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Big Tree

One sponsor team, 2 deal companies · Lafayette, CA

Grouped because: 1 shared person, same business address (2 issuers), similar issuer names (2) (automatic match from the filings) · not the same sponsor?

2deal companies
$520Kreported sold
3investors
5Form D filings
2013–2013active
0new, last 12 mo

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Latest filing in this group Oct 22, 2013 · 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

Big Tree is a sponsor group of 2 issuers that PartnerFacts links to one sponsor (shared people, same business address, similar issuer names; automatic match from the filings), filing 5 Form D filings between Sep 2013 and Oct 2013.

What this means One team, 2 deal companies. 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: $520K to 3 investors (latest filing per issuer). Industries as reported: Pooled Investment Fund (2). Issuers are based in CA (2).

What this means $520K raised across the group, about $173K per investor. Amounts come from each company's latest Form D; they are what the sponsor reported, not audited figures.

Principal people: Kevin Carter (2 issuers, executive officer).

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 Oct 22, 2013.

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) — 6 court cases matching the name, 8 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 14 records came back, including 1 court case still open — open cases can take years and cost money. 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 5 public filings for Big Tree and found 3 differences: Form D filed 24 days after the first sale; No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open; 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 Big Tree has not run yet — it is joining a line of 15,614 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

6 cases: 3 dismissed, 1 judgment, 1 closed (disposition not in docket feed), 1 open

Ivan Big Tree, LLC v. Guzman Farms Inc. dismissed matched at sponsor-group level (Big Tree)
District Court, S.D. Texas · No. 7:18-cv-00262 · Filed Aug 17, 2018 · Closed Dec 4, 2018 · Nature of suit: 190 Contract: Other · Cause: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Review Agency Decision
Role of Ivan Big Tree, LLC v. Guzman Farms Inc.: Party · Outcome: Terminated 2018-12-04 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Voluntarily dismissed Docket on CourtListener ↗
company name words appear in the caption; court in TX (not the issuer's state)
Big Tree, Inc. v. Boucher judgment matched at sponsor-group level (Big Tree)
District Court, D. Colorado · No. 1:13-cv-03208 · Filed Nov 22, 2013 · Closed Feb 7, 2014 · Nature of suit: Contract: Other · Cause: 18:1030(g) - Fraud & Related Matters in Connection w/ Computers
Role of Big Tree, Inc.: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2014-02-07 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Judgment on default; judgment for plaintiff Docket on CourtListener ↗
exact company name; court in CO (not the issuer's state)
Power Balance Technologies, Inc v. Big Tree Global PTE Ltd dismissed matched at sponsor-group level (Big Tree)
District Court, C.D. California · No. 8:13-cv-00853 · Filed Jun 3, 2013 · Closed Feb 10, 2014 · Nature of suit: 863 D.I.W.C. / D.I.W.W.
Role of Big Tree Global PTE Ltd: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 2014-02-10 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Voluntarily dismissed Docket on CourtListener ↗
exact company name; court in the group's state (CA)
Big Tree, Inc. v. NewDay Financial LLC dismissed
District Court, D. Colorado · No. 1:06-cv-00241 · Filed Feb 10, 2006 · Closed Feb 8, 2007 · Nature of suit: Contract: Other · Cause: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract
Role of Big Tree, Inc. v. NewDay Financial LLC: Party · Outcome: Terminated 2007-02-08 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: settled Docket on CourtListener ↗
company name words appear in the caption; court in CO (not the issuer's state)
Big Tree Enterprises v. East Village Inn closed
District Court, D. Connecticut · No. 5:92-cv-00273 · Filed May 8, 1992 · Closed Nov 27, 1992
Role of Big Tree Enterprises v. East Village Inn: Party · Outcome: Terminated 1992-11-27 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
company name words appear in the caption; court in CT (not the issuer's state)
Mt. Dome Apartments, LLC dba Big Tree Plaza v. Mt. Hawley Insurance Company open matched at sponsor-group level (Big Tree)
District Court, E.D. New York · No. 1:24-cv-07299 · Filed —
Role of Mt. Dome Apartments, LLC dba Big Tree Plaza v. Mt. Hawley Insurance Company: Party · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
company name words appear in the caption; court in NY (not the issuer's state)
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 Big Tree..

