According to wikipedia, a company called "Automattic raised approximately 1.1 million dollars in funding". The citation provided for this is as follows:
Look at the lower half of the page. According to that link, they raised funds by selling securities. They traded equity for cash. In other words, in exchange for cash, they let "people" own a piece of the company.
Oops, I didn't answer your question. That link doesn't really show how much securities were sold. Look up their financial statements or see if you can find their 10K filings or a news article.
How might I go about finding their 10K filings? The page I linked to lets you filter filings by form type, but there aren't any 10K forms listed - just a single REGDEX form and a single REGDEX/A form.
Can securities be bought without filing a 10K form?
I don't know about that company, but yes, stock can be sold without filing a 10K form.
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