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 | $6.0M |
| Developer Tools | 3 | $2.9M |
| B2B | 2 | $1.0M |
| Blockchain | 1 | $2.8M |
| Gaming | 1 | $3.0M |
| Animation | 1 | $1.2M |
| Biotechnology | 1 | $4.2M |
| Developer APIs | 1 | $500K |
| Financial Services | 1 | $500K |
| Recycling | 1 | $10.9M |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 11 | $6.9M |
| New York | 2 | $4.0M |
| London | 2 | $1.8M |
| Middletown | 1 | $2.8M |
| Istanbul | 1 | $3.0M |
| Vilnius | 1 | $1.2M |
| Cambridge | 1 | $4.2M |
| Lindon | 1 | $500K |
| Amsterdam | 1 | $10.9M |
| Los Angeles | 1 | $500K |
Building the decentralized real-time communication network.
The always-on market intelligence platform that helps you understand, innovate, and create ideal experiences for your customers.
Paxie Games is a software development company that engages in the development of casual mobile games.
Perfection42 is an AI platform designed for visual media companies to create top quality content at scale.
Sensible Biotechnologies is developing world's first cell-based platform to unlock the next generation of mRNA medicines.
Rosettic tracks your cloud usage down to the individual API invocation and database row.
Ruby Card provides a financial solution that unifies banking and commerce data for online businesses.
Sameday is a virtual sales programme designed to assist home service providers in remaining available by phone throughout the day.
Automated migrations and upgrades for every codebase
Seenons is a technology company that uses IT solutions and smart logistics for circular waste management.
Semantic Finance provides a real-time AI-powered news insights API for unpredicted events that affect the financial markets.
Serial is software to help root cause manufacturing issues in seconds.
Sherloq is a data management platform to collaborate and manage SQL data with help of AI.
Psychic is a data integration platform for large language models
Sorted is an automated SaaS management software for startups.
Squack streamlines data by enabling accountants to create and fine-tune automation tools.
Swishjam measures, mitigates, and enhances the performance of websites and applications.
Tailfin helps SaaS companies to maximize revenue with usage-based pricing.
Teclada is a web-based terminal for remote access
Texel.ai provides tools and APIs that allow you to encode or decode video and optimize AI models.
Thread develops incident management tools for enterprises.
Everyone is ticklish. You just have to find the right spot.
Trigger.dev is a coding tool for automating complex workflows.
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.
For a broader view of the startup funding landscape, explore all funding stages or browse companies by our full company directory. Whether you are looking for early-stage startups to invest in or growth-stage companies to sell to, VCBacked provides the data you need to identify and connect with the right companies.
Perfect for: B2B sales teams targeting seed companies, investors exploring opportunities, and service providers looking for companies that just raised capital and are ready to scale.
Get Started - Access Contact InformationJoin thousands of sales teams, investors, and service providers using VCBacked