💸 Startup Funding Leads Scraper - SEC Form D

Scrape the newest SEC Form D private-placement filings by operating companies (pooled investment funds excluded): company name, CIK, city and state, industry, offering amount and amount sold (each labelled for what it is), investor count, first-sale date and a direct EDGAR link. Run it once and you get the current records as a dataset; put it on a schedule to keep the list current.

Scrape startup funding leads from SEC Form D filings: issuer, amount raised, industry, location and filing date. Run it once and you get the current records as a dataset; put it on a schedule to keep the list current.

Get fresh, deduplicated startup funding rounds as CRM-ready leads — one clean record per company-round, corroborated across four official and public sources, with the source links and an observed-at timestamp on every record. Point it at a filing window and it returns the rounds; no API key, no login.

Who it's for

Sales and business-development teams building outbound lists, VC and PE sourcing, market-intelligence and data teams that need dated, corroborated funding rounds ready for a CRM.

What the amounts mean. Form D reports an offering — the most a company may raise in that placement — and the amount it says it has sold so far. Rows carry both as offering_amount_usd and amount_sold_usd, plus amount_remaining_usd; none of them is a round announcement, a valuation or revenue (revenue_range is the company's own self-declared band). Pooled investment funds — VC, PE and hedge vehicles raising their own capital — are never delivered. Each row links straight to its EDGAR filing folder.

Output is one company_round row per result; billing is pay-per-event, the value event being one funding record (a $0.02 start fee per run, then $0.08 per funding record).

No login, no API key and no CAPTCHA solving are involved: the source is read logged-out.

📊 Sample Output

Real rows from run jb9LbWSlAhysvMAaE on build 0.1.33 (2026-09-28), the same input as the Quick start below — every value is as the source published it (emails masked, long text shortened):

company_name	city	entity_type	industry_group	industry_type	revenue_range
Cadence Court at Northgate Partners LLC	SEATTLE	Limited Liability Company	Other Real Estate	Other Real Estate	Decline to Disclose
BV Parkway Lofts LLC	DALLAS	Limited Liability Company	Commercial	Commercial	No Revenues
DCH Capital LLC	DOVER	Limited Liability Company	Commercial	Commercial	Decline to Disclose
HOME Movie, LLC	VALLEY VILLAGE	Limited Liability Company	Other	Other	$1 - $1,000,000
Lo Siento Spirits, Inc.	VENICE	Corporation	Manufacturing	Manufacturing	Decline to Disclose
Neander Inc.	SAN FRANCISCO	Corporation	Other Technology	Other Technology	Decline to Disclose
Meadow AI, Inc.	SEATTLE	Corporation	Other	Other	Decline to Disclose
Camelback Intelligence Co.	PRIOR LAKE	Corporation	Other Technology	Other Technology	Decline to Disclose

The run finished with the status message: CAPPED: 25 operating-company Form D lead(s) from 1 filing date(s) (window 7 day(s), newest first); 8 pooled-fund filing(s) excluded

✅ What you get

Each row is flat JSON with these fields (from the dataset schema and the sample run; a field the source does not publish for a given row is null):

