Ed Ekstrom is listed as an executive officer and director on 8 SEC Form D filings by 7 issuers between Mar 2009 and Oct 2010. Largest by amount reported sold: Alta Growth Capital Mexico Fund LP (Salt Lake City, UT — pooled investment fund — 2009; $62M reported sold to 5 investors), VSPRING II GROWTH FUND LP (Salt Lake City, UT — pooled investment fund — 2009; $39.6M reported sold to 6 investors), VSPRING III (SP) LP (Salt Lake City, UT — pooled investment fund — 2010; $35M reported sold to 3 investors), Alta Growth Capital Mexico Feeder Fund I LP (Salt Lake City, UT — pooled investment fund — 2009; $30M reported sold to 1 investors), Sparxent, Inc (Salt Lake City, UT — computers — 2009; $16.8M reported sold to 30 investors) and 2 more (all listed below).
What this means A repeat sponsor — 7 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer and director. Across those companies the filings report $190.9M sold in total.
Listed alongside Dinesh Patel (5 shared filings), Scott Petty (5 shared filings), Paul Ahlstrom (4 shared filings), Andrew Hyde (2 shared filings), Ashley Leonard (2 shared filings) and 8 others.
What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around Ed. Each name links to their own page.
The issuers belong to 2 sponsor groups: Vspring (3 issuers, $75.3M reported sold, 2009–2010) and Alta (2 issuers, $92M reported sold, 2009).
What this means This person is listed across more than one sponsor team; each group page shows that team's full track record.
Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DE, FINRA, GA, HI, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NASAA, NC, ND, NH, NM, NV, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) — 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 8 public filings for Ed Ekstrom and found 6 differences: Ed Ekstrom appears on 1 deal that stopped filing before reaching its target; 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.