# SEC Form D Scraper — Startup Funding & Private Placement Alerts (`rhymed_santolina/sec-form-d-funding-alerts`) Actor

Get new SEC Form D filings (Reg D private placements) from official EDGAR data: issuer, industry, offering size, amount sold, investors, exemptions and filing links. Filter by state, industry and amount; only new filings each run. Part of the Arachne toolkit.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/rhymed_santolina/sec-form-d-funding-alerts.md
- **Developed by:** [Arachne Tools](https://apify.com/rhymed_santolina) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 results

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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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

## SEC Form D Scraper: Startup Funding & Private Placement Alerts

Get **alerts for companies that just raised (or are raising) private money**. Every Form D filed with the SEC is a Regulation D private placement: startups closing a seed or Series A round, real-estate syndications, oil & gas deals, and hedge / VC / PE funds. This Actor pulls them from **official SEC EDGAR data**, parses each filing and gives you clean rows: issuer, industry, offering size, amount sold, number of investors and filing link. No API key needed.

**Use it to:**

- 💼 **Find freshly funded startups to sell to.** Companies that just raised money are buying software, services and hiring. Filter by `industryGroups: ["Other Technology"]` and your target states.
- 📈 **Track VC, PE and hedge-fund launches** (`industryGroups: ["Pooled Investment Fund"]`) for fund admin, legal, audit and banking prospecting.
- 🏠 **Watch real-estate syndications** in your market.
- 📰 **Spot funding news before the press release** for journalists and investors.
- 📊 **Build a private-markets database** in Google Sheets, Airtable or your CRM with Apify integrations, on a daily schedule.

**Why this Actor:**

- Uses the official EDGAR full-text search and filing XML, so it doesn't break when a website changes.
- Follows the **SEC fair-access policy**: declared User-Agent with your contact e-mail, one request at a time and well under 10 requests/second, automatic back-off.
- **Only new filings** each run (per State key), so a daily schedule = a daily alert.
- **Issuer-level data only.** Executives, directors and promoters ("related persons"), signer names, sales-compensation recipients, street addresses and phone numbers are **not** included.

### How much does it cost?

You pay per event: a small fee per run start plus a fee per filing returned. A daily alert that returns 20 new filings costs cents per day. Use `maxResults` or the run's *Max total charge* to cap spend.

### Input

`contactEmail` is required: the SEC asks every automated client to identify itself. It is sent only to sec.gov in the User-Agent header and never written to the output.

### Example inputs

All new Form D filings from the last 3 days:

```json
{ "contactEmail": "you@example.com" }
```

Tech startups in California and New York raising $1M+:

```json
{ "contactEmail": "you@example.com", "industryGroups": ["Other Technology"], "states": ["CA", "NY"], "minOfferingAmount": 1000000 }
```

Operating companies only (no funds), including amendments, for a date range:

```json
{ "contactEmail": "you@example.com", "excludePooledFunds": true, "includeAmendments": true, "dateFrom": "2026-10-01", "dateTo": "2026-10-07", "onlyNew": false }
```

### Output (one row per filing)

`accessionNumber, form, filedDate, issuerName, cik, fileNumber, entityType, jurisdictionOfIncorporation, yearOfIncorporation, companyAge, city, stateOrCountry, stateOrCountryCode, zipCode, industryGroup, investmentFundType, revenueRange, aggregateNetAssetValueRange, exemptions, isAmendment, dateOfFirstSale, firstSaleYetToOccur, durationMoreThanOneYear, securitiesOffered, isBusinessCombination, minimumInvestment, totalOfferingAmount, totalOfferingIndefinite, totalAmountSold, totalRemaining, hasNonAccreditedInvestors, numberOfInvestors, salesCommissionsUsd, findersFeesUsd, grossProceedsUsedForInsidersUsd, signatureDate, filingUrl, filingIndexUrl`

### Notes

- Form D is filed within 15 days of the first sale, so it lags the actual raise a little.
- `states` matches the EDGAR business or incorporation location code (US states, e.g. `CA`; other countries use EDGAR codes).
- Data is public-domain SEC information. This Actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SEC.

