# SEC Form D Scraper: Startup Funding Rounds (`parselab/sec-form-d-private-placements-scraper`) Actor

Scrape SEC Form D notices of private placements by date, state, industry or company. Get the amount offered and sold, investors, exemption used, placement agent fees, officers and directors, round history and market totals. Find newly funded startups and funds. Export to CSV or Excel.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/parselab/sec-form-d-private-placements-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ParseLab](https://apify.com/parselab) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Lead generation
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# README

## SEC Form D Scraper: Startup Funding Rounds

This SEC Form D scraper reads the notices that companies and funds must file after they sell securities in a private placement. These filings are the earliest public sign that a startup raised money, often weeks before any news. Search by date, state, industry, company name or company ID and get one clean row per notice.

A row carries much more than the company name and the amount. You get the amount offered and sold, how much is still open and the percent sold, the number of investors and the average ticket, the exemption the company relied on (Rule 506(b), 506(c), 504 and others), the type of securities, the minimum investment, sales commissions and finders fees, the placement agents with their registration numbers, the officers, directors and promoters with their roles, who signed the filing, whether it was filed late, and the history of earlier Form D notices of the same company so you can tell a first raise from a follow-on round.

Sales teams, investors, journalists, market researchers and service providers use it to find newly funded companies and to measure the private market.

### What can you do with this Form D scraper?

- Find companies that raised money in the last few days, with the founders and officers named in the filing
- Filter by state, industry, entity type and offering size, for example biotech raises above 5 million dollars in Massachusetts
- Separate real startups from hedge funds, private equity funds and venture funds, or look only at the funds
- See which raises are the first Form D of a company and which are follow-on rounds
- Spot offerings that use Rule 506(c), the ones that may advertise publicly
- See which raises use placement agents and how much they pay in commissions
- Check how much of an offering has been sold and how many investors joined
- Follow one company over time with all its Form D and Form D/A filings
- Measure the private market with totals and medians by industry, state, week, exemption or round size
- Export Form D data to CSV or Excel, or send new raises to your CRM, Google Sheets or Slack

### What data can you extract from Form D filings?

| Mode | One row is | Highlights |
|---|---|---|
| Form D filings | One notice | Issuer name, ID, entity type, jurisdiction, year of incorporation, address, phone, previous names, form type, amendment flag, filing date, date of first sale, days to file and a late flag, industry group, fund type, issuer size range, exemptions with readable names, securities types, minimum investment, total offering, amount sold, remaining, percent sold, indefinite offering flag, round size bucket, investor count and non-accredited investors, average investment, sales commissions, finders fees, fees as percent of sold, placement agents, officers and directors, signer and title, form history, filing link |
| Issuers | One company | Latest round amounts, percent sold, investors, exemptions, filings in the period, total Form D count, first Form D date, executives, signer, phone |
| Market statistics | One group | Filings, unique issuers, new offerings and amendments, total offered and sold, median offering and amount sold, largest offering, offerings over 10 million dollars, median investors, shares using 506(b), 506(c), placement agents and funds, top issuers |

### How to scrape SEC Form D filings

1. Choose **Form D filings**, **Issuers** or **Market statistics**.
2. Set the filing dates. The default is the last 3 days.
3. Optionally add states, industries, exemptions, entity types or offering sizes.
4. Turn on **Exclude pooled investment funds** when you only want operating companies.
5. Set **Max Items** and click **Start**.
6. Export the dataset as CSV, Excel or from the Apify console.

