# SEC Form D Scraper: New Startup Funding Rounds (`fedsignals/sec-form-d-monitor`) Actor

Returns new SEC Form D private funding filings as clean rows: issuer, state, industry, offering size, amount sold, investors, exemptions, first-sale date and EDGAR links. Filter by state, industry and round size; only new filings on scheduled runs.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/fedsignals/sec-form-d-monitor.md
- **Developed by:** [FedSignals Data](https://apify.com/fedsignals) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $6.00 / 1,000 form d filings

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

## SEC Form D Scraper: New Startup Funding Rounds

Every company raising money privately in the U.S. files a **Form D** with the SEC. This includes startups closing seed and Series A rounds, real-estate syndications, funds and SPVs. This Actor reads EDGAR's daily index, parses each Form D, and returns clean structured rows: issuer, state, industry, offering size, amount sold, number of investors, exemptions, first-sale date and links. Filter by state, industry and round size. Incremental mode returns **only filings you haven't seen**.

You don't need an API key. No personal data is collected: the Actor deliberately drops the names and addresses of executives and promoters ("related persons") and the issuer phone number.

### Example input

```json
{
  "daysBack": 1,
  "issuerStates": ["CA", "NY", "TX"],
  "industryGroups": ["Other Technology", "Biotechnology", "Other Health Care"],
  "excludePooledFunds": true,
  "minOfferingAmount": 1000000,
  "onlyNew": true,
  "maxItems": 500
}
```

### Example output

```json
{
  "issuerName": "ACES Diagnostics, Inc.",
  "issuerCity": "PARADISE VALLEY", "issuerState": "AZ",
  "entityType": "Corporation", "yearOfInc": "2024", "incorporatedWithinFiveYears": true,
  "industryGroup": "Other", "exemptions": ["06b"],
  "dateOfFirstSale": "2026-10-22", "securitiesTypes": ["Equity", "Other"],
  "totalOfferingAmount": 8702366.0, "totalAmountSold": 7082529.0, "totalInvestors": 30.0,
  "filingDate": "2026-10-27", "accessionNumber": "0002039838-26-000005",
  "filingIndexUrl": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2039838/000203983826000005/0002039838-26-000005-index.htm"
}
```

Live tests on Oct 28, 2026: 137 Form D filings on Oct 27. Over 3 days, 90 operating-company (non-fund) offerings of $1M or more. Example: Warp Sciences Inc., a $218M Other Technology offering.

### Use cases

- B2B sales teams: newly funded companies have a budget. Reach out the week they raise.
- VCs, angels and fund-of-funds: track rounds in your sectors and states.
- Bankers, lenders, recruiters and service providers who sell to growing companies.
- Researchers tracking private capital formation by region and industry.

### Data source and terms

The data comes from **SEC EDGAR**. It is public U.S. government data. The Actor follows the SEC's fair-access policy: it declares a User-Agent with contact information and stays well under 10 requests per second (about 6/s). Form D data is self-reported by issuers and is not reviewed by the SEC. Amounts can be "Indefinite", in which case they appear as null with `offeringAmountIndefinite: true`. Nothing here is investment advice.

### Scheduling

Schedule it **daily on weekday evenings**, for example at 10 PM ET after EDGAR posts the day's index. Use `daysBack: 1` and `onlyNew: true`. Missed days are caught on the next run if you raise `daysBack`.

### How much does it cost?

Pay per event: you pay only for the events below plus Apify's $0.00005 run-start fee. Platform compute is included in the price.

- **$6 per 1,000 filings** ($0.006 per filing delivered).

Real examples from our test runs:

- **Quick-start input** (10 filings): 10 × $0.006 = **about $0.06**.
- **Every Form D for a day**: 137 filings on Oct 27, 2026 = **about $0.82**.
- **Seed rounds over $1M, operating companies only** (`minOfferingAmount: 1000000`, `excludePooledFunds: true`): 90 filings over 3 days in our test, about 30 a day = **about $0.18 a day**.

Use `maxItems` and Apify's per-run spending limit to cap spend; the Actor stops cleanly when the limit is reached.

### Recipes

**Seed and early rounds over $1M in the last 7 days**

```json
{
  "daysBack": 7,
  "minOfferingAmount": 1000000,
  "excludePooledFunds": true,
  "incorporatedWithinFiveYearsOnly": true,
  "onlyNew": false,
  "maxItems": 200
}
```

### Limits

- Form D data is self-reported by issuers and not reviewed by the SEC.
- Today's filings only appear after EDGAR posts the daily index in the evening.
- Amendments (Form D/A) are excluded unless you turn on `includeAmendments`.

### FAQ

**What is a Form D?**\
A short notice companies file with the SEC when they raise money privately under Regulation D. It covers startups, real-estate syndications, funds and SPVs.

**When do new filings appear?**\
EDGAR publishes each day's index in the evening (US Eastern). Schedule a weekday run at about 10 PM ET with `daysBack: 1`.

**Does it return founders or executives?**\
No. Related persons (names and addresses) and the issuer phone number are deliberately dropped.

