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Five Elms

One sponsor team, 5 deal companies · Prairie Village, KS

Grouped because: 2 shared people, 1 shared management entity, same business address (5 issuers), similar issuer names (4) (automatic match from the filings) · not the same sponsor?

5deal companies
$33.6Mreported sold
136investors
6Form D filings
2011–2016active
0new, last 12 mo

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Latest filing in this group Sep 28, 2016 · 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

Five Elms is a sponsor group of 5 issuers that PartnerFacts links to one sponsor (shared people, same business address, similar issuer names, shared management entity; automatic match from the filings), filing 6 Form D filings between Oct 2011 and Sep 2016.

What this means One team, 5 deal companies, about 5 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: $33.6M to 136 investors (latest filing per issuer). Industries as reported: Pooled Investment Fund (5). Issuers are based in KS (5).

What this means $33.6M raised across the group, about $247K per investor. Amounts come from each company's latest Form D; they are what the sponsor reported, not audited figures.

Principal people: Fred N. Coulson, IV (5 issuers, executive officer and promoter), Five Elms III GP, L.P. (3 issuers, executive officer, entity), Saran Ferraro (2 issuers, executive officer), Five Elms Equity Fund II GP, LLC (1 issuer, executive officer, entity), Frontier Five Elms Equity Fund II GP, LLC (1 issuer, executive officer, entity) and 1 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 Sep 28, 2016.

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) — none found.

What this means Nothing turned up where we looked (4 sources). That does not prove there is nothing — it means none was found in those sources on that date.

We compared 6 public filings for Five Elms and found 5 differences, 1 worth asking the sponsor about: Frontier Five Elms Equity Fund II GP, LLC Frontier Five Elms Equity Fund II GP, LLC is no longer listed on the May 29, 2013 amendment; 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 Five Elms has not run yet — it is joining a line of 16,371 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

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

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.

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 Five Elms..

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.

5 differences found between the filings for Five Elms — 1 worth asking about (compared 6 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Worth asking · Oct 21, 2011 – May 29, 2013

Frontier Five Elms Equity Fund II GP, LLC Frontier Five Elms Equity Fund II GP, LLC is no longer listed on the May 29, 2013 amendment — Frontier Five Elms II, L.P.

Frontier Five Elms Equity Fund II GP, LLC Frontier Five Elms Equity Fund II GP, LLC appears on the Oct 21, 2011 Form D (promoter) but not on the May 29, 2013 Form D/A for the same offering.

What this means People leave, and the issuer must list only current officers, directors and promoters. It is still worth asking why this person left and who replaced them.

Sources
Note · Oct 21, 2011 – May 29, 2013

Fred N. Coulson, IV's role changed at Frontier Five Elms II, L.P.: promoter → executive officer, promoter

The Oct 21, 2011 filing lists Fred N. Coulson, IV as promoter; the May 29, 2013 Form D/A lists executive officer, promoter.

What this means Roles on Form D are self-reported by the issuer. A change can mean a real change in who runs the company, or just a different box ticked. Ask who makes decisions today.

Sources
Note · Oct 21, 2011 – May 29, 2013

Offering amount changed between filings — Frontier Five Elms II, L.P.

The Oct 21, 2011 filing says an indefinite amount offered; the May 29, 2013 Form D/A says $14,116,165.

What this means The target raise changed. Raising the cap is common when a deal grows; ask whether the extra money has the same terms and use.

Sources
Note · May 15, 2013 – May 29, 2013

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — Five Elms Equity Fund II, L.P. (latest filing May 29, 2013)

The latest filing for this offering is dated May 29, 2013 (first sale May 15, 2013). It reports $19,494,950 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 28, 2016

Five Elms III GP, L.P. is written 2 different ways on the filings

listed as "Five Elms III GP, LLC" on 2 filings (from Sep 28, 2016), and "Five Elms III GP, L.P." on the Sep 28, 2016 filing.

