Ed Sumner is listed as an executive officer and promoter on 9 SEC Form D filings by 4 issuers between Jun 2011 and Aug 2013: Visio Financial Services Inc. (Austin, TX — investing — 2013; $4.77M reported sold to 12 investors), VFS Lending Services I LLC (Austin, TX — residential — 2012; $3.85M reported sold to 19 investors), EH Pooled Investments LP (Austin, TX — other real estate — 2011–2012; $2.21M reported sold to 3 investors) and VISIO LTD (Austin, TX — other real estate — 2011).
What this means A repeat sponsor — 4 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer and promoter, over about 2 years. Across those companies the filings report $10.8M sold in total.
Listed alongside James T Pappas (8 shared filings), Gunlek Ruder (7 shared filings), Jeffrey D Ball (7 shared filings), John-Paul Whelan (6 shared filings), Jeff Ball (2 shared filings) and 4 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: Vfs (6 issuers, $13.6M reported sold, 2010–2012) and Visio (2 issuers, $107.3M reported sold, 2013–2022).
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 9 public filings for Ed Sumner and found 8 differences, 2 worth asking the sponsor about: 4 filings report more than 10% of the money raised going to insiders; Ed Sumner appears on 3 deals that stopped filing before reaching their target; 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.