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What is a pre-seed round?

A pre-seed round, in the context of startup financing, refers to the initial stage of fundraising that occurs before a startup seeks formal external investment from venture capitalists or angel investors. This round is typically focused on securing the initial capital needed to develop and validate the startup's concept or product, often when the company is still in its very early stages of formation.

During the pre-seed round, founders often tap into their personal savings or obtain small investments from friends, family members, or close contacts. These initial funds are used to cover basic expenses such as product development, market research, initial marketing efforts, and other foundational activities necessary to bring the startup's idea to a more advanced stage.

Pre-seed funding is essential for startups to reach a point where they can demonstrate their concept's viability and attract more significant investment in later rounds, such as seed funding and Series A funding. The goal of the pre-seed round is to prove the business concept, build a minimum viable product (MVP), gather user feedback, and establish some traction that can be presented to potential investors in subsequent rounds.

Investors participating in pre-seed rounds understand that these early-stage companies are higher risk due to the uncertainties surrounding their business models, markets, and products. In return for their investments, pre-seed investors often receive equity in the startup, and their contributions can vary from a few thousand dollars to tens of thousands of dollars, depending on the startup's needs and the investor's appetite for risk.

Overall, pre-seed rounds play a crucial role in the startup ecosystem by providing the initial fuel necessary for young companies to begin their journey and progress to a stage where they can attract larger investments and achieve more significant milestones.

What is the average pre-seed round amount?

According to our database of 2,269 pre seed funding rounds from 2014 to the present the average pre seed round is $1,234,564.71, so about $1.2 million.

What companies in the US are in the pre seed stage now?

Fear not dear reader! The companies listed below are pre seed startups in that their latest funding round, according to public web records, was a pre seed round.

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SmartPAR logo
Advancing healthcare through adaptable and innovative inventory management solutions.
HaddonfieldNJ1 - 102024$1,250,000
Movement Labs logo
Movement Labs is the creator of the Movement SDK, a modular framework to build and deploy Move-based infrastructure, applications, and blockchains in any distributed environment. The team is building a suite of products and services that empower non-Move p
OaklandCA20 - 1002023$3,400,000
Gushwork logo
Gushwork operates as an AI-powered global platform, designed for enterprises to outsource highly complex operational workflows.
LewesDE1 - 102023$2,100,000
3thix logo
3thix is a gaming wallet that supports games with credit cards, ACH, google, and apple pay, on and off ramps. The aim of 3thix is to restore the enjoyment of gaming while upholding the capabilities and worth of Web3. 3thix is headquartered in Austin, Texas
AustinTX1 - 102023$8,500,000
Pine Games logo
Pine Games operates as a mobile gaming company that creates impactful experiences with widespread appeal.
LewesDE1 - 102023$2,250,000
Zep AI logo
Zep AI provides scalable blocks in AI to build apps in minutes without rewriting code.
San FranciscoCA1 - 102023$1,803,000
Bagel Network logo
Bagel Network is an open protocol for humans and autonomous AI agents to collectively build, trade, and license Machine Learning datasets.
DelawareNJ1 - 102023$3,100,000
Reo.Dev logo
Reo.Dev is a modern growth stack for developer focused companies. Reo.Dev tracks developer activity across your multiple platforms like Github repos, Docker, Technical Docs, Slack and more and discovers hidden sales opportunities and accounts that are read
San FranciscoCA10 - 502023$1,200,000
Lumian logo
Lumian Energy of Things Platform is an IoT-based hardware agnostic platform that collects and visualizes data in real time, analyses energy data with machine learning models and offers energy saving and decarbonization solutions. The Platform is designed t
WilmingtonDE1 - 102023$3,200,000
Sweep logo
Sweep is an artificial intelligence assistant that can take care of users' software tasks automatically.
