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Daniel Estes

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · MI · Apr 10, 2017 → Apr 10, 2017

1deal (issuers)
$30Mreported sold
30investors
1Form D filing
2017year on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:39 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Daniel Estes is listed as a director on 1 SEC Form D filing by 1 issuer in Apr 2017: Cirius Therapeutics, Inc. (Grand Rapids, MI — biotechnology — 2017; $30M reported sold to 30 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC, filed Apr 2017. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment — it is a notice, not an approval.

Listed alongside Brian K. Farmer (1 shared filing), David Van Andel (1 shared filing), Howard Dittrich (1 shared filing), Michael Jandernoa (1 shared filing), Nilesh Kumar (1 shared filing) and 2 others.

What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around Daniel. 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) — 16 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 16 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 1 public filing for Daniel Estes and found 3 differences: Form D filed 17 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 Daniel Estes has not run yet — it is joining a line of 16,654 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 28 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, 2:39 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 Daniel Estes..

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

16 cases: 3 open, 13 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Daniel F.W. Estes open
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Texas · No. 25-10186 · Filed May 1, 2025
Role of Daniel F.W. Estes: Debtor · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 27 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in TX (not a filing state)
Daniel F.W. Estes open
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Texas · No. 22-10086 · Filed Mar 15, 2022
Role of Daniel F.W. Estes: Debtor · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 27 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in TX (not a filing state)
Daniel F.W. Estes closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Texas · No. 21-10054 · Filed Feb 26, 2021 · Closed Jun 27, 2022
Role of Daniel F.W. Estes: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2022-06-27 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 27 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in TX (not a filing state)
Daniel K Estes closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida. · No. 21-11595 · Filed Feb 18, 2021 · Closed Jun 9, 2021
Role of Daniel K Estes: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2021-06-09 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 27 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in FL (not a filing state)
Daniel L Estes closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Missouri · No. 20-60675 · Filed Jul 23, 2020 · Closed Nov 18, 2020
Role of Daniel L Estes: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2020-11-18 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 27 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in MO (not a filing state)
Daniel Estes and Paige Estes open
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Michigan · No. 19-55232 · Filed Oct 25, 2019
Role of Daniel Estes and Paige Estes: Debtor · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 27 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (MI)
Daniel A Estes and Sabrina R Estes closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Georgia · No. 13-41627 · Filed Sep 2, 2013 · Closed Sep 29, 2021
Role of Daniel A Estes and Sabrina R Estes: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2021-09-29 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 27 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in GA (not a filing state)
Daniel J Estes and Elizabeth A Estes closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · No. 13-81850 · Filed May 20, 2013 · Closed Aug 29, 2013
Role of Daniel J Estes and Elizabeth A Estes: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2013-08-29 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 27 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in IL (not a filing state)
Daniel J. Estes closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Rhode Island · No. 1:11-bk-11343 · Filed Apr 5, 2011 · Closed Jul 25, 2011
Role of Daniel J. Estes: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2011-07-25 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 27 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in RI (not a filing state)
Daniel Estes closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Alabama · No. 10-80950 · Filed Jun 18, 2010 · Closed Oct 13, 2015
Role of Daniel Estes: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2015-10-13 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 27 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in AL (not a filing state)
Daniel C. Estes and Margaret A. Estes closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Kentucky · No. 06-60634 · Filed Oct 6, 2006 · Closed Jan 22, 2007
Role of Daniel C. Estes and Margaret A. Estes: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2007-01-22 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 27 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in KY (not a filing state)
Daniel Estes closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Washington · No. 04-21606 · Filed Sep 2, 2004 · Closed Feb 8, 2005
Role of Daniel Estes: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2005-02-08 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 27 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in WA (not a filing state)
Daniel S. Estes and Shannon D. Estes closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · No. 97-10731 · Filed May 15, 1997 · Closed Sep 18, 1997
Role of Daniel S. Estes and Shannon D. Estes: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1997-09-18 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 27 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in PA (not a filing state)
Daniel L Estes and Linda R Estes closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · No. 94-03981 · Filed Mar 1, 1994 · Closed Aug 15, 1994
Role of Daniel L Estes and Linda R Estes: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1994-08-15 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 27 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in IL (not a filing state)
Daniel B. Estes closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · No. 92-10352 · Filed Jan 21, 1992 · Closed Aug 10, 1992
Role of Daniel B. Estes: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1992-08-10 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 27 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in PA (not a filing state)
Daniel C. Estes and Debbie Lynn Estes closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · No. 6:86-bk-01795 · Filed Aug 29, 1986 · Closed Mar 5, 1987
Role of Daniel C. Estes and Debbie Lynn Estes: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1987-03-05 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 27 federal dockets); 2 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, 2:39 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

3 differences found between the filings for Daniel Estes (compared 1 filing on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Mar 24, 2017 – Apr 10, 2017

Form D filed 17 days after the first sale — Cirius Therapeutics, Inc.

The filing says the first sale was Mar 24, 2017. The Form D was filed Apr 10, 2017 — 17 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 2 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 · Mar 24, 2017 – Apr 10, 2017

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — Cirius Therapeutics, Inc. (latest filing Apr 10, 2017)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Apr 10, 2017 (first sale Mar 24, 2017). It reports $30,000,003 sold of $40,500,000 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 22, 2019 – Feb 8, 2024

Same name, different state: "Daniel Estes" (MA or CA or IN) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is MI. A separate record, "Daniel Estes" with address state MA or CA or IN, is listed on 12 filings — most recently by Frazier Life Sciences XII, L.P. (Mar 17, 2025). The two records do not overlap in time: this page has one filing dated Apr 10, 2017; the other runs Oct 22, 2019 to Feb 8, 2024.

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
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 1 offering — no sales commissions, finder's fees or proceeds to insiders

Per-offering detail
Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Apr 10, 2017 D
Cirius Therapeutics, Inc.
File 021-284449
$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 1

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

Biotechnology

Cirius Therapeutics, Inc.

Grand Rapids, MI · Apr 10, 2017
  • Apr 10, 2017 · D · $30,000,003 sold of $40,500,000 · 21 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $30M from 30 investors (74% of the $40.5M target) as of the latest filing. Daniel 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: 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 pages with the same name (1)

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

  • Daniel Estes — MA, CA, IN, 7 issuers, Oct 22, 2019 → Feb 8, 2024 · no shared issuer

People around Daniel 7

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

MJ
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Person

Michael Jandernoa

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

Listed on the same filings as Daniel Estes. Their page shows their other deals.

RZ
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Person

Robert Zerbe

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 3 other issuers

Listed on the same filings as Daniel Estes. Their page shows their other deals.

DA
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Person

David Van Andel

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

Listed on the same filings as Daniel Estes. Their page shows their other deals.

BF
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Person

Brian K. Farmer

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

Listed on the same filings as Daniel Estes. Their page shows their other deals.

HD
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Person

Howard Dittrich

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 4 other issuers

Howard Dittrich is on 5 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

RB
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Person

Robert Baltera

Executive Officer, Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 4 other issuers

Robert Baltera is on 5 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

NK
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Person

Nilesh Kumar

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Daniel Estes. Their page shows their other deals.

Registrations and other filings

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

None of the 1 issuer 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 Daniel Estes 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 1 issuer this person is listed on — nothing matched.

Public profiles and social

Websites and social links of the issuers Daniel Estes is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in Cirius Therapeutics, Inc.'s SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #58,998 of 374,652 in line (14 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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