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Ed Ekstrom

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · UT · Mar 16, 2009 → Oct 13, 2010

7deals (issuers)
$190.9Mreported sold
57investors
8Form D filings
2009–2010years on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:17 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

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.

What the community is saying

Community search for Ed Ekstrom has not run yet — it is joining a line of 23,338 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 638 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, 2:17 AM ET.

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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: VA (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 Ed Ekstrom..

State securities regulators: Securities regulators searched (3,318 actions): AZ Corporation Commission Securities Division (411 actions, 2017–2026), CA DFPI (25 actions, 2007–2024; listing starts 2002 — 16 of 12,159 DFPI respondent pages read so far; sponsor-name matches are read first), DE DOJ Investor Protection Unit (257 actions, 1987–2026), TX State Securities Board (586 actions, 2006–2026), WA DFI (2,039 actions, 2001–2026) — last crawled Oct 23, 2026, 9:57 PM ET. No machine-readable public listing today for CO, FL, IA, IN, MN, NE, NJ, NY, OH, UT, VA (see docs/state-regulators.md).

3. Bankruptcies

None found in sources searched — federal bankruptcy courts (CourtListener / RECAP), checked Oct 24, 2026

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, 2:17 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.

4. Differences between public sources

Comparisons cover issuers and sponsor groups — see the issuer pages under Deals

6 differences found between the filings for Ed Ekstrom (compared 8 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Mar 16, 2009

Ed Ekstrom appears on 1 deal that stopped filing before reaching its target

Alta Growth Capital Mexico Fund LP (last filing Mar 16, 2009; $62,000,000 sold of $150,000,000). Each has no filing in more than two years and reported under half its target sold.

What this means An issuer whose last filing is more than two years old and reported under half its target sold. The raise may have closed early or quietly stopped. Ask what happened to each.

Sources
Note · Aug 2, 2007 – Mar 16, 2009

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — Alta Growth Capital Mexico Fund LP (latest filing Mar 16, 2009)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Mar 16, 2009 (first sale Aug 2, 2007). It reports $62,000,000 sold of $150,000,000 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 · Aug 2, 2007 – Mar 16, 2009

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — Alta Growth Capital Mexico Feeder Fund I LP (latest filing Mar 16, 2009)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Mar 16, 2009 (first sale Aug 2, 2007). It reports $30,000,000 sold of $50,000,000 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 · Jul 10, 2009 – Jul 14, 2009

Offering amount changed between filings — Sparxent, Inc

The Jul 10, 2009 filing says $7,625,000 offered; the Jul 14, 2009 Form D says $16,800,000.

What this means The target raise changed. Raising the cap is common when a deal grows; ask whether the extra money has the same terms and use.

Sources
Note · Jul 10, 2009 – Jul 14, 2009

Minimum investment changed between filings — Sparxent, Inc

The Jul 10, 2009 filing lists a minimum of $13,412; the Jul 14, 2009 Form D lists $404.

What this means A different minimum usually means the offering terms changed. Check which terms apply to you.

Sources
Note · Apr 1, 2009 – Aug 2, 2011

Same name, different state: "Ed Ekstrom" (CA) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is UT. A separate record, "Ed Ekstrom" with address state CA, is listed on 2 filings — most recently by BDNA Corp (Aug 2, 2011). Both records have filings in the same period (Apr 1, 2009 to Oct 13, 2010).

What this means Two records with one name were active at the same time. That can be one person listing different company addresses, or two different people. 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 7 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
Oct 13, 2010 D
REACHABLE, INC
File 021-148943
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Jan 19, 2010 D/A
VSPRING III (SP) LP
File 021-121647
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Nov 20, 2009 D/A
VSPRING II GROWTH FUND LP
File 021-112719
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Nov 20, 2009 D/A
vSpring Partners III, L.P.
File 021-124697
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Jul 14, 2009 D
Sparxent, Inc
File 021-120386
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Mar 16, 2009 D/A
Alta Growth Capital Mexico Feeder Fund I LP
File 021-107723
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Mar 16, 2009 D/A
Alta Growth Capital Mexico Fund LP
File 021-107700
$0$0$0 (est.)
The General Partner (or its affiliates) is entitled to receive an annual management fee in an amount equal to a specified percentage of assets under management.
None 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 7

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

Other Technology

REACHABLE, INC

New York, NY · Oct 13, 2010
  • Oct 13, 2010 · D · $6,799,999 sold of $6,799,999 · 8 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $6.8M from 8 investors (100% of the $6.8M target) as of the latest filing. Ed 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.

Pooled Investment Fund · group: Vspring

VSPRING III (SP) LP

Salt Lake City, UT · Jan 19, 2010
  • Jan 19, 2010 · D/A · $35,000,000 sold of $35,000,000 · 3 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

Raised $35M from 3 investors (100% of the $35M target) as of the latest filing. Ed is listed as executive officer.