San FranciscoCA1 - 102023$2,000,000
Accelerate Dental Holdings logo
Accelerate Dental Holdings is a dental healthcare centre
MurrayUT10 - 502023$11,700,000
Code Metal logo
Code Metal is a software company currently based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It has been founded in 2023.
BostonMA1 - 102023$3,150,000
Cleva logo
Cleva Banking is a banking platform helps in recieving international payments by opening USD accounts.
MiddletownDE10 - 502023$1,500,000
Reworkd logo
Reworkd is an AI-driven automation platform that allows for the automation of business processing workflows to achieve outcomes. Their aim is to democratize access to AI. They believe the power of AI should be accessible to anyone and driven by the communi
San FranciscoCA2 - 1020231650000 CAD
Knownwell logo
Knownwell operates as an Artificial Intelligence as a Service platform.
HaymarketVA1 - 102023$2,000,000
Daytona logo
Daytona is an enterprise-grade alternative to GitHub Codespaces for administering self-hosted, secure, and standardized development environments.
New YorkNY10 - 502023$2,000,000
Unkey logo
Unkey operates as an open-source API authentication and authorization platform, primarily catering to user-facing APIs. The platform enables developers to create, verify, and manage API keys with low latency. Unkey's services are designed to help developer
ClaytonCA1 - 102023$1,550,000
Dapta logo
Low-code platform for building APIs and AI integrations
MiamiFL5 - 102023$1,200,000
Monster API logo
Building a new project in Generative AI? Sick of letting Bezos drain your bank account? Join the resistance with our AI-focused computing infrastructure. Our super-simple, ultra-slick APIs make it easy to launch your applications in a scalable and afford
San FranciscoCA1 - 102023$1,100,000
Artifact Lab logo
Artifact Lab levels up gamer rewards with universal player profiles.
San CarlosCA1 - 102023$2,000,000
Nectar AI logo
Nectar is an AI powered social commerce platform that helps brands scale comms and drive conversions through messaging.
SeattleWA1 - 102023$1,800,000
Jamix logo
Jamix is your AI assistant for work. We connect with your company's apps, data, and APIs. This enables you to search across your apps, chat with your data, and automate daily tasks. We take your data security and privacy seriously, and never train models u
San FranciscoCA1 - 102023$3,000,000
Monitaur logo
Monitaur is an observability platform for web3 applications powered by machine learning. It gives insights across the entire stack with real-time monitoring, anomaly threat detection, and powerful event management.
BostonMA10 - 502023$8,155,360
Newond logo
Newond's goal is to make administrative work easier after layoffs.Newond will use the cash earned through this third-party allotment to grow customers in the United States, where layoff volumes in the IT industry are particularly high.
WilmingtonDE1 - 10202338000000 JPY
Echo Labs logo
Echo Labs is developing the first artificial intelligence capable of human-level transcribing.
ChicagoIL5 - 102023$7,700,000
Eli logo
Eli is a platform that makes it easy for contractors, installers, and retailers to offer their customers incentives, rebates, and low-interest financing for consumer decarbonization projects. Think heat pump HVAC systems, EV chargers, heat pump hot water h
CambridgeMA10 - 502023$8,600,000
Cimba.ai logo
Cimba.AI, the Gen-AI-native platform that gives enterprises the power to create custom adaptive AI agents that can produce deep insights and recommend and trigger business actions based on internal data and knowledge base. The platform leverages self-train
SeattleWA10 - 502023$1,250,000
Vectari logo
Vectari designs bank-grade AI fueled by regulatory expertise.
CharlotteNC10 - 502023$1,699,993
Quiller logo
Quiller is an AI copilot that helps Democratic campaigns and allied organizations draft and deploy high quality, effective fundraising content. Help digital teams save precious time and energy so they can focus on running creative, data-driven digital prog
ChicagoIL1 - 102023$2,400,000
SELECTFI logo
SelectFI leverages proprietary Predictive Lending™ analysis to prequalify customers for financing using an auto dealership's existing lenders. The platform uses soft pull technology and lender guidelines to prequalify a customer for their vehicle of choic
ErievilleNY10 - 502023$2,235,000
Coral Care logo
Coral Care is a venture-backed company on a mission to help parents access the care they need to help their children thrive.
