CEO email list: finding founders who just raised money
People searching for "ceo email list" typically want to reach decision makers. Buyers include vendors selling to executives: finance, legal, HR, security, recruiting and software. A static database of executives goes stale fast. A better target for many sellers is the executive of a company that has just raised money, because that company has budget and is spending it.
Where the contacts come from
A fresh SEC Form D filing names the executives of a company that has just sold securities, with the company address and phone. It is public record and free.
What to know first
A generic CEO email list is stale by design: executives change roles and companies shut. A newly funded company is different, because the filing is days old, the company has budget and it is buying. The record gives names, titles and a company phone, not a verified inbox, so you pair it with the company website to find the right address.
What a record looks like
From the week of Oct 26 2026 on our free Funded this week page: Warp Sciences Inc., Portola Valley, CA, raised so far $194,609,879, filed 2026-10-26, with a link to the SEC filing. The Form D record itself also carries company phone, address, industry group, number of investors, exemption used and the named executives and directors; our page and paid list keep to company-level fields and do not republish individuals' names.
How to use it
- Pull the week's filings and drop funds, SPVs and LPs.
- Match each company to its website (a company-domain lookup does this in bulk).
- Find the published contact on the site, or write via the company's main channel naming the executive from the filing.
- Reference the raise factually and briefly; do not pretend you know the round's details beyond the filing.
Compliance
Funds, SPVs and LPs make up most Form D volume and are not sales prospects; filter to operating companies. The filing is public record, but a person named in it did not opt in to your email. CAN-SPAM requires identification and an opt-out; in the UK and EU, prefer role addresses and a clear legitimate-interest reason. This is general information, not legal advice.
Free every week: the Funded this week page lists the 20 largest new raises, and the full list of every filing (company-level fields) is the paid edition on that page.
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