### More Arachne tools

- [SAM.gov Scraper — Federal Contract Opportunities & Bid Alerts](https://apify.com/rhymed_santolina/sam-gov-opportunities): New US federal contract opportunities from the official SAM.gov API, filtered by NAICS, set-aside or state.
- [UK Tenders Scraper — Contracts Finder & Find a Tender Alerts](https://apify.com/rhymed_santolina/uk-tenders): New UK public-sector tenders and awards from Contracts Finder and Find a Tender in one feed.
- [EU TED Tenders Scraper — Public Procurement Notices & Alerts](https://apify.com/rhymed_santolina/ted-eu-tenders): New EU public procurement notices from TED (Tenders Electronic Daily), filtered by country, CPV and keyword.
- [CanadaBuys Scraper — Canada Government Tenders & Bid Alerts](https://apify.com/rhymed_santolina/canadabuys-tenders): New Government of Canada tenders from CanadaBuys open data, filtered by category, UNSPSC and region.
- [AusTender Scraper — Australian Government Contracts & Suppliers](https://apify.com/rhymed_santolina/austender-contracts): Australian Government contract notices from AusTender with agency, supplier, value and UNSPSC.
- [Grants.gov Scraper — Federal Grant Opportunities & Alerts](https://apify.com/rhymed_santolina/grants-gov-opportunities): New US federal grant opportunities from Grants.gov with funding, eligibility and deadlines.
- [Domain Expiry Checker — RDAP Domain Expiration & Status Monitor](https://apify.com/rhymed_santolina/domain-rdap-expiry-monitor): Bulk domain expiry, registrar and status checks via official RDAP, with alerts for soon-to-expire domains.

***

🕸️ **Part of the Arachne toolkit:** official open-data feeds turned into clean, ready-to-use datasets. More Arachne Actors: [apify.com/rhymed_santolina](https://apify.com/rhymed_santolina).

# Actor input Schema

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

Needed to get results: SEC fair-access rules require automated tools to declare a contact e-mail. Your e-mail is sent ONLY to sec.gov in the User-Agent header and is never stored in the output. Without it the run ends with 0 results and a reminder.

## `contactName` (type: `string`):

Shown to SEC with your e-mail in the User-Agent header.

## `daysBack` (type: `integer`):

Look back this many days from today (or from Date to). Ignored when Date from is set.

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

Optional start of the filing-date range.

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

Optional end of the filing-date range. Defaults to today.

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

Also return amended Form D filings.

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

Two-letter EDGAR codes of the business or incorporation location, e.g. CA, NY, DE. Leave empty for all.

## `industryGroups` (type: `array`):

Match Form D industry group (case-insensitive substring), e.g. 'Other Technology', 'Biotechnology', 'Real Estate', 'Pooled Investment Fund'.

## `excludePooledFunds` (type: `boolean`):

Skip hedge / private-equity / VC fund filings to keep only operating companies.

## `minOfferingAmount` (type: `integer`):

Skip offerings smaller than this. Indefinite offerings are kept.

## `maxOfferingAmount` (type: `integer`):

Skip offerings larger than this.

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

Optional EDGAR full-text phrase, e.g. a company name.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many filings.

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

Skip filings returned by previous runs with the same State key.

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

Use a different key per alert/watch-list to track 'new' separately.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "daysBack": 3,
  "includeAmendments": false,
  "excludePooledFunds": false,
  "maxResults": 20,
  "onlyNew": true,
  "stateKey": "default"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Filings returned by this run (only new ones when onlyNew=true).

# 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 = {
    "contactEmail": "",
    "maxResults": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("rhymed_santolina/sec-form-d-funding-alerts").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 = {
    "contactEmail": "",
    "maxResults": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("rhymed_santolina/sec-form-d-funding-alerts").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 '{
  "contactEmail": "",
  "maxResults": 20
}' |
apify call rhymed_santolina/sec-form-d-funding-alerts --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,rhymed_santolina/sec-form-d-funding-alerts"
        }
    }
}
```

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/tm3fJzUofrGM7oNh0/builds/TejWEfnaXI3Jb77Q4/openapi.json