💸 Startup Funding Leads from SEC Form D Filings

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.

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). Source: efts.sec.gov, news.crunchbase.com, techcrunch.com.

No login, no API key and no CAPTCHA solving are involved: the source is read logged-out with an identified contact User-Agent.

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.

📊 Sample Output

Real rows from run e183e9JxsQ7IXoqdW on build 0.1.18 (2026-09-17), the same input as the Quick start below — every value is as the source published it (emails masked, long text shortened):

company_name	company_key	round_type	first_seen_date	source_types	release_date
ACHI CAPITAL PARTNERS GLOBAL FUND II	achicapitalpartnersglobalfundii	Reg D private placement	2026-09-17	SEC EDGAR	2026-09-17
500 Office Park Integra	500officeparkintegra	Reg D private placement	2026-09-17	SEC EDGAR	2026-09-17
AGC Lightmatter I, a Series of AGC Parallax Fund I	agclightmatteriaseriesofagcparallaxfundi	Reg D private placement	2026-09-17	SEC EDGAR	2026-09-17
Amanari House	amanarihouse	Reg D private placement	2026-09-17	SEC EDGAR	2026-09-17
Anara Capital Fund C.V.	anaracapitalfundcv	Reg D private placement	2026-09-17	SEC EDGAR	2026-09-17
Atari S.A.	atarisa	Reg D private placement	2026-09-17	SEC EDGAR	2026-09-17
Atoms & Bits Capital II, a Series of a Master Series	atomsbitscapitaliiaseriesofamasterseries	Reg D private placement	2026-09-17	SEC EDGAR	2026-09-17
BO 8-6-26, a Series of A Master Series	bo8626aseriesofamasterseries	Reg D private placement	2026-09-17	SEC EDGAR	2026-09-17

The run finished with the status message: NORMAL: 50 unique rows (0 duplicates collapsed) from 2026-09-17. billable=50

✅ 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) — 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": 50
}

The sample run charged exactly: 1 × $0.02 apify-actor-start + 50 × $0.08 funding_record = $4.02 on the Free tier — every delivered row was billed.

2. A smaller, narrowed run

{
  "maxRecords": 5
}

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

3. A full-size run

{
  "maxRecords": 5000
}

Up to 5000 rows (the schema default for maxRecords) — about $400.02 on the Free tier ($0.02 start + 5000 × $0.08) if the source has that many.

🧾 JSON sample record

One real record from run e183e9JxsQ7IXoqdW, exactly as it lands in the dataset (emails masked, long text shortened):

{
  "record_type": "company_round",
  "company_name": "ACHI CAPITAL PARTNERS GLOBAL FUND II",
  "company_key": "achicapitalpartnersglobalfundii",
  "round_type": "Reg D private placement",
  "amount_usd": null,
  "amount_text": null,
  "investors": null,
  "announced_month": "2026-09",
  "first_seen_date": "2026-09-17",
  "sources": [
    {
      "source": "SEC EDGAR",
      "publisher": "SEC Form D",
      "url": "https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/srqsb",
      "headline": null,
      "form_type": "D",
      "observed_at": "2026-09-17T17:52:41Z"
    },
    {
      "source": "SEC EDGAR",
      "publisher": "SEC Form D",
      "url": "https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/srqsb",
      "headline": null,
      "form_type": "D",
      "observed_at": "2026-09-17T17:52:41Z"
    }
  ],
  "source_count": 2,
  "source_types": "SEC EDGAR",
  "source_type_count": 1,
  "corroborated": false,
  "source": "startup-funding-lead-tracker",
  "release_date": "2026-09-17",
  "source_url": "SEC EDGAR Form D/C + TechCrunch/Crunchbase + PR Newswire/GlobeNewswire",
  "observed_at": "2026-09-17T17:52:41Z"
}

🔧 How it works

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.

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.

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.

⏰ Set it on a schedule

A single run is a snapshot. The value is the feed: 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).

💰 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	$0.07	$0.06	$0.05

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
• 5000 funding records: $0.02 start + 5000 × $0.08 = $400.02

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: NORMAL: 50 unique rows (0 duplicates collapsed) from 2026-09-17. billable=50. maxRecords is a hard ceiling on what is delivered and billed, never a target.

⚖️ Legal & ToS

This actor reads public, logged-out pages and feeds published by efts.sec.gov, news.crunchbase.com, techcrunch.com. It collects only what the source publishes to any visitor, keeps to the source's robots rules (checked on every run), identifies itself with a contact User-Agent, 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 source (efts.sec.gov, news.crunchbase.com, techcrunch.com) is read logged-out; 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 5000). 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 efts.sec.gov, news.crunchbase.com, techcrunch.com. 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 (CRAWL_DELAY=0.0) and honours its robots rules; 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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