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) | 5 | $23.7M |
| Advertising | 2 | $1.9M |
| B2B | 2 | Undisclosed |
| Information Technology | 2 | $60.0M |
| Generative AI | 1 | $5.0M |
| Mining | 1 | $17.9M |
| Agentic AI | 1 | Undisclosed |
| Banking | 1 | $3.2M |
| EdTech | 1 | $1.1M |
| Energy Management | 1 | $2.2M |
Heywa Labs focuses on Generative UX (GenUX),an AI system that creates visual, and interactive user experiences instead of traditional search
Hades Mining is a modern mining firm that puts technology first.
The Seamflow team comprises some of the top engineers in the world with a wealth of experience creating systems of production quality.
Postr is a global creator-brand collaboration marketplace simplifying matching, campaigns, and payments.
Heirlooms offers a mobile app for managing and purchasing organic body and home products.
XSquare integrates fragmented financial workflows by combining regulated banking services and payment systems into a single interface.
Porters is an AI-native outsourcing platform that helps banks and fintechs automate their operations.
Alpaca provides real-time data on teacher wellbeing, helping schools to address concerns and improve the work environment for educators.
xWatts is an intelligent energy management system that helps commercial buildings reduce costs and emissions.
Realm Labs is an AI security company that focuses on helping enterprises secure and monitor AI applications and data.
Umanitek focuses on countering harmful AI-generated content such as deepfakes and misinformation using decentralised technology.
Simple AI is a software development firm that made an AI Assistant.
Perseus Materials specialises in moldless composite production by using technologies that combine pultrusion and 3D printing.
Entire is developing the world's next developer platform, allowing agents and humans to interact, learn, and ship together.
Crash Override is a SaaS provider company that provides a list of the things to do.
A1A Investment Partners focuses on healthcare investments, offering private credit and minority equity solutions.
Adora eliminates the need for human event tagging by automatically recording every screen, interaction, and user path throughout a product.
MARC is an AI startup dedicated to real estate asset management.
Force Equals offers B2B companies a multi agent AI operating system for enterprise planning
The AI Compliance Layer for Every Message
Nanomox specializes in the sustainable manufacturing of innovative inorganic materials such as metal oxide particles and thin films.
SaaS, Marketplace, Entertainment Tech, Mobile App
Refinq develops a nature risk management platform that combines biodiversity and ecosystem data with physical climate risk scenarios.
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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