Recently Funded Seed Startups
Updated Oct 2026
Funded Seed startups number 16,970 in FundedIQ, tracked with their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the Seed startup funding landscape, along with the 100 most recently funded Seed startups.
Seed startups closed 6,748 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 3,936 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $36B in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $3.1M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $1.3M and $6.0M. Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services and Information Technology hold the most companies by sector. San Francisco and New York hold the deepest concentrations of these companies.
These ventures center in San Francisco and New York, typically operating with small teams. Y Combinator and Khosla Ventures frequently back these early stages. The concentration of lean headcounts across the United States and United Kingdom defines a target profile of agile organizations. These companies possess a small internal footprint, making them ideal for vendors selling foundational infrastructure or early scale tools.
Seed funded startup statistics
Most recent funding round on record: Oct 2026. Investors appearing most often across Seed funding rounds: Y Combinator, Rebel Fund, Alumni Ventures, Plug and Play, Khosla Ventures.
100 most recently funded Seed startups
100 of 16,970Ordered 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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Seed startup funding trends
Funding activity
Seed startups closed 6,748 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 3,936 of them in the last 12, adding up to $36B in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $3.1M, with the middle half running from $1.3M to $6.0M. 5,458 of 6,748 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services and Information Technology hold the most companies, led by Artificial Intelligence at 3,172. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Investors
Y Combinator, Rebel Fund and Alumni Ventures appear most often across funded Seed startups on record.
Industries with the most funded Seed startups
Sector counts across all 16,970 tracked companies. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Countries with the most funded Seed startups
Where funded Seed startups are headquartered, by the country on the company record.
Where are funded Seed startups located?
Where funded Seed startups are based, by the city on the company record.
Top investors in Seed startups
The investors named most often across funded 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 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 16,970 funded 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 (1,290 of 6,748 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded 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 Seed startups are there?
FundedIQ tracks 16,970 funded 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 Seed startups raised?
Seed startups tracked by FundedIQ have raised $36B in disclosed capital across 6,748 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 3,936 rounds in the last 12 months. 5,458 of those 6,748 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded Seed startups?
Artificial Intelligence has the most, with 3,172 companies, followed by Financial Services (1,599), Information Technology (1,135) and Commerce and Shopping (946). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which countries have the most funded Seed startups?
United States leads with 7,386 companies, ahead of United Kingdom (1,374), India (1,344) and Germany (686).
Which cities have the most funded Seed startups?
San Francisco leads with 1,118 companies, then New York (948), London (902) and Bangalore (427).
Which investors back the most Seed startups?
Y Combinator, Rebel Fund, Alumni Ventures, Plug and Play and Khosla Ventures appear most often across funded 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 Seed startups?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $3.1M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $1.3M and $6.0M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.
How often is the 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 Seed startups is dated Oct 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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