Funding Signals — Recently Funded Companies to Sales Intelligence (AI)

Find recently funded US companies the moment they file with the SEC — and turn each raise into a buying signal. This Actor reads the official SEC EDGAR Form D feed (the notice companies file when they raise private capital) and adds the layer that matters: who just got funded, how much, the named executives to contact, an AI read of what they'll spend on, and a personalized outreach opener.

No Crunchbase. No anti-bot. No API key. Just official, public data + built-in AI.

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Why "just funded" is the strongest buying signal

A company that just raised money is about to spend it — on headcount, tooling, infrastructure, agencies and services. Catch them in the first days after the raise and you're early, relevant, and ahead of competitors.

Most funding scrapers point at Crunchbase — which means anti-bot walls, breakage, gray-area scraping of a paywalled site, and often a required API key. This Actor uses the SEC's own public Form D filings: official, structured, free, and impossible to "block."

	Crunchbase scrapers	Funding Signals (AI)
Company name, raise amount, date	✅	✅
Official, never-blocked source	❌ (anti-bot)	✅ (SEC EDGAR)
Named executives / directors	⚠️	✅ (from the filing)
Filter funds vs operating companies	❌	✅
Buying-intent summary + sales angle	❌	✅
"Who to contact first" suggestion	❌	✅
Personalized outreach opener	❌	✅
Works with no API key	❌	✅

Pairs perfectly with AI Lead Enricher and Hiring Signals: find the funding signal here → enrich the company → reach out.

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Input

Field	Type	Description
daysBack	integer	Find filings from the last N days (1–365). Default 14. Ignored if you set both dates below.
dateFrom / dateTo	string	Explicit window (YYYY-MM-DD). Overrides daysBack when both are set.
keywords	array	Keep only companies whose name contains one of these words (e.g. AI, health, robotics). Empty = all.
industries	array	Keep only these Form D industry groups (e.g. Technology, Health Care, Manufacturing, Real Estate, Energy). Empty = all.
states	array	Two-letter US state codes for the company's location (e.g. CA, NY, TX, MA). Empty = all.
excludeInvestmentFunds	boolean	Skip pooled / other investment funds (VC funds, SPVs) and keep only operating companies. Default true.
minOfferingAmount	integer	Only keep raises at or above this USD amount. 0 = no minimum.
maxCompanies	integer (1–500)	How many funded companies to return. Default 50.
aiSignals	boolean	Turn on built-in AI analysis. Default true.
offerDescription	string	What you sell — the AI ties each raise to your offer and writes a personalized opener.
aiLanguage	string	Language for AI text. Default English.
proxyConfiguration	object	Optional. The SEC API is public and usually needs no proxy.

Example input

{
  "daysBack": 14,
  "industries": ["Technology", "Health Care"],
  "states": ["CA", "NY", "MA"],
  "excludeInvestmentFunds": true,
  "minOfferingAmount": 1000000,
  "maxCompanies": 50,
  "offerDescription": "We sell a sales-engagement platform that automates outbound and books 2x more meetings.",
  "aiLanguage": "English"
}

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Output

One funding_signal row per recently funded company:

{
  "recordType": "funding_signal",
  "company": "Verve, Inc.",
  "industry": "Other Technology",
  "totalOfferingAmount": 16407416,
  "totalAmountSold": 12754417,
  "formType": "D",
  "isAmendment": true,
  "filingDate": "2026-05-29",
  "dateOfFirstSale": "2026-05-14",
  "revenueRange": "Decline to Disclose",
  "city": "CAMBRIDGE",
  "state": "MA",
  "executives": [
    { "name": "Ignacio Galiana Bujanda", "titles": ["Executive Officer", "Director"] },
    { "name": "Micah Rosenbloom", "titles": ["Director"] }
  ],
  "cik": "1808966",
  "filingUrl": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1808966/000180896626000002/",
  "fundingSignalSummary": "Verve just raised most of a $16.4M round — expect spend on go-to-market and headcount.",
  "buyingIntent": "Scaling sales and engineering; investing in tooling and infrastructure.",
  "salesAngle": "Position around ramping new reps faster as they expand the commercial team.",
  "recommendedContact": "Ignacio Galiana Bujanda (Executive Officer) — most senior operating contact in the filing.",
  "personalizedOpener": "Congrats on the new raise — as you scale outbound, ramp time for new reps is usually the first bottleneck...",
  "aiAnalyzed": true
}

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How it works

1. Queries the SEC EDGAR full-text search for Form D filings in your date window.
2. Pre-filters cheaply by state and name keyword to stay fast and polite to the SEC.
3. Reads each filing's official primary_doc.xml → company, industry, offering amount, amount sold, dates, and named related persons (executives / directors).
4. Applies your filters (industry, minimum amount, exclude investment funds).
5. Runs one AI call per company to derive a buying-intent summary, a sales angle, the best contact to reach, and a personalized opener tied to your offer.
6. Saves one clean funding_signal row per company.

The SEC EDGAR APIs are public and rate-limited; the Actor paces its requests automatically.

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Use cases

• Sales & SDR teams — build a daily list of freshly funded accounts that are about to spend.
• Agencies & service providers — reach newly funded companies before competitors do.
• Recruiters — funded companies hire; get in early with the named executives.
• Investors & analysts — track private-capital raises by industry, geography and size.
• Data enrichment — feed funded companies into your CRM or the AI Lead Enricher.

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FAQ

Where does the data come from? The official SEC EDGAR system — specifically Form D, the notice a company files when it sells securities in a private (exempt) offering. It's public, structured and free.

Do I need an API key for the AI? No. The AI runs on Apify's built-in model — there's no OpenAI / OpenRouter key to manage.

Why Form D instead of Crunchbase? Form D is official and can't be blocked, never goes stale, and includes the named executives/directors of the issuer. Crunchbase scrapers fight anti-bot systems and often need a paid key.

Does it cover non-US companies? Form D is a US filing. Foreign companies raising capital in the US also file, but coverage is strongest for US-based issuers.

Why are some raises "indefinite"? Some issuers file an indefinite total offering amount. The Actor flags these with offeringAmountIsIndefinite and still returns the amount sold.

Can I turn the AI off? Yes. Set aiSignals to false for just the structured funding data with no AI cost.

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Related Actors — build a full pipeline

This Actor is the "find the freshly-funded account" step. Chain it with the others:

• Find the funding → enrich the company: Run Funding Signals (this Actor) to find companies that just raised, then feed them into the AI Lead Enricher for emails, socials and a personalized cold-email opener. Önce sinyal bul → sonra enrich et.
• Stack your signals: Combine with Hiring Signals — Job Board Scraper + AI to see which funded companies are also hiring aggressively (double the intent).

Workflow: Funding Signals (intent) → AI Lead Enricher (contact + opener) → your CRM / sequencer.