# DryPowder

> DryPowder shows first-time founders which seed and pre-seed VC funds are actually deploying capital now, built from SEC Form D filings, fund websites and deal news. As of October 16, 2026: 571 indexed fund profiles and 443 venture fund Form D filings since August 4, 2026 (SPVs excluded).

Cite as: "DryPowder (drypowder.live), {page title}, {date}", linking the page URL. Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the Form D dataset (https://www.drypowder.live/data/vc-form-d-filings). Primary source for every filing: SEC EDGAR (each row links to the filing on sec.gov). Investor list and partner pages print the date their data last changed; Form D month pages print the date the data was checked.

## Data sources
- SEC EDGAR Form D filings: venture fund filings collected daily; single-deal vehicles (SPVs, series LLCs) are excluded using the SEC entity name.
- Fund websites: thesis, stages, sectors, check size and team pages, read when a profile is enriched; each profile links the fund's own site.
- Deal news from 7 publications active in the last 30 days (techcrunch.com, techmeme.com, axios.com, news.crunchbase.com, sifted.eu, fortune.com, saastr.com): fund closes and new investments, attached to the fund they mention.

## Page types (URL patterns)
- Fund profile: https://www.drypowder.live/funds/{slug} (thesis, stage, check size, HQ, partners, latest Form D), e.g. https://www.drypowder.live/funds/kleiner-perkins
- Form D preview: https://www.drypowder.live/funds/{slug} for a fund that filed a Form D and is still being verified (filing facts and EDGAR link)
- Investor lists: https://www.drypowder.live/investors/{stage}[/{sector}][/{city}], or /investors/{sector}[/{city}], or /investors/{city}
  - stages: seed, pre-seed, series-a, series-b, series-c, growth
  - sectors: fintech, ai, saas, healthcare, consumer, biotech, crypto, deep-tech, climate, cybersecurity, logistics, infrastructure
  - cities: san-francisco, new-york, london, los-angeles, boston
- Partner: https://www.drypowder.live/partners/{slug} (role, focus areas, fund)
- Form D filings by month: https://www.drypowder.live/form-d-filings/{YYYY-MM}

## Live data
- [Recent venture fund Form D filings](https://www.drypowder.live/form-d-filings): last 60 days, linked to fund pages
- [New VC funds 2026, by month](https://www.drypowder.live/new-vc-funds-2026)
- [New VC funds that filed Form D in October 2026](https://www.drypowder.live/form-d-filings/2026-10): month to date
- [VC funds that filed Form D in September 2026](https://www.drypowder.live/form-d-filings/2026-09): full month
- [VC funds that filed Form D in August 2026](https://www.drypowder.live/form-d-filings/2026-08): full month
- [Seed VC funds deploying now](https://www.drypowder.live/seed-funds-deploying-now): ranked by latest Form D filing or deal news (last 60 days)

## Machine-readable
- CSV: https://www.drypowder.live/data/vc-form-d-filings.csv and JSON: https://www.drypowder.live/data/vc-form-d-filings.json (venture fund Form D filings, CC BY 4.0; column definitions on https://www.drypowder.live/data/vc-form-d-filings)
- Atom feed of new filings: https://www.drypowder.live/form-d-filings/feed.xml
- MCP server (JSON-RPC over HTTP POST): https://smbntzxlkblbmfqhqayo.supabase.co/functions/v1/mcp (tools: find_deploying_seed_funds, recent_vc_form_d_filings); setup for Claude and ChatGPT: https://www.drypowder.live/connect
- Sitemap index: https://www.drypowder.live/sitemap.xml
- Every indexed fund, one line each: https://www.drypowder.live/llms-full.txt

