Howard Gwin is listed as a director on 5 SEC Form D filings by 4 issuers between Jul 2010 and Nov 2014: 2CATALYZE INC (Toronto, Ontario, Canada (as filed: A6) — other technology — 2010; $6.79M reported sold to 7 investors), Cirba Inc. (Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada (as filed: A6) — other technology — 2014; $6.22M reported sold to 4 investors), Dayforce Corp (Toronto, Ontario, Canada (as filed: A6) — computers — 2010; $5M reported sold to 1 investors) and BuildDirect.com Technologies Inc. (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (as filed: A1) — industry reported as "Other" — 2013–2014; $3.19M reported sold to 8 investors).
What this means A repeat sponsor — 4 separate companies raised money with this person listed as director, over about 4 years. Across those companies the filings report $21.2M sold in total.
Listed alongside Andrew Lugsdin (2 shared filings), Derek Smyth (2 shared filings), Jeffrey D Booth (2 shared filings), Robert Banks (2 shared filings), Roger Hardy (2 shared filings) and 20 others.
What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around Howard. Each name links to their own page.
1 of the issuers belongs to the sponsor group Group linked by Alon Ossip (7 issuers, $26M reported sold, 2010–2012).
What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Group linked by Alon Ossip has 7 companies on file and $26M 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 (AR, AZ, CA, CT, DE, FINRA, GA, HI, ID, LA, ME, MO, MS, MT, NASAA, NC, NH, NM, OR, RI, 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 5 public filings for Howard Gwin and found 6 differences, 2 worth asking the sponsor about: Bankruptcy case: Howard Van O'Gwin and Paula Sanders O'Gwin; Form D filed 1,110 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.