Seed Funded Design Startups
Across the 50 most recent design Seed rounds shown here, the largest disclosed amount is $11M (Dirac, 2025-08-21), and it sits well above most other disclo…
Across the 50 most recent design Seed rounds shown here, the largest disclosed amount is $11M (Dirac, 2025-08-21), and it sits well above most other disclosed entries, which cluster between hundreds of thousands and single-digit millions (e.g., $8M Foundation Alloy on 2025-05-07 and $7M SOOT on 2024-06-20). Amounts also show an outlier-low end: the smallest disclosed round is $20K (KaCyber Technologies, 2022-10-13), while $130K Seed rounds appear twice (Seedable Studio on 2025-03-04; NG Earsafe on 2024-10-24), reinforcing a wide dispersion within the Seed stage.
Timing is concentrated near the top of the table: the most recent entry is Dirac (2025-08-21) and the oldest row shown dates to 2022-02-01 (CENOS). Geographically, the dataset is not dominated by one city, but there are repeated US hubs (multiple entries in San Francisco and New York across different dates, such as MecAgent 2025-05-16 and KittyCAD 2023-10-03; Dirac 2025-08-21 and SOOT 2024-06-20). Disclosure is mixed: 7 of 50 rows list amounts as undisclosed (e.g., Wefaa Robotics on 2024-05-06; Unlayer on 2022-05-01).
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Frequently asked
What’s the biggest disclosed Seed round in this list, and how far ahead is it from the rest?
Dirac’s $11M Seed round (2025-08-21) is the largest disclosed amount in the 50 rows. The next-largest disclosed values are single-digit millions (e.g., $8M Foundation Alloy on 2025-05-07 and $8M HEN Nozzles on 2024-10-17), so the $11M figure sits clearly above the typical disclosed range.
How extreme are the disclosed amounts, and what do the low-end points look like?
The smallest disclosed amount is $20K for KaCyber Technologies (2022-10-13). Several other entries cluster near the lower hundreds of thousands, including two $130K rounds (Seedable Studio on 2025-03-04 and NG Earsafe on 2024-10-24), indicating a long tail of smaller disclosed rounds alongside multi-million raises.
Do rounds concentrate in a narrow recent time window or spread evenly across years?
The table spans from 2022-02-01 (CENOS) to 2025-08-21 (Dirac). The most recent months are especially dense at the top, with multiple disclosed rounds in 2025 across different geographies (e.g., Eclipse Ingredients $5M on 2025-07-14; Foundation Alloy $8M on 2025-05-07; Modular DS $690K on 2025-05-14).
Are there specific cities or metro areas that show up repeatedly?
While the list is broadly distributed, there are repeated mentions of US hubs: San Francisco appears multiple times (MecAgent 2025-05-16 for $3M; KittyCAD 2023-10-03 for $5M; also Showplace is in San Mateo with $2M on 2022-06-07). New York also recurs (Dirac in New York, NY on 2025-08-21 for $11M; SOOT in New York on 2024-06-20 for $7M).
How much of the dataset is non-disclosed, and does that affect comparisons of “largest” or “typical” amounts?
Seven of the 50 rows are marked undisclosed (for example, Wefaa Robotics on 2024-05-06; Zappaty on 2023-07-01; Unlayer on 2022-05-01). Comparisons of “largest” and “range” therefore rely only on disclosed amounts, where Dirac’s $11M clearly leads the disclosed set.
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