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Top Seed-Stage Companies in the US 2026

Private companies headquartered in the United States whose latest recorded round was seed or pre-seed, ranked by disclosed lifetime funding.

Known total funding for 100 of 100 ranked companies: $13.6B.

Showing top 100 matching companies · Ranked by total funding raised

Use company data through the API.
Example request
curl "https://indexed.vc/api/v1/companies?countries=United+States&operatingStatus=active&sort=total_funding_raised&order=desc&limit=100" -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

The API has no funding stage filter, so this includes every stage, not only Seed or Pre-Seed.

The API has no company type filter, so public companies can appear; this list counts private companies only.

The API cannot leave out companies whose latest round is a grant; this list does.

Data from Indexed.vcUpdated

Methodology: up to 100 active companies matching this list's filters are ordered by disclosed total funding in USD. Companies whose latest round is one of: Grant are excluded. Totals include recorded grants and other qualifying funding, not just equity. Open a company profile for its funding summary and available detail. How this data is built.

76
Abstract

San Francisco venture capital firm with $3.3 billion in assets under management, investing in sec...

San Francisco, United States11–50
SeedTotal funding$50.8MJan 2025
77
LIQUIDPISTON, INC

R&D company with 8 SBIR/STTR awards from Department of Defense.

Bloomfield, United States11–50Aerospace, Defense Tech
SeedTotal funding$50.4MMar 2026
78
Adaption

AI company building adaptive intelligence systems that continuously learn from real-world interac...

San Francisco, United States1–10Artificial Intelligence
SeedTotal funding$50.0MFeb 2026
79
Avaneer Health

Avaneer Health connects healthcare payers and providers directly to exchange insurance coverage i...

Oak Brook, United States51–200Healthcare
SeedTotal funding$50.0MJan 2022
80
E-Space

E-Space is a LEO satellite constellation company founded by Greg Wyler that builds sustainable, l...

Toulouse, United States201–500Aerospace, IoT
SeedTotal funding$50.0MFeb 2022
81
Habitat Health

Habitat Health empowers older adults to maintain independence and well-being by delivering medica...

California, United States51–200Healthcare
SeedTotal funding$50.0MMar 2024
82
Hypha

AI-native asset intelligence platform for institutional and private-market investors.

New York, United States11–50Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services
SeedTotal funding$50.0MJun 2026
83
Inception

Inception builds Mercury diffusion LLMs that generate tokens in parallel, matching speed-optimize...

Palo Alto, United States11–50Artificial Intelligence, Developer Tools
SeedTotal funding$50.0MNov 2025
84
Radical Numerics

AI research lab building general biological intelligence models trained on DNA, RNA, and protein ...

San Francisco, United States11–50Artificial Intelligence, Biotech
SeedTotal funding$50.0MJun 2026
85
Sooth Labs

Sooth delivers continuously updated, evidence-grounded forecasts that help organizations allocate...

Pittsburgh, United States1–10Artificial Intelligence, Deep Tech
SeedTotal funding$50.0MApr 2026
86
VeeFriends

VeeFriends creates character-centered comics, digital collectibles, trading cards, apparel, and m...

New York, United States11–50Crypto & Web3
SeedTotal funding$50.0MJul 2022
87
Golden Child

Premium high-end dog food brand with fresh frozen meals and specialty products.

Miami, United States1–10Pet Tech, Retail
SeedTotal funding$49.0MApr 2026
88
SkyPilot

Open-source framework for running, managing, and scaling AI workloads across any cloud or Kuberne...

San Francisco, United States1–10Artificial Intelligence, Developer Tools
SeedTotal funding$49.0MJul 2026
89
UpKeep

UpKeep is a service-first company that builds software to make maintenance easier for technicians...

Los Angeles, United States51–200IoT, SaaS
SeedTotal funding$48.7MOct 2022
90
Engram Lab

Engram is an applied AI research lab building systems that augment human intelligence through mem...

San Francisco, United States1–10Artificial Intelligence, Developer Tools
SeedTotal funding$48.0MJan 2025
91
Omeat

Omeat, now rebranded as Evergreen, partners with global meat producers to deliver cultivated meat...

Los Angeles, United States11–50Biotech, Climate Tech
SeedTotal funding$46.0MFeb 2026
92
Probook

AI operating system for the home services industry providing intelligent dispatch and workflow au...

New York, United States11–50Artificial Intelligence, HR Tech
SeedTotal funding$46.0MJun 2026
93
Poetiq

Poetiq builds intelligent systems that improve themselves by building intelligence on top of LLMs...

Mountain View, United States1–10Artificial Intelligence
SeedTotal funding$45.8MJan 2026
94
SERHANT

Media-powered luxury real estate brokerage founded by Ryan Serhant, combining traditional brokera...

New York, United States51–200Real Estate
SeedTotal funding$45.0MDec 2024
95
TRIMTECH Therapeutics

Develops TRIMTAC and TRIMGLUE small-molecule degraders that selectively degrade disease-causing p...

Cambridge, United States1–10Biotech
SeedTotal funding$45.0MJun 2026
96
Zero Matter

A single platform to accelerate how anything that moves or has a sensor is built, tested, and tra...

Mountain View, United States11–50Artificial Intelligence, Developer Tools
SeedTotal funding$45.0MJan 2024
97
Kismet

AI/ML-enabled platform empowering hotels to automate direct growth & group sales workflows.

New York, United States1–10Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
SeedTotal funding$44.7MSep 2024
98
Queens Carbon

Queens Carbon is developing groundbreaking processing technology to significantly reduce the ener...

San Francisco, United States1–10Energy, Clean Tech
SeedTotal funding$44.5MApr 2025
99
DEFCON AI

Modeling, simulation, and analysis company providing AI-powered technology solutions for logistic...

McLean, United States51–200Artificial Intelligence, Defense Tech
SeedTotal funding$44.0MAug 2024
100
Arkenstone Defense

Helps commercial companies enter the federal defense market.

Menlo Park, United States51–200Defense Tech, Compliance
SeedTotal funding$43.6MJul 2026