SEC Form D Monitor — Private Placement Alerts

SEC Form D Monitor — Real-Time Private Placement Alerts

Get a Slack, email, or webhook notification the moment a startup raises capital, a hedge fund opens to LPs, or an emerging fund manager files their first Form D. Built directly on the official SEC EDGAR Form D feed — no scraping, no anti-bot, no auth needed. Granular filtering by industry, offering size, exemption rule, related persons, and more.

A modern, programmable alternative to PitchBook, CB Insights, Preqin, Crunchbase Pro, and DealCloud — for VC associates, PE deal-flow teams, executive recruiters, fund-of-funds, family offices, and anyone who needs to know about private placements the same day they're filed.

TL;DR: Every private fundraise in the US must file Form D with the SEC within 15 days of the first sale. This actor watches that feed in real time, filters for what matters to you, and pushes alerts. Pay only $0.30 per matched filing delivered.

What does Form D Monitor do?

This actor polls the official SEC EDGAR Form D / D/A real-time feed — the regulatory filing every issuer of unregistered securities (private placements, VC rounds, PE/hedge fund LP raises, real estate funds, crypto venture funds, angel investments) must file within 15 days of the first sale.

For each new Form D, it parses the issuer's primary XML, extracts every meaningful field (issuer name, entity type, industry group, offering amount, amount sold, federal exemption rule cited, related officers/directors/promoters, jurisdiction, year of incorporation), applies your filters, and delivers structured alerts.

Why this beats free alternatives

• The free SEC EDGAR website lets you search Form D filings, but doesn't push alerts, support watchlists, or filter by offering size / industry / exemption type.
• Existing Apify Form D scrapers are batch dumps — you pay, get a CSV, and that's it. No real-time monitoring.
• n8n / Zapier DIY workflows break the moment EDGAR's RSS shape changes.

Why this beats expensive alternatives

• PitchBook ≈ $30K/seat/year. CB Insights ≈ $60K/year. Preqin ≈ $20K/year. DealCloud ≈ $XK/seat/year.
• This actor: ~$10–$100/month for typical use, depending on how broad your filters are.

Why use Form D Monitor?

Buyer personas + use cases

🏦 VC / PE associate — deal-flow scouting

Watch for new Form D filings in your sector (e.g. Biotechnology, Other Technology) with offering amounts in your check-size range. The moment a YC or a16z portfolio company files, you know — usually before the press release. Cold outreach to founders within 24 hours of their announce.

👥 Executive recruiter

Set firstTimeFilerOnly: true to surface brand-new entities. New corporations + new LPs = new C-suites being formed. Monitor by relatedPersonNames to track repeat-founder moves.

🏛️ Fund-of-funds / wealth manager

Filter investmentFundOnly: true + minimum offering $25M+. Surfaces every fund manager raising LP capital. Family offices use this to scout new emerging managers before they're on the conference circuit.

💼 Competitive sales intelligence

Watch competitors (issuerNameKeywords: ["Acme Corp", "Stripe"]). When they raise, your sales team gets a Slack ping — "competitor just raised $50M, expect aggressive hiring/expansion."

📰 Financial journalist / newsletter creator

Beat the Reuters/Bloomberg cycle. Filter to >$50M offerings by hot-sector startups. Alerts hit Slack within 5 minutes of EDGAR posting.

🏢 Real estate / specialty finance

Filter industryGroupTypes: ["Real Estate Funds", "REITS & Finance"]. Track every new real estate syndication.

How to use Form D Monitor

⚠️ Important: this actor must be scheduled to receive ongoing alerts. A single run only checks once. Use Apify's built-in Schedules feature — no Zapier, n8n, cron server, or external tool needed.

1. Click "Try for free" to add the actor to your Apify account.
2. Configure the input: narrow your filters (industry, min offering, related persons, etc.) — see the detailed Input section below. The narrower, the higher the signal-to-noise.
3. Pick a notification channel: Slack, Email digest, or Custom webhook. Or none to write to dataset only and use Apify integrations.
4. First run: enable testMode to fire one alert for the most recent matching filing and verify your channel works.
5. Set up the Schedule: Actor → Schedules → New schedule → cron 0 */2 * * * (every 2 hours) is the recommended default for active deal-flow monitoring.