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

8 cases: 8 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Big Tree Entertainment, LLC closed matched at sponsor-group level (Big Tree)
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · No. 12-22533 · Filed May 11, 2012 · Closed Jan 9, 2013
Role of Big Tree Entertainment, LLC: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2013-01-09 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
exact company name; court in PA (not the issuer's state)
Sher, Trustee v. Big Tree, Inc. f/k/a Mortgage Cadence, Inc. closed matched at sponsor-group level (Big Tree)
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maryland · No. 11-00330 · Filed Apr 29, 2011 · Closed Mar 7, 2012
Role of Big Tree, Inc. f: Defendant · Outcome: Case closed 2012-03-07 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
exact company name; court in MD (not the issuer's state)
Big Tree Daytona Properties LLC closed matched at sponsor-group level (Big Tree)
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · No. 6:11-bk-00652 · Filed Jan 19, 2011 · Closed Dec 2, 2011
Role of Big Tree Daytona Properties LLC: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2011-12-02 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
exact company name; court in FL (not the issuer's state)
Feltman v. Big Tree, Inc. closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida. · No. 09-02299 · Filed Nov 5, 2009 · Closed Apr 12, 2012
Role of Feltman v. Big Tree, Inc.: Party · Outcome: Case closed 2012-04-12 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
company name words appear in the caption; court in FL (not the issuer's state)
4536 Big Tree Road, Inc. closed matched at sponsor-group level (Big Tree)
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. New York · No. 1-02-16679 · Filed Oct 28, 2002 · Closed Jan 4, 2005
Role of 4536 Big Tree Road, Inc.: Party · Outcome: Case closed 2005-01-04 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
company name words appear in the caption; court in NY (not the issuer's state)
Big Tree Properties, Inc. closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Texas · No. 99-52579 · Filed Jun 1, 1999 · Closed Sep 2, 1999
Role of Big Tree Properties, Inc.: Party · Outcome: Case closed 1999-09-02 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
company name words appear in the caption; court in TX (not the issuer's state)
Big Tree Lodge of Geneseo, Inc. closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. New York · No. 2-94-20609 · Filed Mar 24, 1994 · Closed Oct 15, 1996
Role of Big Tree Lodge of Geneseo, Inc.: Party · Outcome: Case closed 1996-10-15 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
company name words appear in the caption; court in NY (not the issuer's state)
Big Tree Nurseries, Inc. closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. New York · No. 1-87-10111 · Filed Jan 21, 1987 · Closed Aug 1, 1989
Role of Big Tree Nurseries, Inc.: Party · Outcome: Case closed 1989-08-01 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
company name words appear in the caption; court in NY (not the issuer's state)
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.

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.

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.

3 differences found between the filings for Big Tree (compared 5 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Sep 1, 2013 – Sep 25, 2013

Form D filed 24 days after the first sale — BIG TREE CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND I, L.P.

The filing says the first sale was Sep 1, 2013. The Form D was filed Sep 25, 2013 — 24 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 9 days past that.

What this means A late notice is common and carries no penalty by itself. It is worth asking the sponsor why the paperwork lagged.

Sources
Note · Oct 18, 2013 – Oct 22, 2013

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — BIG TREE CAPITAL EMERGING MARKETS FUND, L.P. (latest filing Oct 22, 2013)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Oct 22, 2013 (first sale Oct 18, 2013). It reports $350,000 sold of an indefinite amount offered. No later amendment is in our index as of Oct 24, 2026.

What this means SEC rules expect a yearly amendment while an offering is still going. The raise may simply have ended — a Form D does not say when it closed. Ask the sponsor whether the offering closed, when, and at what amount.

Sources
Note · Sep 1, 2013 – Oct 10, 2013

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — BIG TREE CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND I, L.P. (latest filing Oct 10, 2013)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Oct 10, 2013 (first sale Sep 1, 2013). It reports $170,000 sold of an indefinite amount offered. No later amendment is in our index as of Oct 24, 2026.

What this means SEC rules expect a yearly amendment while an offering is still going. The raise may simply have ended — a Form D does not say when it closed. Ask the sponsor whether the offering closed, when, and at what amount.

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

None reported on 2 offerings — no sales commissions, finder's fees or proceeds to insiders

Per-offering detail
Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Oct 22, 2013 D/A
BIG TREE CAPITAL EMERGING MARKETS FUND, L.P.
File 021-203545
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Oct 10, 2013 D/A
BIG TREE CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND I, L.P.
File 021-203537
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗

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 2 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 Big Tree 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 ↗BT BIG TREE CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND I, L.P.shared people, same business address, similar issuer namesLAFAYETTE, CAPooled Investment Fund2$170,000
offering Indefinite · similar: $155,000–$5,250,000
1
similar: 4–27
$25,000
similar: $1,000–$100,000
2013–2013
EDGAR ↗BT BIG TREE CAPITAL EMERGING MARKETS FUND, L.P.shared people, same business address, similar issuer namesLAFAYETTE, CAPooled Investment Fund3$350,000
offering Indefinite · similar: $155,000–$5,250,000
2
similar: 4–27
$100,000
similar: $1,000–$100,000
2013–2013

"Similar" = offerings in the same industry claiming the same exemption, filed in the last 5 years: Pooled Investment Fund / 506(b) (83,801 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 ↗Oct 22, 2013BIG TREE CAPITAL EMERGING MARKETS FUND, L.P.D/APooled Investment FundIndefinite$350,000
EDGAR ↗Oct 10, 2013BIG TREE CAPITAL EMERGING MARKETS FUND, L.P.D/APooled Investment FundIndefinite$0
EDGAR ↗Oct 10, 2013BIG TREE CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND I, L.P.D/APooled Investment FundIndefinite$170,000
EDGAR ↗Sep 25, 2013BIG TREE CAPITAL EMERGING MARKETS FUND, L.P.DPooled Investment FundIndefinite$0
EDGAR ↗Sep 25, 2013BIG TREE CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND I, L.P.DPooled Investment FundIndefinite$170,000

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 Oct 22, 2013. Industry history, as reported on each offering's latest filing: All 2 offerings reported: Pooled Investment Fund (2013).

People across the group

NameRolesIssuers hereFirst → last listed
KC Kevin CarterExecutive Officer2Sep 25, 2013 → Oct 22, 2013

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 Big Tree.

Meta advertising

No Meta Pixel ids or Facebook / Instagram page links on file for Big Tree 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 Big Tree's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #326,168 of 374,652 in line (14 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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