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Ariel Shlien

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · Quebec, Canada (as filed: A8) · May 1, 2017 → Oct 20, 2025

6deals (issuers)
$40.9Mreported sold
94investors
10Form D filings
2017–2025years on file

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

The short version

Ariel Shlien is listed as an executive officer and promoter on 10 SEC Form D filings by 6 issuers between May 2017 and Oct 2025. Largest by amount reported sold: SureFire Digital Arbitrage, LP (Montreal, Quebec, Canada (as filed: A8) — pooled investment fund — 2018–2019; $18.8M reported sold to 43 investors), SureFire Multi-Strat, LP (Montreal, Quebec, Canada (as filed: A8) — pooled investment fund — 2020–2025; $11.4M reported sold to 29 investors), SureFire Muni Trading, LP (Montreal, Quebec, Canada (as filed: A8) — pooled investment fund — 2018; $4.55M reported sold to 13 investors), Surefire Specialty Credit, LP (Montreal, Quebec, Canada (as filed: A8) — pooled investment fund — 2017; $3.5M reported sold), SureFire Dividend Capture, LP (Montreal, Quebec, Canada (as filed: A8) — pooled investment fund — 2018; $2.65M reported sold to 9 investors) and 1 more (all listed below).

What this means A repeat sponsor — 6 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer and promoter, over about 8 years. Across those companies the filings report $40.9M sold in total.

Listed alongside Surefire Capital Management (1 shared filing, management entity).

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

All 6 issuers belong to the sponsor group Surefire Digital (6 issuers, $40.9M reported sold, 2017–2025).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Surefire Digital has 6 companies on file and $40.9M reported sold in total — the group page shows the whole track record in one place.

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA) — none found.

What this means Nothing turned up where we looked (3 sources). That does not prove there is nothing — it means none was found in those sources on that date.

We compared 10 public filings for Ariel Shlien and found 4 differences, 1 worth asking the sponsor about: Form D filed 79 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 Ariel Shlien has not run yet — it is joining a line of 10,906 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

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, 2:17 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 Ariel Shlien..

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, 2:17 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

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

4 differences found between the filings for Ariel Shlien — 1 worth asking about (compared 10 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Worth asking · Feb 7, 2018 – Apr 27, 2018

Form D filed 79 days after the first sale — SureFire Muni Trading, LP

The filing says the first sale was Feb 7, 2018. The Form D was filed Apr 27, 2018 — 79 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 64 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 · Dec 2, 2019 – Jan 31, 2020

Form D filed 60 days after the first sale — SureFire Multi-Strat, LP

The filing says the first sale was Dec 2, 2019. The Form D was filed Jan 31, 2020 — 60 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 45 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 · Dec 5, 2018 – Dec 21, 2018

Form D filed 16 days after the first sale — SureFire Dividend Capture, LP

The filing says the first sale was Dec 5, 2018. The Form D was filed Dec 21, 2018 — 16 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 1 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 · Feb 7, 2018 – Oct 20, 2025

4 offerings have no amendment in the last 12 months and may still be open

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — SureFire Multi-Strat, LP (latest filing Oct 20, 2025) · No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — SureFire Digital Arbitrage, LP (latest filing Oct 7, 2019) · No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — SureFire Dividend Capture, LP (latest filing Dec 21, 2018) · No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — SureFire Muni Trading, LP (latest filing Apr 27, 2018)

What this means SEC rules expect a yearly amendment while an offering is still going. Ask the sponsor which of these raises have closed.

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

2 of 6 offerings report sales commissions totalling $30,200; 0 report finder's fees; 1 reports proceeds to related persons totalling $250,000. (includes amounts the issuer reported as estimates)

Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Oct 20, 2025 D/A
SureFire Multi-Strat, LP
File 021-359449
$0$0$0
Performance fees, which are contingent on the Issuer's performance, may be paid to the person identified in Item 3 above but there is no fixed or determinable amount payable at the time of filing of this Amendment.
None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Oct 7, 2019 D/A
SureFire Digital Arbitrage, LP
File 021-308026
$10,200 (est.)$0 (est.)$250,000
Carried interest only based on assumed targeted return.
Rainmaker Securities, LLC BrokerCheck CRD 132995 ↗EDGAR ↗
Dec 21, 2018 D
SureFire Dividend Capture, LP
File 021-328771
$0 (est.)$0 (est.)$0Rainmaker Securities, LLC BrokerCheck CRD 132995 ↗EDGAR ↗
Apr 27, 2018 D
SureFire Muni Trading, LP
File 021-311150
$20,000 (est.)$0 (est.)$0Rainmaker Securities, LLC BrokerCheck CRD 132995 ↗EDGAR ↗
Dec 1, 2017 D
SureFire Digital Assets, LP
File 021-299888
$0 (est.)$0 (est.)$0 (est.)
Carried interest only.
None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
May 1, 2017 D
Surefire Specialty Credit, LP
File 021-285835
$0 (est.)$0 (est.)$0 (est.)None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
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 every filing this person is listed on (latest filing per offering, per issuer).

