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Alan Gessel

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · FL · Apr 10, 2018 → Apr 10, 2018

1deal (issuers)

$4.2Mreported sold

13investors

1Form D filing

2018year on file

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Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:42 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Alan Gessel is listed as an executive officer and director on 1 SEC Form D filing by 1 issuer in Apr 2018: Thrive Frozen Nutrition, Inc. (Winter Garden, FL — industry reported as "Other" — 2018; $4.2M reported sold to 13 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC, filed Apr 2018. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment — it is a notice, not an approval.

Listed alongside Jennifer Dunham (1 shared filing), Jerry Bello (1 shared filing), John Caron (1 shared filing), Paul F. Stagner (1 shared filing) and Travis Milks (1 shared filing).

What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around Alan. Each name links to their own page.

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA) — 5 court cases matching the name, 1 bankruptcy case matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 6 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 1 public filing for Alan Gessel and found 1 difference: Same name, different state: "Alan Gessel" (TX) is a separate record.

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 Alan Gessel has not run yet — it is joining a line of 7,521 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 27 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

5 cases: 3 closed (disposition not in docket feed), 2 dismissed

Gessel v. Smartsheet Inc closed

District Court, W.D. Washington · No. 2:23-cv-00907 · Filed Jun 15, 2023 · Closed Nov 13, 2024

Role of Gessel: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2024-11-13 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 11 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in WA (not a filing state)

Ipsos-Insight, LLC v. Gessel closed

District Court, S.D. New York · No. 1:21-cv-03992 · Filed May 4, 2021 · Closed Jul 14, 2021 · Nature of suit: 190 Contract: Other · Cause: 41:6503 Walsh-Healy Act - Breach of Public Contract

Role of Gessel: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 2021-07-14 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 11 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in NY (not a filing state)

Van Gessel v. Astrazeneca LP dismissed

District Court, M.D. Louisiana · No. 3:16-cv-00436 · Filed Jun 28, 2016 · Closed Jul 29, 2016 · Nature of suit: 367 Health care / pharm

Role of Van Gessel: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2016-07-29 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: other Docket on CourtListener ↗

same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 11 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in LA (not a filing state)

Gessel v. Life Ins Co N Amer dismissed

District Court, E.D. Missouri · No. 4:00-cv-01048 · Filed Jun 26, 2000 · Closed May 17, 2002 · Nature of suit: 791 Employee Retirement Income Security Act

Role of Gessel: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2002-05-17 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Voluntarily dismissed Docket on CourtListener ↗

same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 11 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in MO (not a filing state)

Gessel v. FMC Corporation closed

District Court, S.D. West Virginia · No. 2:83-cv-02249 · Filed May 4, 1983 · Closed May 4, 1983

Role of Gessel: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 1983-05-04 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 11 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in WV (not a filing 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, 2:42 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 Alan Gessel..

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

1 case: 1 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Carlos Giovanni Chavez and Edith Gessel Gonzalez closed

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Texas · No. 17-31643 · Filed Mar 16, 2017 · Closed Jun 20, 2017

Role of Carlos Giovanni Chavez and Edith Gessel Gonzalez: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2017-06-20 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 11 federal dockets); different first name (edith); court in TX (not a filing 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, 2:42 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.

4. Differences between public sources

Comparisons cover issuers and sponsor groups — see the issuer pages under Deals

1 difference found between the filings for Alan Gessel (compared 1 filing on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · May 19, 2021

Same name, different state: "Alan Gessel" (TX) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is FL. A separate record, "Alan Gessel" with address state TX, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by Allied BioScience, Inc. (May 19, 2021). The two records do not overlap in time: this page has one filing dated Apr 10, 2018; the other has one filing dated May 19, 2021.

What this means Could be the same person who moved, or two people with the same name. We keep them apart until a filing ties them together. Check both pages before you decide.