**Why is an amount empty?**\
Issuers can report the offering as Indefinite. Those rows have `offeringAmountIndefinite: true`. Use `keepIndefiniteAmounts` to include or drop them when you set a minimum size.

**Can I skip funds and SPVs?**\
Yes, `excludePooledFunds` drops pooled investment funds.

### Reliability

Measured on Apify as of Oct 29, 2026: 4 of 4 of our own test runs succeeded (100%), with a median run time of 4 seconds (longest 5 s) on small test inputs. It is a small sample from a new Actor; we will update it as runs accumulate. Local tests: 137 filings for Oct 27, 2026 parsed with 0 errors; the incremental rerun returned 0 duplicates.

### Use it from AI agents (MCP)

Add this Actor as a tool in Claude Desktop, Cursor or any MCP client through the Apify MCP server:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sec-form-d-monitor": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=fedsignals/sec-form-d-monitor",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" }
    }
  }
}
```

### Use it from code (API)

One call runs the Actor and returns the dataset items. `maxTotalChargeUsd` caps what the run can charge.

Python:

```python
import requests

items = requests.post(
    "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/fedsignals~sec-form-d-monitor/run-sync-get-dataset-items",
    params={"maxTotalChargeUsd": 1},
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"},
    json={"daysBack": 3, "onlyNew": False, "maxItems": 10},
    timeout=300,
).json()
print(len(items), "items")
```

JavaScript (Node 18+):

```js
const res = await fetch(
  "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/fedsignals~sec-form-d-monitor/run-sync-get-dataset-items?maxTotalChargeUsd=1",
  {
    method: "POST",
    headers: { Authorization: "Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN", "Content-Type": "application/json" },
    body: JSON.stringify({"daysBack": 3, "onlyNew": false, "maxItems": 10}),
  }
);
const items = await res.json();
console.log(items.length, "items");
```

### Related FedSignals Actors

- [SAM.gov Scraper: Federal Contract Opportunities Monitor](https://apify.com/fedsignals/federal-opportunities-monitor): new SAM.gov contract opportunities, filtered and deduplicated
- [USAspending Scraper: Federal Spending Trends by Category](https://apify.com/fedsignals/federal-spending-signals): where federal contract spending is growing
- [Expiring Federal Contracts: Recompete Finder (USAspending)](https://apify.com/fedsignals/federal-recompete-finder): federal contracts expiring soon, with incumbents
- [Building Permits Scraper: New Construction Leads by City](https://apify.com/fedsignals/building-permits-monitor): new building permits as construction leads

### Feedback

Found a bug or need a filter or source? Open an issue on the Issues tab or email **fedsignals.alerts@gmail.com**.

This Actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Nothing here is investment advice.

# Actor input Schema

## `daysBack` (type: `integer`):

Returns filings from today's EDGAR daily index and this many previous business days (weekends skipped). Use 1 for a daily schedule.

## `includeAmendments` (type: `boolean`):

Also return Form D/A amendment filings.

## `issuerStates` (type: `array`):

Returns only issuers whose principal address is in these 2-letter US states, e.g. CA, NY, TX. Empty = all.

## `industryGroups` (type: `array`):

Industry groups

## `excludePooledFunds` (type: `boolean`):

About half of Form D filings are funds (VC/PE/hedge/SPV). Turn on to see operating companies only.

## `minOfferingAmount` (type: `integer`):

Returns only offerings of at least this size in USD, e.g. 1000000 for $1M+ rounds.

## `maxOfferingAmount` (type: `integer`):

Skip offerings larger than this.

## `keepIndefiniteAmounts` (type: `boolean`):

Keep filings whose offering size is 'Indefinite' when a minimum size is set.

## `incorporatedWithinFiveYearsOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only issuers that report incorporation within the last five years.

## `onlyNew` (type: `boolean`):

On: returns only filings not delivered by an earlier run with the same filters. Turn on for scheduled runs.

## `stateKey` (type: `string`):

Optional. Separate incremental memory per saved task. Defaults to a hash of your filters.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum filings returned (and charged) per run.

## `userAgent` (type: `string`):

SEC requires a declared User-Agent with contact info. Leave empty to use the publisher's.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "daysBack": 3,
  "includeAmendments": false,
  "issuerStates": [],
  "industryGroups": [],
  "excludePooledFunds": false,
  "keepIndefiniteAmounts": true,
  "incorporatedWithinFiveYearsOnly": false,
  "onlyNew": true,
  "maxItems": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

New Form D private-offering filings. One item per row; field definitions are in the dataset schema.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

JSON summary of the run (counts scanned, pushed and skipped).

# 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 = {
    "daysBack": 3,
    "onlyNew": false,
    "maxItems": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("fedsignals/sec-form-d-monitor").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 = {
    "daysBack": 3,
    "onlyNew": False,
    "maxItems": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("fedsignals/sec-form-d-monitor").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 '{
  "daysBack": 3,
  "onlyNew": false,
  "maxItems": 10
}' |
apify call fedsignals/sec-form-d-monitor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,fedsignals/sec-form-d-monitor"
        }
    }
}
```

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/SMB8bXdkpLSFp1aOR/builds/FTjuTeMF4dBlTEKoT/openapi.json