Seed-Funded Startups in 2026
Early-stage companies that raised seed funding this year, tracked from day one. A living directory for investors scouting the next breakout companies.
AI-powered agentic operating system for direct-to-consumer brands. Automates customer interactions across messaging platforms including WhatsApp, Instagram, and email with autonomous AI agents. Founded by eight ironSource veterans after the company's $4.4B acquisition by Unity.
Procode AI is an AI-powered revenue cycle management company for surgeons in private practice. Its Coding Copilot enables medical coders to code 90% faster with greater accuracy by translating operative reports to billing and diagnostic codes. The company acquired The Auctus Group, the leading U.S. biller for plastic surgeons and a top-three biller in dermatology.
Consumer wearable company building a sensor worn near the temple that continuously measures cerebral blood flow in real-time using advanced sensors and AI. Targets elite performance athletes with insights into cognitive metrics like memory, focus, stress, and sleep quality. Based on founder Deepinder Goyal's 'Gravity Ageing' hypothesis linking reduced cerebral blood flow to brain aging.
Voice AI platform building AI agents capable of conducting human-like phone conversations for high-value business interactions. Specializes in complex, consultative pre-sales and lead qualification across real estate, education, financial services, and healthcare. Trained on 1M+ real-world conversations with sub-800ms latency. Supports 100+ languages and handles transactions in the $50K-$5M range. Processes 570,000+ minutes monthly with 33+ customers across India, UAE, Malaysia, and US.
Physical AI company developing robotics foundation models that enable human-level dexterity and perception for machines. Builds real-world intelligence through software trained directly in live industrial environments, revolutionizing manufacturing and logistics by allowing robots to see, feel, and act with the precision and adaptability of human hands.
AI-powered cloud infrastructure optimization platform that uses agentic AI to detect cloud inefficiencies, deliver actionable remediation plans, and generate compliant infrastructure-as-code (Terraform-ready) for engineering teams. Tasks that previously required weeks of specialized cloud expertise can be completed in minutes. The platform is read-only in cloud environments, generating reviewable code rather than making direct changes.
AI infrastructure startup developing system-level software that orchestrates AI workloads across mixed chip architectures from different manufacturers including Nvidia, AMD, AWS Trainium, Cerebras, and SambaNova. Inspired by neuroscience research showing intelligence emerges from diverse specialized components. Claims 2x accuracy, 7x faster performance, and 4x lower cost vs. homogeneous hardware setups.
Trust and verification infrastructure platform for AI agents in the autonomous economy. Provides identity verification ('know your agent'), real-time risk systems, credit lines for AI agents, and integrated settlement. Built on XRP Ledger, Solana, and Base networks as a trust layer for agentic finance.
Music royalty management platform helping artists identify missing royalties, complete registrations, and retain 100% of their earnings. Monitors royalties across multiple platforms, identifies registration issues, and resolves them automatically. Has tracked $1.5B in lost royalties since launch. 98% of new users are not properly collecting all of their royalties.
AI-powered legal platform for small and medium businesses, combining proprietary AI with a nationwide network of 8,000+ lawyers across all 50 states. Partners include Baker Hostetler, Morgan & Morgan, and Imhoff & Associates.
Sherpas is an AI-native infrastructure platform for wealth management firms, serving as an operating layer for financial advice. The platform automates data intake, runs financial diagnostics and scenario modeling, and generates personalized proposals, reducing advisory workflows from hours to minutes. Targets RIAs, advisory consultants, credit unions, and community banks.
Maazah (Farsi for 'flavor, taste, joy') is a food brand producing globally inspired dips and sauces rooted in Afghan family recipes. Founded by first-generation Afghan American sisters, the company started selling small-batch cilantro chutney at Minneapolis farmers markets and has expanded into major national retailers including Target (250+ locations), Whole Foods Market, Sprouts, and Costco.
Rizon is a global dollar neobank that enables users to deposit, send, spend, and receive USDC and USDT stablecoins across 122 countries. The platform issues Visa cards accepted at over 100 million merchants and ATMs worldwide, with international transfers at up to 86% lower cost than traditional providers.
Grotto AI is a vertical AI platform for multifamily real estate that helps property operators reduce vacancy loss by supercharging leasing teams. The platform provides real-time call guidance and post-call coaching using ML models trained on hundreds of thousands of leasing interactions, rather than replacing agents with chatbots.
Enterprise AI and data transformation company partnering with large enterprises and Global Capability Centers as an AI-first transformation ally. Combines deep process consulting with AI implementation, powered by its in-house NAVIO platform. Delivers 90%+ efficiency improvements in reconciliation workflows.
Africa's first indigenous defense technology prime, designing and manufacturing autonomous surveillance systems including drones and fixed surveillance towers to protect critical national infrastructure. Technology deployed across multiple African countries securing infrastructure assets valued at roughly $11 billion.
Stablecoin-native neobanking platform offering businesses a unified interface to manage multi-currency accounts, hold and convert fiat and stablecoins, and execute international payouts. Targets businesses in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and India.
Fintech platform helping hardtech companies (robotics, climate tech, mobility, data centers) access structured debt financing from institutional lenders. AI-powered platform standardizes data, documentation, and reporting, reducing reliance on dilutive equity rounds. 28 banks on platform.
AI-powered financial modeling IDE that operates as an "agentic spreadsheet." A standalone workspace (similar to Cursor for code) where AI agents handle financial modeling, reducing modeling time by up to 90%. Integrates data sources into one connected workspace with full audit trails.
Adapt is an AI computer for business, a horizontal intelligence platform that connects a company's tools and data with frontier AI agents working alongside teams in Slack and other business systems. The platform features Adapt Apps (persistent GUIs built via natural language) and proactive automation for monitoring and actions.
Quantum software company building a hardware-aware quantum operating system designed to run near-term quantum applications at up to 100x less computational cost. Middleware focuses on circuit optimization, error shielding, and software orchestration across finance, healthcare, aviation, and life sciences.
Africa's first indigenous defense technology prime, designing and manufacturing autonomous surveillance systems including drones and fixed surveillance towers to protect critical national infrastructure. Technology deployed across multiple African countries securing infrastructure assets valued at roughly $11 billion.
AI research lab focused on solving the data-efficiency problem in AI. Named after the metaphor that current AI scaling is like putting flapping wings on an airplane rather than discovering aerodynamic principles.
This page tracks startups that are still in the seed stage (no Series A or later rounds on record). Companies are automatically removed once they raise beyond seed. Data is compiled from verified sources including company announcements, press coverage, and regulatory filings.