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Derek Howe

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · CA · Aug 31, 2009 → Dec 7, 2010

1deal (issuers)
$5.59Mreported sold
64investors
2Form D filings
2009–2010years on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:19 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Derek Howe is listed as a director on 2 SEC Form D filings by 1 issuer between Aug 2009 and Dec 2010: Animal Cell Therapies, Inc. (San Diego, CA — biotechnology — 2009–2010; $5.59M reported sold to 64 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 Gary M. Petrucci (2 shared filings), Kathryn J. Petrucci (2 shared filings), Nikolai Tankovich (2 shared filings), Roger C. Kuhn (2 shared filings) and Stephen A. de Kanter (1 shared filing).

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 Animal (2 issuers, $8.44M reported sold, 2009–2021).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Animal has 2 companies on file and $8.44M 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 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 2 public filings for Derek Howe and found 3 differences, 1 worth asking the sponsor about: Form D filed 236 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.

What the community is saying

Community search for Derek Howe has not run yet — it is joining a line of 3,727 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, 2:19 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 Derek Howe..

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)

Derek K. Howe closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · No. 97-40851 · Filed Feb 10, 1997 · Closed Jun 12, 1997
Role of Derek K. Howe: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1997-06-12 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (rare in federal dockets); court in MA (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, 2:19 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 Derek Howe — 1 worth asking about (compared 2 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Worth asking · Jan 7, 2009 – Aug 31, 2009

Form D filed 236 days after the first sale — Animal Cell Therapies, Inc.

The filing says the first sale was Jan 7, 2009. The Form D was filed Aug 31, 2009 — 236 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 221 days past that.

What this means The notice went in months after money was taken in. Late notices are common and carry no penalty by themselves, but it is fair to ask the sponsor why the paperwork lagged.

Sources
Note · Nov 29, 2010 – Dec 7, 2010

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — Animal Cell Therapies, Inc. (latest filing Dec 7, 2010)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Dec 7, 2010 (first sale Nov 29, 2010). It reports $300,000 sold of $2,750,000 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 7, 2009 – Aug 31, 2009

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — Animal Cell Therapies, Inc. (latest filing Aug 31, 2009)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Aug 31, 2009 (first sale Jan 7, 2009). It reports $1,104,000 sold of $1,320,000 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
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

0 of 2 offerings report sales commissions; 0 report finder's fees; 2 report proceeds to related persons totalling $200,000.

Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Dec 7, 2010 D
Animal Cell Therapies, Inc.
File 021-151487
$0$0$100,000None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Aug 31, 2009 D
Animal Cell Therapies, Inc.
File 021-134053
$0$0$100,000None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
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 1

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

Biotechnology · group: Animal

Animal Cell Therapies, Inc.

San Diego, CA · Aug 31, 2009 → Dec 7, 2010 · 2 filings
  • Dec 7, 2010 · D · $300,000 sold of $2,750,000 · 3 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗
  • Aug 31, 2009 · D · $1,104,000 sold of $1,320,000 · 22 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $5.59M from 64 investors (100% of the $2.75M 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.

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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Person

Gary M. Petrucci

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

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

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Person

Kathryn J. Petrucci

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

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

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Person

Roger C. Kuhn

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

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

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Person

Nikolai Tankovich

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

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

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Person

Stephen A. de Kanter

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

The team behind the deals

Sponsor group

Animal

2 issuers · 12 filings · $8.44M reported sold · 2009–2021

One team, 2 deal companies. Derek Howe 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 Howe.

Same business address

1 other issuer 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 Howe 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 Howe is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in Animal Cell Therapies, Inc.'s SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #232,399 of 374,652 in line (14 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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