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) | 6 | $7.3M |
| Banking | 1 | $500K |
| Cleaning Products | 1 | $2.3M |
| Financial Services | 1 | $600K |
| FinTech | 1 | $313K |
| CRM | 1 | $175K |
| Advertising | 1 | $1.5M |
| Cloud Infrastructure | 1 | $2.0M |
| Software | 1 | $1.5M |
| Consumer Electronics | 1 | $950K |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 5 | $27.6M |
| New York | 3 | $8.1M |
| London | 2 | $7.1M |
| Etobicoke | 1 | $500K |
| Haifa | 1 | $2.3M |
| Chicago | 1 | $100K |
| Phoenix | 1 | $250K |
| Wroclaw | 1 | $175K |
| Miami | 1 | $1.5M |
| California City | 1 | $750K |
Karoo provides consumers with transparent and streamlined lending solutions that aims to offer fully online loan services.
A deep-tech startup at the intersection of Foodtech & Industry 4.0, Redefining Cleaning in industrial production lines. Starting with food.
Leaping AI develops AI-powered voice agents that are human-like to automate call center operations for businesses.
Revolutionizing healthcare with cutting-edge AI solutions
Procure helps non-profit organizations save money to serve more people using procurement, logistics and supply chain management software.
Sustainable Skylines is an advertising technology company that offers aerial advertising with drone technologies and data analytics.
Accelerate Infra as Code deployments with AI
AI-optimized UEM/MDM for IT teams. Trio helps secure, automate, and monitor devices across business and education.
Artificial intelligence (AI) driven roof measuring and estimating app
Vanemar designs and develops wireless sensor boat monitors that help to monitor environmental conditions.
Playgap is an IAP promotion platform for mobile games. The company uses predictive AI to identify players likely to make in-app purchases and delivers targeted video promotions to increase game revenue.
XP Flow provides an AI-driven platform that automates affiliate outreach, tracking, and approvals, integrating directly with Gmail.
Enabling Truth Seeking Markets using Artificial Intelligence and Financial Incentives
Dual-Use Solar Developer accelerating agrivoltaics in the U.S.
Jetson is a software development company that allows manufacturing and supply chain teams to
Blind Insight allows data to be analyzed efficiently while it's still encrypted.
Gaize is a real-time impairment detection platform for cannabis and other drugs.
Smart audio routing for colocated hybrid/XR meetings and AI agent collaboration.
Ever is an automotive and technology company that helps its customers buy and sell high-quality electric vehicles.
Guild is a decentralized platform and community leveraging AI to augment creation, ownership, distribution and monetization of content
Wurthy develops financial software to help businesses grow and reduce credit card fees.
Asha Health provides tools for medical practices to easily launch their own AI clinics.
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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