Christopher Coles is listed as an executive officer on 23 SEC Form D filings by 18 issuers between Jan 2012 and Mar 2020. Largest by amount reported sold: Actis Energy 5 LP (London, United Kingdom (as filed: X0) — pooled investment fund — 2020; $1.01B reported sold to 20 investors), Actis Global 4 LP (London, United Kingdom (as filed: X0) — pooled investment fund — 2012–2013; $745.5M reported sold to 7 investors), Actis Energy 3 A LP (London, United Kingdom (as filed: X0) — pooled investment fund — 2012–2014; $516.8M reported sold to 12 investors), Actis Energy 3 LP (London, United Kingdom (as filed: X0) — pooled investment fund — 2012–2014; $513.1M reported sold to 19 investors), Actis Asia Real Estate 2 A LP (London, United Kingdom (as filed: X0) — pooled investment fund — 2019; $251M reported sold to 12 investors) and 13 more (all listed below).
What this means That is a lot of deals — 18 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer, over about 8 years. Across those companies the filings report $3.72B sold in total.
All 18 issuers belong to the sponsor group Actis Asia (36 issuers, $4.29B reported sold, 2012–2026).
What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Actis Asia has 36 companies on file and $4.29B 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 (AR, AZ, CA, CT, DE, FINRA, GA, HI, ID, LA, ME, MO, MS, MT, NASAA, NC, NH, NM, OR, RI, TX, WA) — 1 court case matching the name, 11 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.
What this means 12 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 23 public filings for Christopher Coles and found 9 differences, 3 worth asking the sponsor about: Christopher Coles appears on 3 deals that stopped filing before reaching their target; Form D filed 132 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.