New YorkNY2 - 102023$1,300,000
Artisan AI logo
Artisan AI creates digital workers, called Artisans. The company's first Artisan, Ava, automates the entire outbound sales process and can be set up with a 10-minute conversation. Ava creates TCPs, and prospects with her database of over 270,000,000 contac
San FranciscoCA10 - 502023$2,300,000
Minoa logo
Minoa is a collaborative value management tool that assists SaaS companies in selling value over the whole client lifecycle. Minoa is improving the buying experience and improving the performance of every sales professional.
San FranciscoCA5 - 102023$2,700,000
Cascading AI logo
Cascading AI is the developer of a tool for automating manual banking activities. The company employs artificial intelligence technologies to speed loan document gathering, account creation, and compliance procedures, allowing banks, credit unions, and non
San FranciscoCA2 - 102023$3,900,000
Crowda logo
Crowda is a FinTech platform that connects investors and developers in the real estate industry. It offers alternative investment opportunities and capital-raising solutions, powered by its AI engine.
AustinTX5 - 102023$2,000,000
Crew logo
Parenting is complex and financial lessons are often the trickiest to teach. Crew is a dedicated family banking and credit service. It simplifies financial management for parents and teaches children essential money skills, reducing stress and enabling fam
LehiUT2 - 102023$2,500,000
Ergo logo
Ergo empowers shoppers by letting them communicate with retailers so they can set prices together.
New YorkNY1 - 102023$1,500,000
Nicer logo
Nicer Inc provides training and development services. The Company offers automobile driving schools.
Corpus ChristiTX1 - 102023$2,000,000
Flamel AI logo
Flamel.ai is a first of its kind, fully AI-driven design studio for influencer marketing content.
CincinnatiOH5 - 102022$2,000,000
Magic Circle Studio logo
Magic Circle Studio creates games that help people bond through cooperation, creativity, and silliness. Magic Circle is a new venture-backed game studio on a mission to create more intimate games that nourish relationships.
OaklandCA2 - 102022$1,000,000
Watches.io logo
The world's first full suite infrastructure platform to augment luxury watch ownership.
MiamiFL5 - 202022$1,900,000
Blockfenders logo
Blockfenders is a startup with a blockchain-powered platform that promises to help businesses share data more securely with one another.
Palo AltoCA5 - 202022$1,500,000
PetPair logo
PetPair is building a world where pets come first. By leveraging dog fosters’ unique, rich experience with their adoptable pet, PetPair generates demand for dogs at shelters and rescues, saves fosters time, and provides a delightful, seamless eCommerce exp
AustinTX2 - 102022$1,200,000
Right Pedal LendOS logo
Right Pedal LendOS is a SaaS/Managed Service fintech company aiming to modernize the way financial institutions provide companies with debt financing around the world. It is founded on modern technology that is easily adoptable, adaptable and scalable; dri
MiamiFL5 - 102022$3,250,000
Rapport logo
The smart solution for building superhuman teams. Rapport distills decades of research on high performing teams down to a few smart, simple steps that integrate seamlessly into your workflow.
Las VegasNV10 - 502022$1,500,000
SWSH logo
Swsh is a social app that aims to strengthen true friendships rather than superficial relationships with followers.
New YorkNY5 - 102022$1,700,000
Peptyde Bio logo
Peptyde Bio is an Agtech startup positioned to become the go-to supplier of new AMPs.
St. LouisMO2 - 102022$1,450,000
Bracket Labs logo
Bracket Labs is the development team behind BracketX. BracketX is a new innovative long / short volatility market for crypto. It is designed for traders who don't have a strong bias for price direction and it makes a great compliment to perps.
