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 | $3.0M |
| Analytics | 2 | $1.0M |
| Developer Platform | 2 | $1.0M |
| Developer Tools | 2 | $1.0M |
| Consumer | 1 | $500K |
| Industrial Manufacturing | 1 | $506K |
| Energy | 1 | $8.2M |
| Asset Management | 1 | $127K |
| Cyber Security | 1 | $3.2M |
| Communities | 1 | $7.5M |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 13 | $9.2M |
| New York | 3 | $1.5M |
| Austin | 2 | $1.0M |
| Newcastle Upon Tyne | 1 | $506K |
| Pilkanmaa | 1 | $8.2M |
| London | 1 | $127K |
| Santa Monica | 1 | $7.5M |
| Mountain View | 1 | $500K |
| Los Angeles | 1 | $2.5M |
| Somerville | 1 | $500K |
Maihem is an enterprise-grade AI testing and monitoring platform.
MathDash is a personalized math training and learning platform.
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Parasale is an AI recruiting company that helps to hire human resource for the companies in need through artificial intelligence
Polar Night Energy is a startup that designs and builds heat storages for renewable energy.
PortF is a platform serves investors, debt providers, and SMEs.
Pretzel AI is a modern, open-source Jupyter Notebook replacement for data scientists and analysts.
Security and compliance for LLM Applications & Agents
Quantic provides next-generation personalized, timely, and reliable data provider for sales teams.
RadMate AI is an artificial intelligence radiology dictation platform that enables radiologists to create reports more efficiently.
Exploding Gradients is into building an open-source evaluation and testing infrastructure for LLM applications.
Raiinmaker is a social engagement platform that helps communities and projects work together.
Relari helps AI teams rigorously test, validate and improve GenAI applications throughout the entire development lifecycle.
Resonance provides content management system designed to increase net revenue retention of organizations
Selera Medical is developing a device-based treatment for heart failure.
SpareChange is a financial service provider that offers impactful tax-effective contributions towards charities for its users.
Starlight Charging makes and installs electric vehicle chargers that are low cost, reliable, and simple to use.
Storiaverse operates as an app that enhances reading experience for digital native adults.
SuretyNow is a surety bond platform that offers automated bonding solutions for insurance brokerages.
Swift is a fintech company that offers instant fund transfer services through risk free unified payment.
SynsoryBio is a biotechnology research company that offers next-generation protein therapeutics services.
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.
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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