Cross-referencing SEC filings, investor registries, accelerator data, and real-time traction signals to surface intelligence that no single source can reveal.
What it tracks
What the tracker sees
Companies
Every startup that files with the SEC, launches from a top accelerator, or shows traction on developer and product platforms — continuously tracked.
Rounds
Fundraising events detected from regulatory filings, news, and public records — cross-referenced for accuracy, enriched with context.
Investors
VCs, angels, family offices, and foundations — identified from SEC registrations, 13F holdings, Form D filings, and foundation tax records.
What it sees
Intelligence that emerges from combination.
Family offices that are actually deploying
Cross-reference SEC Form ADV registrations with Form D filings to find family offices actively writing checks into early-stage — not just ones that exist on paper.
Angel investors hiding in plain sight
Analyze promoter patterns across thousands of Form D filings to build angel profiles — who keeps showing up on cap tables, in which sectors, at what stages.
Traction signals that predict funding
Correlate GitHub commit velocity, Hacker News mention spikes, and Product Hunt launches with funding timing to identify companies likely raising before they announce.
Investor behavior, not investor marketing
13F holdings data reveals what institutions actually hold. Form D filings reveal who actually led. This is what investors do — not what they say they do.
Why this matters
Any one source is a list. Combined, it's intelligence.
SEC Form D says a company raised $5M
The tracker finds the same company in YC's W24 batch, sees their GitHub repo gained 2,000 stars last month, and identifies the lead investor from Form ADV as a family office with $400M AUM that's deployed into 12 similar deals.
A name appears on 8 Form D filings in 18 months
Cross-reference with 13F data and IRS 990 records — this is a family foundation converting to direct startup investing. They're writing $250K–$500K checks in developer tools. No database lists them as an angel.
A YC company's npm package hits 50K weekly downloads
Product Hunt launch got 1,200 upvotes. Reddit threads are growing. GitHub stars accelerating. No funding round announced yet — but the pattern matches companies that raised within 60 days.
An investor's 13F shows they sold 3 portfolio positions
Their Form ADV shows dry powder. Their last 4 Form D appearances were in AI infrastructure. They haven't led a deal in 90 days. This investor is about to deploy.
Open source
The data layer is public
The tracker is fully open source. The data that powers raise(fn) is available for anyone to use, verify, and build on.