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Benjamin Malka

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · NY · Jan 2, 2015 → Apr 8, 2019

2deals (issuers)
$185.8Mreported sold
418investors
3Form D filings
2015–2019years on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:33 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Benjamin Malka is listed as a director on 3 SEC Form D filings by 2 issuers between Jan 2015 and Apr 2019: Vestwell Holdings Inc. (New York, NY — other technology — 2017–2019; $176.1M reported sold to 399 investors) and XCel Brands, Inc. (New York, NY — industry reported as "Other" — 2015; $9.78M reported sold to 19 investors).

What this means 2 separate companies raised money with this person listed as director, over about 4 years. Across those companies the filings report $185.8M sold in total.

Listed alongside Aaron Schumm (2 shared filings), Aron Miodownik (2 shared filings), BROOKS GIBBINS (2 shared filings), David Sheen (2 shared filings), Edward Jones, III (1 shared filing) and 10 others.

What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around Benjamin. 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) — 1 bankruptcy case matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 1 record 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 3 public filings for Benjamin Malka and found 6 differences: No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open; Same name, different state: "BENJAMIN MALKA" (GA) is a separate record; 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 Benjamin Malka has not run yet — it is joining a line of 7,275 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, 2:33 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 Benjamin Malka..

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)

Benjamin E. Malka closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida. · No. 90-23393 · Filed May 22, 1990 · Closed Oct 15, 1990
Role of Benjamin E. Malka: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1990-10-15 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (rare in federal dockets); 5 people with this name in Form D filings; court in FL (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, 2:33 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

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

6 differences found between the filings for Benjamin Malka (compared 3 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Mar 25, 2019 – Apr 8, 2019

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — Vestwell Holdings Inc. (latest filing Apr 8, 2019)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Apr 8, 2019 (first sale Mar 25, 2019). It reports $31,274,930 sold of $31,472,346 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 · Dec 22, 2014 – Jan 2, 2015

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — XCel Brands, Inc. (latest filing Jan 2, 2015)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Jan 2, 2015 (first sale Dec 22, 2014). It reports $9,780,000 sold of $13,500,000 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 · Oct 24, 2023

Same name, different state: "BENJAMIN MALKA" (GA) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is NY. A separate record, "BENJAMIN MALKA" with address state GA, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by Layr Holdings, Inc. (Oct 24, 2023). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Jan 2, 2015 to Apr 8, 2019; the other has one filing dated Oct 24, 2023.

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.

Sources
Note · Jul 8, 2022

Same name, different state: "Benjamin Malka" (CO) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is NY. A separate record, "Benjamin Malka" with address state CO, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by Recover HoldCo, Inc. (Jul 8, 2022). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Jan 2, 2015 to Apr 8, 2019; the other has one filing dated Jul 8, 2022.

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.

Sources
Note · Aug 22, 2017 – Jan 24, 2022

Same name, different state: "Benjamin Malka" (CA) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is NY. A separate record, "Benjamin Malka" with address state CA, is listed on 5 filings — most recently by Citcon Ltd (Oct 4, 2024). Both records have filings in the same period (Aug 22, 2017 to Apr 8, 2019).

What this means Two records with one name were active at the same time. That can be one person listing different company addresses, or two different people. We keep them apart until a filing ties them together. Check both pages before you decide.

Sources
Note · Oct 17, 2016 – Nov 22, 2017

Same name, different state: "Benjamin Malka" (IL) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is NY. A separate record, "Benjamin Malka" with address state IL, is listed on 3 filings — most recently by BODYSHOPBIDS, INC. (Nov 22, 2017). Both records have filings in the same period (Oct 17, 2016 to Nov 22, 2017).

What this means Two records with one name were active at the same time. That can be one person listing different company addresses, or two different people. We keep them apart until a filing ties them together. Check both pages before you decide.

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 3 offerings reports sales commissions totalling $474,600; 0 report finder's fees; 0 report proceeds to related persons.

Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Apr 8, 2019 D
Vestwell Holdings Inc.
File 021-336728
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Oct 12, 2017 D
Vestwell Holdings Inc.
File 021-296516
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Jan 2, 2015 D
XCel Brands, Inc.
File 021-231315
$474,600$0$0
Todd Slater, a director of the Issuer, will receive a portion of the sale commissions. The exact amount cannot be determined at this time.
Young America Capital, LLC BrokerCheck CRD 150443 ↗
via Young America Capital, LLC (CRD 150443 ↗)

Todd Slater BrokerCheck CRD 2253036 ↗
via Threadstone Advisors, LLC (CRD 158691 ↗)
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 every filing this person is listed on (latest filing per offering, per issuer).

Deals 2

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

Other Banking and Financial Services

Vestwell Holdings Inc.

New York, NY · Oct 12, 2017 → Apr 8, 2019 · 2 filings
  • Apr 8, 2019 · D · $31,274,930 sold of $31,472,346 · 10 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗
  • Oct 12, 2017 · D · $8,050,000 sold of $8,050,000 · 6 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $176.1M from 399 investors (100% of the $31.5M target) as of the latest filing. Benjamin is listed as director on 2 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: Other Banking and Financial Services / 506(b) (1,630 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

XCel Brands, Inc.

New York, NY · Jan 2, 2015
  • Jan 2, 2015 · D · $9,780,000 sold of $13,500,000 · 6 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $9.78M from 19 investors (72% of the $13.5M target) as of the latest filing. Benjamin is listed as director.

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 (4)

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

  • Benjamin Malka — CA, 3 issuers, Aug 22, 2017 → Jan 24, 2022 · no shared issuer
  • Benjamin Malka — IL, 1 issuer, Oct 17, 2016 → Nov 22, 2017 · no shared issuer
  • Benjamin Malka — CO, 1 issuer, Jul 8, 2022 → Jul 8, 2022 · no shared issuer
  • BENJAMIN MALKA — GA, 1 issuer, Oct 24, 2023 → Oct 24, 2023 · no shared issuer

People around Benjamin 15

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

AM
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Person

Aron Miodownik

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

Listed on the same filings as Benjamin Malka. Their page shows their other deals.

AS
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Person

Aaron Schumm

Executive Officer, Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Benjamin Malka. Their page shows their other deals.

BG
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Person

BROOKS GIBBINS

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 12 other issuers

BROOKS GIBBINS is on 13 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

DS
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Person

David Sheen

Executive Officer · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Benjamin Malka. Their page shows their other deals.

JH
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Person

James Haran

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Benjamin Malka. Their page shows their other deals.

SB
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Person

Seth Burroughs

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Benjamin Malka. Their page shows their other deals.

RL
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Person

Robert D'Loren

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

Listed on the same filings as Benjamin Malka. Their page shows their other deals.

MD
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Person

Mark DiSanto

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Benjamin Malka. Their page shows their other deals.

HL
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Person

Howard Liebman

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Benjamin Malka. Their page shows their other deals.

GF
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Person

Giuseppe Falco

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Benjamin Malka. Their page shows their other deals.

EJ
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Person

Edward Jones, III

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Benjamin Malka. Their page shows their other deals.

TS
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Person

Todd Slater

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Benjamin Malka. Their page shows their other deals.

JP
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Person

Joseph Pampel

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Benjamin Malka. Their page shows their other deals.

RY
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Person

Rana Yared

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Benjamin Malka. Their page shows their other deals.

JM
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Person

John Moody

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Benjamin Malka. Their page shows their other deals.

Registrations and other filings

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

None of the 2 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 Benjamin Malka 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 2 issuers this person is listed on — nothing matched.

Public profiles and social

Websites and social links of the issuers Benjamin Malka is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in XCel Brands, Inc.'s SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #309,635 of 374,652 in line (14 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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