Funding benchmark · last 12 months

The typical pre-seed round in Fintech

From 48 pre-seed rounds announced in Fintech over the last twelve months, each read from a named source. Half of them raised between $1.4M and $4.0M.

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Pre-seedFintech
Median round$2.4M
$635K1 in 10 below$1.4M – $4.0Mmiddle half$10M1 in 10 above

48 rounds counted · recounted nightly

Rounds counted48pre-seed rounds in Fintech, last 12 months
Against worldwide+20%vs the $2.0M worldwide median
Since last round-too few earlier rounds on record
Lead named63%of these rounds name the investor who led

The trend

Median pre-seed round, quarter by quarter

From $1.6M in 2024 Q4 to $2.9M in 2026 Q3. Quarters with fewer than five rounds are left blank.

$1.6M'24 Q45 rds
$1.0M'25 Q17 rds
$1.1M'25 Q25 rds
$2.3M'25 Q37 rds
$2.8M'25 Q413 rds
$2.2M'26 Q17 rds
$2.4M'26 Q210 rds
$2.9M'26 Q38 rds

Who leads

The most active leads

The firms that led the most pre-seed rounds in Fintech this year.

  1. 1Motive Ventures2 led
  2. 2Y Combinator1 led
  3. 3Plug and Play1 led
  4. 4BoxGroup1 led
  5. 5Global Founders Capital1 led
  6. 6Airtree Ventures1 led

Recent examples

Pre-seed rounds in Fintech, latest first

How to read these figures

They come from announced rounds. Large rounds are almost always announced and many small ones never are, so the true typical round is probably a little smaller than shown, most of all at pre-seed and seed. Every round behind them is in the record with its source. How we read rounds.

Other stages in Fintech

Seed$5.0MSeries A$16MSeries B$40MSeries C$66MGrowth$55M

Pre-seed elsewhere

AI$2.1MUnited States$3.0MSoftware$2.0MUnited Kingdom$2.0M

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Q&A

How big is a typical pre-seed round in Fintech?

The median is $2.4M, from 48 pre-seed rounds announced in Fintech in the last twelve months. Half of them raised between $1.4M and $4.0M; one in ten raised more than $10M.

Which rounds are counted?

Rounds announced in the last twelve months with a stated amount and stage, each read from a named article or filing. A page is only published where at least 30 rounds stand behind it.

Are these figures biased?

Towards larger rounds, yes. Big rounds are announced; many small ones never are. So the true typical round is probably a little smaller than the figure here, especially at pre-seed and seed.

How often does it change?

The figures are recounted from the record every night, as new rounds are read.