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Storm

One sponsor team, 3 deal companies · Peachtree Corners, GA

Grouped because: 1 shared person, same business address (3 issuers) (automatic match from the filings) · not the same sponsor?

3deal companies
$7.77Breported sold
3investors
8Form D filings
2021–2024active
0new, last 12 mo

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Latest filing in this group Jul 17, 2024 · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:16 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Storm is a sponsor group of 3 issuers that PartnerFacts links to one sponsor (shared people, same business address; automatic match from the filings), filing 8 Form D filings between Jul 2021 and Jul 2024.

What this means One team, 3 deal companies, about 3 years of track record in SEC filings. We link the companies because the same people or address appear on their forms — tap "Request a correction" if that is wrong.

Combined reported sold: $7.77B to 3 investors (latest filing per issuer). Industries as reported: Investment Banking (1), Other Banking and Financial Services (1), Insurance (1). Issuers are based in GA (3).

What this means $7.77B raised across the group, about $2.59B per investor. Amounts come from each company's latest Form D; they are what the sponsor reported, not audited figures.

Principal people: Emory Lowe (3 issuers, executive officer, director, and promoter).

What this means The person on the most companies is usually the one running the show; their page lists every deal.

Activity: 0 new offerings in the last 12 months; latest filing Jul 17, 2024.

What this means No new raise filed in the past year.

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA), property records (NYC, FL, IL and TX counties) — 3 court cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 3 records came back. Each one is listed below with a link to the original document and a line saying why it matched. A name match is not proof it is the same person or company — read the why line and the document. Being sued or named in a release is an accusation, not a finding.

We compared 8 public filings for Storm and found 12 differences, 4 worth asking the sponsor about: Paid seller listed without a CRD number: Emory Lowe; Paid seller listed without a CRD number: Emory Leon Lowe; and more below.

What this means These are differences between the sponsor's own SEC filings — both values, dates and sources are listed in Key records, section 4. Most have ordinary explanations; ask the sponsor.

What the community is saying

Community search for Storm has not run yet — it is joining a line of 14,845 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 28 names.

Community comments are quoted as written by their authors. Sources searched: BiggerPockets forums (via DuckDuckGo, Brave, Bing and BiggerPockets search) and Reddit (search feed + public archive).

Key records

Five things investors ask first. Items still in human review are counted, not shown.

1. Lawsuits

3 cases: 1 judgment, 2 dismissed

Telenor Mobile Commuinications As v. Storm LLC judgment matched at sponsor-group level (Storm)
District Court, S.D. New York · No. 1:07-cv-06929 · Filed Aug 1, 2007 · Closed Nov 2, 2007 · Nature of suit: 890 Other Statutory Actions · Cause: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Other
Role of Storm LLC: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 2007-11-02 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Judgment on motion before trial; judgment for plaintiff Docket on CourtListener ↗
exact company name; name has one distinctive word; court in NY (not the issuer's state); filed 2007, issuer incorporated 2021
Storm LLC v. Telenor Mobile Communications AS dismissed matched at sponsor-group level (Storm)
District Court, S.D. New York · No. 1:06-cv-13157 · Filed Nov 14, 2006 · Closed Jan 2, 2008 · Nature of suit: Other Statutory Actions · Cause: 28:1441nr Notice of Removal
Role of Storm LLC: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2008-01-02 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: other Docket on CourtListener ↗
exact company name; name has one distinctive word; court in NY (not the issuer's state); filed 2006, issuer incorporated 2021
Castro v. Storm, Inc. dismissed matched at sponsor-group level (Storm)
District Court, D. Connecticut · No. 3:96-cv-01752 · Filed Sep 3, 1996 · Closed Dec 10, 1997 · Nature of suit: 371 Truth in lending
Role of Storm, Inc.: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 1997-12-10 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: settled Docket on CourtListener ↗
exact company name; name has one distinctive word; court in CT (not the issuer's state); filed 1996, issuer incorporated 2021
What was searched

Sources searched: CourtListener bulk data (RECAP dockets as of 2026-09-30; recall-first rule 10-24) — federal district + bankruptcy courts State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). PACER: not searched. · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:16 AM ET.

Court records show docket facts only; we never restate allegations as facts. Outcome wording comes from the docket feed; where it does not state a disposition we say so.

