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 24,428 recently funded seed companies with lead investors, funding amounts, and founding team data.
| Industry | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Analytics | 2 | $1.7M |
| Biotechnology | 2 | $12.3M |
| Advertising | 2 | $1.0M |
| Information Technology | 2 | $5.0M |
| Health Care | 1 | $17.8M |
| SaaS | 1 | $3.2M |
| Apps | 1 | $250K |
| Computer Vision | 1 | $120K |
| Aquaculture | 1 | $1.5M |
| Agentic AI | 1 | $2.0M |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| London | 2 | $18.4M |
| San Francisco | 2 | $10.1M |
| Los Angeles | 2 | $2.5M |
| Santiago | 2 | $2.2M |
| Troy | 1 | $1.0M |
| Miami Beach | 1 | $3.2M |
| Milano | 1 | $709K |
| Mendoza | 1 | $250K |
| Lugano | 1 | $2.3M |
| Tacoma | 1 | Undisclosed |
Ariprus is an industrial IoT platform that automates machine data collection and production analytics.
Developing personalised digital healthcare solutions to improve outcomes for patients and clinicians
Cotalker is a field service platform that provides digital transformation solutions for assets and field workers.
Emotiva is a deep tech artificial intelligence company specialized in measuring human's attention and affective states.
Endurance Tool is a tool that provides solution for trainers, enhancing training with AI knowledge and innovation.
healiva® is a patient centric Swiss biotech company, delivering precision medicine to improve people’s quality of life.
Humming builds digital advertising products that make small businesses successful.
An AI human platform that enables teams to build, customize, and deploy lifelike conversational agents across products and workflows.
AI governance platform for building, deploying, and controlling enterprise agents across regulated environments.
Cognivix is a robotics AI company automating the long tail of high-mix, low-volume manufacturing.
Fremantle Seaweed is growing native seaweed types at a trial farm south of Gage Roads.
Revinu is an AI companion that grows with you — remembering what matters, reflecting who you are, and showing up the same way every day.
Qum Therapeutics Develops immunotherapies that target pathogenic cells and engage the patient’s immune system to control disease.
TechRecognize is a software platform that provides AI-powered analytics and dashboard tools for businesses.
Emotionally intelligent remote communication tools for a healthier, happier, more productive workforce
Source Network is a decentralized data infrastructure platform giving developers and users privacy over their data.
Carvuk is a car servicing platform that helps car owners manage their maintenance, insurance, inspections, crashes, washes, and more.
Cytidel is a cybersecurity start-up.
EasyShipping is a developing and marketing platform for connecting shippers, charterers, freight forwarders, and transport.
Endue deliver software in order to focus on the needs of patients and streamline infusion center processes.
Fudo is a web-based management system for restaurants, bars and cafes, which allows operation from anywhere, at any time.
Influence That Matters is a platform that believes in the power of real connections.
Inspeere provides a distributed IT backup solution for enterprises and organizations at a flat charge regardless of data volume.
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 24,428 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 24,428 seed companies with verified founder contact information, updated regularly as new rounds are announced.
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