Funding benchmark · last 12 months

The typical pre-seed round in the United Kingdom

From 31 pre-seed rounds announced in the United Kingdom over the last twelve months, each read from a named source. Half of them raised between $1.1M and $3.9M.

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Pre-seed United Kingdom
Median round$2.0M
$491K1 in 10 below$1.1M – $3.9Mmiddle half$6.6M1 in 10 above

31 rounds counted · recounted nightly

Rounds counted31pre-seed rounds in the United Kingdom, last 12 months
Against worldwide0%vs the $2.0M worldwide median
Since last round-too few earlier rounds on record
Lead named71%of these rounds name the investor who led

The trend

Median pre-seed round, quarter by quarter

From $772K in 2025 Q2 to $3.0M in 2026 Q3. Quarters with fewer than five rounds are left blank.

'24 Q42 rds
'25 Q11 rds
$772K'25 Q25 rds
$1.7M'25 Q36 rds
'25 Q42 rds
$1.8M'26 Q16 rds
'26 Q24 rds
$3.0M'26 Q38 rds

Who leads

The most active leads

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

  1. 1Fuel Ventures4 led
  2. 2Empirical Ventures2 led
  3. 3Bridford Group2 led
  4. 4Andreessen Horowitz1 led
  5. 5SFC Capital1 led
  6. 6IP Group1 led

Recent examples

Pre-seed rounds in the United Kingdom, 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 the United Kingdom

Seed$3.1MSeries A$14MSeries B$43MGrowth$25M

Pre-seed elsewhere

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

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Q&A

How big is a typical pre-seed round in the United Kingdom?

The median is $2.0M, from 31 pre-seed rounds announced in the United Kingdom in the last twelve months. Half of them raised between $1.1M and $3.9M; one in ten raised more than $6.6M.

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.