Pre-Seed Funded Commerce and Shopping Startups
The 50 most recent pre-seed rounds in Commerce and Shopping span October 2024 through August 2025, with disclosed amounts ranging from $10K (Betriax, Bogot…
The 50 most recent pre-seed rounds in Commerce and Shopping span October 2024 through August 2025, with disclosed amounts ranging from $10K (Betriax, Bogotá; Muralia, Mexico City) to $5M (octonomy, Köln). The US accounts for the largest single-country cohort, with San Francisco alone contributing four companies — Ovlo, Hill, Cyder, and Revyl — within a 14-month window. India follows as the second most active geography, with nine companies across Bangalore, Delhi, Gurgaon, Haryana, and Gujarat raising between $80K and $700K on disclosed rounds.
Nine rounds closed at exactly $2M — including Fixxy (Milan), Moddule (Seattle), Bloom (Detroit), and Recess (Austin) — making it the most common single round size in the dataset. February and March 2025 were the densest months, each producing nine rounds. Deals also appear across France, Germany, Italy, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Australia, Brazil, and Angola, indicating broad early-stage activity across the category.
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What are the largest disclosed pre-seed rounds in Commerce and Shopping in this dataset?
octonomy (Köln, Germany) leads at $5M, closed in February 2025, followed by ChatLabs (New York) at $3M in December 2024. Nine companies each raised exactly $2M, including Fixxy (Milan), Moddule (Seattle), Bloom (Detroit), Recess (Austin), Speeral (Nantes), CROWN (Paris), Sotira (Berkeley), Up 'n go (San Diego), and SELL IT9 (Toronto).
Which cities have the highest concentration of pre-seed Commerce and Shopping deals here?
San Francisco is the densest single city, with Ovlo, Hill, Cyder, and Revyl all raising there between October 2024 and March 2025. India contributes the largest national cluster at nine companies — spread across Bangalore, Delhi, Gurgaon, Haryana, and Gujarat — with disclosed round sizes ranging from $80K (Livsto) to $700K (HeyEV!).
How many rounds in this segment list undisclosed amounts?
Seven of the 50 rounds are undisclosed: Resal (Jeddah), CrashBay (Toronto), ANKAA (New York), PassCash (Kalispell), Fincart (Cairo), Aykiz (Gujarat), and Carbin Africa (Newark). The remaining 43 rounds span $10K to $5M.
What does the round size distribution look like across these pre-seed Commerce and Shopping companies?
$2M is the most common single amount, appearing nine times. $1M appears six times (Hill, Origin Fresh, Spoony, Cyder, Endless Food Co, Revyl) and $500K four times (Zaluni, Ovlo, Strike, XPortel). The lower tail includes EatHere® and Gadobo at $30K each, and Betriax and Muralia at $10K each.
Which months saw the highest pre-seed deal volume in Commerce and Shopping?
February and March 2025 each produced nine rounds — the busiest months in the dataset — followed by June 2025 with seven. October and November 2024 contributed three rounds each, indicating deal flow accelerated sharply heading into Q1 2025.
How geographically spread are these pre-seed Commerce and Shopping rounds outside the US and India?
Europe accounts for thirteen companies across France (Speeral, CROWN, Toploc), Germany (octonomy, coolnis), Italy (Tuduu, Fixxy), Denmark (Endless Food Co), the UK (Bolt Cover), Spain (Rhyde, Strike), Belgium (Gadobo), and the Netherlands (Passionfruit). The Middle East adds three rounds — Resal and Birdeye in Saudi Arabia plus BOSO in Sharjah — while Africa, Australia, Brazil, and Colombia each contribute one deal.
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