Find Companies That Just Raised Money: Parsing SEC Form D Filings from EDGAR
Disclosure: I'm Ben, and I built the Apify Actor mentioned later in this post. I charge per result for it. Everything in the tutorial part works with free tools too. "Recently funded companies" lists are a staple of B2B sales, recruiting and investing. A lot of them trace back to one public source: SEC Form D . When a US company raises money in a private placement under Regulation D, it has to…
SEC Form D filings, obtained from EDGAR, reveal recently funded companies and their details. These filings, required for private placements under Regulation D, provide information on the company's address, executives, and the money raised. The source demonstrates how to access and parse these filings using free tools. The script identifies recent Form D filings via EDGAR search, parses the primary_doc.xml file, and prints key data such as company name, phone number, industry, and raised and sold amounts.
However, the process has limitations, including the exclusion of certain filers and the need for manual filtering and normalization. An Apify Actor, SEC EDGAR Scraper – Form D Funding Leads, simplifies this process by sending a customized User-Agent, adhering to SEC rate limits, and excluding pooled investment funds by default. The actor allows users to filter results based on specific criteria, such as industry groups and minimum amounts sold, and saves leads in a structured format with additional details like exemptions and related persons.
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