Pre Seed Funding

Pre-Seed Funding in 2026: What It Is, Who Writes the Checks, and What Terms Look Like

In Q1 2026, roughly 3,000 U.S. startups raised $2.9B in pre-seed funding, with the median round coming in at $1M on a $4–6M post-money SAFE cap, and only 45% of those companies will reach a seed round