WHAT IS EDGAR-INSIDER®.
Risk Scoring Issuers and Verifying Investors
EDGAR-INSIDER's Reg D Score is a behavioral intelligence and scoring platform focused on disclosure asymmetries, issuer-risk analysis, and other due diligence intelligence found in Regulation D private placements.
Reg D Score transforms fragmented issuer disclosures into structured investor-risk intelligence for accredited investors and professionals operating in private capital and alternative investment markets.
EDGAR-INSIDER® is a behavioral-intelligence-focused team of analysts and researchers responsible for its two proprietary intelligence platforms.
Structured issuer-risk analysis designed to identify disclosure inconsistencies, behavioral anomalies, founder-risk indicators, and capital-behavior patterns.
Behavioral investor intelligence, accreditation analysis, and due diligence reporting for issuers, placement professionals, and private market participants.
Reg D Score®
Focused on disclosure asymmetries, issuer-risk analysis, and due diligence intelligence of exempt issuers on behalf of investors.
Reg D Verify®
Verifies the status and standing of individual investors on behalf of issuers.
Behavioral Dataset
We analyze thousands of data points across filings, enforcement actions, and public records.
Comparative Patterning
Our models benchmark issuers against peers to surface unusual or high-risk behavior.
Quiet Risk Detection
We identify risks that don't show up in disclosures but matter deeply to performance.
Independent & Objective
No issuer pays for a score. Our analysis is independent, transparent, and repeatable.
EDGAR-INSIDER® is a structured execution-oriented framework that systematically scores Form D disclosure quality while surfacing material non-disclosures, insider de-risking, quiet restructurings, and founder liquidity asymmetries, without over-claiming authority or drifting into regulated advice.
We provide information integrity and pattern-detection services designed to normalize fragmented public disclosures, detect disclosure asymmetries and capital-behavior patterns, while translating issuer-centric filings into investor-centric risk signals.
Traditional View
EDGAR-INSIDER View
While most treat Form D as a static compliance artifact, we treat it as a behavioral time series. We focus on temporal inconsistencies, capital flow sequencing, and disclosure entropy over time. We reframe EDGAR from a filing system into a founder-risk telemetry feed.
Douglas Slain
Founder
Douglas Slain, founder of EDGAR-INSIDER® and principal partner of Private Placement Advisors LLC since 1995, is the editor-in-chief and publisher of Reg D Law Reporter and its 52 jurisdiction-specific monthly editions, including Reg D Law Reporter–California and Reg D Law Reporter–New York. After earning an M.A. from the University of Chicago and a J.D. from Stanford Law School, Doug practiced law at Pillsbury, Madison and Sutro in San Francisco before founding Litigation Research Group, a long-standing national publisher of four authoritative law-reporting services, including Insurance Litigation Reporter, with Bill Gates Sr. serving on its original editorial advisory board. Subsequently, Doug served as an advisor to the Ministry of Finance for the Republic of Latvia and taught at Stanford Law School as an adjunct clinical law professor. He has also served two terms as chairman of the ABA's largest Professional Responsibility Committee.
In August of 2026, Private Placement Advisors introduced EDGAR-INSIDER®, a due diligence platform that sits at the intersection of financial data intelligence and investor protection, serving as an authoritative independent data source that educates both buy-side investors and sell-side issuers.
