Brightspec, Inc.
Other Technology · Waltham, Massachusetts
Brightspec, Inc. is a other technology company based in Waltham, Massachusetts, incorporated in 2012. It has reported $17.1 million raised across 6 Form D filings with the SEC, most recently in 2025.
BrightSpec commercializes MRR spectroscopy instruments for definitive molecular structure identification and quantitation.
| Date | Round | Amount | Raised to date | Lead investor | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-07 | — | $3.9M | $17.1M | SEC Form D | |
| 2022-12-19 | — | $7.5M | $13.2M | SEC Form D | |
| 2021-10-28 | — | $825K | $5.7M | SEC Form D | |
| 2019-03-13 | — | $2.1M | $4.9M | SEC Form D | |
| 2015-05-22 | —+1 amd | $2.8M | $2.8M | SEC Form D |
SEC rows are Form D filings, where the amount is what was actually sold and amendments update a round rather than adding one. Press rows are split between company-issued releases or wires and editorial or third-party coverage. The total is therefore a floor: a round nobody reported is a round we cannot see. A buyout or control change appears in the timeline but is never added to the total: that money goes to shareholders, not into the company.
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Form D is the notice a company files with the SEC when it sells securities without registering them. It reports the amount sold, not a valuation. Figures here are what the filing says. Where a filing is silent, the field is left blank rather than estimated. “Total raised” adds press-reported rounds that never appear in a filing, so it is a floor rather than an audited sum: press amounts are the figures the company announced, and a round nobody reported is a round we cannot see.