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) | 10 | $5.0M |
| Apps | 2 | $1.0M |
| Information Technology | 2 | $3.8M |
| Commercial | 1 | $500K |
| Energy | 1 | $187K |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | $500K |
| Sales | 1 | $500K |
| Business Development | 1 | $500K |
| Database | 1 | $500K |
| Fraud Detection | 1 | $500K |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 8 | $4.0M |
| New York | 4 | $2.0M |
| Edinburgh | 1 | $187K |
| Waterford | 1 | $500K |
| Zurich | 1 | $500K |
| Irvine | 1 | $500K |
| Barcelona | 1 | $1.3M |
| Berkeley | 1 | $500K |
| Seattle | 1 | $500K |
| Los Angeles | 1 | $250K |
Smobi is an perator of a business marketplace intended to simplify the small-medium business sales process.
SolarisKit is a cleantech startup behind the world's first flat-packable solar thermal collector.
Airgoods is a wholesale marketplace for specialty food and beverage stores.
Surface Labs is an AI based software that help firms in converting the lead to customers.
Tegon is an artificial intelligence company that offers an open source platform for issue tracking.
ten.dev is a knowledge-sharing platform that helps developers understand modified code and flag potential side effects in the codebase.
Trainy produces open-source tools to accelerate AI training, helping developers create models more quickly.
Tremor is an UI toolkit and react components to build charts and dashboards.
Trench provides an open-source fraud prevention platform for marketplaces, featuring data collection, a dashboard, and a rule engine.
TrendUp automates influencer marketing with AI, helping brands collaborate with micro-influencers at scale.
Unibo Neobank is a bank for property management and real estate agents.
Vango AI development platform for improvement of Generative AI visual models
VetRec is an AI based clinical notes taking software for for veterinarians.
Zelos Cloud is a cloud platform that allows engineers to develop and test their code.
Orama is a software development company that provides users and consumers with answers to hybrid search queries.
Deepcast.fm is a technology company that reimagines the familiar with infused intelligence and amplified experience.
Branch AI offers data pipeline solution for unstructured data and delivers data to search databases, vector databases, and data lakes.
Pointhound makes it easy for people to earn and redeem their credit card points for free flights.
Cedana is VMWare for GPUs. We enable enterprises to orchestrate and operationalize intelligence precisely, reliably, and efficiently.
Antaris is a digital space platform that simplifies the design, simulation, and operation of satellites.
Simbie Health is a patient management platform that offers virtual post-discharge navigation and transitions of care management solutions.
Apoxy develops proxy platform for improving the security and usability of application programming interface and services.
Autotab is a desktop app that trains AI to automate repetitive and complex tasks after just one demonstration.
Axflow is a software company that develops an end-to-end framework intended to build artificial intelligence applications.
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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