Schedule cadence cheat sheet

Cron	Frequency	Best for
*/30 * * * *	every 30 min	Active deal-flow scouting at peak Q1/Q4
0 */2 * * *	every 2 hours	Standard VC/PE scouting (default)
0 9 * * 1-5	weekdays 9am UTC	Daily morning digest only

Input fields (granular filtering — this is the product)

Field	Description
industryGroupTypes	Issuer-reported industry. e.g. Other Technology, Biotechnology, Pooled Investment Fund. Empty = all industries.
minOfferingAmount	Min totalOfferingAmount USD. Default $1M (filters out friends-and-family). Set 0 for no min.
maxOfferingAmount	Max cap. Useful for early-stage scouting (e.g. <$10M = pre-Series B).
requireAmountSold	If true, only include filings where capital was actually closed (totalAmountSold > 0).
entityTypes	Corporation / LP / LLC / etc. VCs typically watch Corporation. PE/hedge funds = Limited Partnership.
investmentFundOnly	True = only pooled investment vehicles (3(c)(1) / 3(c)(7) hedge/PE/VC funds).
operatingCompanyOnly	True = exclude all funds, only operating companies. Use this for VC deal-flow scouting.
federalExemptions	506(b) traditional / 506(c) general solicitation OK / 504 small / 4(a)(6) crowdfunding.
states	2-letter US state codes filter by issuer address.
excludeAmendments	Exclude Form D/A re-filings. Default true for clean new-deal signal.
firstTimeFilerOnly	Only alert for issuers' very first SEC filing. Strongest "brand new entity" signal.
relatedPersonNames	Track specific GPs, board members, founders by name (substring match).
issuerNameKeywords	Substring match on issuer name. e.g. ["Sequoia", "Andreessen", "Tiger"].
lookbackHours	How far back to scan each run. Default 24h. Dedup ensures no duplicate alerts.
notificationChannel	none / slack / email / webhook
slackWebhookUrl / emailRecipient / customWebhookUrl	Channel credentials
userAgent	Required. SEC fair-access policy: "Your Name your@email.com".
testMode	First-run sanity check — fires one alert without dedup.

Output

Every match is also pushed to the run's dataset. Example item:

{
  "accessionNumber": "000163834326000005",
  "filedAt": "2026-05-07T14:01:49-04:00",
  "isAmendment": false,
  "formType": "D",
  "cik": "0001638343",
  "issuerName": "Passage Inc.",
  "previousNames": ["Core LLC"],
  "entityType": "Corporation",
  "jurisdictionOfInc": "DELAWARE",
  "yearOfInc": "Over 5 years",
  "city": "DETROIT",
  "state": "MI",
  "industryGroup": "Other Technology",
  "investmentFundType": "",
  "is3c1": false,
  "is3c7": false,
  "federalExemptions": ["06b"],
  "totalOfferingAmount": 1175000,
  "totalAmountSold": 610000,
  "totalRemaining": 565000,
  "salesCommissions": 0,
  "clarificationOfResponse": "Of the total amount sold, $285,000 represents new money for Series A Preferred Stock...",
  "relatedPersons": ["Alex Linebrink", "Patrick Misch", "Donald W. Layden, Jr."],
  "firstTimeFiler": false,
  "filingUrl": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1638343/000163834326000005/0001638343-26-000005-index.htm"
}

You can download the dataset in JSON, CSV, Excel, or HTML from the Apify Console.

Pricing — pay-per-event

This actor uses Apify pay-per-event pricing: ~$0.30 per matched filing delivered. Quiet days cost $0. Compare to:

Service	Approx cost
PitchBook	$30,000 / seat / year
CB Insights	$60,000 / year
Preqin Pro	$20,000 / year
DealCloud	$XK / seat / year
Form D Monitor	~$5–$100 / month for typical use

A VC associate with tight industry filters (Other Technology + min $1M offering) typically sees 30–80 matches/month = $9–$24/month.

A wide-net family office tracking all investment funds typically sees 200–500 matches/month = $60–$150/month.

FAQ

Is this legal? Yes. SEC EDGAR is the official public US securities filing system under the Open Government initiative. All Form D data is public-domain.

How fresh is the data? EDGAR's RSS updates every few minutes. Latency from filing acceptance to your alert is your scheduled-run interval (~2 hours by default) plus ~10 seconds for parsing.

Why is totalAmountSold zero on some filings? Many issuers file Form D before they've actually closed capital — the sale completes later. Use requireAmountSold: true to filter to only closed rounds.

Can I track specific people across companies? Yes — relatedPersonNames does exactly that. Useful for repeat-founder tracking.

Does this cover Form D in non-US jurisdictions? No — US SEC EDGAR only. UK private placements, EU private offerings, etc. would need separate actors.

Does this cover Form ADV (RIA registration)? No — Form D only. ADV is a separate actor opportunity.

Support

Open an issue on the actor's Issues tab. Feature requests welcome.

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Disclaimer: This actor is an information-retrieval tool for publicly available SEC filings. Nothing in its output constitutes investment advice. Form D filings can be amended; always verify via SEC.gov before making any decision.

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