The earliest stage of startup funding, usually from founders, friends, family, or early angel investors.
Pre-seed funding is the earliest stage of startup financing, often before a company has a product or significant traction. This stage typically involves raising small amounts of capital from founders' personal savings, friends and family, angel investors, or pre-seed-focused funds.
Pre-seed rounds typically range from $50,000 to $500,000. The capital is used to validate a business idea, build an initial prototype, and conduct early customer discovery.
Full Pre-Seed guide · the Pre-Seed rounds we track are listed below.
$516M raised across 183 disclosed Pre-seed deals.
Latest round · Sep 30, 2026 · RSS
| Date | Company | Amount | Round | Sector | Country | Lead investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 08, 26 | TailBlaze Longevity TailBlaze Longevity is an Indian pet food startup focused on canine longevity and nutrition, aiming to extend dogs' lives through specialized formulations. They have raised $300,000 in pre-seed funding to launch their wet dog food line, HeartPour, and expand their team. | $300K | Pre-seed | ConsumerTech | India | Comma Capital |
| Oct 08, 26 | Zinara Zinara, a digital-first lab-grown diamond jewellery brand founded by IIT Delhi alumni, has raised Rs 3.61 crore in a pre-seed round led by Inflection Point Ventures. The company plans to use the funds to expand its team, increase marketing investments, and strengthen its supply-chain infrastructure. Zinara offers a portfolio of over 400 designs in 18K gold vermeil and lab-grown diamonds, with a focus on lifetime warranty, buyback, and exchange options. | $380K | Pre-seed | ConsumerTech | India | Inflection Point Ventures, Nine Jewellery, Nikita Dutta |
| Oct 08, 26 | NeoFleet Capital NeoFleet Capital is a mobility finance company that funds and manages professional taxi and mobility fleets across emerging markets. They focus on a corporate approach, financing local organizations that run taxi fleets. The company has raised $4 million in pre-seed funding to expand its operations and enter new markets in Latin America, Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. | $4.0M | Pre-seed | Fintech | Undisclosed | Mark Loughran, DMTech VC |
| Oct 08, 26 | TailBlaze TailBlaze is a pet nutrition startup focused on providing personalized meal plans and supplements for dogs. The company aims to improve pet health through science-backed nutrition. This pre-seed funding will help TailBlaze expand its product offerings and reach more pet owners. | $300K | Pre-seed | ConsumerTech | Undisclosed | Comma Capital |
| Oct 08, 26 | Vest Labs Vest Labs is a New York-based prop trading firm that offers a perpetual futures platform for equities, crypto, commodities, and FX. The company is developing its own mobile app and expanding its team to enhance its 24/7 multi-asset support. This pre-seed round aims to fuel this growth and technological development. | $13.0M | Pre-seed | Fintech | United States | Portal Ventures, Citadel Securities, BlackRock+1 |
| Oct 08, 26 | Finches Finches is a German startup developing AI for agricultural procurement, providing early warnings for supply chain risks. They consolidate field, sourcing, and external data to proactively alert companies in the food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics industries. This €2 million pre-seed funding will accelerate product development and expand sales operations. | $2.0M | Pre-seed | AI | Germany | High-Tech Gründerfonds, Vanagon Ventures, Bayern Kapital+1 |
| Oct 06, 26 | Myca Myca is an Indian AI agribusiness startup that has raised $1.3 million in pre-seed funding. The company aims to leverage artificial intelligence to improve agricultural practices and outcomes. | $1.3M | Pre-seed | AI | India | Undisclosed |
| Oct 06, 26 | Monid Monid is a San Francisco-based startup building a platform that acts as a toll booth for AI agents, allowing them to discover, test, and pay for third-party APIs and tools on a per-call basis. The company aims to simplify the process for AI agents by providing a single checkout counter, eliminating the need for multiple vendor accounts and subscriptions. This round of funding will be used to scale the marketplace and its underlying infrastructure. | $7.7M | Pre-seed | AI | United States | 1984 Ventures, Llama Ventures |
