Austin Rief is listed as an executive officer on 2 SEC Form D filings by 2 issuers between Feb 2024 and Mar 2025: Rief SPV BH, a series of Rief Ventures Alternate Investments, LP (Owings Mills, MD — pooled investment fund — 2025; $1.54M reported sold to 22 investors) and Rief Fund SPV, LP (Owings Mills, MD — pooled investment fund — 2024; $806K reported sold to 60 investors).
What this means 2 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer. Across those companies the filings report $2.35M sold in total.
Listed alongside Rief, LLC (2 shared filings, management entity).
What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around Austin. Each name links to their own page.
All 2 issuers belong to the sponsor group Rief (2 issuers, $2.35M reported sold, 2024–2025).
What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Rief has 2 companies on file and $2.35M 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 (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DE, FINRA, GA, HI, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NASAA, NC, ND, NH, NM, NV, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) — 3 court cases matching the name, 4 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.
What this means 7 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 2 public filings for Austin Rief and found 5 differences, 2 worth asking the sponsor about: Bankruptcy case: A Partnership Rief Brothers; Form D filed 137 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.