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Database of over 100 pre-seed venture capital investors for your startup's first funding round. These funds invest at the earliest stage.

Are you planning a pre-seed funding round for your startup? Lots of VCs (venture capitalists) claim to invest at the earliest funding stages. Far fewer actually invest in pre-seed rounds.

We've gone to the trouble of putting together a definitive list of the VC funds that are actually investing in early rounds.

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