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
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

1 of 5 offerings reports sales commissions totalling $4,800; 0 report finder's fees; 0 report proceeds to related persons. (includes amounts the issuer reported as estimates)

Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Sep 28, 2016 D
Five Elms III Q, L.P.
File 021-271480
$0 (est.)$0 (est.)$0 (est.)
An affiliate of the General Partner will receive a management fee for management services. Amount to be paid and extent to be paid out of gross proceeds unknown at this time.
Sparring Partners Capital LLC BrokerCheck CRD 133780 ↗EDGAR ↗
Sep 28, 2016 D
Five Elms III B, L.P.
File 021-271478
$0 (est.)$0 (est.)$0 (est.)
An affiliate of the General Partner will receive a management fee for management services. Amount to be paid and extent to be paid out of gross proceeds unknown at this time.
Sparring Partners Capital LLC BrokerCheck CRD 133780 ↗EDGAR ↗
Sep 28, 2016 D
Five Elms III A, L.P.
File 021-271474
$0 (est.)$0 (est.)$0 (est.)
An affiliate of the General Partner will receive a management fee for management services. Amount to be paid and extent to be paid out of gross proceeds unknown at this time.
Sparring Partners Capital LLC BrokerCheck CRD 133780 ↗EDGAR ↗
May 29, 2013 D/A
Frontier Five Elms II, L.P.
File 021-167669
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
May 29, 2013 D
Five Elms Equity Fund II, L.P.
File 021-197195
$4,800 (est.)$0$0SecondMarket, Inc. BrokerCheck CRD 136962 ↗
via SecondMarket, Inc. (CRD 136962 ↗)
EDGAR ↗
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 5 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 Five Elms 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 ↗FF Frontier Five Elms II, L.P.shared people, same business addressPRAIRIE VILLAGE, KSPooled Investment Fund2$14,116,16599$100,0002011–2013
EDGAR ↗FE Five Elms Equity Fund II, L.P.shared people, same business address, similar issuer namesPRAIRIE VILLAGE, KSPooled Investment Fund1$19,494,95037$100,0002013–2013
EDGAR ↗FE Five Elms III Q, L.P.shared people, shared management entity, same business address, similar issuer namesPRAIRIE VILLAGE, KSPooled Investment Fund1$0
offering $125,000,000 · similar: $155,000–$5,250,000
0
similar: 4–27
No minimum reported
similar: $1,000–$100,000
2016–2016
EDGAR ↗FE Five Elms III B, L.P.shared people, shared management entity, same business address, similar issuer namesPRAIRIE VILLAGE, KSPooled Investment Fund1$0
offering $125,000,000 · similar: $155,000–$5,250,000
0
similar: 4–27
No minimum reported
similar: $1,000–$100,000
2016–2016
EDGAR ↗FE Five Elms III A, L.P.shared people, shared management entity, same business address, similar issuer namesPRAIRIE VILLAGE, KSPooled Investment Fund1$0
offering $125,000,000 · similar: $155,000–$5,250,000
0
similar: 4–27
No minimum reported
similar: $1,000–$100,000
2016–2016

"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 ↗Sep 28, 2016Five Elms III A, L.P.DPooled Investment Fund$125,000,000$0
EDGAR ↗Sep 28, 2016Five Elms III B, L.P.DPooled Investment Fund$125,000,000$0
EDGAR ↗Sep 28, 2016Five Elms III Q, L.P.DPooled Investment Fund$125,000,000$0
EDGAR ↗May 29, 2013Frontier Five Elms II, L.P.D/APooled Investment Fund$14,116,165$14,116,165
EDGAR ↗May 29, 2013Five Elms Equity Fund II, L.P.DPooled Investment FundIndefinite$19,494,950
EDGAR ↗Oct 21, 2011Frontier Five Elms II, L.P.DPooled Investment FundIndefinite$7,750,000

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 Sep 28, 2016. Industry history, as reported on each offering's latest filing: All 5 offerings reported: Pooled Investment Fund (2011–2016).

People across the group

NameRolesIssuers hereFirst → last listed
FC Fred N. Coulson, IVPromoter, Executive Officer5Oct 21, 2011 → Sep 28, 2016
FE Five Elms III GP, L.P. entityExecutive Officer3Sep 28, 2016 → Sep 28, 2016
SF Saran FerraroExecutive Officer2May 29, 2013 → May 29, 2013
FF Frontier Five Elms Equity Fund II GP, LLC entityExecutive Officer1May 29, 2013 → May 29, 2013
FE Five Elms Equity Fund II GP, LLC entityExecutive Officer1May 29, 2013 → May 29, 2013
FF Frontier Five Elms Equity Fund II GP, LLC Frontier Five Elms Equity Fund II GP, LLC entityPromoter1Oct 21, 2011 → Oct 21, 2011

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 Five Elms.

Meta advertising

No Meta Pixel ids or Facebook / Instagram page links on file for Five Elms 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 Five Elms's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #330,727 of 374,652 in line (14 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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