How to find recently funded companies

There are four practical sources, and they do not overlap as much as people expect.

1. The press

Fast and readable, but it only covers rounds somebody wanted covered: large ones, in tech, in a handful of cities. It also runs late — the money usually arrived weeks before the article.

2. Funding databases

Good depth on venture-backed technology companies, and usually priced for teams. They are largely built from announcements, so they inherit the same blind spot: the quiet raise never enters them.

3. SEC Form D filings

Every US company that sells securities in a private offering under Regulation D must file a Form D within 15 days of the first sale. That includes the restaurant group, the dental practice, the equipment business and the apartment development, not only the software startup. It is public, free, and it does not depend on anyone issuing a press release — which is why it catches what the first two miss. The trade-off is that the raw filings are not pleasant to read, and two thirds of them come from investment funds rather than operating companies.

4. Job postings and hiring signals

A company that suddenly posts ten roles has usually been funded. It is a lagging signal — the money came first — but it confirms that a raise turned into spending.

What this site does with the third one

It reads every new Form D each morning, drops the funds and vehicles, works out what each company actually does, finds its website where it can, and publishes the result as a list you can filter. 2,268 raises from August 3, 2026 onward, plus an archive back to 2020. You can start from your state, your city, the kind of business you sell to, or a search you build yourself.

If you want it to come to you

Checking a list every morning is a habit most people lose in a fortnight. Pro emails you only the raises that match your filters, each weekday, which is the same information without the habit.

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