EmpowerLocal
Empower Local Inc
EmpowerLocal connects advertisers with 1,000+ trusted local publishers across all 50 states through LocalMedia.store — one platform for discovering, planning, and buying local media.
empowerlocal.com · Franklin, TN
Funding event
The round itself, as filedInferred stageSeed
Sold of offered$2.5M of $3.0M
Filed2026-08-25
Days since filing39
- Exemption claimed
- Rule 506(b)
- First-ever Form D
- No
- Date of first sale
- 2025-09-25
Investors
No investors named: Form D does not list them
Officers on the filing
Names and roles as filed; addresses are never stored- L. Steven BuhrmanExecutive Officer · Director
- Steven LudwigExecutive Officer · Director
- Corey LittleDirector
- Joseph GlaserDirector
- O. Kipp DodsonDirector
- Raymond CappDirector
Health flags
Three flags, each with the raw inputs behind it · as of 2026-10-03UndersubscribedNot flagged84.4% sold12.3 months since first sale
Prior raiseNot flaggedPrior raise not known—
AmendedNot flaggedNo amendmentNo D/A on file
Open roles
On the employer's own careers page · checked 2026-09-210
Pre-posting windowNot enough dataShown once this sector and stage have 20 observed lags from filing to first posting.
No open roles foundWe read careers pages daily.
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6 rounds in Media in the 28 days to 2026-10-02, against 11 in the 28 days before.