LehiUT1 - 102022$2,000,000
Entvin logo
Entvin makes it easy for sales-driven companies to plan, track and calculate incentives/commissions to improve speed & transparency within the organization. It’s a scalable platform that companies can setup in a day, connect to their CRM and calculate comm
San FranciscoCA5 - 102022$500,000
Imaginario AI logo
Imaginario AI is the Zapier of video vector search, understanding and transformation. A best-in-class suite of APIs and AI creative agents for non-technical teams. Our technology makes any video in the world searchable without time-based metadata - make yo
DoverDE2 - 102022$1,820,000
Presta logo
Presta helps lenders accelerate their loan application and determination processes while also providing a more modern and streamlined experience for borrowers.
ClevelandOH5 - 102022$3,320,000
Lumo logo
Lumo is a smart irrigation controller that simplifies water management and water use reporting for grape growers in California. Irrigation is the #1 variable cost for specialty growers, which includes grapes, berries, and nuts. Lumo drastically reduces the
Santa RosaCA5 - 202022$3,870,000
NeoSwap AI logo
NeoSwap AI is an organization currently based in Richmond, Virginia, United States. It has been founded in 2022 by John Ennis.
RichmondVA20 - 502022$2,500,000
Aikium logo
Aikium Inc. is a pre-seed protein therapeutics startup incorporating breakthroughs in synthetic biology and deep learning. Their proprietary non-antibody scaffold protein holds the promise of precise programmable binding with universal target coverage. It
BerkeleyCA5 - 102022$1,525,000
Kalder logo
Kalder is a unified web3 brand loyalty platform for brands and creators to drive meaningful engagement, onboard new users, and reward superfan communities.
New YorkNY2 - 102022$3,000,000
DAM logo
Creating purchasing power for the Dotsama ecosystem and beyond
BostonMA5 - 202022$1,800,000
Planette logo
Planette empowers businesses to adapt to climate change by providing year-ahead extreme weather risk forecasts.
San FranciscoCA2 - 102022$2,520,000
Plenty logo
Plenty is a fintech platform helping modern couples invest and plan for their future together. Using algorithmic technology, Plenty automates investment strategies and goal planning previously reserved for the wealthy. Founded in 2022 by Emily Luk and Chan
San FranciscoCA5 - 102022$2,750,000
Tilebox logo
Tilebox is a fully integrated midstream cloud platform designed for space companies to simplify their midstream operations. Its secure, high-performance, and scalable solution accelerates time-to-market and optimizes costs, empowering space companies to un
DelawareNJ2 - 102022$1,700,000
Latii logo
Latii is a producer and supplier of building materials. They provide products that include windows and doors, structural steel, metal, casting, and fastening. They offer services for the construction industry.
New YorkNY5 - 102022$2,100,000
Rampay logo
Rampay is a crypto currency platform that offers a trustworthy payment channel.
LewesDE2 - 102022$500,000
Komon logo
Komon is a platform for creators of all kinds to launch NFT-accessed spaces to monetize and engage their communities 💜. The company was launched in early 2022. Today’s creative industries advertising-based model is broken. On the one hand, creators are
WilmingtonDE5 - 202022$2,000,000
Ottr Finance logo
Ottr Finance unlocks the financial power of the Solana blockchain, wrapped in a familiar interface that anyone can learn to use. Pay friends, save in USD, invest and earn in crypto.
San FranciscoCA2 - 102022$3,100,000
Speedy Brand logo
Speedy does digital marketing for SMBs 10x faster using Generative AI at affordable prices. SMBs across a dozen-plus verticals use Speedy’s SEO-optimized blogs and social media content to drive more traffic and hotter leads.
MiddletownDE5 - 102022$2,500,000
Leighton Avant-Garde Haus logo
Leighton Avant-Garde Haus is dedicated to innovation, and determined to utilize our technology to create an impactful future for advancements in Company Management Solutions, Private Sector Enterprises, Operations, and Management. Extending to Healthcare a
CharlotteNC10 - 502022$45,000,000
Freeplay logo
Freeplay is an end-to-end platform that gives product teams the power to prototype faster, test with confidence, and optimize features for customers.
