Funding benchmark · last 12 months

The typical pre-seed round in Software

From 33 pre-seed rounds announced in Software over the last twelve months, each read from a named source. Half of them raised between $1.0M and $2.7M.

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Pre-seedSoftware
Median round$2.0M
$628K1 in 10 below$1.0M – $2.7Mmiddle half$5.8M1 in 10 above

33 rounds counted · recounted nightly

Rounds counted33pre-seed rounds in Software, last 12 months
Against worldwide0%vs the $2.0M worldwide median
Since last round-too few earlier rounds on record
Lead named76%of these rounds name the investor who led

The trend

Median pre-seed round, quarter by quarter

The last eight full quarters. Quarters with fewer than five rounds are left blank.

'24 Q40 rds
'25 Q12 rds
'25 Q23 rds
'25 Q32 rds
'25 Q42 rds
'26 Q12 rds
'26 Q24 rds
$2.2M'26 Q311 rds

Who leads

The most active leads

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

  1. 1Menlo Ventures1 led
  2. 2Seedcamp1 led
  3. 3SFC Capital1 led
  4. 4360 Capital1 led
  5. 5Fuel Ventures1 led
  6. 6Airtree Ventures1 led

Recent examples

Pre-seed rounds in Software, 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 Software

Seed$5.0MSeries A$18M

Pre-seed elsewhere

AI$2.1MUnited States$3.0MFintech$2.4MUnited Kingdom$2.0M

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Q&A

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

The median is $2.0M, from 33 pre-seed rounds announced in Software in the last twelve months. Half of them raised between $1.0M and $2.7M; one in ten raised more than $5.8M.

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.