Alan Gessel (TX) — PartnerFacts page ↗Form D · May 19, 2021 ↗Allied BioScience, Inc. — PartnerFacts page ↗Alan Gessel (FL) — this page ↗

Sources

Alan Gessel (TX) — PartnerFacts page ↗ (May 19, 2021)
Form D · May 19, 2021 ↗ (May 19, 2021)
Allied BioScience, Inc. — PartnerFacts page ↗ (Nov 9, 2021)
Alan Gessel (FL) — this page ↗ (Apr 10, 2018)

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 1 offering — no sales commissions, finder's fees or proceeds to insiders

Per-offering detail

Offering (latest filing)	Sales commissions	Finder's fees	To insiders	Paid to sell it	Source
Apr 10, 2018 D Thrive Frozen Nutrition, Inc. File 021-309806	$0	$0	$0 Proceeds will be used for working capital which may include normal compensation to executive officers.	None listed on this filing	EDGAR ↗

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 every filing this person is listed on (latest filing per offering, per issuer).

Deals 1

Every issuer that named Alan Gessel on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

Other

Thrive Frozen Nutrition, Inc.

Winter Garden, FL · Apr 10, 2018

Apr 10, 2018 · D · $600,000 sold of $600,000 · 9 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer, Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $4.2M from 13 investors (100% of the $600K target) as of the latest filing. Alan is listed as executive officer, director.

Latest filing on EDGAR ↗

Sources

Every row is a Form D or D/A on which the issuer listed this name as a related person. Amount sold and investors are the maximum reported on any filing for this issuer. "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.

Other pages with the same name (1)

Separate person records under the same name, not combined with this page. Each line says whether it shares an issuer with this record.

Alan Gessel — TX, 1 issuer, May 19, 2021 → May 19, 2021 · no shared issuer

People around Alan 5

Officers, directors, promoters and management entities named on the same filings, as of Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET.

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Person

Jennifer Dunham

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 2 other issuers

Listed on the same filings as Alan Gessel. Their page shows their other deals.

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Person

Jerry Bello

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

Listed on the same filings as Alan Gessel. Their page shows their other deals.

No photo found yet (own website and image search run after this page is viewed)

Person

Paul F. Stagner

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Alan Gessel. Their page shows their other deals.

No photo found yet (own website and image search run after this page is viewed)

Person

John Caron

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Alan Gessel. Their page shows their other deals.

No photo found yet (own website and image search run after this page is viewed)

Person

Travis Milks

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Alan Gessel. Their page shows their other deals.

Registrations and other filings

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

None of the 1 issuer this person is listed on appears in Form ADV (searched 24,962 advisers as of Oct 2, 2026). A person is never an adviser firm; Form ADV is checked for the issuers and the management companies they are listed with.

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.

Property records none — individuals are not matched

Property records are matched to companies only, never to individuals, so none are matched to Alan Gessel by design. Searched property records in Hillsborough County FL (Clerk recorded-document index Oct 14, 2026 to Oct 15, 2026 + FL DOR 2026 ownership roll), Miami-Dade County FL (FL DOR 2026 ownership roll), Harris County TX (HCAD 2026 ownership roll), Dallas County TX (DCAD 2026 ownership roll), New York City ACRIS documents and PLUTO ownership rows already retrieved for other issuers, Cook County IL sale and ownership rows already retrieved for other issuers (814,874 records as of Oct 23, 2026, 8:59 PM ET) for the 1 issuer this person is listed on — nothing matched.

Public profiles and social

Websites and social links of the issuers Alan Gessel is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in Thrive Frozen Nutrition, Inc.'s SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #239,468 of 374,652 in line (14 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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Alan Gessel

The short version

What the community is saying

Key records

1. Lawsuits

2. Regulatory actions

3. Bankruptcies

4. Differences between public sources

Same name, different state: "Alan Gessel" (TX) is a separate record

5. Money to insiders

Deals 1

Thrive Frozen Nutrition, Inc.

People around Alan 5

Jennifer Dunham

Jerry Bello

Paul F. Stagner

John Caron

Travis Milks

Registrations and other filings

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

Other offering types (Regulation A and Regulation Crowdfunding)

Public profiles and social

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