--- title: "What is a seed round? | Datahyena" url: https://datahyena.com/glossary/seed-round/ description: "A seed round is a startup" --- [โ† Glossary](https://datahyena.com/glossary) # Seed round A seed round is a startup's first significant round of outside equity funding, used to build an initial product, hire a small team, and find product-market fit before raising a larger Series A. The seed round is usually the earliest priced or convertible funding a company raises from outside investors, after any friends-and-family or pre-seed money. The capital is meant to get the company from an idea or prototype to early traction: a working product, the first hires, and enough evidence of demand to justify a larger round. Seed rounds are typically led by angel investors, seed-stage venture funds, or accelerators, and are often structured as a priced equity round or via instruments like a SAFE or convertible note. Sizes vary widely by market and sector, but a seed round is generally smaller than the Series A that tends to follow it. For go-to-market and investment teams, a seed round is an early intent signal: it marks a company that has just been validated by investors and is about to start spending on hiring, tooling, and growth. In Datahyena Seed rounds appear in the funding-events feed with round set to 'seed', the amount raised, the participating investors (entity-resolved), the announcement date, and the sources that reported it. Pull them from GET /v1/funding-events. [Get your API key โ†’](https://app.datahyena.com/register) [View the API](https://datahyena.com/docs/api-reference) Related terms - [Series A](https://datahyena.com/glossary/series-a) - [Bridge round](https://datahyena.com/glossary/bridge-round) - [Term sheet](https://datahyena.com/glossary/term-sheet) ## Common questions More on seed round. How big is a typical seed round? It varies widely by region and sector, but a seed round is generally smaller than a Series A and large enough to fund a small team and an initial product for a year or more. What's the difference between pre-seed and seed? Pre-seed is the earliest, smallest capital used to test an idea; the seed round is the first significant outside round used to build the product and reach early traction. ## Start pulling signals in minutes. Create a key, claim your 50 free credits, and make your first request today. No sales call, no credit card. [Get your API key โ†’](https://app.datahyena.com/register) [Read the docs](https://datahyena.com/docs) 50 free credits ยท no credit card