# Company Funding Signal Check: SEC Form D, Reg CF and YC (`accountable_eel/company-funding-signal-check`) Actor

Find company funding rounds by company name, domain or SEC CIK. One row per company with every funding signal found, newest first: SEC Form D private offerings, Regulation Crowdfunding (Form C) raises and Y Combinator batches, each with amount, date and source link.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/accountable_eel/company-funding-signal-check.md
- **Developed by:** [Adrian Voss](https://apify.com/accountable_eel) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 company with funding signals founds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Company Funding Signal Check: SEC Form D, Reg CF and YC

Give it a company name, a website domain or an SEC CIK number and get **one row per company with
every funding signal on public record, newest first**: SEC Form D private offerings, Regulation
Crowdfunding (Form C) raises and Y Combinator batches. Each signal carries its amount, its date and
a link to the filing or directory page it came from. No API key, no account, no proxy. A company
with no signal comes back as a free row that says so.

### Who it's for

- **Sales and outbound teams** who want to know which accounts on a list have just raised money,
  and how much, before writing the first line of an email.
- **Investors and scouts** checking whether a company has filed a Form D, is running a
  crowdfunding round, or went through Y Combinator.
- **Recruiters and vendors** using a fresh raise as the trigger to reach out.
- **Analysts enriching a CRM or a Clay table** with a funding column that links back to a source
  anyone can open.

### What you get

One row per company:

| What | Columns |
| --- | --- |
| The answer | `found`, `signalCount`, `latestSignalDate`, `latestSignalSource`, `latestSignalType`, `latestAmountUsd`, `largestAmountUsd` |
| The company | `companyName`, `website`, `ycBatch`, `secCiks`, `inputType` |
| Every signal | `signals` (newest first), `signalsTruncated` |
| Provenance | `sourceUrl`, `sourcesFound`, `sourcesTried`, `sourcesFailed`, `checkNotes`, `scrapedAt` |

Example rows, shortened:

| query | found | companyName | signalCount | latestSignalDate | latestSignalType | latestAmountUsd | website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Livestock Laboratories & Biosciences | true | Livestock Laboratories & Biosciences Inc. | 2 | 2026-10-09 | reg-cf-amendment | 750000 | www.livestock-labs.com |
| Cor5 Inc | true | Cor5 Inc. | 1 | 2026-10-09 | reg-cf-offering | 10000 | cor5.com |
| A company with no US filing | false | | 0 | | | | |

The first row's `signals` holds two entries, the amended notice of 9 October and the original
offering of 1 October, each with its own summary line, for example "Regulation Crowdfunding offering
(amended) via Wefunder Portal LLC: up to $750,000, $50,000 minimum target, Simple Agreement for
Future Equity (SAFE)".

Each entry in `signals` has the same fields:

| Field | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| `source` | `sec-form-d`, `sec-reg-cf` or `yc-directory` |
| `signalType` | `form-d-offering`, `form-d-amendment`, `reg-cf-offering`, `reg-cf-amendment`, `reg-cf-progress-update` or `yc-batch` |
| `date`, `datePrecision` | The filing date (`day`), or the first day of the batch season for Y Combinator (`batch`) |
| `amountUsd` | The offering size: total offering amount on a Form D, maximum offering amount on a crowdfunding filing |
| `amountSoldUsd` | Form D only: how much the company says it has sold so far |
| `targetAmountUsd` | Crowdfunding only: the minimum target the round must reach |
| `amountText` | `Indefinite` when a Form D states no fixed amount |
| `summary` | One plain sentence, for example "Regulation Crowdfunding offering via Wefunder Portal LLC: up to $750,000" |
| `issuerName`, `cik`, `formType`, `accessionNumber` | Which SEC filer and which filing |
| `securityType`, `industry`, `website`, `intermediary`, `ycBatch`, `deadlineDate`, `dateOfFirstSale` | Whatever that source states, empty otherwise |
| `sourceUrl` | The filing index page or the directory page |

