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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
$168.2M
Avg Funding
$6.7M
Global Reach
6
countries

Top Industries for Seed Funding

IndustryCompaniesTotal Funding
Artificial Intelligence (AI)8$36.6M
Health Care1$1.2M
Construction1$1.0M
B2B1$5.4M
Apps1$300K
Information Technology1$40.0M
Consulting1$24.0M
Analytics1$20.0M
Chemical1$4.2M
Aerospace1$12.0M

Seed Companies by City

CityCompaniesTotal Funding
Singapore3$5.0M
New York3$20.6M
San Francisco2$7.3M
Tartu1$1.2M
Toronto1$1.0M
Mckinney1$300K
London1$8.4M
Pleasanton1$40.0M
Austin1$24.0M
San Mateo1$6.5M

Recently Funded Seed Companies

Export
Tartu, Estonia
Health Care

Better Medicine focuses advancing medical care through the latest innovations in AI and medical imaging

$1.2M raised
Aug 2025
Toronto, Canada
Construction

Crewscope helps motivate and retain construction crews with digital tools.

$1.0M raised
Aug 2025
San Francisco, United States
B2B

Helium creates self-improving software that tests key user moments to increase revenue.

$5.4M raised
Aug 2025
Mckinney, United States
Apps

One Stop Wellness is the on-demand health literacy platform that incentivizes employees to adopt healthy habits.

$300K raised
Aug 2025
London, United Kingdom
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Palabra AI is a cutting-edge AI-powered platform that enables real-time speech translation for events, video calls, streaming, and API

$8.4M raised
Aug 2025
Pleasanton, United States
Information Technology

XOPS is the autonomous IT company, powering business-critical operations for the world's largest enterprises.

$40.0M raised
Aug 2025
Austin, United States
Consulting

Our mission is to make homeownership more affordable and rewarding

$24.0M raised
Aug 2025
San Mateo, United States
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Refold AI is a technology company delivering an AI-native integration platform to streamline enterprise-level API and system connectivity.

$6.5M raised
Aug 2025
Singapore, Singapore
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Autonomous Customer Engagement with GLUCOSE Agentic AI

$400K raised
Aug 2025
Chicago, United States
Analytics

DataForge is a tech company that offers a software platform for accurate data management, integration, and analysis.

$20.0M raised
Aug 2025
Singapore, Singapore
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

We have a deeptech focus on Artificial intelligence, Advance Radar Satellite data

$360K raised
Aug 2025
Cranford, United States
Chemical

RenewCO2 is a research company that develops processes for converting CO2 into polymers and chemicals.

$4.2M raised
Aug 2025
Albuquerque, United States
Aerospace

Building resilient in-space supply lines.

$12.0M raised
Aug 2025
San Francisco, United States

Spike AI is a marketing AGI platform that autonomously optimizes websites by identifying issues, testing AI-generated improvements.

$1.9M raised
Aug 2025
New York, United States
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Mako makes deploying AI models easier, AI-powered compiler enabling high performance on any GPU.

$8.5M raised
Aug 2025
São Paulo, Brazil
FinTech

Pipeimob offers a real estate transactional platform that brings security, transparency and speed to everyone involved in the transaction.

$2.8M raised
Aug 2025
New York, United States
Books

831 Stories is a novel publishing firm offering entertainment through romantic fiction to their customers.

$4.1M raised
Aug 2025
New York, United States
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Continua AI develops AI-powered personal agents to help people focus on what matters most by enhancing how they interact with information.

$8.0M raised
Aug 2025
Wilmington, United States
Accounting

Emblematic is a Financial services firm offering an AI integrated platform for efficient workflow for bookkeeping and accounts.

$1.9M raised
Aug 2025
Fort Worth, United States
Employment

Energy Hire is a HR tech company that offers offers a platform to connects professionals with jobs in the nergy sector.

$3.0M raised
Aug 2025
Denver, United States
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Fluint is an AI-powered sales enablement platform designed to help B2B teams craft tailored, account-based documents.

$2.4M raised
Aug 2025
Barueri, Brazil
Employee Benefits

Benefit of Legal Support Platform for Employees

$315K raised
Aug 2025
Singapore, Singapore
Coffee

Prefer is a coffee manufacturing company that is bean-free.

$4.2M raised
Aug 2025
Seattle, United States
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Cavalry AI offers AI-powered customer service automation for e-commerce, resolving issues instantly.

$2.1M raised
Aug 2025
Wyoming, United States
Agriculture

Soil Action is an agricultural intelligence company use AI and affordable sensors to deliver real-time soil chemistry insights.

$5.3M 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
$6.7M
Funded Last 12 Months
25
of 25 on this page
Industries Represented
10+
Cities Represented
10+

Top Industries Receiving Seed Funding

1 companies
1 companies
4.B2B
1 companies
1 companies

Top Cities for Seed Startups

1.Singapore
3 companies
2.New York
3 companies
3.San Francisco
2 companies
4.Tartu
1 companies
5.Toronto
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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