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BrightSpec, Inc.

Updated Oct 27, 2026·Latest SEC filing May 7, 2025·Suggest an edit

About BrightSpec

BrightSpec is a private company based in Waltham, Massachusetts. It has reported $17,098,094 raised in five offerings on Form D since May 2015. Its chief executive is Walter Colsman.

Funding Rounds (SEC Form D)

First saleFiled with SECAmount soldInvestorsAvg. checkTermsFiling
Apr 22, 2025May 7, 2025$3,905,574of $11.0M target7$557KEquity, Options, Securities on exercise, Convertible Notes & WarrantsRule 506(b)Form D ↗
Dec 6, 2022Dec 19, 2022$7,500,000of $15.0M target24$312KEquityRule 506(b)Form D ↗
Oct 18, 2021Oct 28, 2021$825,000of $1.5M target7$117KEquity, OptionsRule 506(b)Form D ↗
Feb 26, 2019Mar 13, 2019$2,079,374of $2.6M target5$415KEquity, Securities on exercise, Preferred Stock can convert to Common Stock.Rule 506(b)Form D ↗
Jun 30, 2017May 22, 2015amended Aug 1, 2017$2,788,146of $3.0M target3$929KEquity, Offer and sale of Series A-2 Preferred Stock and the underlying shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof.Rule 506(b)Form D/A ↗1 earlier filing
Total, five offerings$17,098,094

First sale is the date the first investor in the offering committed to invest. Companies must file Form D within 15 days of that date, so filing dates run later.

Leadership Team

Executive officers and directors listed on BrightSpec's Form D filed May 7, 2025.

JR
Jenny Rooke
Director
TG
DC
David Cash
Director
WC
Walter Colsman
Chief Executive Officer and director
DK
Dan Kidle
Director
Also a director at Akadeum Life Sciences and JumpCode Genomics and a managing partner, arboretum ventures and director at Enumera Molecular.

Earlier filings also listed Terry Dunlay (director, last listed Dec 2022), Robert Creeden (director, last listed Oct 2021), George Kastendike (director, last listed Oct 2021), Robert Lloyd (chief executive officer and director, last listed Mar 2019), Jaffray Woodriff (director, last listed Mar 2019), Thomas Jones (director, last listed Aug 2017) and David Mcdaniel (executive officer and director, last listed Aug 2017).

Sources

  1. SECBrightSpec, Inc. Form D, filed May 22, 2015
  2. SECBrightSpec, Inc. filing history