BoulderCO5 - 202022$3,250,000
Mundial Media logo
At Mundial Media, we represent the emerging audiences who are shaping the new America. We marry best-in-class multicultural learnings with a data-driven platform to create emotional connections. We are the audience. Mundial Media’s data-driven platform pro
Los AngelesCA5 - 202022$2,000,000
Dog Is Human logo
Dog is Human is a pet health company that specializes in clean, effective, and vet-formulated dog health innovations. The company focuses on raising on the standards of pet health by combining the highest quality human-grade ingredients with veterinary res
New YorkNY5 - 102022$1,200,000
Orb logo
Follow us on X and join the community for the community: https://x.com/orbapp_?s=20 We are building a community-focused social app for people to connect, interact, and transact in their daily lives on Web3, with the mission of bringing the next generation
San FranciscoCA5 - 202022$2,320,000
CABRA Sports logo
We created CABRA Sports because we wanted to capture the true nature of Latino sports fandom - in a way that no one’s ever done before. By going directly to the people, by fans for fans, and placing them front and center. No intermediaries. Just fuego spor
Los AngelesCA5 - 102022$2,500,000
Textla logo
No-code, intelligent messaging platform for SMBs & low tech teams that unlocks enterprise, wholesale pricing
ChattanoogaTN1 - 102022$2,000,000
Ritual logo
Ritual therapists helps couples navigate their relationship problems.
New CastleDE10 - 502022$2,000,000
Catio logo
Cloud architecture platform enabling companies to excel with cloud native tech stacks, focused on tech stack evaluation, planning, and evolution, with the help of AI.
Palo AltoCA5 - 102022$4,044,000
Whipz logo
Whipz is a new online Used Car Dealership.Whipz specializes in getting people with all credit situations into cars, trucks, and SUV’s. We strive to give you the best experience.
Kansas CityKS10 - 502022$1,800,000
Workflow Labs logo
Workflow Labs provides solutions for eCommerce management for brands with software that offers actionable data.The company was founded in 2022 and is based in Seattle, Washington, United States.
SeattleWA5 - 202022$3,310,000
Bank logo
Bank is part of The Daxsen Corp. Daxsen Corp. has an important capillarity as it is present in different industries with its more than 100 brands. Among this group are major brands in the real estate, concierge, music, film, software and entertainment indu
New YorkNY50 - 1002022$5,000,000
NeoSwap logo
NeoSwap is a multi-party, multi-item NFT swap platform that redistributes items in a win-win-win manner, using minimal currency. It provides neo-barter solutions to unlock value within existing marketplaces and enable marketplaces where they were previousl
RichmondVA20 - 502022$2,500,000
Paraform logo
Paraform Inc. provides Digital Form Development software solutions for the design, engineering, manufacturing, and digital content creation markets.
San FranciscoCA10 - 5002022$1,400,000
Return Protocol logo
Return is an innovative climate technology company that provides consumers, businesses and communities with verifiable and incentivized social climate action. The protocol is built on blockchain technology to drive funding towards existing or future climat
San FranciscoCA5 - 102022$2,500,000
Parallel logo
Parallel is a load test platform focused on developer experience. Parallel reduces the time to set up a load test from weeks to minutes, and enables anyone to run a load test, without needing dev-ops, infrastructure, or backend engineers.
San FranciscoCA10 - 1,0002022$2,250,000
CancerGO logo
A first ever online social network for cancer patients and survivors worldwide to seek help, share stories, find knowledge and guidance by connecting with fellow patients, caregivers, oncologists, and support groups near and far.
HoustonTX5 - 102022
Envoya logo
Envoya passionate about delivering life-changing solutions through groundbreaking research and technology.