Deals 6

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

Pooled Investment Fund · group: Surefire Digital

SureFire Multi-Strat, LP

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (as filed: A8) · Jan 31, 2020 → Oct 20, 2025 · 3 filings
  • Oct 20, 2025 · D/A · $11,375,001 sold of Indefinite · 29 investors · min. $500,000 · role: Executive Officer (General Partner of SureFire Multi-Strat Management, LP, General Partner of Issuer) EDGAR ↗
  • Nov 16, 2021 · D/A · $9,025,000 sold of Indefinite · 23 investors · min. $500,000 · role: Executive Officer (General Partner of SureFire Multi-Strat Management, LP, General Partner of Issuer) EDGAR ↗
  • Jan 31, 2020 · D · $4,150,000 sold of Indefinite · 6 investors · min. $500,000 · role: Executive Officer (General Partner of SureFire Multi-Strat Management, LP, General Partner of Issuer) EDGAR ↗

Raised $11.4M from 29 investors as of the latest filing. Ariel is listed as executive officer on 3 filings for this deal.

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: Pooled Investment Fund / 506(c) (8,096 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.

Pooled Investment Fund · group: Surefire Digital

SureFire Digital Arbitrage, LP

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (as filed: A8) · Mar 19, 2018 → Oct 7, 2019 · 3 filings
  • Oct 7, 2019 · D/A · $18,837,500 sold of Indefinite · 43 investors · min. $250,000 · role: Executive Officer (General Partner of Surefire Digital Arbitrage Management, LP, General Partner of Issuer) EDGAR ↗
  • Sep 4, 2019 · D/A · $9,200,000 sold of Indefinite · 31 investors · min. $250,000 · role: Executive Officer (General Partner of Surefire Digital Arbitrage Management, LP, General Partner of Issuer) EDGAR ↗
  • Mar 19, 2018 · D · $4,350,000 sold of Indefinite · 9 investors · min. $250,000 · role: Executive Officer (General Partner of Surefire Digital Arbitrage Management, LP, General Partner of Issuer) EDGAR ↗

Raised $18.8M from 43 investors as of the latest filing. Ariel is listed as executive officer on 3 filings for this deal.

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: 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.

Pooled Investment Fund · group: Surefire Digital

SureFire Dividend Capture, LP

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (as filed: A8) · Dec 21, 2018
  • Dec 21, 2018 · D · $2,650,000 sold of Indefinite · 9 investors · min. $250,000 · role: Executive Officer (General Partner of SureFire Dividend Capture Management, LP, General Partner of Issuer) EDGAR ↗

Raised $2.65M from 9 investors as of the latest filing. Ariel is listed as executive officer.

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: 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.

Pooled Investment Fund · group: Surefire Digital

SureFire Muni Trading, LP

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (as filed: A8) · Apr 27, 2018
  • Apr 27, 2018 · D · $4,550,000 sold of Indefinite · 13 investors · min. $250,000 · role: Executive Officer (General Partner of SureFire Muni Trading Management, LP, General Partner of Issuer) EDGAR ↗

Raised $4.55M from 13 investors as of the latest filing. Ariel is listed as executive officer.

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: 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.

Pooled Investment Fund · group: Surefire Digital

SureFire Digital Assets, LP

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (as filed: A8) · Dec 1, 2017
  • Dec 1, 2017 · D · $0 sold of Indefinite · 0 investors · min. $200,000 · role: Executive Officer (General Partner of Surefire Digital Asset Management, LP, General Partner of Issuer) EDGAR ↗

No sales reported yet as of the latest filing. Ariel is listed as executive officer.

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: 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.

Pooled Investment Fund · group: Surefire Digital

Surefire Specialty Credit, LP

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (as filed: A8) · May 1, 2017
  • May 1, 2017 · D · $3,500,000 sold of Indefinite · 0 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer, Promoter (Manager of Surefire Capital Management, General Partner of Issuer) EDGAR ↗

Raised $3.5M as of the latest filing. Ariel is listed as executive officer, promoter.

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: 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.

People around Ariel 1

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

Management entity

Surefire Capital Management

Executive Officer, Promoter · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Ariel Shlien. Their page shows their other deals.

The team behind the deals

Sponsor group

Surefire Digital

6 issuers · 10 filings · $40.9M reported sold · 2017–2025

One team, 6 deal companies. Ariel Shlien is listed on 6 of them.

Sources

Issuers are grouped when their Form D filings share related persons, a management entity or a business address (automatic match from the filings). "Listed" marks the issuers that name Ariel Shlien.

Registrations and other filings

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

None of the 6 issuers 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 Ariel Shlien 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 6 issuers this person is listed on — nothing matched.

Public profiles and social

Websites and social links of the issuers Ariel Shlien is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in SureFire Muni Trading, LP's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #255,875 of 374,652 in line (14 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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