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 10,457 recently funded seed companies with lead investors, funding amounts, and founding team data.
| Industry | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence (AI) | 9 | $1.0B |
| AI Infrastructure | 1 | $8.5M |
| Insurance | 1 | $1.7M |
| Fashion | 1 | $5.0M |
| B2B | 1 | $3.9M |
| Financial Services | 1 | $2.0M |
| Agriculture | 1 | $7.0M |
| Law Enforcement | 1 | $5.0M |
| Fitness | 1 | $336K |
| Professional Networking | 1 | $2.0M |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Paris | 2 | $1.0B |
| New Castle | 1 | $8.5M |
| Vienna | 1 | $4.0M |
| Dublin | 1 | $1.7M |
| San Francisco | 1 | $5.0M |
| Maia | 1 | $4.2M |
| Berlin | 1 | $3.9M |
| Manchester | 1 | $1.9M |
| Brookline | 1 | $2.0M |
| Las Vegas | 1 | $265K |
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Kayna is an insurance distribution company that collaborates with vertical SaaS platforms and utilises data to offer insurance services.
Taya provides AI-powered wearable jewelry designed as a necklace to capture and organize personal memories confidentially.
Sybilion is an artificial intelligence-powered platform that provides a decision layer for companies analyzing information.
Finperks provides a unified API platform that orchestrates prepaid products like gift cards, cashback and employee benefits.
Spotlight Pathology develops decision support tools powered by artificial intelligence (AI) to help in the diagnosis of blood cancers.
OpenCFO is an AI-native financial operations platform targeting mid-market companies.
Abundera, Inc. provides AI-driven financial advocacy tools that help individuals identify and recover lost funds.
Hurray's Girl Beer is a playful, satirical light beer brand, to challenge beer industry stereotypes with fun, female-focused branding.
Living Models is concentrating on this field by employing AI methods on biological data, especially in plant science
Advanced Machine Intelligence develops artificial intelligence systems that model real-world environments using sensor data.
Rasa Legal offers software to help expunge criminal records in Utah and Arizona, making the process simple and affordable.
Anyware Robotics offers AI-powered mobile robots that autonomously unload boxes in containers and trucks.
Coreworks AI is an AI driven fintech company that offers a a natural language query engine for finance teams.
Sportl makes it simple for users to find and reserve studio and gym lessons in real time.
Gangkhar is the first pure-play global embedded insurance Managing General Underwriter (MGU) digital platform.
Talvy is providing a video-first professional networking platform that replaces traditional resumes with brief video profiles.
Asterminds has created the AI listening agent InTake to address the structural problem of information intake.
Hosel intends to modernize golf resale by addressing pricing, authentication, fulfillment, and customer experience.
Change Captain provides change management audit automation software for compliance, code quality, and R&D reporting.
Control is a cybersecurity company that offers security as service for digital assets.
Dark Watch is an international security company that specializes in threat intelligence.
Equator Renewables Asia accelerate energy transformation by developing novel solar, storage, and cross-border transmission projects.
Nyad is an AI-powered software platform that assists wastewater treatment plants in more efficiently testing and treating conditions.
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 10,457 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 10,457 seed companies with verified founder contact information, updated regularly as new rounds are announced.
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