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. Start free.

SEC Form D API

SEC Form D filings disclose exempt securities offerings under Regulation D — the primary mechanism for private capital raises. Datastream 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

Structured XML extraction

Every Form D field parsed from SEC XML: issuer details, offering amounts, exemptions claimed, and sales compensation recipients.

Real-time monitoring

New Form D filings indexed within minutes. Set up webhooks to track fundraising activity as it happens.

Historical coverage

Form D filings indexed from 2008 to present, covering hundreds of thousands of exempt offerings.

Amendment tracking

Track original filings and amendments to see how offering details evolve over time.

Quick start

Search for recent Form D filings in the technology sector:

curl -H "x-api-key: $OMNI_DATASTREAM_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.secapi.ai/v1/filings/latest?form=D&sic_group=technology&limit=5"

{
  "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:

curl -H "x-api-key: $OMNI_DATASTREAM_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 Datastream for Form D data

Feature	Datastream	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

Get your API key

Start tracking private placements in under 60 seconds. 250 free API calls per month.

• SEC EDGAR API
• Filing Search API
• API Reference