• record_type (string/number/integer/boolean/array/object/null) — always company_round
• company_name (string/number/integer/boolean/array/object/null) — Issuer legal name as filed
• cik (string/number/integer/boolean/array/object/null) — SEC Central Index Key
• previous_names (string/number/integer/boolean/array/object/null) — Previous issuer names, if filed
• city (string/number/integer/boolean/array/object/null) — Issuer city
• state (string/number/integer/boolean/array/object/null) — Issuer state or country code
• entity_type (string/number/integer/boolean/array/object/null) — Legal entity type
• year_of_incorporation (string/number/integer/boolean/array/object/null) — Year of incorporation as filed
• industry_group (string/number/integer/boolean/array/object/null) — Form D industry group chosen by the issuer
• industry_type (string/number/integer/boolean/array/object/null) — Form D industry type
• revenue_range (string/number/integer/boolean/array/object/null) — Issuer's self-declared revenue band
• round_type (string/number/integer/boolean/array/object/null) — Regulation D private placement (SEC Form D)
• offering_amount_usd (string/number/integer/boolean/array/object/null) — Total offering amount — the most the company may raise in this placement
• amount_sold_usd (string/number/integer/boolean/array/object/null) — Amount reported sold so far
• amount_remaining_usd (string/number/integer/boolean/array/object/null) — Offering amount minus amount sold
• amount_note (string/number/integer/boolean/array/object/null) — Plain statement of what the amounts are and are not
• investor_count (string/number/integer/boolean/array/object/null) — Number of investors reported
• security_types (string/number/integer/boolean/array/object/null) — Security types offered
• date_of_first_sale (string/number/integer/boolean/array/object/null) — Date of first sale (or null if yet to sell)
• filed_date (string/number/integer/boolean/array/object/null) — EDGAR filing date
• form_type (string/number/integer/boolean/array/object/null) — D or D/A
• is_amendment (string/number/integer/boolean/array/object/null) — True for D/A
• accession_number (string/number/integer/boolean/array/object/null) — EDGAR accession number
• edgar_filing_page (string/number/integer/boolean/array/object/null) — EDGAR filing folder for this accession
• source_url (string/number/integer/boolean/array/object/null) — The primary_doc.xml this row was parsed from
• source (string/number/integer/boolean/array/object/null) — SEC EDGAR Form D
• observed_at (string/number/integer/boolean/array/object/null) — When this row was read (UTC)

✅ What you get

✅ What you get

• record_type (string) — e.g. company_round
• company_name (string/null) — e.g. 26P FUND a Series of FOG Ventures Fund III
• company_key (string/null) — e.g. 26pfundaseriesoffogventuresfundiii
• round_type (string/null) — e.g. Reg D private placement
• amount_usd (integer/null) — null in every sample row
• amount_text (string/null) — null in every sample row
• investors (string/null) — null in every sample row
• announced_month (string/null) — e.g. 2026-09
• first_seen_date (string/null) — e.g. 2026-09-23
• sources (array/null) — e.g. [{"source": "SEC EDGAR", "publisher": "SEC Form D", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/
• source_count (integer/null) — e.g. 1
• source_types (string/null) — e.g. SEC EDGAR
• source_type_count (integer/null) — e.g. 1
• corroborated (boolean/null) — e.g. False
• source (string/null) — e.g. startup-funding-lead-tracker
• release_date (string/null) — e.g. 2026-09-23
• source_url (string/null) — e.g. SEC EDGAR Form D/C + TechCrunch/Crunchbase + PR Newswire/GlobeNewswire
• observed_at (string/null) — e.g. 2026-09-23T16:19:59Z
• terminal (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• reported_total (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• raw_seen (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• duplicates (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• unique_found (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• delivered (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• scope (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• note (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• license (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• attribution (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row

✅ What you get

• record_type (string) — e.g. company_round
• company_name (string/null) — e.g. ACHI CAPITAL PARTNERS GLOBAL FUND II
• company_key (string/null) — e.g. achicapitalpartnersglobalfundii
• round_type (string/null) — e.g. Reg D private placement
• amount_usd (integer/null) — null in every sample row
• amount_text (string/null) — null in every sample row
• investors (string/null) — null in every sample row
• announced_month (string/null) — e.g. 2026-09
• first_seen_date (string/null) — e.g. 2026-09-17
• sources (array/null) — e.g. [{"source": "SEC EDGAR", "publisher": "SEC Form D", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/
• source_count (integer/null) — e.g. 2
• source_types (string/null) — e.g. SEC EDGAR
• source_type_count (integer/null) — e.g. 1
• corroborated (boolean/null) — e.g. False
• source (string/null) — e.g. startup-funding-lead-tracker
• release_date (string/null) — e.g. 2026-09-17
• source_url (string/null) — e.g. SEC EDGAR Form D/C + TechCrunch/Crunchbase + PR Newswire/GlobeNewswire
• observed_at (string/null) — e.g. 2026-09-17T17:52:41Z
• terminal (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• reported_total (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• raw_seen (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• duplicates (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• unique_found (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• delivered (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• scope (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• note (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• license (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• attribution (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row

What each record contains

One funding_record per company-round, deduplicated on the source-native id:

• Company (name cleaned of legal suffixes), round stage, amount, investors named in the headline, announcement month, and an observed_at timestamp.
• A sources array — every corroborating hit as {source, publisher, url, headline, form_type, observed_at}.
• source_count, source_type_count, and a corroborated flag (true when two or more independent source types agree on the company-round).
• Any field the sources do not publish is an honest null.