#### What this covers, and what it does not

- **Covered:** companies that filed a Form D or a Form C with the SEC (US private placements and
  US crowdfunding rounds, 2001 onwards), and companies in the Y Combinator directory.
- **Not covered:** rounds that were never filed in the US, press-only announcements, and investor
  names. A company funded only that way returns `found: false` and costs nothing.
- **Amounts are what the company filed.** A Form D states the size of the offering and how much is
  sold so far; it is not a valuation. Amendments restate the same round, so `largestAmountUsd` is
  the largest single offering and never a sum. Y Combinator does not publish what it invested in a
  company, so a `yc-batch` signal has no amount.
- **Matching is exact.** A name matches a filer only when the two are the same once legal-form
  words (Inc, LLC, Corp, Ltd) and punctuation are set aside. A domain matches a Y Combinator
  company by its website, and an SEC filer only when one of that filer's own filings states the
  website. When several filers share one exact name, `checkNotes` says so and each signal names its
  filer; give the CIK to pin one.
- **An outage is not a "no".** If a source cannot be reached, the row says `SOURCE_UNAVAILABLE`
  (or lists the source in `sourcesFailed` when another source still answered) instead of claiming
  the company has no funding.

### How to use

1. **In the Apify Console.** Open the actor page and click **Start** — the `companies` field is already pre-filled with a working example. Results land in the run's dataset as soon as each item is found.
2. **Via the API.** Call it directly with a POST request — no Console needed once you have an API token:
   ```bash
   curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/accountable_eel~company-funding-signal-check/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_TOKEN>" \
     -X POST \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{"companies":["Livestock Laboratories & Biosciences","Cor5 Inc"]}'
   ```
3. **On a schedule.** Save this actor as an Apify **Task** with the input you want, then add a **Schedule** (hourly, daily, weekly) so it runs on its own — no server of your own required.

### Input

```json
{
  "companies": [
    "Livestock Laboratories & Biosciences",
    "Cor5 Inc"
  ]
}
```

One company per line: a company name, a website domain, or an SEC CIK number. Names are matched exactly once legal-form words such as Inc and LLC are set aside, so "Cor5" and "Cor5 Inc." are the same company and a similarly named one is never returned. Accepted formats: Cor5 Inc, Livestock Laboratories & Biosciences, stripe.com, CIK 2157756.

```json
{
  "companies": ["Cor5 Inc", "stripe.com", "CIK 2157756"],
  "maxSignalsPerCompany": 5
}
```

`companies` takes names, domains and CIK numbers mixed in one list. `maxSignalsPerCompany` (default
10, up to 50) caps how many signals are listed per company, newest first. It changes how long a run
takes, never the price: a company is billed once however many signals it has.

### Output

One row per company, for example:

| query | found | status | companyName | inputType | signalCount | latestSignalDate | latestSignalSource | latestSignalType | latestAmountUsd | largestAmountUsd | ycBatch | website | secCiks | signals | signalsTruncated | sourcesFailed | checkNotes | sourceUrl | scrapedAt |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Livestock Laboratories & Biosciences | true | OK | <company on record> | <read as> | <funding signals found> | <newest signal date> | <newest signal source> | <newest signal type> | \<newest signal amount (usd)> | \<largest offering (usd)> | <y combinator batch> | <company website> | <sec cik numbers> | \<funding signals, newest first> | \<more signals exist?> | <sources that could not be checked> | <notes> | <source> | 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z |

A company with no signal comes back as a row with `"found": false`, `"status": "NOT_FOUND"` and a
`message` that says what was checked. It is never charged.

### Example runs

Three inputs that need no credentials of any kind and return rows as they stand. Paste one into the
Input tab and press Start.

**1. Has this company raised through crowdfunding?**

```json
{
  "companies": ["Livestock Laboratories & Biosciences", "Cor5 Inc"]
}
```

**2. Check a list of websites against the Y Combinator directory and SEC filings**

```json
{
  "companies": ["stripe.com", "airbnb.com", "gusto.com"]
}
```

**3. One known SEC filer by CIK, newest three signals only**

```json
{
  "companies": ["CIK 2157756"],
  "maxSignalsPerCompany": 3
}
```

### Pricing

Pay-per-event. A flat per-run fee covers session/proxy warmup; each independent
source is billed under its own event, only when that source actually returns
data — see `.actor/pay_per_event.json` for exact prices. A miss is never
charged.

