List of Funded Pre Seed Stage Startups (2025)

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Pre-Seed Stage Startup Funding Trends

Total Pre-Seed Rounds: 82 financings between January 6 and April 17, 2025.

Descriptive Statistics of Pre-Seed Startup Funding Amounts:

• Mean check: $1.52 M

• Median check: $1.40 M

• 25th percentile: $2.5 K; 75th percentile: $2.0 M

• Range: $0 (21 rounds) to $10 M

Monthly Pre-Seed Startup Funding Trends:

• January: 16 rounds, $24.87 M total

• February: 30 rounds, $49.28 M total

• March: 23 rounds, $32.24 M total

• April (to 4/17): 13 rounds, $18.25 M total

Top Industries by Deal Volume:

1. Information Technology & Services: 48 rounds

2. Research: 4

3. Financial Services: 4

4. Hospital & Health Care: 3

5. Internet: 3

Top Industries by Total Pre-Seed Capital:

1. Information Technology & Services: $73.43 M

2. Research: $11.50 M

3. Veterinary: $10.00 M

4. Financial Services: $7.40 M

5. Hospital & Health Care: $4.03 M

Geographic Concentration (Top 5 States):

• California: 34 rounds, $59.10 M

• Massachusetts: 7, $22.65 M

• New York: 6, $15.50 M

• Ohio: 4, $4.52 M

• Illinois: 3, $4.45 M

Pre-Seed startup funding growth curves compared across top industries

The growth curves for the top five pre-seed industries display distinct patterns:

• Information Technology & Services (red line) surged from $13.5M in January to $27.5M in February, then tapered steadily through April.

• Research (pink line) dipped in February before peaking at $4.5M in March and cooling off in April.

• Financial Services (orange line) climbed gradually from $3.0M in January to $4.2M in April, reflecting consistent investor interest.

• Veterinary (cyan line) appeared only in February to March with modest totals, indicating sporadic early bets.

• Hospital & Health Care (brown line) declined from $2.0M in January to zero in February, then rebounded to $4.5M in March before dropping again.

Exceptionally Large and Small Pre-Seed Startup Funding Rounds

Exceptionally Large Pre-Seed Rounds (> $5.0 M):

• Tandem (Veterinary) – $10 M on 2025-02-24

• Pinkfish (IT & Services) – $7.6 M on 2025-02-11

• Human (IT & Services) – $7.3 M on 2025-02-10

Exceptionally Small Pre-Seed Rounds (≤ $50 K):

• PassCash (IT & Services) – $10 K on 2025-03-15

• Nurse Lynx (Hospital & Health Care) – $25 K on 2025-02-13

• Scooly (IT & Services) – $50 K on 2025-03-31

• Concept Interactive (Entertainment) – $50 K on 2025-02-17

Key relationship insights for Pre-Seed funded startups

Deal Size vs. Industry

• Veterinary commands the highest average pre-seed check at $10 M, driven by a single large round.

• Defense & Space and Research follow with $3.25 M and $2.88 M average deals, respectively.

• Mature “utility” sectors like IT & Services see more rounds but smaller checks (~$1.7 M average).

Deal Size vs. Geography

• Massachusetts tops in per-deal size ($3.24 M avg) across 7 rounds.

• New York and Washington trail with $2.58 M and $1.90 M average checks, respectively.

• California leads in volume (34 rounds) with a $1.74 M average—ideal for high-velocity deal flow.

Industry–State Clusters for Pre-Seed Targeting

• Information Technology & Services:

  • California (21 rounds, $1.71 M avg)

  • New York (5, $2.66 M avg)

  • Washington (2, $1.90 M avg)

• Research:

  • California (2 rounds, $4.25 M avg)

  • Ohio & Pennsylvania (1 each, $1.50 M avg)

• Veterinary:

  • Massachusetts (1 round, $10 M) – a standout large check in a niche vertical.

• Financial Services:

  • California (2, $2.50 M avg), Ohio (1, $1.30 M), Indiana (1, $1.10 M)

• Hospital & Health Care:

  • Massachusetts (2, $2.00 M avg) and Maryland (1, $25 K anomaly)

Strategic Takeaways

• High-Value Opportunities: Niche sectors (Veterinary, Defense & Space) in Massachusetts and California.

• Volume Plays: IT & Services in California and New York for a robust pipeline of modest-sized pre-seed rounds.

• Emerging Pockets: Research in California, Ohio, and Pennsylvania offers above-average early checks.