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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
$109.9M
Avg Funding
$4.4M
Global Reach
11
countries

Top Industries for Seed Funding

Seed Companies by City

CityCompaniesTotal Funding
San Francisco3$13.8M
São Paulo2$4.8M
Dover2$26.6M
New Castle1$7.0M
Madrid1$2.8M
Wilmington1$500K
Mendoza1$1.3M
Redwood City1$20.0M
New York1$6.5M
Zug1$350K

Recently Funded Seed Companies

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New Castle, United States
Generative AI

The only Proactive AI Agent for customer support

$7.0M raised
Sep 2025
Madrid, Spain
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Scale your customer service with artificial intelligence

$2.8M raised
Sep 2025
Wilmington, United States
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

SaaS, B2B, Entreprise, Marketing and Sales, Pharma

$500K raised
Sep 2025
Mendoza, Argentina
Electronic Health Record (EHR)

REVAI is a healthtech platform that connects patients, doctors and laboratories.

$1.3M raised
Sep 2025
San Francisco, United States
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Strada is a conversational AI platform helping insurance carriers, MGAs & brokers automate their phone calls.

$1.8M raised
Sep 2025
San Francisco, United States
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Thunderbit is an AI-powered web scraper for data extraction, enrichment, and automation across formats.

$3.5M raised
Sep 2025
São Paulo, Brazil

AI Agents for e-commerce

$300K raised
Aug 2025
Redwood City, United States
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

FriendliAI is an AI infrastructure company that enables deployment, scaling, and monitoring of large language and multimodal models.

$20.0M raised
Aug 2025
New York, United States
Health Care

ALIGNMT AI is a software company that offers a comprehensive AI governance and risk management platform for healthcare organizations.

$6.5M raised
Aug 2025
Zug, Switzerland
Financial Services

Ariadne design smart data-driven financial simulation tools for ALM and risk management, parallel accounting and transaction-processing.

$350K raised
Aug 2025
Brussels, Belgium

CrypDefi is a secure, omni-chain institutional custody and trading platform designed for fast and safe DeFi trading.

$350K raised
Aug 2025
Viborg, Denmark
SaaS

Groundley develops a platform for assembling sustainability data.

$350K raised
Aug 2025
Dover, United States
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Maisa offers an agentic process automation platform that enhances the performance of AI and LLM.

$25.0M raised
Aug 2025
Dover, United States
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Ordinal is an AI-powered research assistant that helps municipal governments streamline operations through approved documents and data.

$1.6M raised
Aug 2025
Deerfield Beach, United States
Content

The 33rd Team is a sports entertainment platform that offers spectator sports content.

$1.1M raised
Aug 2025
München, Germany
Banking

Vinlivt is a fintech software development company that offers financial retirement services.

$350K raised
Aug 2025
Tallinn, Estonia
Cloud Computing

Warren is a complete self-service cloud platform for regional infrastructure service providers.

$350K raised
Aug 2025
Florianópolis, Brazil
Data Integration

VAAS offers cloud-based platforms for secure data storage, real-time analytics, and integrated workflow automation.

$3.7M raised
Aug 2025
Los Angeles, United States
B2B

Unlockt Brands is a B2B Firm offering brand building, supply chain, and eCommerce facility to local firms from korea in overseas market.

$7.7M raised
Aug 2025
San Francisco, United States
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Central simplifies payroll, hiring, benefits, and compliance for startups, automating back-office tasks to save time and reduce risks.

$8.6M raised
Aug 2025
Toronto, Canada
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Bench IQ arms law firms with intel on their judges using AI.

$5.3M raised
Aug 2025
São Paulo, Brazil
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Self-learning plug & play AI employee for non-technical SMBs

$4.5M raised
Aug 2025
Dorchester, United States
Fashion

Easymoc is a footwear company that offers handwoven moccasin loafer style footwear.

$800K raised
Aug 2025
London, United Kingdom
Software

Mantic is a Digital Transformation Service Provider.

$4.0M raised
Aug 2025
Bolingbrook, United States
Advanced Materials

Converting waste streams into value streams.

$2.1M raised
Aug 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
$4.4M
Funded Last 12 Months
25
of 25 on this page
Industries Represented
10+
Cities Represented
10+

Top Industries Receiving Seed Funding

Top Cities for Seed Startups

1.San Francisco
3 companies
2.São Paulo
2 companies
3.Dover
2 companies
4.New Castle
1 companies
5.Madrid
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.

For a broader view of the startup funding landscape, explore all funding stages or browse companies by our full company directory. Whether you are looking for early-stage startups to invest in or growth-stage companies to sell to, VCBacked provides the data you need to identify and connect with the right companies.

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