### Input example

```json
{
  "mode": "filings",
  "states": ["CA", "MA"],
  "industries": ["Biotechnology", "Pharmaceuticals"],
  "minOfferingAmountUsd": 5000000,
  "excludeFunds": true,
  "dateFrom": "2026-09-20",
  "dateTo": "2026-10-02",
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

### Filing output example

```json
{
  "issuerName": "GT Biopharma, Inc.",
  "cik": "0000109657",
  "entityType": "Corporation",
  "jurisdictionOfIncorporation": "Delaware",
  "city": "San Francisco",
  "state": "CA",
  "form": "D",
  "filingDate": "2026-09-29",
  "dateOfFirstSale": "2026-09-14",
  "daysFromFirstSaleToFiling": 15,
  "filedLate": false,
  "industryGroup": "Biotechnology",
  "exemptions": ["Rule 506(b)"],
  "securityTypes": ["Equity"],
  "totalOfferingAmountUsd": 38958054,
  "totalAmountSoldUsd": 7750000,
  "totalRemainingUsd": 31208054,
  "percentSold": 19.9,
  "roundSizeBucket": "$25M to $100M",
  "investorCount": 9,
  "averageInvestmentUsd": 861111,
  "salesCommissionsUsd": 0,
  "usesPlacementAgents": false,
  "signedBy": "Alan Urban",
  "signerTitle": "Chief Financial Officer",
  "relatedPersons": [
    { "name": "Michael Breen", "relationships": ["Executive Officer", "Director"], "clarification": "Chief Executive Officer", "city": "San Francisco", "state": "CA" },
    { "name": "Alan Urban", "relationships": ["Executive Officer"], "clarification": "Chief Financial Officer", "city": "San Francisco", "state": "CA" }
  ],
  "formDFilingsTotal": 12,
  "previousFormDDate": "2025-05-28",
  "daysSincePreviousFormD": 489,
  "isFirstFormD": false,
  "filingUrl": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/109657/000010965726000001/0000109657-26-000001-index.htm"
}
```

### Market statistics example