| Oct 06, 26 | Ardeevo Ardeevo is a RegTech startup that has raised €150,000 in pre-seed funding. The company operates in the regulatory technology space, aiming to provide solutions for compliance and regulatory challenges. | $163K | Pre-seed | Other | Undisclosed | ZNEXT |
| Oct 06, 26 | Zeroset Zeroset is a startup building models that provide AI agents with a constantly updated understanding of a company's operations. Their first product, Nebula, connects to existing software to track information flow and activity, enabling AI agents to understand workflows and handle tasks autonomously. The company aims to solve the issue of AI agents lacking knowledge of internal business dynamics. | $5.2M | Pre-seed | AI | Undisclosed | Gradient, 2048 Ventures, Leblon Capital |
| Oct 05, 26 | Scooter Scooter is a sales hiring startup that assesses candidates on real sales scenarios instead of relying on CVs. The company aims to simplify the sales hiring process for startups and sales teams. This pre-seed round will be used for product development. | $1.5M | Pre-seed | SaaS | India | AJVC |
| Oct 03, 26 | Primerry Primerry is a paediatric healthcare brand developing everyday health products for children aged two to 14 years. The company aims to provide trustworthy, clean formulations with unique delivery formats that children will enjoy. They plan to use their recent pre-seed funding to expand their product range and distribution network across India. | $760K | Pre-seed | Health | India | Ashish Kacholia, Lashit Sanghvi, Mohit Sadaani+3 |
| Oct 03, 26 | Unveilr AI Unveilr AI is an AI search startup that has raised pre-seed funding. The company aims to leverage AI for enhanced search capabilities. The specific details of their market and what makes them distinctive were not provided in the article. | Rs 16.7 crore | Pre-seed | AI | India | AJVC |
| Oct 02, 26 | BigLink BigLink is a Brazilian marketing data analytics startup that centralizes data from various digital channels into a single platform. It uses AI agents to speed up marketing decisions and optimize spending, targeting data fragmentation issues. The company has raised $424,000 in pre-seed funding to invest in R&D and marketing. | $424K | Pre-seed | AI | Brazil | Ambiance Private Equity, João Brognoli |
| Oct 02, 26 | WILDER WILDER is a Thai-based hydration brand that sells electrolyte sachets designed for athletes and active individuals training in Southeast Asia's challenging climate. They have successfully raised $500K in pre-seed funding to accelerate retail growth in Thailand, expand into Singapore, and continue supporting their community initiatives. | $500K | Pre-seed | ConsumerTech | Thailand | Sam Marks, Matt Diggity, Darkstar Venture Capital+1 |
| Sep 30, 26 | Defensetech startup An Estonian-Ukrainian defensetech startup has secured $2.1 million in pre-seed funding. The capital will be used to advance onboard autonomy for unmanned systems. | $2.1M | Pre-seed | Other | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
| Sep 30, 26 | Estonian-Ukrainian defensetech startup The Estonian-Ukrainian defensetech startup is focused on advancing onboard autonomy for unmanned systems. This funding will help enhance their technological capabilities in the defense sector. | $2.1M | Pre-seed | DeepTech | Estonia | Undisclosed |
| Sep 29, 26 | Kyndred Kyndred is a Romanian startup developing AI companions that combine persistent memory, voice, animation, and everyday assistance to create continuous relationships with users. Founded by serial entrepreneurs, the company aims to move beyond conventional chatbots and task-based digital assistants, offering a more engaging and personalized experience. | $530K | Pre-seed | AI | Romania | Early Game Ventures |
| Sep 26, 26 | Sanyark Space Sanyark Space develops software-defined satellite constellations providing integrated precision navigation and resilient connectivity for autonomous systems. Their infrastructure utilizes inter-satellite links and on-board edge processing to support industrial automation and critical infrastructure. The company has raised $2M in pre-seed funding to advance its technology. | $2.0M | Pre-seed | DeepTech | India | Aum Ventures |
