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Derek Maetzold

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · CA · Feb 15, 2022 → Nov 6, 2025

1deal (issuers)
$10Mreported sold
32investors
2Form D filings
2022–2025years on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:16 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Derek Maetzold is listed as a director on 2 SEC Form D filings by 1 issuer between Feb 2022 and Nov 2025: Prelude Corp (Laguna Hills, CA — biotechnology — 2022–2025; $10M reported sold to 32 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC. 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 Alejandro Sanchez (2 shared filings), Andrew Wade (2 shared filings), Daniel Forche (2 shared filings), Gerrit Adams (2 shared filings) and Olav B. Bergheim (2 shared filings).

What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around Derek. Each name links to their own page.

The issuer belongs to the sponsor group Group linked by Olav B. Bergheim (14 issuers, $144.9M reported sold, 2008–2025).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Group linked by Olav B. Bergheim has 14 companies on file and $144.9M 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 (AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA) — 1 court case matching the name, 1 bankruptcy case matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 2 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 Derek Maetzold and found 2 differences: No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open; Same name, different state: "Derek Maetzold" (TX) is a separate record.

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 Derek Maetzold has not run yet — it is joining a line of 9,128 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

1 case: 1 dismissed

MAETZOLD v. GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC dismissed
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · No. 2:14-cv-00358 · Filed Jan 21, 2014 · Closed Aug 11, 2014 · Nature of suit: 367 Health care / pharm
Role of MAETZOLD: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2014-08-11 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: settled Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 3 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in PA (not a filing state)
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, 2:16 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.

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 Derek Maetzold..

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)

David Gene Smith and Brenda Jane Maetzold closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Minnesota · No. 12-46748 · Filed Nov 29, 2012 · Closed Mar 21, 2013
Role of David Gene Smith and Brenda Jane Maetzold: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2013-03-21 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 3 federal dockets); different first name (jane); court in MN (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, 2:16 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

2 differences found between the filings for Derek Maetzold (compared 2 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Jan 31, 2022 – Feb 15, 2022

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — Prelude Corp (latest filing Feb 15, 2022)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Feb 15, 2022 (first sale Jan 31, 2022). It reports $9,281,159 sold of $20,000,001 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 · Mar 12, 2010 – Jul 30, 2019

Same name, different state: "Derek Maetzold" (TX) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is CA. A separate record, "Derek Maetzold" with address state TX, is listed on 18 filings — most recently by CASTLE BIOSCIENCES INC (Jul 30, 2019). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Feb 15, 2022 to Nov 6, 2025; the other runs Mar 12, 2010 to Jul 30, 2019.

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 2 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
Nov 6, 2025 D
Prelude Corp
File 021-563341
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Feb 15, 2022 D
Prelude Corp
File 021-433735
$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 Derek Maetzold on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

Biotechnology · group: Group linked by Olav B. Bergheim

Prelude Corp

Laguna Hills, CA · Feb 15, 2022 → Nov 6, 2025 · 2 filings
  • Nov 6, 2025 · D · $5,000,000 sold of $7,500,000 · 1 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗
  • Feb 15, 2022 · D · $9,281,159 sold of $20,000,001 · 32 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $10M from 32 investors (100% of the $7.5M target) as of the latest filing. Derek 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 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.

  • Derek Maetzold — TX, 2 issuers, Mar 12, 2010 → Jul 30, 2019 · no shared issuer

People around Derek 5

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

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Alejandro Sanchez

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

Listed on the same filings as Derek Maetzold. Their page shows their other deals.

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Gerrit Adams

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

Listed on the same filings as Derek Maetzold. Their page shows their other deals.

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Andrew Wade

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

Listed on the same filings as Derek Maetzold. Their page shows their other deals.

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Olav B. Bergheim

Executive Officer, Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 13 other issuers

Olav B. Bergheim is on 14 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

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Person

Daniel Forche

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

Listed on the same filings as Derek Maetzold. Their page shows their other deals.

The team behind the deals

Sponsor group

Group linked by Olav B. Bergheim

14 issuers · 55 filings · $144.9M reported sold · 2008–2025

One team, 14 deal companies. Derek Maetzold is listed on 1 of them.

Sources

Issuers are grouped when their Form D filings share related persons, a management entity or a business address (automatic match from the filings). "Listed" marks the issuers that name Derek Maetzold.

Same business address

12 other issuers file from the same address

A shared address can mean the same team, a shared office building or a registered agent. It is a lead, not a conclusion.

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 Derek Maetzold 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 Derek Maetzold is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in Prelude Corp's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #55,501 of 374,652 in line (14 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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