State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). No state offers a lawful automated statewide source PartnerFacts can use today. Texas (re:SearchTX) terms prohibit storing results in a database open to third parties; New York (WebCivil) and Massachusetts (MassCourts) require a browser check that blocks scripted queries; California has no statewide index (58 county portals; Rule of Court 2.503 grants name-based access case by case); Florida, Utah and Illinois offer paid or partial access whose terms for automated use are unverified. Washington (dw.courts.wa.gov; bulk index reports under a JISC data-dissemination agreement), Delaware (CourtConnect; Court of Chancery not included) and Arizona (apps.azcourts.gov/publicaccess, which has an official channel to request high-volume access) are the candidates; PartnerFacts will request written permission before any automated search. Federal courts are searched through CourtListener / RECAP.

2. Regulatory actions

None found in sources searched — SEC enforcement releases (index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET) · state securities regulators: AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA (crawled Oct 23, 2026)

What was searched

SEC enforcement searched: SEC litigation releases and administrative proceedings — respondent names in the sec.gov index titles (30,205 releases, 1995-09-19 to 2026-10-23); release text is read only to confirm a candidate. Names that appear only in the body of a release are not found. — Searched SEC litigation releases and administrative proceedings (1995→ / 2007→) (30,205 records as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET) — nothing matched Storm..

State securities regulators searched: AZ (Corporation Commission Securities Division), CA (DFPI — 16 of 12,159 DFPI respondent pages read so far; sponsor-name matches are read first), DE (DOJ Investor Protection Unit), TX (State Securities Board), WA (DFI) — last crawled Oct 23, 2026, 9:57 PM ET. Other states are not covered.

3. Bankruptcies

None found in sources searched — federal bankruptcy courts (CourtListener / RECAP), checked Oct 24, 2026

What was searched

Sources searched: Federal bankruptcy courts via CourtListener / RECAP archive (federal district courts, federal bankruptcy courts). State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). PACER: not searched (RECAP only). · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:16 AM ET.

State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). No state offers a lawful automated statewide source PartnerFacts can use today. Texas (re:SearchTX) terms prohibit storing results in a database open to third parties; New York (WebCivil) and Massachusetts (MassCourts) require a browser check that blocks scripted queries; California has no statewide index (58 county portals; Rule of Court 2.503 grants name-based access case by case); Florida, Utah and Illinois offer paid or partial access whose terms for automated use are unverified. Washington (dw.courts.wa.gov; bulk index reports under a JISC data-dissemination agreement), Delaware (CourtConnect; Court of Chancery not included) and Arizona (apps.azcourts.gov/publicaccess, which has an official channel to request high-volume access) are the candidates; PartnerFacts will request written permission before any automated search. Federal courts are searched through CourtListener / RECAP.

4. Differences between public sources

No comparisons published

What is compared

No public statement by this sponsor group has been collected yet, so there is nothing to compare. Sources compared: the sponsor's own website (known from the issuer's own filings — Form C issuer website, EDGAR company profile — an approved profile claim or Form ADV Item 1.I of its matched adviser) · SEC Form D · SEC Form ADV (IAPD) · Internet Archive · No website is on file for this sponsor group yet.

12 differences found between the filings for Storm — 4 worth asking about (compared 8 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Worth asking · Jul 17, 2024

Paid seller listed without a CRD number: Emory Lowe — 1st Funding Financial Guaranty Insurance Co

Emory Lowe is listed as receiving sales compensation on 1 filing (Jul 17, 2024) with no FINRA CRD number given.

What this means People paid to sell securities normally hold a FINRA registration with a CRD number. Without one we cannot look them up on BrokerCheck. Ask who they are and whether they are registered.

Sources
Worth asking · Jul 22, 2021 – Jul 9, 2024

Paid seller listed without a CRD number: Emory Leon Lowe — Storm Venture Partners Inc

Emory Leon Lowe is listed as receiving sales compensation on 2 filings (Jul 22, 2021 to Jul 9, 2024) with no FINRA CRD number given.

What this means People paid to sell securities normally hold a FINRA registration with a CRD number. Without one we cannot look them up on BrokerCheck. Ask who they are and whether they are registered.

Sources
Worth asking · Oct 19, 2022 – Jul 9, 2024

Paid seller listed without a CRD number: Emory Lowe — 1ST DEPOSIT & COMMERCE BANK INC.

Emory Lowe is listed as receiving sales compensation on 5 filings (Oct 19, 2022 to Jul 9, 2024) with no FINRA CRD number given.

