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Chris Kaster

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · CA, TX · Feb 23, 2011 → Jan 4, 2024

3deals (issuers)
$39.3Mreported sold
62investors
5Form D filings
2011–2024years on file

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

The short version

Chris Kaster is listed as a director on 5 SEC Form D filings by 3 issuers between Feb 2011 and May 2025: SONOMA ORTHOPEDIC PRODUCTS INC (Santa Rosa, CA — other health care — 2011; $22.1M reported sold to 20 investors), Farapulse, Inc. (Menlo Park, CA — biotechnology — 2016–2017; $15M reported sold to 35 investors) and Lhotse Medical, Inc. (Dallas, TX — other technology — 2024–2025; $2.19M reported sold to 7 investors).

What this means A repeat sponsor — 3 separate companies raised money with this person listed as director, over about 14 years. Across those companies the filings report $39.3M sold in total.

Listed alongside Allan Zingeler (2 shared filings), Anand Doraiswamy (2 shared filings), Carter Meyer (2 shared filings), James Eadie (2 shared filings), Josh Baltzell (2 shared filings) and 7 others.

What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around Chris. 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) — 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 5 public filings for Chris Kaster and found 6 differences: Form D filed 27 days after the first sale; No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open; 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 Chris Kaster has not run yet — it is joining a line of 7,573 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, 2:23 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 Chris Kaster..

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, 2:23 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

6 differences found between the filings for Chris Kaster (compared 5 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Jun 14, 2017 – Jul 11, 2017

Form D filed 27 days after the first sale — Farapulse, Inc.

The filing says the first sale was Jun 14, 2017. The Form D was filed Jul 11, 2017 — 27 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 12 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 22, 2023 – Jan 4, 2024

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — Lhotse Medical, Inc. (latest filing Jan 4, 2024)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Jan 4, 2024 (first sale Dec 22, 2023). It reports $2,194,998 sold of $2,299,998 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 · Feb 18, 2016 – Mar 3, 2016

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — Farapulse, Inc. (latest filing Mar 3, 2016)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Mar 3, 2016 (first sale Feb 18, 2016). It reports $14,999,173 sold of $23,999,173 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 · Feb 11, 2011 – Feb 23, 2011

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — SONOMA ORTHOPEDIC PRODUCTS INC (latest filing Feb 23, 2011)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Feb 23, 2011 (first sale Feb 11, 2011). It reports $22,089,215 sold of $25,000,000 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 · Jan 4, 2024 – May 6, 2025

Address moved from Oakland, CA to Dallas, TX — Lhotse Medical, Inc.

The people listed on the Jan 4, 2024 filing give Oakland, CA; on the May 6, 2025 filing they give Dallas, TX.

What this means Businesses move; this just shows the two places and dates. If you were told one city and the forms say another, ask which is current.

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

None reported on 5 offerings — no sales commissions, finder's fees or proceeds to insiders

Per-offering detail
Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
May 6, 2025 D
Lhotse Medical, Inc.
File 021-545355
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Jan 4, 2024 D
Lhotse Medical, Inc.
File 021-501563
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Jul 11, 2017 D
Farapulse, Inc.
File 021-290358
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Mar 3, 2016 D
Farapulse, Inc.
File 021-258524
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Feb 23, 2011 D
SONOMA ORTHOPEDIC PRODUCTS INC
File 021-155748
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗

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 3

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

Other Technology

Lhotse Medical, Inc.

Dallas, TX · Jan 4, 2024 → May 6, 2025 · 2 filings
  • May 6, 2025 · D · $1,509,999 sold of $1,509,999 · 4 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗
  • Jan 4, 2024 · D · $2,194,998 sold of $2,299,998 · 7 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $2.19M from 7 investors (100% of the $1.51M target) as of the latest filing. Chris 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 Technology / 506(b) (17,390 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.

Biotechnology

Farapulse, Inc.

Menlo Park, CA · Mar 3, 2016 → Jul 11, 2017 · 2 filings
  • Jul 11, 2017 · D · $5,000,000 sold of $5,000,000 · 2 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗
  • Mar 3, 2016 · D · $14,999,173 sold of $23,999,173 · 35 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $15M from 35 investors (100% of the $5M target) as of the latest filing. Chris 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: Biotechnology / 506(b) (3,253 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 Health Care

SONOMA ORTHOPEDIC PRODUCTS INC

Santa Rosa, CA · Feb 23, 2011
  • Feb 23, 2011 · D · $22,089,215 sold of $25,000,000 · 20 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $22.1M from 20 investors (88% of the $25M target) as of the latest filing. Chris 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.

People around Chris 12

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

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Robert Weisskoff

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 17 other issuers

Robert Weisskoff is on 18 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

CM
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Carter Meyer

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 14 other issuers

Carter Meyer is on 15 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

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Allan Zingeler

Executive Officer, Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 3 other issuers

Listed on the same filings as Chris Kaster. Their page shows their other deals.

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Josh Baltzell

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 7 other issuers

Josh Baltzell is on 8 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

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James Eadie

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 5 other issuers

James Eadie is on 6 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

AD
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Anand Doraiswamy

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

Listed on the same filings as Chris Kaster. Their page shows their other deals.

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Glen Coleman

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

Listed on the same filings as Chris Kaster. Their page shows their other deals.

MD
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Michael DeVries

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 8 other issuers

Michael DeVries is on 9 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

CN
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Charles Nelson

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

Listed on the same filings as Chris Kaster. Their page shows their other deals.

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Walter Lin

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

Listed on the same filings as Chris Kaster. Their page shows their other deals.

DS
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David Stassen

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 8 other issuers

David Stassen is on 9 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

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Fred B. Dinger, III

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Chris Kaster. Their page shows their other deals.

Registrations and other filings

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

None of the 3 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 Chris Kaster 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 3 issuers this person is listed on — nothing matched.

Public profiles and social

Websites and social links of the issuers Chris Kaster is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in SONOMA ORTHOPEDIC PRODUCTS INC's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #355,351 of 374,652 in line (14 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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