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Fundraisers want to know who else is actively raising in their space. Allocators want to know who's newly in the market before their competitors do. Both signals technically exist in public SEC filings, but digging through EDGAR filing by filing isn't a workflow anyone actually has time for.
In this article, we'll walk through how Dakota Marketplace aggregates that data directly, and how to use it to see who's newly fundraising before you'd otherwise find out.
What Form D Data Actually Shows You
Every private fund raising capital under Regulation D must file a Form D with the SEC, disclosing the fund's name, size, asset class, offering date, and the firm behind it. Dakota Marketplace aggregates these filings so you can see which investment firms are currently in the market, and for what strategy, without digging through EDGAR yourself.
Today, that's 14,300+ total Form D filings tracked, with 1,800+ new filings added in 2026 alone. Filings are filterable by Asset Class, Sub-Asset Class, Amounts Sold/Offered, and Firm AUM.
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Use It to See Who's Fundraising in Your Space Right Now
A stated intention to raise capital is one thing, a real regulatory filing is another. Form D data gives you a real-time signal on fundraising activity, filed straight from the SEC, organized by strategy and asset class inside the same platform where you're already prospecting or sourcing. One team, shown how Dakota tracks Form D filings for private fund launches during a call about tracking new ETF activity, called the fund launches section "great," recognizing a real use case for their own work almost immediately.
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Use It to Find Firms You'd Otherwise Have No Visibility Into
Some of the most useful signal in Form D data is the funds you wouldn't have found any other way. One allocator, reacting to seeing Form D filings surface newly launched private funds he had no prior visibility into, said the feature was phenomenal and that his team needed to reach out to everyone on the list. That reaction is the whole point: filings that would otherwise sit unnoticed on EDGAR become an actionable outreach list once they're organized by strategy and asset class.
Use It as a Reliable, Ongoing Source, Not a One-Time Check
Form D tracking is most valuable when it's treated as a continuous feed rather than something checked once. One regular Marketplace user described the data as accurate and reliable, and specifically flagged that colleagues on their team would likely benefit from access to the same Form D and new fund launch data, praising the platform's ease of use and accurate regional breakdowns.
Start Tracking Who's Newly in the Market
Whether you're gauging how crowded your strategy is or looking for firms you haven't come across before, Form D data gives you a real, filed signal instead of secondhand chatter. Filter by asset class and offering size to see who's newly fundraising before word spreads.
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FAQs
What is a Form D filing? A regulatory disclosure every private fund raising capital under Regulation D must file with the SEC, including the fund's name, size, asset class, offering date, and firm.
How many Form D filings does Dakota Marketplace track? 14,300+ total, with 1,800+ new filings added in 2026 alone.
What can I filter Form D data by? Asset Class, Sub-Asset Class, Amounts Sold/Offered, and Firm AUM.
