# Startup Funding Rounds – Crunchbase Alternative (SEC Form D) (`ram1eal/startup-funding-rounds`) Actor

Daily list of US startups and private companies raising money, from official SEC Form D filings: amount raised, industry, state, first sale date and investor count. Legal, fresh and $10 per 1,000 rounds instead of a database subscription.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ram1eal/startup-funding-rounds.md
- **Developed by:** [Hiếu Trần Quang](https://apify.com/ram1eal) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, AI
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $7.00 / 1,000 funding rounds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify 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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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Startup Funding Rounds – Crunchbase Alternative (SEC Form D)

A **daily list of US startups and private companies raising money**, straight from official **SEC Form D** filings: **company, industry, state, amount raised and offered, date of first sale, number of investors and security type**. Filter by industry, state and amount; schedule daily for **new-round alerts**. A legal, low-cost alternative to paid funding databases.

### Why this one

- **Official and fresh.** Companies must file Form D within 15 days of the first sale in a private round – the earliest public signal of most venture rounds.
- **Clean company data.** Industry group, revenue range, entity type, jurisdiction, year of incorporation, business address and phone – ready for CRM import.
- **Signal, not noise.** Investment funds and SPVs (most Form D filings) are filtered out unless you want them; amendments are optional.
- **Alerts.** "Only new rounds" + a daily schedule = each round once.
- **No person data.** Executives, directors, promoters and signers listed in the filing are never collected.

### Compared with alternatives

|                             | This Actor                            | Typical alternatives                                |
| --------------------------- | ------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
| Source                      | Official SEC Form D filings           | Crowd-sourced or press                              |
| Freshness                   | Filed within 15 days of first sale    | Weeks or months                                     |
| Price                       | $10 per 1,000 rounds, no subscription | Funding databases from $49/month or $0.07 per round |
| Funds and SPVs filtered out | Yes (optional)                        | Mixed in                                            |

### What you get

Company name, CIK, filing date, amendment flag, industry group, fund type (funds), revenue range, entity type, jurisdiction, year of incorporation (and "within five years" flag), street, city, state, ZIP, phone, previous names, date of first sale, securities offered (equity, debt, options…), exemption (Rule 506(b), 506(c), 504…), minimum investment, total offering amount, amount sold, remaining, % sold, number of investors, non-accredited investors flag, sales commissions, finder's fees, filing and document links.

### Sample output

```json
{
  "companyName": "Alchemy Cloud, Inc.",
  "industryGroup": "Other Technology",
  "jurisdiction": "DELAWARE",
  "city": "SAN FRANCISCO",
  "state": "CA",
  "dateOfFirstSale": "2026-09-29",
  "securities": ["Equity", "Debt"],
  "exemptions": ["Rule 506(b)"],
  "totalOfferingAmount": 1000000,
  "totalAmountSold": 1000000,
  "percentSold": 100,
  "investorsCount": 2,
  "filingDate": "2026-10-20",
  "filingUrl": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1704188/..."
}
```

### How to use

1. Choose a period ("7 days", "30 days" or a date) and optionally industries, states and a minimum amount.
2. Click Start – or schedule daily with "Only new rounds" for alerts.
3. Export to CSV/Excel/JSON or send to your CRM, Slack, n8n or Make.

### Use cases

- **B2B sales:** companies that just raised money have budget – reach them first.
- **Recruiting:** funded startups are about to hire.
- **Investors & analysts:** track private-market activity by sector and state.
- **Service providers:** law firms, accountants, banks and insurers find newly funded companies.
- **AI agents:** "Which biotech companies in Massachusetts raised over $5M this month?"

### Pricing

| Apify plan | Per 1,000 rounds | Per run |
| ---------- | ---------------- | ------- |
| Free       | $10.00           | $0.005  |
| Starter    | $9.00            | $0.005  |
| Scale      | $8.00            | $0.005  |
| Business   | $7.00            | $0.005  |

### Cost examples

- One week of US tech rounds (≈ 150): $1.50
- Daily alerts, all industries: ≈ $0.50–1 per day

### Use it from code, n8n or AI agents

Run it from the Apify API, the Python or JavaScript client, n8n, Make or Zapier – or let an AI agent call it through the **Apify MCP server** (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor).

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("ram1eal/startup-funding-rounds").call(run_input={"since":"7 days","industries":["Other Technology"]})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)
```

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>' });
const run = await client
  .actor('ram1eal/startup-funding-rounds')
  .call({ since: '7 days', industries: ['Other Technology'] });
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
```

**MCP:** add `ram1eal/startup-funding-rounds` to the Apify MCP server and ask in plain English – the agent fills the input and pays per result.

### Data sourcing & compliance

- SEC EDGAR daily form index and Form D XML documents – U.S. government data, public domain.
- SEC fair-access rules respected: declared User-Agent, under 10 requests per second.
- Person data in Form D (related persons, signers, sales-compensation recipients) is never read.