What this means People paid to sell securities normally hold a FINRA registration with a CRD number. Without one we cannot look them up on BrokerCheck. Ask who they are and whether they are registered.

Sources
Worth asking · Oct 1, 2020 – Jul 22, 2021

Form D filed 294 days after the first sale — Storm Venture Partners Inc

The filing says the first sale was Oct 1, 2020. The Form D was filed Jul 22, 2021 — 294 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 279 days past that.

What this means The notice went in months after money was taken in. Late notices are common and carry no penalty by themselves, but it is fair to ask the sponsor why the paperwork lagged.

Sources
Note · Jul 22, 2021 – Jul 9, 2024

4 offerings changed their target amount between filings

Offering amount changed between filings — 1ST DEPOSIT & COMMERCE BANK INC. · Offering amount changed between filings — Storm Venture Partners Inc · Offering amount changed between filings — 1ST DEPOSIT & COMMERCE BANK INC. · Offering amount changed between filings — 1ST DEPOSIT & COMMERCE BANK INC.

What this means Targets change as deals grow or shrink. Ask whether later money has the same terms.

Sources
Note · Jul 22, 2021 – Oct 19, 2022

Emory Lowe is written 2 different ways on the filings

listed as "Emory Leon Lowe" on 2 filings (from Jul 22, 2021), and "Emory Lowe" on 6 filings (from Oct 19, 2022).

What this means Same person, written differently — a middle name or suffix left off, or spelled another way. It is normal, but check that the full legal name matches your subscription documents.

Sources
Note · Jul 22, 2021 – Jul 9, 2024

Industry group changed between filings — Storm Venture Partners Inc

"Other" (Jul 22, 2021); then "Investment Banking" (Jul 9, 2024).

What this means The issuer described its business differently on different forms. Often it is just a different box ticked; sometimes the deal itself changed. Ask which business your money is in.

Sources
Note · Jul 22, 2021 – Jul 9, 2024

Reported revenue range changed between filings — Storm Venture Partners Inc

"$1 - $1,000,000" (Jul 22, 2021); then "Decline to Disclose" (Jul 9, 2024).

What this means This is the size band the issuer picks for itself on the form. A change can mean the business grew or shrank — or that it chose not to say. Ask for current numbers.

Sources
Note · Jun 8, 2023 – Feb 28, 2024

Minimum investment changed between filings — 1ST DEPOSIT & COMMERCE BANK INC.

The Jun 8, 2023 filing lists a minimum of $0; the Feb 28, 2024 Form D/A lists $1.

What this means A different minimum usually means the offering terms changed. Check which terms apply to you.

Sources
Note · Oct 19, 2022 – Jan 18, 2023

Minimum investment changed between filings — 1ST DEPOSIT & COMMERCE BANK INC.

The Oct 19, 2022 filing lists a minimum of $1; the Jan 18, 2023 Form D/A lists $0.

What this means A different minimum usually means the offering terms changed. Check which terms apply to you.

Sources
Note · Oct 19, 2022 – Jul 9, 2024

Issuer used a different name before — 1ST DEPOSIT & COMMERCE BANK INC.

SEC records list prior names for this filer: 1st Deposit & Commerce Bank Inc.. The current name on file is "1ST DEPOSIT & COMMERCE BANK INC.".

What this means A name change is normal, but your documents may show the old name. Match the CIK, not just the name.

Sources
Note · Jul 22, 2021 – Jul 9, 2024

Issuer used a different name before — Storm Venture Partners Inc

SEC records list prior names for this filer: Lowe Capital Partners Inc.; Storm Industries Inc.. The current name on file is "Storm Venture Partners Inc".

What this means A name change is normal, but your documents may show the old name. Match the CIK, not just the name.

Sources
What is compared

What is compared: every Form D and D/A we hold for this subject, side by side — filing dates vs. first-sale dates (the 15-day rule), amendment timing on open offerings (the yearly-amendment expectation), amounts sold, investor counts, offering amounts and minimums across amendments, industry and size bands, addresses, how each person's name and role is written, paid sellers' CRD numbers, and (for groups) where the member companies were formed and sit. Everything is as filed by the issuer; the SEC does not check it. Differences are common and usually have ordinary explanations — we show both values, the dates, and the source so you can ask. As of Oct 24, 2026.

5. Money to insiders

0 of 3 offerings report sales commissions; 0 report finder's fees; 0 report proceeds to related persons.

Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Jul 17, 2024 D
1st Funding Financial Guaranty Insurance Co
File 021-518976
$0$0$0Emory Lowe no CRD number reportedEDGAR ↗
Jul 9, 2024 D/A
Storm Venture Partners Inc
File 021-407310
$0$0$0Emory Leon Lowe no CRD number reportedEDGAR ↗
Jul 9, 2024 D/A
1ST DEPOSIT & COMMERCE BANK INC.
File 021-462241
$0$0$0Emory Lowe no CRD number reportedEDGAR ↗
How this is counted

Counts come from Form D Items 12–15 on the filings in our index (latest filing per offering; one offering = one SEC file number; an amendment updates its offering rather than adding one). "To insiders" = gross proceeds used for payments to executive officers, directors or promoters. "—" = not reported on that filing. Amounts marked (est.) were reported as estimates. "Paid to sell it" = sales compensation recipients named on that filing (Item 12), each linked to FINRA BrokerCheck when a CRD number is reported.

Counted across all 3 issuers in this group — every filing in our index, latest filing per offering (SEC file number).

Property records 0 documents · 0 ownership records · last checked Oct 23, 2026, 8:59 PM ET · NYC and Cook County lookup still to run

0 recorded documents and 0 ownership records matched to Storm in the sources searched.

Not found in sources searched as of Oct 23, 2026, 8:59 PM ET: Hillsborough County FL Clerk of Court Official Records daily index (publicrec.hillsclerk.com D/P/M files), 2 daily files (Oct 14, 2026 to Oct 15, 2026) — loaded Oct 23, 2026, 8:59 PM ET; Florida DOR NAL roll (Hillsborough 39) roll year 2026 — loaded Oct 23, 2026, 8:54 PM ET; Florida DOR NAL roll (Dade 23) roll year 2026 — loaded Oct 23, 2026, 8:58 PM ET; Harris County Appraisal District real_acct.txt roll year 2026 — loaded Oct 23, 2026, 8:58 PM ET; Dallas Central Appraisal District ACCOUNT_INFO.CSV roll year 2026 — loaded Oct 23, 2026, 8:58 PM ET. Still to be looked up for this group: NYC ACRIS via NYC Open Data (Real Property Parties 636b-3b5g, Master bnx9-e6tj, Legals 8h5j-fqxa, Document Control Codes 7isb-wh4c) · NYC PLUTO ownership via NYC Open Data (64uk-42ks) · Cook County IL Assessor via Cook County Open Data (Parcel Sales wvhk-k5uv; Parcel Addresses 3723-97qp). Records in other counties, and recorder indexes we do not yet cover, were not searched.

Property records coverage: New York City (ACRIS recorded documents and PLUTO ownership, looked up per issuer when its page is viewed; re-checked when the page is viewed again more than 30 days after the last check); Hillsborough County FL (recorded documents from Oct 14, 2026 forward; ownership from FL DOR roll 2026); Cook County IL (assessor ownership and deed/sale records, looked up per issuer when its page is viewed); Harris County TX and Dallas County TX (assessor ownership rolls only, 2026 roll; no deed, mortgage or sale records); Miami-Dade County FL (ownership from FL DOR roll only; Clerk recorded documents not covered). Recorder indexes for TX, AZ, IL and WA counties, mortgages and liens outside NYC and FL, lis pendens and foreclosure notices everywhere, Miami-Dade County FL recorded documents, Maricopa County AZ, King County WA, Salt Lake County UT, and all other counties are not covered — not searched. Last refresh by source: Hillsborough County FL Clerk daily index Oct 23, 2026, 8:59 PM ET; Dallas Central Appraisal District ACCOUNT_INFO.CSV Oct 23, 2026, 8:58 PM ET; Harris County Appraisal District real_acct.txt Oct 23, 2026, 8:58 PM ET; Florida DOR NAL roll (Dade 23) Oct 23, 2026, 8:58 PM ET; Florida DOR NAL roll (Hillsborough 39) Oct 23, 2026, 8:54 PM ET. NYC and Cook County are looked up per issuer when its page is viewed; the most recent such lookup on this site finished Oct 24, 2026, 3:30 AM ET. Parties are named as the recorder's index names them (role suffixes as recorded); no address, account number or trust date is shown for an individual, and individual owners of record (home ownership) are not matched or shown. Items still in human review are not shown.

