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Certified

One sponsor team, 3 deal companies · Reno, NV

Grouped because: 4 shared people · 3 issuers also list a director who sits on many unrelated issuers (not used to group) (automatic match from the filings) · not the same sponsor?

3deal companies
$199.3Mreported sold
24investors
3Form D filings
2022–2022active
0new, last 12 mo
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Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Latest filing in this group Nov 2, 2022 · 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

Certified is a sponsor group of 3 issuers that PartnerFacts links to one sponsor (shared people; automatic match from the filings), filing 3 Form D filings between Jun 2022 and Nov 2022.

What this means One team, 3 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: $199.3M to 24 investors (latest filing per issuer). Industries as reported: "Other" (3). Issuers are based in NV (1), TX (1), NY (1).

What this means $199.3M raised across the group, about $8.31M per investor. Amounts come from each company's latest Form D; they are what the sponsor reported, not audited figures.

Principal people: Nic Meiring (3 issuers, director), Thomas Ritchie (3 issuers, director), Evan Weinstein (2 issuers, director), Victor Martinelli (2 issuers, director), Christopher Chase (1 issuer, executive officer) and 6 more.

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 Nov 2, 2022.

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

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AR, AZ, CA, CT, DE, FINRA, GA, HI, ID, LA, ME, MO, MS, MT, NASAA, NC, NH, NM, OR, RI, TX, WA), property records (NYC, FL, IL and TX counties) — 3 court cases matching the name, 3 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 6 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 3 public filings for Certified and found 4 differences: 16 other issuers file from the same address; Form D filed 20 days after the first sale; 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 Certified has not run yet — it is joining a line of 21,442 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 363 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: 2 closed (disposition not in docket feed), 1 open

Bernard Taruc v. Certified Collision Specialists Inc closed
District Court, C.D. California · No. 8:25-cv-01149 · Filed May 28, 2025 · Closed Aug 6, 2025
Role of Bernard Taruc v. Certified Collision Specialists Inc: Party · Outcome: Terminated 2025-08-06 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
company name words appear in the caption; court in CA (not the issuer's state)
Certified Collision Experts, Inc. v. Town of Hempstead open
District Court, E.D. New York · No. 2:24-cv-02956 · Filed Apr 21, 2024
Role of Certified Collision Experts, Inc. v. Town of Hempstead: 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)
Certified Collision Experts, Inc. v. Village of Lindenhurst closed
District Court, E.D. New York · No. 2:24-cv-02422 · Filed Apr 1, 2024 · Closed May 9, 2025
Role of Certified Collision Experts, Inc. v. Village of Lindenhurst: Party · Outcome: Terminated 2025-05-09 (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: 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: NV (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 Certified..

State securities regulators: Securities regulators searched (3,318 actions): AZ Corporation Commission Securities Division (411 actions, 2017–2026), CA DFPI (25 actions, 2007–2024; listing starts 2002), DE DOJ Investor Protection Unit (257 actions, 1987–2026), TX State Securities Board (586 actions, 2006–2026), WA DFI (2,039 actions, 2001–2026) — 16 of 12,159 DFPI respondent pages read so far; sponsor-name matches are read first — last crawled Oct 23, 2026, 9:57 PM ET. No machine-readable public listing today for IA, IN, KS, MI, NE, NV (see docs/state-regulators.md).

3. Bankruptcies

3 cases: 3 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Certified, Inc. closed matched at sponsor-group level (Certified)
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida. · No. 09-33115 · Filed Oct 26, 2009 · Closed Feb 27, 2018
Role of Certified, Inc.: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2018-02-27 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
exact company name; name has one distinctive word; court in FL (not the issuer's state); filed 2009, issuer incorporated 2022
CERTIFIED CORP. closed matched at sponsor-group level (Certified)
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Delaware · No. 00-01842 · Filed May 2, 2000 · Closed May 21, 2003
Role of CERTIFIED CORP.: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2003-05-21 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
exact company name; name has one distinctive word; court in DE (not the issuer's state); filed 2000, issuer incorporated 2022
Certified Corporation closed matched at sponsor-group level (Certified)
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Hawaii · No. 85-00305 · Filed Jul 8, 1985 · Closed Oct 28, 1994
Role of Certified Corporation: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1994-10-28 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
exact company name; name has one distinctive word; court in HI (not the issuer's state); filed 1985, issuer incorporated 2022
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.

4 differences found between the filings for Certified (compared 3 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Jun 6, 2022

16 other issuers file from the same address — Certified Collision Group Holdings, LLC

The address on file, 401 Ryland St, Ste 200-A, Reno, NV, is used by 17 issuers in our index across 3 sponsor groups; 16 are outside this group. It is on our registered-agent / shared-office list (17 issuers in 17 unrelated clusters).

What this means Many unrelated companies file from this address. Often a registered agent or a fund administrator; sometimes a shared office. Ask where the team actually works.

Certified Collision Group Holdings, LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗EDGAR filer page · Certified Collision Group Holdings, LLC ↗
Sources
Note · May 17, 2022 – Jun 6, 2022

Form D filed 20 days after the first sale — Certified Collision Group Holdings, LLC

The filing says the first sale was May 17, 2022. The Form D was filed Jun 6, 2022 — 20 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 5 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.

Form D · Jun 6, 2022 ↗Certified Collision Group Holdings, LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗
Sources
Note · Jun 6, 2022

Address on file is a registered agent / shared office — Certified Collision Group Holdings, LLC

The latest filing lists 401 Ryland St, Ste 200-A, Reno, NV. That address is used by 17 issuers in our index (17 issuers in 17 unrelated clusters).

What this means Many small companies use a registered agent's address — it is legal and common. It means the Form D address is not where the team works. Ask where the business operates and who runs it day to day.