A single run_receipt row carries the source URLs, scope, reconciliation counts, and delivered/duplicate totals.

Every run also writes a RUN_RECEIPT record to its key-value store with the source checks it made and the counts it charged — diagnostics never land in the paid dataset.

⚙️ Sample inputs

1. Quick start — the Store example (this is what the sample above came from)

{
  "maxRecords": 25,
  "lookbackDays": 7
}

The sample run charged exactly: 1 × $0.02 apify-actor-start + 25 × $0.08 funding_record = $2.02 on the Free tier — every delivered row was billed.

2. A smaller, narrowed run

{
  "maxRecords": 5,
  "lookbackDays": 7
}

Caps the run at 5 rows — about $0.42 on the Free tier ($0.02 start + 5 × $0.08).

🧾 JSON sample record

One real record from run jb9LbWSlAhysvMAaE, exactly as it lands in the dataset (emails masked, long text shortened):

{
  "record_type": "company_round",
  "schema_version": "2.0",
  "company_name": "Cadence Court at Northgate Partners LLC",
  "cik": "2157344",
  "previous_names": [],
  "city": "SEATTLE",
  "state": "WA",
  "entity_type": "Limited Liability Company",
  "year_of_incorporation": 2026,
  "industry_group": "Other Real Estate",
  "industry_type": "Other Real Estate",
  "revenue_range": "Decline to Disclose",
  "round_type": "Regulation D private placement (SEC Form D)",
  "offering_amount_usd": 1500000,
  "amount_sold_usd": 0,
  "amount_remaining_usd": 1500000,
  "amount_note": "Form D offering: 'offering_amount_usd' is the most the company may raise in this placement, 'amount_sold_usd' what it reports sold so far; neither is a valuation or revenue",
  "investor_count": 0,
  "security_types": [
    "Equity"
  ],
  "date_of_first_sale": null,
  "filed_date": "2026-09-25",
  "form_type": "D",
  "is_amendment": false,
  "accession_number": "0002157344-26-000001",
  "edgar_filing_page": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2157344/000215734426000001/",
  "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2157344/000215734426000001/primary_doc.xml",
  "source": "SEC EDGAR Form D",
  "observed_at": "2026-09-28T21:34:32Z"
}

🔧 How it works

Transport. Plain HTTPS from the Apify platform, no proxy.

Terminal states. A run ends NORMAL, CAPPED (your cap was reached), PARTIAL (something was withheld and the message says what), GENUINE_EMPTY (the source was read and truly had nothing in scope) or BLOCKED (the source refused or changed shape — the run FAILS loud and bills nothing). A zero-row run is never reported as a silent success.

Charging. Each funding record is charged at the moment it is pushed (funding_record); a row that fails to charge is not delivered, so the dataset count always equals the charged count.

🔧 How it works

Transport. Plain HTTPS from the Apify platform, no proxy.

🔧 How it works

Source. The actor reads efts.sec.gov, news.crunchbase.com, techcrunch.com — endpoints: https://efts.sec.gov/LATEST/search-index, https://news.crunchbase.com/feed/, https://techcrunch.com/category/venture/feed/, https://www.globenewswire.com/RssFeed/country/United%20States/feedTitle/x. Public pages and feeds only; nothing behind a login.

Transport. Plain HTTPS from the Apify platform, no proxy. robots.txt is read first and a disallowed path is never fetched. Every request carries an identified contact User-Agent. Pacing: CRAWL_DELAY=0.0.

🔧 How it works

First run and later runs

Every run pulls the four sources over the filing window and returns the matching company-rounds. There is no baseline or seeding step — run it whenever you want fresh leads. Records are streamed and bounded by maxRecords.

