Guides
Short guides to finding investors from public records. The figures in them are computed from the same SEC data as the investor directory and change when it is rebuilt; everything else links to the SEC page it comes from.
By ZInvestorHunting · Data updated
How to read a Form D filing, and what it tells you about an investor
A field-by-field walk through a real venture fund's SEC Form D: what each item means, what it leaves out, and how ZInvestorHunting turns it into an investor profile.
New venture funds filed with the SEC last quarter
How many new venture funds and SPVs filed their first Form D in the latest quarter of SEC data, how big they are, where they are based and which sectors their sponsors back.
Which investors are actually active right now
How we decide an investor is active from SEC Form D filings in the last 12 months, how many are, and the most active venture firms and syndicates, with what the counts do and don't mean.