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 24,429 recently funded seed companies with lead investors, funding amounts, and founding team data.
| Industry | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence (AI) | 6 | $21.4M |
| Biotechnology | 2 | $3.9M |
| Analytics | 2 | $7.2M |
| Blockchain | 2 | $3.8M |
| Health Care | 1 | $310K |
| Baby | 1 | $171K |
| DevOps | 1 | $332K |
| Diabetes | 1 | $674K |
| Electronics | 1 | $8.0M |
| Information Technology | 1 | $2.5M |
Yoomi is a digital health company that provides real-time feedback to better mobilize and guide patients during exercise programs.
BabyQuip is the leading baby gear marketplace, providing families with gear when they travel and now cleaning baby gear for local families.
BunnyShell is a simple and fast cloud-agnostic DevOps automation platform to deploy, scale, and optimize your applications.
CHAIN Biotechnology is a microbiome therapeutics company with a novel drug development platform targeting chronic gut-related diseases.
Digostics develops a glucose tolerance testing platform to assist users in performing tests at home.
Effectiv is a real-time fraud and risk decisioning platform for financial institutions and fintechs.
A data-centric productivity platform for prompt and data engineering.
Materials Nexus is a deep-tech company accelerating the change to net-zero materials
Powering the next generation processors with a new paradigm of VLSI design
Size&Me is a technology company that provides curated artificial intelligence solutions for the textile and fashion industry.
Zuno provides end-to-end carbon management solutions that enables organization to track, report, and reduce their environmental impact.
Akooda is a Ops Intelligence platform, providing true insights on existing SaaS tools used across the digital footprint.
Kandle is a gameFi that empowers the existing and next billion crypto traders globally by introducing fantasy gaming to crypto.
ETCH commercializes a chemical process that generates low-cost hydrogen by splitting natural gas into hydrogen and solid carbon.
Giraffe develops an investment engine to help individuals and companies to improve the world.
Handiscover is the first community based Holiday accommodation-booking website, dedicated to people with special needs and disabilities.
Mobilo is a digital business card that uses NFC to wirelessly exchange contact information.
NK:IO is a biotech company that develops novel approaches to natural killer cell-mediated immunotherapy.
ShortLoop is a software development company that offers up-to-date API collections.
VersaWare builds Alexa for Nutrition style AI cooking assistants into kitchen appliances
Knowt centralizes the note writing and study experience into one app by transforming any note into flashcards and questions using AI.
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 24,429 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 24,429 seed companies with verified founder contact information, updated regularly as new rounds are announced.
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