In the week of November 2, 2026, 5 companies in Washington, DC filed a new SEC Form D, reporting $19.15M sold in all. The biggest raise was Aventra Defense Systems, Inc., at $12.50M (Herndon, VA). 6 of them filed a Form D for the first time. That is up from 3 the week before, against a 12-week average of 3.0 (SEC Form D, November 2, 2026).
5 companies in Washington, DC filed this week, up from 3 the week before, against a 12-week average of 3.0. The biggest raise was Aventra Defense Systems, Inc. at $12.50M, based in Herndon, VA.
Companies raising per week
Every raise this week
| Based | People named | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aventra Defense Systems, Inc. first filing | $12.50M | 2026-11-02 | Herndon, VA | Michael Weigand, Brian Retherford +3 |
| Aventra Defense Systems, Inc. first filing | $3M | 2026-11-02 | Herndon, VA | Michael Weigand, Brian Retherford +3 |
| Artis Defense Inc. first filing | $2M | 2026-11-03 | Herndon, VA | Keith Brendley |
| Wicklow Entertainment Team LLC first filing | $800K | 2026-11-03 | Alexandria, VA | Robert Nealon, Patrick Hallahan +1 |
| FastAccess AI, Inc. first filing | $525K | 2026-11-03 | Leesburg, VA | Richard Rowand, Panneer Ramalingam |
| LadyBits, Inc. first filing | $320K | 2026-11-04 | Alexandria, VA | Shanique Cartwright |
First-time filers
Aventra Defense Systems, Inc., LadyBits, Inc., Artis Defense Inc., FastAccess AI, Inc., Wicklow Entertainment Team LLC, Aventra Defense Systems, Inc. filed their first Form D on record this week.
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How this list is built
Every company here filed a Form D with the SEC in the week 2026-11-02 to 2026-11-08. A Form D is the notice a company files when it sells shares or other securities without a public offering, so it catches seed rounds, small rounds and rounds that were never announced, alongside the large ones that make the news. Only new offerings by operating companies count: amendments, pooled investment funds, real estate vehicles and special purpose vehicles are left out, so each row is a company raising money for itself.
The amount shown is the total the filing reports as sold so far. Some filings report nothing sold yet; those rows show a dash and add nothing to the totals. "First filing" marks a company whose first Form D on record this is. Each company links to our page for the filing, or to the SEC's own copy, and the list can be copied as CSV for a spreadsheet.
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