Seed Venture Capital Firms

Non-dilutive early-stage grant fund supporting companies at the seed stage. The organization is not sector-specific to professional services, but it can be relevant for North Carolina-based expansion ...

• Other
• Healthcare
• AI / ML

• Seed
• $10K – $50K
• Durham, North Carolina
• 25 portfolio companies

New Enterprise Associates - one of the world's largest and most active venture capital firms.

• Healthcare
• Enterprise
• Consumer

• Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth
• $500K – $100.0M
• US-SF
• 4 portfolio companies

Dedicated to investing in payment systems, remittances, and blockchain improvements targeting emerging markets, with a specialized focus on Africa.

• Other

• Seed
• $200K – $1.5M
• London, United Kingdom
• 1 portfolio company

Focused exclusively on startups leveraging AI, data, and innovative platforms to improve healthcare access and wellness globally.

• Healthcare
• Marketplace

• Seed, Series A
• $300K – $1.0M
• Boston, MA
• 2 portfolio companies

Focuses exclusively on startups transforming the music industry's monetization for artists and music-related communities.

• Other

• Pre-Seed, Seed
• $100K – $500K
• Los Angeles, CA
• 2 portfolio companies

Enterprise software fund backing understand-the-buyer SaaS products from pre-seed/seed.

• SaaS
• Developer Tools
• Other

• Pre-Seed, Seed
• $250K – $2.0M
• San Francisco, CA / London, UK
• 3 portfolio companies

Seed-stage firm focused on businesses with network effects; invests early and helps with GTM, hiring, and fundraising.

• Other
• Marketplace
• SaaS

• Seed, Series A
• $1.0M – $3.0M
• San Francisco, CA
• 15 portfolio companies

NGC Ventures says blockchain infrastructure is at the core of its investment thesis, including decentralized protocol layers, account abstraction, and interoperability. It also invests in application-...

• Other
• AI / ML
• Developer Tools

• Seed, Series A
• $500K – $5.0M
• Singapore, Singapore
• 32 portfolio companies

Focused on digital financial services in emerging markets, particularly those solving currency exchange and financial inclusion challenges.

• Fintech
• Other

• Pre-Seed, Seed
• $50K – $250K
• Cape Town, South Africa
• 2 portfolio companies

Corporate venture arm of NTT focused on communications, networking infrastructure, and enabling technologies for next-gen connectivity.

• Other
• Deep Tech
• AI / ML

• Seed, Series A
• $500K – $5.0M
• Palo Alto, CA
• 28 portfolio companies

Healthcare-focused investor backing companies transforming care delivery, operations, and patient engagement. Often relevant for software-enabled healthcare businesses with clear workflow value.

• Healthcare
• Other

• Seed, Series A
• New York, New York

Nyca Partners invests from seed to scale in early-stage fintech and financial infrastructure, targeting founders modernizing payments and transactions, risk, capital formation, digital advice, and fin...

• Fintech
• Other

• Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
• $2.3M – $30.0M
• New York, United States
• 3 portfolio companies

Nacre Partners exclusively invests in cloud-native DevOps tools and AI-powered SaaS platforms that target enterprise-grade customers.

• Developer Tools
• Other

• Seed, Series A
• $1.0M – $5.0M
• London, UK
• 2 portfolio companies

Focuses exclusively on deep tech startups such as AI, NLP, and new interfaces reshaping human-computer interaction.

• AI / ML
• Other

• Pre-Seed, Seed
• $50K – $250K
• San Francisco, CA
• 2 portfolio companies

Angel network investing in early-stage East African startups across fintech and B2B technology.

• Other
• Fintech
• SaaS

• Pre-Seed, Seed
• $25K – $250K
• Nairobi, Kenya
• 35 portfolio companies

Focused on early-stage tech startups in the MENA region, with an emphasis on platforms solving local challenges in transportation, marketplaces, and tech-enabled services.

• Other
• Marketplace
• Consumer

• Pre-Seed, Seed
• $50K – $250K
• Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• 1 portfolio company

Specializes in investments at the intersection of nanotechnology, advanced manufacturing, and material innovation.

• Other
• AI / ML
• Food / AgTech

• Pre-Seed, Seed
• $250K – $3.0M
• Chicago, IL
• 14 portfolio companies

Focused on deep tech startups, particularly those advancing robotics and nanotechnology.

• Other

• Seed
• $1.0M – $3.0M
• Boston, MA

Micro-fund supporting disruptive technologies at the intersection of pharma, diagnostics, and advanced healthcare platforms.

• Other
• Healthcare

• Pre-Seed, Seed
• $50K – $300K
• San Francisco, CA
• 1 portfolio company

Invests in advanced nanotechnology solutions with potential to disrupt traditional energy and clean technologies.

• Other
• Climate / Energy
• Healthcare

• Pre-Seed, Seed
• $500K – $1.0M
• Austin, TX
• 6 portfolio companies

Dedicated to investing in companies pushing the boundaries of nanotechnology and material sciences to drive innovation in semiconductors and AI hardware.

• Other
• AI / ML

• Pre-Seed, Seed
• $300K – $5.0M
• Palo Alto, CA
• 2 portfolio companies

NanoWave invests in nanotechnology and next-gen photonics startups with medical applications.

• Other

• Pre-Seed, Seed
• $750K – $2.5M
• San Francisco, CA
• 1 portfolio company

Focuses exclusively on foundational technologies in hardware, semiconductors, and next-gen compute layers enabling transformative efficiencies.

• Other

• Pre-Seed, Seed
• $250K – $2.0M
• Austin, TX
• 1 portfolio company

Investing in the intersection of nanotechnology and next-gen semiconductor manufacturing processes.

• Other

• Pre-Seed, Seed
• $500K – $2.5M
• Ann Arbor, Michigan
• 2 portfolio companies