Company Funding Tracker

Track startup funding rounds and private placements from SEC EDGAR Form D filings. A free alternative to Crunchbase and PitchBook for U.S. company fundraising data.

💰 What does Company Funding Tracker do?

Company Funding Tracker extracts structured funding data from SEC EDGAR Form D filings — the mandatory disclosure that U.S. companies must file when raising private capital (seed rounds, Series A/B/C, private equity, etc.). It supports three modes:

🔹 Search — Find funding filings by keyword (company name, industry, technology) 🔹 Recent — Browse the latest Form D filings from the past 30 days 🔹 Company — Look up all Form D filings for specific companies

Every company that raises money from investors in the U.S. must file Form D with the SEC. This includes venture-backed startups, private equity funds, real estate syndicates, and hedge funds.

❓ Why use Company Funding Tracker?

🔹 Free data source — SEC EDGAR is a free, public government database. No API key needed 🔹 Crunchbase alternative — Get funding data that costs $49-99/mo on Crunchbase, for free 🔹 Real-time filings — Form D filings appear within days of a funding round closing 🔹 Structured output — 25+ fields per filing including amounts, executives, industry, and investors 🔹 No anti-bot — SEC EDGAR is a public API designed for programmatic access

💡 Use cases

🔹 Sales prospecting — Target recently-funded companies with budget to spend 🔹 Investor research — Track fund managers, LPs, and investment patterns 🔹 Market intelligence — Monitor funding trends by industry, state, or investment size 🔹 Competitive analysis — Track competitor fundraising activity 🔹 Academic research — Study startup ecosystems, capital formation, and investor networks 🔹 Journalism — Find newsworthy funding rounds before they're on TechCrunch

📊 Sample output

Field	Example
companyName	Artificial Intelligence Quotient Partners, LP
filingDate	2025-11-14
totalAmountSold	3,050,000
totalOfferingAmount	5,000,000
industryGroup	Technology
entityType	Limited Partnership
state	UT
securitiesType	["Equity"]
minimumInvestment	100,000
executives	[{firstName: "John", lastName: "Smith", title: ["Executive Officer"]}]

💰 Pricing

Company Funding Tracker uses pay-per-event pricing:

Event	Price
Start (per run)	$0.005
Filing scraped	$0.003

Free plan estimate: ~30 filings per month on the Apify Free plan ($5/month platform credit).

🔢 How to track company funding

1. Go to the Company Funding Tracker page on Apify
2. Select your mode (search, recent, or company lookup)
3. Enter a search query, company names, or just use "recent" to browse
4. Optionally filter by state, industry, or date range
5. Click "Start" and wait for results
6. Download data as JSON, CSV, Excel, or connect via API

📥 Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
mode	string	Tracking mode: search, recent, or company
searchQuery	string	Keyword to search for (search mode)
companyNames	string[]	Company names to look up (company mode)
startDate	string	Filter from date (YYYY-MM-DD)
endDate	string	Filter until date (YYYY-MM-DD)
stateFilter	string	Filter by U.S. state (2-letter code)
industryFilter	string	Filter by industry group
includeAmendments	boolean	Include Form D/A amendments (default: false)
maxResults	number	Maximum filings to extract (default: 50)

📤 Output fields

companyName, cik, entityType, city, state, zipCode, phone, jurisdictionOfIncorporation, industryGroup, industrySubtype, formType, filingDate, dateOfFirstSale, totalOfferingAmount, totalAmountSold, totalRemaining, minimumInvestment, securitiesType, exemptions, numberOfInvestors, numberOfNonAccreditedInvestors, executives, accessionNumber, filingUrl, formDUrl, isAmendment, previousAccessionNumber, scrapedAt

💡 Tips

🔹 Form D vs Form D/A — Form D is the initial filing. Form D/A is an amendment that updates the data. Enable "Include Amendments" to see the full history of a fundraise. 🔹 Pooled Investment Funds — Many Form D filings are from hedge funds and PE funds, not startups. Use the industry filter to focus on "Technology", "Health Care", etc. 🔹 Amount fields — totalOfferingAmount is the target raise. totalAmountSold is how much has been raised so far. Some filings show "Indefinite" for open-ended offerings. 🔹 Exemptions — Common exemptions: Rule 506(b) = general private placement, Rule 506(c) = allows general solicitation, Reg D = standard exemption. 🔹 State codes — Use 2-letter U.S. state codes (CA, NY, TX). Foreign companies use country codes (A1 = Alberta, X2 = United Kingdom, etc.).

🔗 Integrations

Export funding data to Google Sheets, Slack, Zapier, Make, or any webhook. Connect via the Apify API for automated funding alerts.

💻 API usage

Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('automation-lab/company-funding-tracker').call({
    mode: 'search',
    searchQuery: 'artificial intelligence',
    maxResults: 50,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient('YOUR_TOKEN')
run = client.actor('automation-lab/company-funding-tracker').call(run_input={
    'mode': 'recent',
    'stateFilter': 'CA',
    'maxResults': 100,
})
items = client.dataset(run['defaultDatasetId']).list_items().items
print(items)

cURL

curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/automation-lab~company-funding-tracker/runs" \
  -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -d '{"mode": "company", "companyNames": ["Tesla", "SpaceX"], "maxResults": 20}'

⚖️ Legality

Company Funding Tracker only accesses publicly available data through the official SEC EDGAR API. SEC filings are public records under U.S. law. The SEC explicitly provides APIs for programmatic access and requests only that users identify themselves via User-Agent header and limit requests to 10/second.

❓ FAQ

Q: What is a Form D filing? A: Form D is a filing required by the SEC when a company sells securities without registering them (private placements). This includes venture capital rounds, angel investments, and private equity fundraising.

Q: Does this cover all startup funding rounds? A: It covers U.S. private placements filed with the SEC. Most VC-backed companies file Form D, but some early-stage rounds (friends & family, small angel rounds) may not be filed. International companies are not covered unless they also file with the SEC.

Q: How current is the data? A: Companies typically file Form D within 15 days of the first sale of securities. The data on EDGAR is updated daily.

Q: Can I track a specific company over time? A: Yes. Use "company" mode with the company name. Enable "Include Amendments" to see the full history of their fundraising.

Q: What's the difference between this and the SEC EDGAR Scraper? A: The SEC EDGAR Scraper does general full-text search across all filing types. Company Funding Tracker specifically targets Form D filings and extracts structured funding data (amounts, investors, executives) from the XML.

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