For many companies, raising capital comes with one quirky rule

Abe Lederman is usually eager to talk about his company, Deep Web Technologies, and its sophisticated search engine. But not this year. "I just can't," he said. His company filed a Form D with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Jan. 28 because it's trying to raise $1.5 million from investors by Aug. 31. Lederman is caught in an interesting catch 22 that many startups fall into when they're trying to raise funds: they want to tout their companies, but the SEC doesn't let them. The SEC places…