Who Just RaisedChicago, IL · Technology · Form D filed Aug 3, 2026
Empirical Security, Inc. raised $20.8M
Empirical Security, Inc. is a technology company based in Chicago, Illinois. In a Form D filed with the SEC on August 3, 2026, it reported raising $20,818,947 from 4 investors as part of an offering of up to $24,999,938. The first sale in the offering took place on July 17, 2026.
Empirical Security builds precision AI tuned to your cybersecurity environment.
- 2nd Form D since 2025. Earlier new notices: Jul 17, 2025. All filings on EDGAR
- Still raising. $4.2M of the $25M offering was still unsold at filing.
$32.8M raised since 2020
2 Form D offerings, as reported to the SEC, the first in Jul 17, 2025. Amendments update a round; they aren't counted twice.
| Filed | Sold | Offering size | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | $20.8M | $25M | 4 |
| Jul 17, 2025 | $11.9M | $12.4M | 17 |
8 open roles
From the company's job board, checked Oct 17, 2026. See them all ↗
- Empiricist Remote
- Forward Deployed Data Scientist Remote
- Director of Sales Operations Remote
- Sales Engineer Remote
- Commercial Sales Executive Remote
- Enterprise Sales Executive Remote
- and 2 more
Lead score
64 out of 100
early raise still raising hiring (8 roles) budget to spend website found young company
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Filing details
- Website
- empiricalsecurity.com
- Amount raised
- $20,818,947
- Offering size
- $24,999,938
- Investors so far
- 4
- First sale
- July 17, 2026
- Securities offered
- Equity
- Exemption claimed
- Rule 506(b)
- Industry
- Technology
- Headquarters
- Chicago, Illinois
- Incorporated
- Delaware, 2024
- Entity type
- Corporation
Filings
| Filed | Form | Raised | Offering size | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D (new notice) | $20,818,947 | $24,999,938 | 4 | SEC filing |
Figures come from the company's own filing with the SEC and are shown as reported. How to read a Form D.
Updated · Raises in the week of Aug 3, 2026 · Technology funding in Illinois · August 2026 funding report
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