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# SEC Form D API — Structured Private Placement Data

> Access structured Form D data for private placements and Regulation D offerings via API. Track exempt offerings, fundraising rounds, and issuer details. Get started free at secapi.ai/signup.

SEC Form D filings disclose exempt securities offerings under Regulation D — the primary mechanism for private capital raises. SEC API parses the XML structure of every Form D filing and exposes it as structured JSON, making it easy to track private placements, venture fundraising rounds, and exempt offerings programmatically.

## Capabilities

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  <Card title="Structured XML extraction" icon="code">
    Every Form D field parsed from SEC XML: issuer details, offering amounts, exemptions claimed, and sales compensation recipients.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Real-time monitoring" icon="bolt">
    New Form D filings indexed within minutes. Set up webhooks to track fundraising activity as it happens.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Historical coverage" icon="clock-rotate-left">
    Form D filings indexed from 2008 to present, covering hundreds of thousands of exempt offerings.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Amendment tracking" icon="file-circle-check">
    Track original filings and amendments to see how offering details evolve over time.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Quick start

Search for recent Form D filings in the technology sector:

```bash theme={null}
curl -H "x-api-key: $SECAPI_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.secapi.ai/v1/filings/latest?form=D&sic_group=technology&limit=5"
```

```json theme={null}
{
  "data": [
    {
      "accession_number": "0001234567-25-000012",
      "form": "D",
      "issuer_name": "Acme AI Labs Inc",
      "cik": "0001234567",
      "filed_at": "2025-03-10",
      "offering_amount": 50000000,
      "total_sold": 35000000,
      "exemption_type": "Rule 506(b)",
      "industry_group": "Technology",
      "is_amendment": false
    }
  ]
}
```

Get detailed Form D data for a specific filing:

```bash theme={null}
curl -H "x-api-key: $SECAPI_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.secapi.ai/v1/filings/form-d?accession_number=0001234567-25-000012"
```

## Use cases

### Venture capital deal tracking

Monitor Form D filings to detect new fundraising rounds before they hit the press. Filter by industry, geography, and offering size.

### Private market research

Analyze trends in private capital formation: average round sizes, popular exemption types, and geographic distribution of issuers.

### Compliance monitoring

Track Form D filings from portfolio companies to ensure timely and accurate disclosure of exempt offerings.

### Sales compensation analysis

Form D disclosures include details on broker-dealers and finders involved in the offering — useful for compliance and business development.

## API endpoints

| Endpoint                        | Description                        |
| ------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- |
| `GET /v1/filings/latest?form=D` | Latest Form D filings              |
| `GET /v1/filings/form-d`        | Detailed Form D data               |
| `GET /v1/filings/search?form=D` | Search Form D filings with filters |

## Why SEC API for Form D data

| Feature                   | SEC API       | Raw EDGAR      | PitchBook | Crunchbase |
| ------------------------- | ------------- | -------------- | --------- | ---------- |
| Structured JSON API       | Yes           | No (XML)       | No API    | Partial    |
| Real-time monitoring      | Yes           | No             | Delayed   | Delayed    |
| Amendment tracking        | Yes           | Manual         | No        | No         |
| Full XML field extraction | Yes           | Raw XML        | N/A       | N/A        |
| Historical coverage       | 2008+         | 2008+          | Varies    | Varies     |
| Pricing                   | Pay-as-you-go | Free (raw XML) | \$\$\$\$  | \$\$\$     |

## Get started

<Card title="Get your API key" icon="key" href="/getting-started">
  Start tracking private placements in under 60 seconds. 150 free API calls (one-time).
</Card>

* [SEC EDGAR API](/seo/sec-edgar-api)
* [Filing Search API](/seo/sec-filing-search-api)
* [API Reference](/api-reference)