### Use it from Clay, n8n, Make, or an AI agent

This actor runs synchronously over plain HTTP — call it directly from a script, a workflow tool, or an AI agent, no Apify Console needed once you have an API token.

```bash
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/accountable_eel~company-funding-signal-check/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_TOKEN>" \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"companies":["Livestock Laboratories & Biosciences","Cor5 Inc"]}'
```

**n8n.** Add an HTTP Request node: Method `POST`, URL `https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/accountable_eel~company-funding-signal-check/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_TOKEN>`, Body Content Type `JSON`, JSON Body `{"companies":["Livestock Laboratories & Biosciences","Cor5 Inc"]}` (swap in an expression from an earlier node for a real value).

**Clay.** Add an "HTTP API" column: Method `POST`, URL `https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/accountable_eel~company-funding-signal-check/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_TOKEN>`, Body `{"companies":["{{company}}"]}`, mapping the row's company into the `companies` array.

**MCP.** In Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client with the Apify MCP server, ask for "Company funding rounds by company name: Form D, Reg CF" — the agent will find and run this actor.

# Actor input Schema

## `companies` (type: `array`):

One company per line: a company name, a website domain, or an SEC CIK number. Names are matched exactly once legal-form words such as Inc and LLC are set aside, so "Cor5" and "Cor5 Inc." are the same company and a similarly named one is never returned. Accepted formats: Cor5 Inc, Livestock Laboratories & Biosciences, stripe.com, CIK 2157756. You're only charged for the ones we actually find — a miss costs nothing.

## `testRun` (type: `boolean`):

Turn this on to test your input on a small sample before running the full list. Turn it off to process everything.

## `onlyFound` (type: `boolean`):

Only keep rows where something was actually found. Misses are always free, whether or not you show them here.

## `includeKeywords` (type: `array`):

Optional. Only keep results that mention at least one of these words (e.g. a job title, a city, a product name). Leave empty to keep everything.

## `excludeKeywords` (type: `array`):

Optional. Drop any result that mentions one of these words. Leave empty to skip nothing.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Optional. Stop the run once this many results have been found — useful for a quick, cheap sample. Leave blank for no limit.

## `columns` (type: `array`):

Choose which pieces of information to include in each result row. All are included by default.

## `maxSignalsPerCompany` (type: `integer`):

How many funding signals to list for each company, newest first (1 to 50). Each SEC filing is one extra document to read, so a lower number is faster. The price does not change: a company is billed once however many signals it has.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Parallel requests. Keep conservative — this target has no browser fallback, so getting blocked costs more than slow-and-steady.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "companies": [
    "Livestock Laboratories & Biosciences",
    "Cor5 Inc"
  ],
  "testRun": false,
  "onlyFound": false,
  "includeKeywords": [],
  "excludeKeywords": [],
  "columns": [
    "companyName",
    "inputType",
    "signalCount",
    "latestSignalDate",
    "latestSignalSource",
    "latestSignalType",
    "latestAmountUsd",
    "largestAmountUsd",
    "ycBatch",
    "website",
    "secCiks",
    "signals",
    "signalsTruncated",
    "sourcesFailed",
    "checkNotes",
    "sourceUrl"
  ],
  "maxSignalsPerCompany": 10,
  "maxConcurrency": 3
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "companies": [
        "Livestock Laboratories & Biosciences",
        "Cor5 Inc"
    ],
    "includeKeywords": [],
    "excludeKeywords": []
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("accountable_eel/company-funding-signal-check").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "companies": [
        "Livestock Laboratories & Biosciences",
        "Cor5 Inc",
    ],
    "includeKeywords": [],
    "excludeKeywords": [],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("accountable_eel/company-funding-signal-check").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "companies": [
    "Livestock Laboratories & Biosciences",
    "Cor5 Inc"
  ],
  "includeKeywords": [],
  "excludeKeywords": []
}' |
apify call accountable_eel/company-funding-signal-check --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,accountable_eel/company-funding-signal-check"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/tW0ffyH8blvX25M0h/builds/OtkMhBhlmstx5t32G/openapi.json