```json
{
  "groupBy": "industry",
  "group": "Other Technology",
  "periodFrom": "2026-09-28",
  "periodTo": "2026-10-02",
  "filings": 111,
  "totalOfferedUsd": 1734370895,
  "totalSoldUsd": 1319816302,
  "medianOfferingUsd": 2750000,
  "shareRule506b": 87.4
}
```

### How much does it cost to scrape Form D filings?

You pay per result: $38 per 1,000 rows plus a tiny start fee. The free plan returns up to 10 rows per run. A market statistics run returns one row per group, so a full week by industry costs a few cents.

### Tips for better results

- Amendments (Form D/A) repeat the amounts sold so far. Turn on **New notices only** when you add up money raised.
- The amount offered can be indefinite, mostly for funds. Those rows have no total and the indefinite flag is set.
- A company can have a first sale date in the future. In that case the first sale flag says it has yet to occur.
- Use the date range wisely: each notice is one request, and a normal business day has about 330. Start with a few days and raise the limit on filings to scan for longer ranges.
- For a daily list of new raises, schedule the Actor every morning and turn on the option to return only notices not returned before.
- The people listed are the officers, directors and promoters the company named in the notice. Their city is the business or home address the company gave.
- Round size buckets use the offering amount, or the amount sold when the offering is indefinite.

### Who uses Form D data?

- **Sales and recruiting teams** reach newly funded companies while they are hiring and buying.
- **Investors and analysts** follow deal flow outside the headlines.
- **Service providers** such as lawyers, banks and software vendors find companies that just raised.
- **Journalists** spot big raises before they are announced.
- **Researchers** measure private funding by region and industry.

### Automate and connect

Schedule the Actor every day and send new notices to your CRM, Google Sheets, Slack, Zapier, Make or n8n, or trigger a webhook when a run ends.

### FAQ

**Do I need an SEC account?**
No. The Actor works without any login.

**What is a Form D?**
A short notice that a company files with the SEC within 15 days after the first sale of securities in an exempt private offering. It lists the amount, the investors and the people behind the company.

**Does a Form D show who the investors are?**
No. It shows how many investors joined and how much they put in, but not their names. It does show placement agents and the people who run the issuer.

**Is every raise reported?**
No. Companies that use a different exemption or that file late do not appear on time. Some filers also decline to give certain details.

**Why is the amount sold higher than the amount offered?**
Some filers report both at different dates, or the offering is indefinite. Check the percent sold and the indefinite flag.

**How far back can I search?**
Use the filing dates to choose the period. With a company ID the full history is available.

**Is this financial advice?**
No. Form D filings are public information. Use them as one input among many.

### Legal note

This Actor collects information that is publicly visible on the website. Check the source site's terms and your local rules before using the data. Nothing here is financial advice.

### Support

Missing a field or found a bug? Open an issue from the Actor page.

# Actor input Schema

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Free users: Limited to 10 items (preview). Paid users: Optional, max 1,000,000.

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Filings returns one row per Form D notice with the full offering details. Issuers returns one row per company with its latest round and filing history. Market statistics returns totals and medians grouped by industry, state, week and more.

## `groupBy` (type: `string`):

Only used in the market statistics mode. Industry, state, exemption (for example Rule 506(b)), legal entity type, filing week or round size.

## `companyNames` (type: `array`):

Part of a company name, for example Therapeutics or Capital. Only notices whose issuer name contains the text are kept.

## `ciks` (type: `array`):

SEC company numbers of the issuers to follow. With a company ID the whole history of the company in the date range is returned, and the default start date is two years ago.

## `states` (type: `array`):

Two letter codes of the states where the issuer is based, for example CA, NY, TX. Leave empty for all states and countries.

## `industries` (type: `array`):

Part of the industry group name, for example Biotechnology, Technology, Real Estate, Banking, Pooled Investment Fund, Oil and Gas or Energy. Any match keeps the notice.

## `exemptions` (type: `array`):

Keep only offerings that rely on these exemptions, for example 506b, 506c, 504 or 3C.7. Rule 506(c) offerings are the ones that may advertise publicly.

## `entityTypes` (type: `array`):

Part of the legal form, for example Corporation, Limited Liability Company or Limited Partnership.

## `minOfferingAmountUsd` (type: `integer`):

Keep only offerings of at least this total amount. Offerings with an indefinite amount are dropped when this is set.

## `maxOfferingAmountUsd` (type: `integer`):

Keep only offerings of at most this total amount.

## `minAmountSoldUsd` (type: `integer`):

Keep only offerings where at least this amount has been sold.

## `minInvestors` (type: `integer`):

Keep only offerings with at least this many investors.

## `excludeAmendments` (type: `boolean`):

Skip Form D/A amendments. Amendments repeat the amounts sold so far, so turn this on when you add up money raised.

## `excludeFunds` (type: `boolean`):

Skip hedge funds, private equity funds and venture funds. Most startup searches want this on.

## `onlyFunds` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only funds, such as hedge funds, private equity funds and venture capital funds.

## `includeHistory` (type: `boolean`):

Adds how many Form D notices the company has filed, the date of the first and the previous one, days since the previous one, and a first-notice flag. Costs one extra request per company.

## `includePeople` (type: `boolean`):

Adds the people named in the notice with their roles and city. Turn off for smaller results.

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

First filing date, YYYY-MM-DD. The default is 3 days ago, or two years ago when you give company IDs.

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

Last filing date, YYYY-MM-DD. The default is today.

## `onlyNewSinceLastRun` (type: `boolean`):

Skips notices that an earlier run already returned. Use it for a daily list of new raises.

## `maxFilingsToScan` (type: `integer`):

Safety limit for how many notices are read before the run stops, even when few match your filters.

## `contactEmail` (type: `string`):

Added to the request header as SEC fair access guidelines recommend. Leave empty if you prefer.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxItems": 10,
  "mode": "filings",
  "groupBy": "industry",
  "excludeAmendments": false,
  "excludeFunds": false,
  "onlyFunds": false,
  "includeHistory": true,
  "includePeople": true,
  "onlyNewSinceLastRun": false,
  "maxFilingsToScan": 3000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

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```javascript
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    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "maxItems": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("parselab/sec-form-d-private-placements-scraper").call(input);

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# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "maxItems": 10 }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
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# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
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    print(item)

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```

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```bash
echo '{
  "maxItems": 10
}' |
apify call parselab/sec-form-d-private-placements-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

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```json
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        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,parselab/sec-form-d-private-placements-scraper"
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}
```

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