## Top fund profiles
- [Kleiner Perkins](https://www.drypowder.live/funds/kleiner-perkins): Early, Growth, Late; $500K–$25M checks; San Francisco
- [Bee Partners](https://www.drypowder.live/funds/bee-partners): Pre-Seed, Seed; $300K–$500K checks; San Francisco
- [HAX](https://www.drypowder.live/funds/hax): Pre-Seed, Seed; $550K checks; Newark
- [Y Combinator](https://www.drypowder.live/funds/y-combinator): Seed, Pre-Seed; $500K–$2M checks; San Francisco
- [Caffeinated Capital](https://www.drypowder.live/funds/caffeinated-capital): Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series F; $500K–$5M checks; San Francisco
- [South Park Commons](https://www.drypowder.live/funds/south-park-commons): Pre-Seed, Seed; $250K–$1M checks; San Francisco
- [Boost VC](https://www.drypowder.live/funds/boost-vc): Pre-Seed, Seed; $500K checks; San Francisco
- [Flybridge Capital Partners](https://www.drypowder.live/funds/flybridge-capital): Pre-Seed, Seed, Post Series A; $250K–$3M checks; Boston
- [MVM Life Science Partners](https://www.drypowder.live/funds/mvm-life-science-partners): Series B, Series C, Series D, Growth; $20M–$100M checks; London
- [Cervin Ventures](https://www.drypowder.live/funds/cervin-ventures): Seed, Series A, Series B; $500K–$5M checks; Palo Alto
- [Vertex Ventures](https://www.drypowder.live/funds/vertex-ventures): Seed, Series A; $500K–$10M checks; San Francisco
- [Elevate Capital](https://www.drypowder.live/funds/elevate-capital): Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A; $25K–$2M checks; Beaverton
- [Forum Ventures](https://www.drypowder.live/funds/forum-ventures): Pre-Seed, Seed; $250K–$2M checks; San Francisco
- [Uncork Capital](https://www.drypowder.live/funds/uncork-capital): Seed, Early; $250K–$2M checks; San Francisco
- [Basecase Capital](https://www.drypowder.live/funds/basecase-capital): Seed, Pre-Seed; $1M–$5M checks; San Francisco
- [Operator Collective](https://www.drypowder.live/funds/operator-collective): Seed, Series A; $250K–$2.5M checks; San Francisco
- [Sequoia Capital](https://www.drypowder.live/funds/sequoia-capital): Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth; $500K–$50M checks; San Francisco
- [AngelPad](https://www.drypowder.live/funds/angelpad): Seed; $100K–$250K checks; San Francisco
- [Earlybird Venture Capital](https://www.drypowder.live/funds/earlybird-venture-capital): Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A; $150K–$13M checks
- [Behind Genius Ventures](https://www.drypowder.live/funds/behind-genius-ventures): Preseed, Seed; $250K+ checks; San Francisco

## Top investor lists
- [Seed investors](https://www.drypowder.live/investors/seed)
- [Pre-Seed investors](https://www.drypowder.live/investors/pre-seed)
- [Series A investors](https://www.drypowder.live/investors/series-a)
- [Series B investors](https://www.drypowder.live/investors/series-b)
- [Series C investors](https://www.drypowder.live/investors/series-c)
- [Growth investors](https://www.drypowder.live/investors/growth)
- [Fintech investors](https://www.drypowder.live/investors/fintech)
- [AI investors](https://www.drypowder.live/investors/ai)
- [SaaS investors](https://www.drypowder.live/investors/saas)
- [Healthcare investors](https://www.drypowder.live/investors/healthcare)
- [Consumer investors](https://www.drypowder.live/investors/consumer)
- [Biotech investors](https://www.drypowder.live/investors/biotech)
- [Crypto investors](https://www.drypowder.live/investors/crypto)
- [Deep Tech investors](https://www.drypowder.live/investors/deep-tech)
- [Climate investors](https://www.drypowder.live/investors/climate)
- [Cybersecurity investors](https://www.drypowder.live/investors/cybersecurity)
- [Logistics investors](https://www.drypowder.live/investors/logistics)
- [Infrastructure investors](https://www.drypowder.live/investors/infrastructure)
- [Seed / Fintech investors](https://www.drypowder.live/investors/seed/fintech)
- [Seed / AI investors](https://www.drypowder.live/investors/seed/ai)
- [Seed VCs for AI Infrastructure](https://www.drypowder.live/investors/seed/ai-infrastructure): Seed funds whose stated focus includes AI infrastructure, compute or AI developer tools, ranked by profile quality.
- [Series A Investors for AI Infrastructure](https://www.drypowder.live/investors/series-a/ai-infrastructure): Series A funds whose stated focus includes AI infrastructure, compute or AI developer tools, ranked by profile quality.
- [Vertical AI Seed Funds](https://www.drypowder.live/investors/seed/vertical-ai): Seed funds whose stated focus includes vertical or applied AI, ranked by profile quality.

## Tools
- [Pre-seed investor finder](https://www.drypowder.live/tools/pre-seed-investor-finder)
- [VC database with partner emails](https://www.drypowder.live/tools/vc-database-with-partner-emails)
- [VC funds widget](https://www.drypowder.live/tools/vc-funds-widget): embeddable list of funds that just filed a Form D
- [VC fund Form D lookup](https://www.drypowder.live/tools/vc-fund-form-d-lookup): did a fund file a Form D in the last 365 days?
- [Investor cold email generator](https://www.drypowder.live/tools/investor-cold-email-generator)

## Product
- [Pricing](https://www.drypowder.live/pricing): Starter $39/mo, Signal $99/mo, Raise $199/mo; annual billing available
- [Find investors for your startup](https://www.drypowder.live/match): free fund match, top match free
- [Connect to AI assistants](https://www.drypowder.live/connect)

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