Form D · Jun 6, 2022 ↗Certified Collision Group Holdings, LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗
Sources
Note · Jun 6, 2022 – Nov 2, 2022

Member companies list addresses in 3 different states

NV (1), TX (1), NY (1). 1 member uses a registered-agent or shared-office address: Certified Collision Group Holdings, LLC (401 Ryland St, Ste 200-A, Reno, NV).

What this means A registered agent's address is a mailbox, not where the team works. The other address is more likely the real office — ask which one is.

Certified — sponsor group page ↗Certified Collision Group Holdings, LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗IAFD Holdings, LP — PartnerFacts page ↗Icreon Ultimate Holdings, LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗
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 3 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
Nov 2, 2022 D
Icreon Ultimate Holdings, LLC
File 021-463575
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Aug 19, 2022 D
IAFD Holdings, LP
File 021-456315
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Jun 6, 2022 D
Certified Collision Group Holdings, LLC
File 021-448179
$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 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 24, 2026, 6:52 AM ET · NYC and Cook County lookup still to run

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

Not found in sources searched as of Oct 24, 2026, 6:52 AM 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; Harris County TX (HCAD ownership rolls 2023–2026) — 431,568 records, loaded Oct 24, 2026, 6:52 AM ET; Dallas County TX (DCAD ownership roll 2026) — 173,688 records, loaded Oct 23, 2026, 8:58 PM ET; Hillsborough County FL (FL DOR 2026 ownership roll + Clerk recorded-document index Oct 14, 2026 to Oct 15, 2026), Miami-Dade County FL (FL DOR 2026 ownership roll) — 294,950 records, 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); Harris County TX (ownership only, no deed, mortgage or sale records; HCAD ownership rolls 2023–2026); Dallas County TX (ownership only, no deed, mortgage or sale records; DCAD ownership roll 2026); Hillsborough County FL (FL DOR 2026 ownership roll + Clerk recorded-document index Oct 14, 2026 to Oct 15, 2026), Miami-Dade County FL (FL DOR 2026 ownership roll); Cook County IL (assessor ownership and deed/sale records, looked up per issuer when its page is viewed). Recorder indexes (party names on deeds, mortgages and liens) in TX, AZ, NV, CA and WA counties and outside the Clerk index in FL, mortgages and liens outside NYC and Hillsborough County, lis pendens and foreclosure notices everywhere, Los Angeles County CA, Clark County NV, King County WA (loader ready; first load not finished), Cook County IL bulk pass (not finished; per-issuer lookups only so far), New York City bulk pass (not finished; per-issuer lookups only so far), Maricopa County AZ (loader ready; commercial-purpose statement not yet filed), Salt Lake County UT, and all other counties are not covered — not searched. Last refresh by source: Harris County Appraisal District real_acct.txt Oct 24, 2026, 6:52 AM ET; 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; 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 also 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 ↗CC Certified Collision Group Holdings, LLCshared people, director listed on many unrelated issuers (not used to group)RENO, NVOther1$44,014,490
offering $44,014,490 · similar: $500,000–$7,000,000
11
similar: 2–14
No minimum reported
similar: $5,000–$50,000
2022–2022
EDGAR ↗IH IAFD Holdings, LPshared people, director listed on many unrelated issuers (not used to group)CLEVELAND, TXOther1$88,379,720
offering $88,379,720 · similar: $500,000–$7,000,000
8
similar: 2–14
No minimum reported
similar: $5,000–$50,000
2022–2022
EDGAR ↗IU Icreon Ultimate Holdings, LLCshared people, director listed on many unrelated issuers (not used to group)NEW YORK, NYOther1$66,930,636
offering $66,930,636 · similar: $500,000–$7,000,000
5
similar: 2–14
No minimum reported
similar: $5,000–$50,000
2022–2022

"Similar" = offerings in the same industry claiming the same exemption, filed in the last 5 years: Other / 506(b) (18,678 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 ↗Nov 2, 2022Icreon Ultimate Holdings, LLCDOther$66,930,636$66,930,636
EDGAR ↗Aug 19, 2022IAFD Holdings, LPDOther$88,379,720$88,379,720
EDGAR ↗Jun 6, 2022Certified Collision Group Holdings, LLCDOther$44,014,490$44,014,490

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 Nov 2, 2022. Industry history, as reported on each offering's latest filing: All 3 offerings reported: Other (2022).

People across the group

NameRolesIssuers hereFirst → last listed
TR Thomas RitchieDirector3Jun 6, 2022 → Nov 2, 2022
NM Nic MeiringDirector3Jun 6, 2022 → Nov 2, 2022
VM Victor MartinelliDirector2Aug 19, 2022 → Nov 2, 2022
EW Evan WeinsteinDirector2Jun 6, 2022 → Aug 19, 2022
HS Himanshu SareenExecutive Officer, Director1Nov 2, 2022 → Nov 2, 2022
PV Prasant VargheseExecutive Officer1Nov 2, 2022 → Nov 2, 2022
RS Ryan SachettiExecutive Officer, Director1Aug 19, 2022 → Aug 19, 2022
SB Samuel BrewerExecutive Officer1Aug 19, 2022 → Aug 19, 2022
MS Marc SebastianDirector1Jun 6, 2022 → Jun 6, 2022
CC Christopher ChaseExecutive Officer1Jun 6, 2022 → Jun 6, 2022
ME Martin EvansExecutive Officer, Director1Jun 6, 2022 → Jun 6, 2022

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 Certified.

Meta advertising

No Meta Pixel ids or Facebook / Instagram page links on file for Certified 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 Certified's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #147,336 of 374,652 in line (561 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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