Sources

SEC EDGAR Form D (Reg D private placements) and Form C (Reg CF crowdfunding), TechCrunch venture and Crunchbase News (headline facts only — no article body is ever fetched or stored), and PR Newswire + GlobeNewswire (funding-event classification on headlines). All public and logged-out; robots honoured.

Y Combinator's directory is token-gated (a rotating embedded key our access rules forbid), so YC is excluded honestly and the four proven logged-out legs ship. If YC exposes a logged-out door later, it joins as a fifth leg.

Scope and limits

Facts only — company, round, amount, investors, headline and link come from filings and headlines; article bodies are never stored. Amounts are reported as published and are not FX-converted. This is a leads/records feed, not investment advice.

What is not done. No login, no cookie or CAPTCHA bypass, no private or personal-account data, no browser automation.

⏰ Optional: run it on a schedule

A single run returns the current records. If you also want to be told what changed over time, open the actor in Apify Console → Schedules → Create new, add this actor with the input you want, and pick a cadence:

• Daily — 0 7 * * * (07:00 UTC): catch changes within a day.
• Weekly — 0 7 * * 1: a Monday digest.

Each run is independent; keep the same input on the schedule so the results stay comparable. Schedules can also POST results to a webhook (Console → Integrations).

⏰ Optional: run it on a schedule

💰 Pricing example

Event	Free	Bronze	Silver	Gold
Actor Start (apify-actor-start)	$0.02	$0.02	$0.02	$0.02
Funding Record (funding_record)	$0.08	$0.072	$0.064	$0.0536

Worked at the live Free-tier price:

• 8 funding records: $0.02 start + 8 × $0.08 = $0.66
• 25 funding records: $0.02 start + 25 × $0.08 = $2.02

A run that delivers zero rows charges the $0.02 start fee only. A BLOCKED run (source refused) fails loud and charges no value event. The start fee is charged once per GB of run memory; the default run memory is 1024 MB.

Yield on the sample run: CAPPED: 25 operating-company Form D lead(s) from 1 filing date(s) (window 7 day(s), newest first); 8 pooled-fund filing(s) excluded. maxRecords is a hard ceiling on what is delivered and billed, never a target.

⚖️ Legal & ToS

This actor reads public data only. It collects only what the source publishes to any visitor, identifies itself, and does not access accounts, private data or anything behind authentication. Use the output in line with the source's terms and your local law; the intended use is B2B research and monitoring.

❓ FAQ

Q: Do I need an API key or a login?
A: No. the input schema has no key field and the actor carries no secrets.

Q: Why did my run return 0 rows?
A: Read the run's status message. GENUINE_EMPTY means the source was read and had nothing in scope for your input; BLOCKED means the source refused and the run failed without billing a value event — retry later or narrow the input. A zero-row run bills the start fee only.

Q: How many rows can one run return?
A: Up to maxRecords (default 25). Raise the cap for a bigger run; you pay per delivered row.

Q: How fresh is the data?
A: Every run reads the source live at run time; nothing is cached between runs. Put it on a schedule for a continuous feed.

Q: What formats can I export?
A: The dataset downloads as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or RSS from the run's Dataset tab or the Apify API, and any run can push to a webhook or integration.

Q: How is this different from the other startup funding leads actors?
A: Same output shape and billing model; this one covers Startup Funding Leads Scraper - SEC Form D. The siblings under Related Actors cover the other sources or slices — run several on one schedule for a combined feed.

Q: Are there rate limits?
A: The actor paces itself against the source; there is no per-buyer limit beyond your Apify plan's concurrency.

🆘 Troubleshooting

• Run FAILED with BLOCKED → the source refused the request or changed its page shape → nothing was billed beyond the start fee; retry after a while, and if it persists open an Issue with the run id.
• Status says CAPPED → your cap (maxRecords) was reached → raise it for a bigger run.
• Input validation error on start → a field is outside the schema's allowed values → start from the Quick start block and change one field at a time.
• Run TIMED-OUT → a very wide request on a slow day → raise the run timeout in Run options or narrow the input; what was delivered before the timeout is still in the dataset.

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