| Sep 25, 26 | O-ID O-ID is a Japanese startup developing humanoid robots. Founded in 2025, the company has filed a provisional US patent for its modular connector technology and is building robots to meet US defense requirements, signaling early commercial interest with letters of intent from Japanese manufacturers. | $1.2M | Pre-seed | Robotics | Japan | Undisclosed |
| Sep 24, 26 | Duqu Duqu is a Dutch fintech company that provides short-term advances against outstanding B2B invoices, allowing businesses to access funds within 24 hours. They aim to solve cash-flow challenges caused by delayed payments using an AI-powered underwriting engine. The company is also offering its technology as a white-label solution to other financial services providers. | $1.5M | Pre-seed | Fintech | Netherlands | Curiosity VC, No Such Ventures |
| Sep 23, 26 | Indian Walker | Rs 20 Crore | Pre-seed | Other | India | Undisclosed |
| Sep 21, 26 | Luminids Luminids is an AI startup developing a relational intelligence platform. The company is raising a pre-seed round to launch its product. | $1.5M | Pre-seed | AI | United Kingdom | Undisclosed |
| Sep 18, 26 | Hello Haven Hello Haven is an AI startup that has emerged from stealth mode with a $15 million pre-seed funding round. The company has launched Haven, an AI-powered software application designed to remember user preferences and act on their behalf across various communication channels. This funding round, led by Mayfield, aims to further develop their personal AI technology. | $15.0M | Pre-seed | AI | United States | Mayfield |
| Sep 18, 26 | African Biochar Startup An Africa-based biochar developer has raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding to expand its model of installing biochar production units at food processing facilities across Sub-Saharan Africa. Biochar locks carbon away for long periods, generating removal credits, and by placing units at existing food processors, the startup taps a ready supply of agricultural waste as feedstock. The round signals growing investor interest in durable carbon removal in emerging markets. | $1.5M | Pre-seed | ClimateTech | Kenya | B Biochar Industrial Group (BIG) |
| Sep 18, 26 | Kiddo Kiddo is a baby-focused quick commerce startup that delivers baby care and parenting essentials within minutes. The startup combines quick delivery with life-stage based product recommendations for parents. The fresh funds will be used for customer acquisition, dark store expansion, technology and product development, and team building. | $1.6M | Pre-seed | ConsumerTech | India | Campus Fund |
| Sep 18, 26 | Phosphoenix Phosphoenix is an Amsterdam-based MedTech startup developing a neuroprosthetic system for people with profound blindness. Their system uses a proprietary Fountain Probe with over 1,000 microelectrodes to directly stimulate the brain's visual pathway, bypassing damage to the eyes. This €1.3 million financing round will support preparations for their first-in-human clinical study and further development of their neurostimulation system. | $1.3M | Pre-seed | Health | Netherlands | TTT Medtech Fund, FIRST Fund, Innovatiefonds Noord-Holland+1 |
| Sep 17, 26 | Biochar Industrial Group Biochar Industrial Group (BIG) is a Nigerian climate technology company focused on industrial-scale carbon removal in Africa. They convert agricultural waste into biochar, a carbon removal product, using a Biochar-as-a-Service model that partners with food processors. This funding will help them scale their operations across Sub-Saharan Africa. | $1.5M | Pre-seed | ClimateTech | Nigeria | BREEGA, The Catalyst Fund, The Mulago Foundation |
| Sep 17, 26 | BlueShadow BlueShadow is a Danish defense tech startup developing maritime defense technologies, including the BlueDragon and BlueSentry systems. The BlueDragon system is designed to protect Ukrainian coastal cities and maritime transport routes from drone attacks, while BlueSentry aims to safeguard maritime infrastructure from hybrid threats. The company operates between Copenhagen and Kyiv and plans to scale its solutions internationally. | $2.0M | Pre-seed | DeepTech | Denmark | Resist.UA |
