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Search 52,000+ Regulation D private placement filings by fund or issuer name. See offering amounts, locations, and filing dates instantly — then open the full filing.

What a Form D filing represents

When a company raises capital privately, it usually relies on an exemption from SEC registration under Regulation D. In exchange for that exemption, it files a Form D — a short notice filed within 15 days of the first sale. The filing names the issuer, identifies the exemption claimed (most often Rule 506(b) or 506(c)), states the total offering amount and how much has been sold, and reports the number of investors. For a private fund, the Form D is the visible tip of an otherwise private capital raise.

Because funds file a Form D at each close and amend as the raise progresses, the aggregate dataset behaves like a rolling ledger of private fundraising activity across venture, private equity, private credit, real estate, and hedge strategies. It won’t tell you who the limited partners are, but it tells you which vehicles are in market, how large they intend to be, and when they filed.

How fund managers use it

The most common use is benchmarking. Before setting a target for Fund II, a GP will pull the Form D history of comparable managers to see what sizes the market is supporting and how quickly peers are closing. Placement agents and fund service providers watch new filings as a lead signal — a fresh Form D from a first-time manager is a firm that may need help. And competitive-intelligence teams track adjacent funds to understand where capital is concentrating by strategy and geography.

There is also a relationship angle. The principals and backers behind a Form D issuer frequently overlap with the LP universe — a family office that anchors a fund, a fund-of-funds vehicle, or a manager who is themselves an allocator elsewhere. Following a Form D to the people behind it is exactly the thread this tool is designed to help you pull. Every result links to a detail page with the complete public record and a link to the original filing on SEC EDGAR.

Search by any part of a fund or issuer name and the largest offerings surface first. Remember that the offering amount is a stated maximum, not a confirmed raise — read it alongside the amount sold and any later amendments.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is a Form D filing?
Form D is the notice a company files with the SEC after selling securities in an offering that is exempt from full registration under Regulation D — most commonly Rule 506(b) or 506(c). It is filed within 15 days of the first sale and discloses the issuer’s name and address, the type of security, the total offering amount, how much has been sold, and the number of investors. For private funds, it is the public footprint of a capital raise.
Who files Form D?
Venture capital funds, private equity funds, hedge funds, real estate syndications, private credit vehicles, and operating companies raising private capital all file Form D. Every time a fund holds a close under Reg D, it files (or amends) a Form D. That makes the dataset a near-real-time map of who is raising money and how much.
How is this better than searching EDGAR directly?
EDGAR is the system of record but its full-text search is unforgiving — you often need the exact entity name or a CIK, and the results are raw filing indexes. This tool does fuzzy name matching and surfaces the offering amount, location, and filing date right in the results, ranked by offering size. It’s built for scanning; EDGAR is built for retrieving a specific document.
Does the offering amount mean the fund actually raised that much?
Not necessarily. The total offering amount is the maximum the issuer intends to raise; amount sold reflects progress at the time of filing, and many funds file with an “indefinite” offering size. Treat the figure as the ceiling and the fund’s stated ambition, and read amendments over time to see how a raise progressed.
How do fund managers use Form D data?
GPs use it to benchmark fund sizes and time the market, to track competitors and adjacent managers, and to spot newly active issuers. Placement agents and service providers use it as a lead signal. And because a Form D issuer often shares principals or backers with LP-relevant entities, it’s a useful thread to pull — which is where LPbacked’s matched contact data comes in.
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