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Top 25 Seed stage startups based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 1,392 seed stage startups headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 17,775 professional contacts across them, including 3,590 with verified work emails. San Francisco is the largest hub.

This list covers seed stage startups headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 22, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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1,392Companies
17,775Contacts tracked
3,590Verified emails
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The 25 largest seed stage startups based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 1,392 seed stage startups based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to seed stage startups: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026n/a3,283 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Y Combinator is the leading startup accelerator for entrepreneurs.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
2Indirect evidencePalo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026n/a1,246 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Founder Institute is the World’s Largest AI-Native Company Builder, where ambitious professionals, solo founders, and first-time entrepreneurs go to turn ideas into funded…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
3Strong evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 20261,001-5,000610 contacts →

Strong evidence

“LvlUp Ventures is a global venture capital firm investing in and accelerating early-stage & late-stage startups.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
4Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-200545 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Primary is the world's largest early stage VC firm, with a billion in assets under management and 50 full time employees.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
5Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500402 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Bessemer Venture Partners helps entrepreneurs lay strong foundations from inception to build long-standing companies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
6Strong evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026n/a321 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The Alchemist Accelerator is a venture-backed initiative focused on accelerating the development of seed-stage ventures that monetize from enterprises (not consumers).”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
7Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026n/a258 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Our mission is to help more people start better startups.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
8Indirect evidenceMenlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-200205 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“DFJ is a venture capital firm that partners with extraordinary entrepreneurs who are changing the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
9Partial evidenceSan Francisco, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026n/a199 contacts →

Partial evidence

“First Round is a venture capital firm that works with founders exclusively at the earliest stages of company building, often when all they have is an “imagine if.” We fill in…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
10Partial evidenceMenlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026n/a157 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We’re specialists in pre-seed and seed.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
11Partial evidenceAustin, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026n/a153 contacts →

Partial evidence

“SKU is an accelerator program for stellar consumer product startups.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12Indirect evidencePalo Alto, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-50133 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Sutter Hill Ventures has financed technology-based start-ups and assisted entrepreneurs in building market-leading companies since 1962.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
13Strong evidencePrinceton, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-200119 contacts →

Strong evidence

“SOSV is the most active deep tech venture capital firm globally, investing at pre-seed (or at startup inception) supporting visionary founders intent on making a profound impact…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
14Partial evidenceNY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026n/a114 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) is New York City’s leading technology accelerator and early-stage venture capital fund.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
15Indirect evidenceMenlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-200111 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Greylock was founded in 1965, one of the few venture firms that predates Silicon Valley.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
16Indirect evidenceBoston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026n/a109 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“FA Technology Ventures is an independent, established venture capital firm.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
17Partial evidencePalo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-50102 contacts →

Partial evidence

“DTC invests in determined early-stage founders who push the envelope on technology innovation for the enterprise, connecting them to the capital, expertise, and customers they…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
18Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20097 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Band of Angels is Silicon Valley's oldest seed funding organization.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
19Strong evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5087 contacts →

Strong evidence

“NFX is a venture firm exclusively focused on pre-seed & seed stage startups.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
20Partial evidenceNew York, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5086 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Global pre-seed fund backed by 500 founders and operators.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
21Strong evidenceSeattle, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5084 contacts →

Strong evidence

Seed, early stage and acceleration stage investor and partner for founders.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
22Indirect evidenceColumbus, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5081 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Venture Capital firm helping founders build the next generation of world class companies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
23Strong evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20081 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Forum Ventures® is the leading early-stage fund, accelerator and venture studio for B2B tech startups.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
24Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5080 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded by Jason Calacanis.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
25Indirect evidenceMenlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5069 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Felicis, we back founders with the courage to build before success is obvious.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026

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Seed stage startups based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026
20.2%Verified-email coverage
12.8Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
12.5%Largest-city concentration · San Francisco
Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
1,106
11-50
242
51-200
32
201-500
7
501-1,000
2
1,001-5,000
2
5,001-10,000
1

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 1,392 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among seed stage startups, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “seed stage startups”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names seed stage startups), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among seed stage startups, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 3,590 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 22, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names seed stage startups, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many seed stage startups are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 1,392 seed stage startups headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Y Combinator, headquartered in San Francisco, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most seed stage startups?

San Francisco leads with 174 headquartered companies, followed by New York (156) and Los Angeles (47).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 3,590 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,392 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 22, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.