| Sep 16, 26 | Evatto Evatto is an AI-powered enterprise platform designed to automate the administrative tasks involved in managing complex event programs. The company's platform handles event scoping, stakeholder coordination, approval workflows, and documentation, aiming to replace manual processes like spreadsheets and emails. This pre-seed funding will be used for product development, international expansion, and hiring. | $1.0M | Pre-seed | AI | Australia | Purpose Ventures |
| Sep 16, 26 | Quartz Quartz is a London-based fintech startup that has raised £2.75 million in pre-seed funding to launch its AI-driven personal finance platform. The platform uses an AI assistant named Charlie to consolidate user pensions, ISAs, and savings into a single app, offering tailored financial insights to consumers who typically miss out on dedicated guidance. Founded in 2025 by former Revolut and N26 executives, the company aims to democratize wealth management through AI. | $3.5M | Pre-seed | Fintech | United Kingdom | Daphni, Outward VC, K Fund+2 |
| Sep 16, 26 | AcouBatt AcouBatt is a company focused on improving battery manufacturing quality and safety. They have secured pre-seed funding to advance their technology in this critical area. | $1.1M | Pre-seed | DeepTech | United Kingdom | Undisclosed |
| Sep 15, 26 | Charikaty Charikaty is a Moroccan legaltech startup founded in 2024 that enables entrepreneurs to incorporate businesses online and provides related services like accounting and trademark filing. The company has closed a pre-seed round at a USD 3.5 million valuation to expand its business lifecycle services and launch new ventures. | $3.5M | Pre-seed | Other | Morocco | Red Tape Ventures, Faris Al-Obaid, Faris Abdi |
| Sep 15, 26 | A Vinyl Bar A Vinyl Bar is a new music app startup founded by Spotify's former Head of Innovation. The company has raised $5.5 million in pre-seed funding to develop its platform. Dawn Ostroff is among the notable backers. | $5.5M | Pre-seed | ConsumerTech | Japan | Dawn Ostroff |
| Sep 15, 26 | Paysika Paysika is a fintech company based in Cameroon that aims to expand into new African markets. The company recently secured $200,000 in pre-seed funding to support its growth and market entry strategies. | $200K | Pre-seed | Fintech | Cameroon | Madica |
| Sep 15, 26 | Boxd Boxd is a Dutch startup building cloud infrastructure for developers and AI coding agents. They provide persistent virtual machines for running code, executing tests, and managing software workflows, addressing the computing demands of AI agents. This $2 million pre-seed round will fund team expansion and the development of their custom virtualization engine. | $2.0M | Pre-seed | AI | Netherlands | BlueYard Capital, OVNI Capital, Antler+3 |
| Sep 14, 26 | Emilia AI Emilia AI is an artificial intelligence startup for restaurants that adds a layer of AI on top of existing security cameras. It cross-references camera data with point-of-sale data to provide real-time insights for upsell opportunities and fraud detection. The company aims to reduce staff turnover by helping waiters earn more. | $1.5M | Pre-seed | AI | United States | Prosus |
| Sep 14, 26 | Peep Beauty Peep Beauty is a D2C beauty brand that has raised ₹12 crore in a pre-seed funding round. The startup focuses on eye beauty products, including colored contact lenses and liquid eyeshadows, and aims to be India's first eye beauty brand. Actor Triptii Dimri has joined as a co-founder and investor, contributing to the brand's creative direction and storytelling. | $1.4M | Pre-seed | ConsumerTech | India | Sadev Ventures, ISV, iSeed+5 |
| Sep 10, 26 | Limetax Limetax is building an AI-powered roll-up of German tax and accounting firms to consolidate the fragmented market. The platform cuts bookkeeping time significantly by embedding AI agents into daily workflows, coordinating tasks across bookkeeping, payroll, and financial statements. This funding will accelerate market consolidation and AI platform rollout across partner firms. | $39.0M | Pre-seed | Fintech | Germany | Motive Partners, Activant, Heliad |
