamba is a Software Development firm offering an AI based personal assistant for automation
MyFit Solutions offers 3D scanning solutions to make product size recommendation or tailor-made products.
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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