BostonMA5 - 202022$2,000,000
Fluint logo
90% of B2B buying happens during a buyer's internal meetings — not sales meetings. When champions pitch and teams debate your product's value, without sales reps around. But most champions wing their message, or create their own materials, because they won
DenverCO2 - 102022$1,595,000
Speechlab logo
Speechlab is building the category defining platform for speech to speech translation for professional creators, over the top media, and online education.
San FranciscoCA5 - 202022$1,550,000
CNaught logo
CNaught is an online platform that helps companies to purchase a diversified portfolio of carbon credits.
San FranciscoCA2 - 102022$2,250,000
The Mirror logo
The Mirror simplifies the complexity of game development into a single platform. The Mirror provides developers and 3D creators with limitless experiences and creativity. The Mirror offers community-based user-generated content, multiplayer networking, rea
MiamiFL5 - 202022$4,600,000
Unu Labs logo
Unu Labs is a blockchain startup that builds and develops an open ecosystem for decentralized apps & marketplaces. It helps advance the Digital Culture global adoption through: - Web3 platform - Open-source and multi-chain protocol - Infrastructure for
New YorkNY200 - 5002022$1,000,000
Kubeark logo
Kubeark is an open, infrastructure-agnostic platform built to scale any software product, which integrates deployment and management into business processes. With Kubeark, software vendors can remove the complexity of their application development lifecycl
New YorkNY10 - 502022
Afference logo
Afference is an electronics manufacturing company that offers wearables that enable the digital dexterity of 3D digital content.
BoulderCO5 - 102022$1,500,000
Anyy logo
Gamz is the perfect social media for the gaming world. Where millions of people come together live every day to explore, share, and make their own entertainment together.
AustinTX2 - 102022$2,100,000
Arcwise logo
At Arcwise, we’re untangling the complexity of modern data tools to make analytics and data science accessible to anybody. Our mission is to put all that power into the hands of everyone, not just the 0.5% of people that can code; to enable everybody to us
San FranciscoCA5 - 102022
Invasive Species logo
The ISC was started by experience, successful entrepreneurs dedicated to the discovery, development & deployment of sustainable biological solutions to control invasive species, increase biodiversity and address climate change. Invasive species have caused
DavisCA2 - 102022$2,500,000
Dapple Security logo
Dapple Security protects people and privacy through a first-of-its-kind passwordless platform.
CentennialCO2 - 102022$2,330,000
Booth AI logo
Booth AI enables companies to supercharge their creative output with a generative-AI powered image production platform. https://booth.ai
San FranciscoCA2 - 102022$1,070,000
Listo Global logo
Listo is on a mission to lift people everywhere by making it easy find, hire and pay global talent with a world-class team and technology platform.
UkaTN10 - 502022$250,000
Inkle logo
Inkle had a software to make accounting, tax, and compliance simple, scalable, affordable, and on-demand for global companies.
LewesDE10 - 502022$1,500,000
Bluestem Biosciences logo
Bluestem Biosciences, Inc., is designing biology with the end in mind, to enable existing infrastructure in the Midwest for industrialized synthetic biology. We are leveraging digital biology to facilitate the discovery of biomanufacturing, focused on the
OmahaNE5 - 102022$10,000,000
Ply logo
Our mission is to provide HVAC/R contractors cash flow predictability through a more efficient materials buying market. We're using intelligent technology to solve for pain points related to materials buying, capital access, spend management, and tricky pa
New YorkNY5 - 102022$5,675,003
Ramper logo
Ramper provides simple login for blockchain applications to remove friction preventing the adoption of web3. The company was founded in 2022 and is based in San Francisco, California.
San FranciscoCA50 - 2002022
SCIENCEMAGIC.STUDIOS logo
ScienceMagic.Studios (SM.S) is a Digital Assets Venture Studio founded as a joint venture between communications agency ScienceMagic.Inc, crypto research firm Delphi Digital and leading macro investor Raoul Pal. The company CEO is David Pemsel - CEO of Sci
New YorkNY20 - 502022$10,300,000
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