# SEC Form D Private Placement Tracker (`nexgendata/sec-form-d-scraper`) Actor

Track private placement filings via SEC EDGAR Form D — entity name, CIK, total raised, total sold, minimum investment, fund type, federal exemptions, related persons (officers/directors), filing date, jurisdiction. PitchBook public-data alternative for VC/PE intel, M\&A bankers, journalists.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/nexgendata/sec-form-d-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Stephan Corbeil](https://apify.com/nexgendata) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $150.00 / 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
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```bash
npm install apify-client
```

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```bash
pip install apify-client
```

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````bash
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# Windows
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```bash

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# README

## 📑 SEC Form D Private Placement Tracker — Funding Round Intel

Track every Reg D / Reg S private placement filing in the United States. Pulls Form D filings from the SEC EDGAR full-text search, then fetches each filing's `primary_doc.xml` to extract the structured offering data — total raised, total sold, fund type, exemption codes, related persons (officers/directors/promoters), and more.

This is the same data PitchBook, CB Insights, and Crunchbase Pro charge thousands per seat for — built directly on the public SEC source. **Built for VC/PE competitive intelligence, M&A bankers, financial journalists, sector analysts, and startup deal-flow teams.**

### What you get per filing

- `accession_number` (e.g. `0001940110-25-000001`), `form`, `filing_date`
- `entity_name`, `primary_cik`, `all_ciks`, `entity_type`, `year_of_incorporation`, `jurisdiction_of_incorporation`
- `display_names` — array of "Entity Name (CIK XXX)" labels SEC associates with the filing
- `issuer_address`, `issuer_phone`, `biz_states`, `biz_locations`, `inc_states`
- `industry_group`, `investment_fund_type` (Hedge Fund / Venture Capital / Private Equity)
- `revenue_range`, `aggregate_nav_range`
- `federal_exemptions` — array of exemption codes (e.g. `06b`, `06c`, `3C`, `3C.1`)
- `is_amendment`, `first_sale_yet_to_occur`, `first_sale_date`, `more_than_one_year_offering`
- `securities_types_offered` — array (Equity, Debt, OptionToAcquire, PooledInvestmentFund, ...)
- `minimum_investment_accepted_usd`, `total_offering_amount_usd`, `total_offering_indefinite`, `total_amount_sold_usd`, `total_remaining_usd`
- `has_non_accredited_investors`, `total_already_invested_count`, `sales_compensation_recipients_count`
- `related_persons` — array of `{name, relationships, clarification}` (officers, directors, promoters, executive officer)
- `filing_index_url`, `primary_doc_url` — direct links back to the SEC source documents
- `source` — `"sec.gov"`

### Use cases

1. **VC/PE deal-flow tracking** — surface every new fund formation in your sector, ranked by total raised.
2. **Startup competitive intel** — daily diff of who just raised, how much, and which exemption (Reg D 506(b) vs 506(c) signals different strategies).
3. **M&A target identification** — companies filing Form D often signal upcoming raises that precede acquisitions.
4. **Financial journalism** — fast feed of every new private placement, filterable by sector / size / state.
5. **Compliance / KYC** — track insider relationships and officer rosters across portfolio companies.
6. **Wealth-management lead gen** — affluent investors backing $5M+ raises are visible via the related-persons block.

### Quick start

Input:

```json
{
  "dateFrom": "2025-01-01",
  "dateTo": "2025-01-31",
  "query": "",
  "maxFilings": 25
}
````

Sample output row (truncated):

```json
{
  "accession_number": "0001940110-25-000001",
  "form": "D",
  "filing_date": "2025-03-31",
  "entity_name": "CXC Opportunities Fund, LP",
  "primary_cik": "0001940110",
  "entity_type": "Limited Partnership",
  "jurisdiction_of_incorporation": "DELAWARE",
  "industry_group": "Pooled Investment Fund",
  "investment_fund_type": "Hedge Fund",
  "federal_exemptions": ["06c", "3C", "3C.1"],
  "total_offering_amount_usd": null,
  "total_offering_indefinite": true,
  "total_amount_sold_usd": 0,
  "minimum_investment_accepted_usd": 0,
  "related_persons": [
    {"name": "Benjamin Cohen", "relationships": ["Executive Officer"], "clarification": "Managing Member of the General Partner."}
  ],
  "primary_doc_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1940110/000194011025000001/primary_doc.xml",
  "source": "sec.gov"
}
```

### Run via Python (apify-client)

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("nexgendata/sec-form-d-scraper").call(
    run_input={
        "dateFrom": "2025-04-01",
        "dateTo": "2025-04-30",
        "query": "biotech",
        "maxFilings": 100,
    }
)
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["entity_name"], "raised", item.get("total_amount_sold_usd"))
```

### Run via cURL

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/nexgendata~sec-form-d-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"dateFrom":"2025-04-01","dateTo":"2025-04-30","maxFilings":50}'
```

### Integrations

- **Zapier** — trigger on each new filing matching a query, push to Slack / Notion / Airtable.
- **Make.com** — chain into HubSpot or Salesforce as net-new pipeline based on raise size.
- **n8n** — schedule daily, dedupe by `accession_number`, push into Postgres for trend analysis.