| Sep 10, 26 | Bynario Bynario is a Milan-based startup that has raised €2.1 million in pre-seed funding. The company's AI research has reportedly exposed serious vulnerabilities in Apple products. This funding will likely support further development and commercialization of their security solutions. | $2.3M | Pre-seed | AI | Italy | Undisclosed |
| Sep 10, 26 | Grubel Grubel is a German AI research lab developing systems that adapt to individual legal matters. They have raised €3 million in pre-Seed funding to advance research, product development, and team expansion. The company aims to automate the AI specialization loop for legal cases, addressing the gap where AI has lagged due to the complexity and difficulty of evaluating specialized legal work. | $3.0M | Pre-seed | AI | Germany | Point Nine, Jeff Dean, Chris Ré+3 |
| Sep 09, 26 | Tropicalia Tropicalia was acquired by Strattum in an acqui-hire. This follows Tropicalia's own $3.2M pre-seed funding round. | $3.2M | Pre-seed | Other | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
| Sep 09, 26 | Gaia Gaia is a Saudi Arabian startup building a sovereign AI platform that connects enterprise knowledge and workflows without moving data outside the organization. The platform combines enterprise search, generative AI assistants, and purpose-built agents to automate tasks and preserve data governance. The $1.5 million pre-seed funding will support further product development for operational use cases in Saudi Arabia's growing AI market. | $1.5M | Pre-seed | AI | Saudi Arabia | SEEDRA Ventures |
| Sep 08, 26 | Flowt Flowt is a Kenyan fintech company that uses AI to analyze businesses' financial records and convert them into lender-ready data. They focus on expanding lending to small climate-focused businesses that struggle to access traditional bank credit. The company has raised a $550,000 pre-seed round to support its goal of building a $1 million loan book by the end of 2026. | $550K | Pre-seed | Fintech | Kenya | Delta40 Fund I, Impacc, Argidius Foundation |
| Sep 07, 26 | Monava Monava is a Swedish startup founded by Gen Z influencer-founders. The company aims to automate creator marketing end-to-end. This pre-seed funding round was oversubscribed. | $4.3M | Pre-seed | Other | Sweden | Undisclosed |
| Sep 06, 26 | Lumio Solar Lumio Solar raised US$900,000 in pre-seed funding to build a distribution and service network for plug-and-play solar appliances across the Philippines. The company targets households and small businesses with solar fans, lights, freezers, and portable power stations that do not require roof installation or property ownership. The funding will support product range expansion, strengthening regional hubs, and establishing after-sales repair points. | $900K | Pre-seed | ClimateTech | Philippines | 100x100 |
| Sep 05, 26 | Fertally Fertally is a Wexford-based fertility tech startup that uses individualised algorithms built from wearable data, indexed against their research database, and shared with clinicians to personalize fertility care. They are planning a €500k funding round later this year to improve upon traditional fertility treatments that rely on population averages. | $500K | Pre-seed | Health | Ireland | Undisclosed |
| Sep 04, 26 | ParlayX ParlayX is an infrastructure startup focused on institutional prediction markets. The company aims to expand its platform integrations and scale operations to meet the growing demand in this sector. | $1.3M | Pre-seed | Crypto | Denmark | Dreamcraft Ventures |
| Sep 04, 26 | Davis Davis is a Paris-based AI-native real estate company that accelerates early-stage development and architectural design. It combines proprietary AI with human expertise to deliver architect-grade outputs in hours and days rather than weeks and months, aiming to reshape how cities are designed and built. | $5.5M | Pre-seed | AI | France | Heartcore Capital, Balderton Capital, Yellow+2 |
| Sep 03, 26 | Souk Souk is a startup that has successfully raised funding to support its early-stage development. The company aims to innovate within its market, although specific details about its offerings are not provided in the article. This pre-seed funding round of USD 1.6 million will help Souk in its initial growth phase. | $1.6M | Pre-seed | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
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