Recently Funded Pre-Seed Startups
Updated Oct 2026
Funded Pre-Seed startups number 5,991 in FundedIQ, tracked with their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the Pre-Seed startup funding landscape, along with the 100 most recently funded Pre-Seed startups.
The median disclosed round is $600K, with the middle half of rounds falling between $480K and $1.8M. Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services and Information Technology hold the most companies by sector. San Francisco and London hold the deepest concentrations of these companies. Pre-Seed startups closed 2,666 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 1,497 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $3.1B in disclosed capital.
These companies are lean and early. Small teams dominate the segment, with Y Combinator and Antler providing the primary backing. Much of the activity centers on the United States and United Kingdom. This profile represents a target audience that needs foundational tools and scalable infrastructure before they hit a growth inflection point.
Pre-Seed funded startup statistics
Most recent funding round on record: Oct 2026. Investors appearing most often across Pre-Seed funding rounds: Y Combinator, Antler, BioInnovation Institute Venture Lab, Plug and Play, Techstars.
100 most recently funded Pre-Seed startups
100 of 5,991Ordered by the date of the latest funding round. Each row gives the company, its location and industry, what it does, the stage and date of that round, and the disclosed amount.
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Pre-Seed startup funding trends
Funding activity
Pre-Seed startups closed 2,666 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 1,497 of them in the last 12, adding up to $3.1B in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $600K, with the middle half running from $480K to $1.8M. 2,125 of 2,666 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services and Information Technology hold the most companies, led by Artificial Intelligence at 1,531. The most common headcount band across the segment is 1-10.
Investors
Y Combinator, Antler and BioInnovation Institute Venture Lab appear most often across funded Pre-Seed startups on record.
Industries with the most funded Pre-Seed startups
Sector counts across all 5,991 tracked companies. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Countries with the most funded Pre-Seed startups
Where funded Pre-Seed startups are headquartered, by the country on the company record.
Where are funded Pre-Seed startups located?
Where funded Pre-Seed startups are based, by the city on the company record.
Top investors in Pre-Seed startups
The investors named most often across funded Pre-Seed startups.
Counts companies in this segment that name the firm as a backer. Investor names entered the pipeline in July 2026, so they cover the companies funded since.
About the FundedIQ Pre-Seed startup funding data
FundedIQ tracks announced startup funding rounds and organises them by company, funding date, stage, amount, industry, location and investor. The dataset is refreshed weekly, and new rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, so the same round reported twice on different dates is recorded once.
Figures on this page cover the 5,991 funded Pre-Seed startups currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (541 of 2,666 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded Pre-Seed startups is dated Oct 2026.
The table above shows the 100 most recently funded companies. Full funding histories, investor lists and founder contacts across the whole dataset open on a FundedIQ plan.
Frequently asked questions
How many funded Pre-Seed startups are there?
FundedIQ tracks 5,991 funded Pre-Seed startups. This page lists the 100 most recently funded of them, ordered by the date of their latest round, and the full set is available on a FundedIQ plan.
How much funding have Pre-Seed startups raised?
Pre-Seed startups tracked by FundedIQ have raised $3.1B in disclosed capital across 2,666 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 1,497 rounds in the last 12 months. 2,125 of those 2,666 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded Pre-Seed startups?
Artificial Intelligence has the most, with 1,531 companies, followed by Financial Services (547), Information Technology (368) and Commerce and Shopping (331). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which countries have the most funded Pre-Seed startups?
United States leads with 2,446 companies, ahead of United Kingdom (595), India (420) and Germany (247).
Which cities have the most funded Pre-Seed startups?
San Francisco leads with 692 companies, then London (448), New York (285) and Bangalore (141).
Which investors back the most Pre-Seed startups?
Y Combinator, Antler, BioInnovation Institute Venture Lab, Plug and Play and Techstars appear most often across funded Pre-Seed startups in the FundedIQ dataset. The count is the number of tracked companies naming each firm as a backer, so it reflects the companies on record rather than every deal a firm has ever done.
What is a typical funding round size for Pre-Seed startups?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $600K, and the middle half of rounds fall between $480K and $1.8M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.
How often is the Pre-Seed startup funding data updated?
The dataset is refreshed weekly. New rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, and the most recent round currently on record for funded Pre-Seed startups is dated Oct 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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