### FAQ

- **Is every startup round here?** Most US venture rounds file Form D, but some companies file late or use other exemptions.
- **Why is the offering amount empty?** Funds often report it as "Indefinite" (`offeringAmountIndefinite: true`).
- **Who are the investors?** Form D does not name investors – only their number.
- **What if something breaks?** Open an issue – typical response under 12 hours.

### More tools from this author

- [SEC EDGAR API – Company Financials, 10-K Data & Filings](https://apify.com/ram1eal/sec-company-financials) – SEC EDGAR financials and 10-K/10-Q/8-K filings by ticker
- [Contact Info Scraper – Company Emails, Phones & Socials](https://apify.com/ram1eal/company-contact-finder) – company e-mails, phones and social profiles, GDPR-safe
- [Tech Stack Detector – BuiltWith & Wappalyzer Alternative](https://apify.com/ram1eal/website-tech-stack) – 3,500+ technologies per website, plus the email provider
- [Companies House API & Company Registry – UK, France, LEI](https://apify.com/ram1eal/company-registry-search) – UK Companies House, France SIRENE & LEI search with a KYB risk score
- [Public Tenders – EU TED & UK Find a Tender Procurement](https://apify.com/ram1eal/public-tenders-search) – EU TED & UK Find a Tender notices with daily alerts
- [WHOIS Lookup & Domain Checker – Age, DNS, Email, SSL](https://apify.com/ram1eal/domain-intelligence) – bulk WHOIS: domain age, DNS, email provider, SSL and risk
- [Shopify Scraper – Products, Prices, Stock & Price Monitor](https://apify.com/ram1eal/shopify-store-products) – any Shopify store: products, prices, stock, price-drop alerts
- [Impressum Scraper – German Company Data, HRB & VAT Check](https://apify.com/ram1eal/company-imprint) – German/Austrian/Swiss company data from the Impressum, VAT checked
- [SAM.gov & USAspending – US Federal Contracts & Awards](https://apify.com/ram1eal/us-federal-contracts) – new US federal contract awards and SAM.gov opportunities

### Input reference

| Field               | Type    | Default | Description                            |
| ------------------- | ------- | ------- | -------------------------------------- |
| `since`             | string  | 7 days  | Date or relative period (max one year) |
| `industries`        | array   | all     | Form D industry groups                 |
| `states`            | array   | –       | Company state codes                    |
| `minAmount`         | integer | –       | Minimum amount sold or offered (USD)   |
| `maxItems`          | integer | 1000    | Maximum rounds                         |
| `onlyNew`           | boolean | false   | Only rounds not delivered before       |
| `keywords`          | array   | –       | Company name contains                  |
| `includeFunds`      | boolean | false   | Include investment funds and SPVs      |
| `includeAmendments` | boolean | false   | Include amended filings (D/A)          |

### Changelog

- 0.1 – Form D rounds with industry, amounts, investors; fund/amendment filters; only-new alerts.

# Actor input Schema

## `since` (type: `string`):

Form D filings since this date, or within a period like "7 days" (up to one year).

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

Form D industry groups. Leave empty for all industries (investment funds are excluded unless enabled below).

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

Two-letter state codes of the company address, e.g. CA, NY, TX.

## `minAmount` (type: `integer`):

Only rounds whose amount sold or offered is at least this much.

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

Stop after this many funding rounds. You pay per round.

## `onlyNew` (type: `boolean`):

For daily alerts: return (and pay for) only rounds not delivered in your previous runs with the same filters.

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Only companies whose name contains one of these words.

## `includeFunds` (type: `boolean`):

Most Form D filings are funds and special purpose vehicles; they are skipped unless you turn this on.

## `includeAmendments` (type: `boolean`):

Also return amended filings (updated amounts of earlier rounds).

## `stateKey` (type: `string`):

Runs with the same history name share what was already delivered. Leave empty to use one history per search.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "since": "7 days",
  "industries": [
    "Other Technology",
    "Biotechnology",
    "Computers"
  ],
  "maxItems": 100,
  "onlyNew": false,
  "includeFunds": false,
  "includeAmendments": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

One record per offering: company, CIK, industry group, revenue range, entity type, jurisdiction, year of incorporation, address and phone, date of first sale, securities offered, exemption (Rule 506(b)/(c)…), minimum investment, total offering amount, amount sold, remaining, % sold, number of investors, filing links. No person data.

## `runSummary` (type: `string`):

JSON summary of the run: filings read, rounds delivered and charged, unchanged rounds skipped (only-new mode) and error counts.

# 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 = {
    "industries": [
        "Other Technology",
        "Biotechnology",
        "Computers"
    ],
    "maxItems": 100
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ram1eal/startup-funding-rounds").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 = {
    "industries": [
        "Other Technology",
        "Biotechnology",
        "Computers",
    ],
    "maxItems": 100,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ram1eal/startup-funding-rounds").call(run_input=run_input)

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "industries": [
    "Other Technology",
    "Biotechnology",
    "Computers"
  ],
  "maxItems": 100
}' |
apify call ram1eal/startup-funding-rounds --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,ram1eal/startup-funding-rounds"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/svhknEOls7nmsdp2r/builds/SizKLyT0vYVldfkCz/openapi.json