Issuers in this group

Why each issuer is here is stated in the "Linked by" column. Low-confidence links are never shown — they wait for human review.

SourceIssuerLinked byLocationIndustryFilingsSold (max)InvestorsMin. investment (latest filing)Active
EDGAR ↗SV Storm Venture Partners Incshared people, same business addressPEACHTREE CORNERS, GAInvestment Banking2$250,000,000
offering $250,000,000 · similar: $720,689–$5,000,000
1
similar: 1–1
$1
similar: $1,000–$3,290
2021–2024
EDGAR ↗1D 1ST DEPOSIT & COMMERCE BANK INC.shared people, same business addressPEACHTREE CORNERS, GAOther Banking and Financial Services5$7,437,450,000
offering $7,437,450,000 · similar: $2,144,500–$20,220,000
1
similar: 2–24
$1
similar: $10,000–$100,000
2022–2024
EDGAR ↗1F 1st Funding Financial Guaranty Insurance Coshared people, same business addressPEACHTREE CORNERS, GAInsurance1$87,500,000
offering $87,500,000 · similar: $750,000–$13,000,000
1
similar: 1–13
$100
similar: $6,403–$560,000
2024–2024

"Similar" = offerings in the same industry claiming the same exemption, filed in the last 5 years: Investment Banking / 506(b) (126 filings); Other Banking and Financial Services / 506(b) (1,630 filings); Insurance / 506(b) (687 filings); ranges are the middle half (25th–75th percentile). Computed by PartnerFacts from SEC EDGAR Form D data as of Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET. Rows without a range: fewer than 30 comparable filings, or not a Rule 506 offering. No ranking or score.

Timeline of offerings

SourceFiledIssuerFormIndustryOfferedSold
EDGAR ↗Jul 17, 20241st Funding Financial Guaranty Insurance CoDInsurance$87,500,000$87,500,000
EDGAR ↗Jul 9, 20241ST DEPOSIT & COMMERCE BANK INC.D/AOther Banking and Financial Services$7,437,450,000$7,437,450,000
EDGAR ↗Jul 9, 2024Storm Venture Partners IncD/AInvestment Banking$250,000,000$250,000,000
EDGAR ↗Feb 28, 20241ST DEPOSIT & COMMERCE BANK INC.D/AOther Banking and Financial Services$3,000,000,000$3,000,000,000
EDGAR ↗Jun 8, 20231ST DEPOSIT & COMMERCE BANK INC.D/AOther Banking and Financial Services$1,250,000,000$1,250,000,000
EDGAR ↗Jan 18, 20231ST DEPOSIT & COMMERCE BANK INC.D/AOther Banking and Financial Services$12,600,000$12,600,000
EDGAR ↗Oct 19, 20221ST DEPOSIT & COMMERCE BANK INC.DOther Banking and Financial Services$12,600,000$12,600,000
EDGAR ↗Jul 22, 2021Storm Venture Partners IncDOther$150$150

Activity: 0 new offerings in the last 12 months across all issuers in this group (new offering = a Form D that is not an amendment, D/A) · most recent filing Jul 17, 2024. Industry history, as reported on each offering's latest filing: Previous offerings: Investment Banking (2021), Other Banking and Financial Services (2022). Latest offering: Insurance (Jul 17, 2024).

People across the group

NameRolesIssuers hereFirst → last listed
EL Emory LoweExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter3Jul 22, 2021 → Jul 17, 2024

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

Searched SEC Form ADV bulk data (registered + exempt reporting advisers) (24,962 records as of Oct 2, 2026, 8:00 AM ET) — nothing matched Storm.

Meta advertising

No Meta Pixel ids or Facebook / Instagram page links on file for Storm as of Oct 24, 2026 — the sponsor website is read for them once it is on file (runs automatically). Meta Ad Library: not searched by PartnerFacts (no API access); a one-tap Ad Library search is under Look further.

Other offering types (Regulation A and Regulation Crowdfunding)

Searched SEC Regulation A Data Sets (Forms 1-A, 1-K, 1-Z; 2015 Q2 → 2026 Q3); SEC Crowdfunding Offerings Data Sets (Form C family; 2016 Q2 → 2026 Q3); EDGAR form index for 2026 Q3 → 2026 Q4 (51,358 records as of Oct 23, 2026, 8:41 PM ET) — nothing matched this name.

Public profiles and social

No website or social profile named in Storm's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #96,286 of 374,652 in line (14 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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