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Top Pre-Seed Startups 2026

The earliest-stage venture-backed startups raising pre-seed rounds. First institutional bets from leading angel investors and micro-VCs.

As of September 2026, these 100 companies have raised $1.9B in combined funding.

Showing top 100 of 2,538 matching companies · Ranked by total funding raised · Data updated Sep 18, 2026

Methodology: 2,538 active companies matched this list's filters; the top 100 are ordered by disclosed total funding in USD. Open a company profile for its funding summary and available detail. How this data is built.