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.

Pooled Investment Fund · group: Vspring

vSpring Partners III, L.P.

Salt Lake City, UT · Nov 20, 2009
  • Nov 20, 2009 · D/A · $700,000 sold of $700,000 · 4 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

Raised $700K from 4 investors (100% of the $700K target) as of the latest filing. Ed is listed as executive officer.

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.

Pooled Investment Fund · group: Vspring

VSPRING II GROWTH FUND LP

Salt Lake City, UT · Nov 20, 2009
  • Nov 20, 2009 · D/A · $39,600,000 sold of $39,600,000 · 6 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

Raised $39.6M from 6 investors (100% of the $39.6M target) as of the latest filing. Ed is listed as executive officer.

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.

Computers

Sparxent, Inc

Salt Lake City, UT · Jul 10, 2009 → Jul 14, 2009 · 2 filings
  • Jul 14, 2009 · D · $16,800,000 sold of $16,800,000 · 30 investors · min. $404 · role: Director EDGAR ↗
  • Jul 10, 2009 · D · $7,625,000 sold of $7,625,000 · 12 investors · min. $13,412 · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $16.8M from 30 investors (100% of the $16.8M target) as of the latest filing. Ed 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.

Pooled Investment Fund · group: Alta

Alta Growth Capital Mexico Feeder Fund I LP

Salt Lake City, UT · Mar 16, 2009
  • Mar 16, 2009 · D/A · $30,000,000 sold of $50,000,000 · 1 investors · min. $5,000,000 · role: Executive Officer (Managing Member of the Sole Member of the General Partner of the General Partner of the Issuer) EDGAR ↗

Raised $30M from 1 investor (60% of the $50M target) as of the latest filing. Ed is listed as executive officer.

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.

Pooled Investment Fund · group: Alta

Alta Growth Capital Mexico Fund LP

Salt Lake City, UT · Mar 16, 2009
  • Mar 16, 2009 · D/A · $62,000,000 sold of $150,000,000 · 5 investors · min. $5,000,000 · role: Executive Officer (Managing Member of the Sole Member of the General Partner of the General Partner of the Issuer) EDGAR ↗

Raised $62M from 5 investors (41% of the $150M target) as of the latest filing. Ed is listed as executive officer.

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.

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.

  • Ed Ekstrom — CA, 2 issuers, Apr 1, 2009 → Aug 2, 2011 · no shared issuer

People around Ed 13

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

SP
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Person

Scott Petty

Executive Officer · 5 shared filings (5 issuers) · also on 21 other issuers

Scott Petty is on 26 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

DP
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Person

Dinesh Patel

Executive Officer · 5 shared filings (5 issuers) · also on 12 other issuers

Dinesh Patel is on 17 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

PA
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Person

Paul Ahlstrom

Executive Officer · 4 shared filings (4 issuers) · also on 8 other issuers

Paul Ahlstrom is on 12 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

EP
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Person

Enrico Pesatori

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Ed Ekstrom. Their page shows their other deals.

DD
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Person

D. Stephen DeWindt

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

Listed on the same filings as Ed Ekstrom. Their page shows their other deals.

DT
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Person

David O. Taylor

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

Listed on the same filings as Ed Ekstrom. Their page shows their other deals.

AH
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Person

Andrew Hyde

Executive Officer · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Ed Ekstrom. Their page shows their other deals.

AL
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Person

Ashley Leonard

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Ed Ekstrom. Their page shows their other deals.

JP
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Person

Jeron Paul

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

Listed on the same filings as Ed Ekstrom. Their page shows their other deals.

PS
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Person

PAT SULLIVAN

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Ed Ekstrom. Their page shows their other deals.

LO
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Person

Laurent Ohana

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Ed Ekstrom. Their page shows their other deals.

TS
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Person

TIMOTHY SHEEHAN

Executive Officer, Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Ed Ekstrom. Their page shows their other deals.

PW
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Person

PATRICK WACK

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Ed Ekstrom. Their page shows their other deals.

The team behind the deals

Sponsor group

Vspring

3 issuers · 3 filings · $75.3M reported sold · 2009–2010

One team, 3 deal companies. Ed Ekstrom is listed on 3 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 Ed Ekstrom.

Sponsor group

Alta

2 issuers · 2 filings · $92M reported sold · 2009–2009

One team, 2 deal companies. Ed Ekstrom is listed on 2 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 Ed Ekstrom.

Same business address

51 other issuers file from the same address (first 50 shown)

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 7 issuers 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 Ed Ekstrom 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 7 issuers this person is listed on — nothing matched.

Public profiles and social

Websites and social links of the issuers Ed Ekstrom is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in Alta Growth Capital Mexico Fund LP's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #372,736 of 374,652 in line (1,174 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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