### Pricing

Pay-per-event (PPE):

- **Actor start:** $0.00005 (negligible)
- **Per filing:** **$0.15**

Cost calculator:

| Filings returned | Cost |
| --- | --- |
| 25 (smoke test) | $3.75 |
| 100 | $15.00 |
| 500 | $75.00 |
| 2,000 (full month, broad query) | $300.00 |

PitchBook's standard seat is $25K+/yr for what is largely the same dataset (publicly filed at the SEC). This actor charges per filing pulled.

### FAQ

**Q: Why Form D specifically?**
A: Form D is the SEC's notice-of-exempt-offering filing. Every Reg D private placement (most early-stage VC rounds, hedge funds, PE funds, real-estate syndicates) files one. It's the closest public-data analog to a private-funding dataset.

**Q: Is the total raised always present?**
A: Many filings list "Indefinite" for total offering amount (open-ended fund-of-fund vehicles). When that's the case, `total_offering_indefinite: true` and `total_offering_amount_usd: null`. The `total_amount_sold_usd` field is usually populated and is more useful for round-size analysis.

**Q: Why does the actor send a contact UA to SEC?**
A: SEC's [data-access policy](https://www.sec.gov/os/accessing-edgar-data) requires a contact User-Agent. This actor identifies itself per that policy and stays under the 10-req/sec rate limit with built-in throttles.

**Q: Can I narrow by sector or fund type?**
A: Yes — use `query` for keyword search ("biotech", "real estate", "fund"). For finer slicing, filter the result rows on `industry_group` or `investment_fund_type` downstream.

**Q: Is this real-time?**
A: SEC EDGAR full-text search lags by minutes-to-hours after a filing is accepted. For trading-grade real-time, use the EDGAR daily-index feed instead (different actor).

**Q: How are related\_persons populated?**
A: From the filing's `relatedPersonsList` block. Includes the legal name, relationship type (Executive Officer, Director, Promoter), and any clarification text (e.g. "Managing Member of the General Partner").

### Related actors

- [Startup Funding Tracker](https://apify.com/nexgendata/startup-funding-tracker) — broader funding-event coverage including news and Crunchbase-style sources.
- [SEC EDGAR Search](https://apify.com/nexgendata/sec-edgar-search) — generic EDGAR full-text + filings (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, etc.).
- [FEC Independent Expenditures Scraper](https://apify.com/nexgendata/fec-independent-expenditures-scraper) — companion for political-finance research.

***

Built and maintained by [NexGenData](https://apify.com/nexgendata?fpr=2ayu9b) — affordable, focused web scrapers for B2B data teams.

# Actor input Schema

## `dateFrom` (type: `string`):

Inclusive start date for the filing-date range. SEC's full-text search supports custom ranges going back to 2001.

## `dateTo` (type: `string`):

Inclusive end date for the filing-date range. Use a small window (1-3 months) for narrow research; the full year is fine for bulk pulls.

## `query` (type: `string`):

Optional keyword search across the filing's full text. Try a fund / GP name (e.g. 'Andreessen Horowitz'), a sector keyword ('biotech'), or a city ('Palo Alto'). Leave blank to pull every Form D in the date range.

## `maxFilings` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of Form D filings to return (1–2000). Each filing is a separate dataset row containing the parsed offering data.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "dateFrom": "2025-01-01",
  "dateTo": "2025-01-31",
  "maxFilings": 25
}
```

# 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 = {
    "dateFrom": "2025-01-01",
    "dateTo": "2025-01-31",
    "query": "",
    "maxFilings": 25
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("nexgendata/sec-form-d-scraper").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 = {
    "dateFrom": "2025-01-01",
    "dateTo": "2025-01-31",
    "query": "",
    "maxFilings": 25,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("nexgendata/sec-form-d-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "dateFrom": "2025-01-01",
  "dateTo": "2025-01-31",
  "query": "",
  "maxFilings": 25
}' |
apify call nexgendata/sec-form-d-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=nexgendata/sec-form-d-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "SEC Form D Private Placement Tracker",
        "description": "Track private placement filings via SEC EDGAR Form D — entity name, CIK, total raised, total sold, minimum investment, fund type, federal exemptions, related persons (officers/directors), filing date, jurisdiction. PitchBook public-data alternative for VC/PE intel, M&A bankers, journalists.",
        "version": "0.0",
        "x-build-id": "1axOW0YIbLaSDSrbv"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/nexgendata~sec-form-d-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-nexgendata-sec-form-d-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/nexgendata~sec-form-d-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-nexgendata-sec-form-d-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/nexgendata~sec-form-d-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-nexgendata-sec-form-d-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "dateFrom",
                    "dateTo"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "dateFrom": {
                        "title": "Filing date — from (YYYY-MM-DD)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Inclusive start date for the filing-date range. SEC's full-text search supports custom ranges going back to 2001."
                    },
                    "dateTo": {
                        "title": "Filing date — to (YYYY-MM-DD)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Inclusive end date for the filing-date range. Use a small window (1-3 months) for narrow research; the full year is fine for bulk pulls."
                    },
                    "query": {
                        "title": "Free-text query (optional)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Optional keyword search across the filing's full text. Try a fund / GP name (e.g. 'Andreessen Horowitz'), a sector keyword ('biotech'), or a city ('Palo Alto'). Leave blank to pull every Form D in the date range."
                    },
                    "maxFilings": {
                        "title": "Max filings",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 2000,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of Form D filings to return (1–2000). Each filing is a separate dataset row containing the parsed offering data.",
                        "default": 50
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```