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JOE ROMIC

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · MA · Feb 10, 2022 → Mar 29, 2023

2deals (issuers)
$152Mreported sold
3investors
4Form D filings
2022–2023years on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:51 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

JOE ROMIC is listed as an executive officer on 4 SEC Form D filings by 2 issuers between Feb 2022 and Mar 2023: Manulife Direct Lending Fund, L.P. (Boston, MA — pooled investment fund — 2022–2023; $100M reported sold to 2 investors) and MDLF Cayman Feeder, L.P. (Boston, MA — pooled investment fund — 2022–2023; $52M reported sold to 1 investors).

What this means 2 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer. Across those companies the filings report $152M sold in total.

Listed alongside BRENDAN DONOVAN (4 shared filings), ERIC BARTON (4 shared filings), JEFF BOTTCHER (4 shared filings), MIKE KING (4 shared filings), DEVON RUSSEL (2 shared filings) and 1 others.

What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around JOE. Each name links to their own page.

All 2 issuers belong to the sponsor group John Hancock (13 issuers, $171.99B reported sold, 2009–2026).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. John Hancock has 13 companies on file and $171.99B 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) — 3 court cases matching the name, 1 state regulator order, 4 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 8 records 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 4 public filings for JOE ROMIC and found 2 differences: 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 JOE ROMIC has not run yet — it is joining a line of 10,773 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

3 cases: 2 dismissed, 1 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Romic Environmental Technologies, Inc. v. Presvac Systems (Burlington), Ltd. dismissed
District Court, D. Arizona · No. 2:06-cv-01355 · Filed May 19, 2006 · Closed Aug 28, 2007 · Nature of suit: Contract: Other · Cause: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract
Role of Romic Environmental Technologies, Inc.: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2007-08-28 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Voluntarily dismissed Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 7 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in AZ (not a filing state)
Rafaty v. Romic Financial dismissed
District Court, N.D. California · No. 5:94-cv-20283 · Filed Apr 22, 1994 · Closed Aug 13, 1994 · Nature of suit: 422 Bankruptcy appeals rule 28 USC 158
Role of Romic Financial: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 1994-08-13 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: want of prosecution Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 7 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in CA (not a filing state)
Rafaty v. Romic Financial closed
District Court, N.D. California · No. 5:94-mc-07012 · Filed Apr 14, 1994 · Closed Apr 14, 1994
Role of Romic Financial: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 1994-04-14 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 7 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in CA (not a filing state)
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, 2:51 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.

2. Regulatory actions

1 state regulator order

Emergency Cease and Desist Order TX · Texas State Securities Board (TSSB)
Order date Sep 18, 2018 · Regulator: Texas State Securities Board (TSSB) · ENF-18-CDO-1768 · Parties (regulator's caption): DGBK Ltd. AKA DigitalBank , Tim Weiss, Ranka Romic and Kim Joseph Manning
Outcome: not stated in the index entry we read; see the order. Order / docket ↗ Regulator's list ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings); different first name (ranka); regulator in TX (not a filing state)
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 JOE ROMIC..

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

4 cases: 4 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Great Western Chemical Company v. Romic Environmental Technologies closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Oregon · No. 02-03573 · Filed Dec 10, 2002 · Closed Mar 6, 2003
Role of Romic Environmental Technologies: Defendant · Outcome: Case closed 2003-03-06 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 7 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in OR (not a filing state)
Knupfer v. Romic Environmental Tech Inc closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California · No. 2:96-ap-03506 · Filed Oct 18, 1996 · Closed Apr 29, 1997
Role of Romic Environmental Tech Inc: Defendant · Outcome: Case closed 1997-04-29 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 7 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in CA (not a filing state)
Romic Corporation closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. California · No. 94-51410 · Filed Mar 2, 1994 · Closed Apr 2, 1996
Role of Romic Corporation: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1996-04-02 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 7 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in CA (not a filing state)
Rafaty v. Romic Financial High Income Fund closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. California · No. 92-05598 · Filed Nov 4, 1992 · Closed Jul 2, 1996
Role of Romic Financial High Income Fund: Defendant · Outcome: Case closed 1996-07-02 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 7 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in CA (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, 2:51 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

2 differences found between the filings for JOE ROMIC (compared 4 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · May 25, 2022 – Mar 29, 2023

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — MDLF Cayman Feeder, L.P. (latest filing Mar 29, 2023)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Mar 29, 2023 (first sale May 25, 2022). It reports $52,000,000 sold of an indefinite amount 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 · Feb 22, 2022 – Feb 10, 2023

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — Manulife Direct Lending Fund, L.P. (latest filing Feb 10, 2023)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Feb 10, 2023 (first sale Feb 22, 2022). It reports $100,000,000 sold of an indefinite amount 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

2 of 2 offerings report sales commissions totalling $520,000; 0 report finder's fees; 0 report proceeds to related persons. (includes amounts the issuer reported as estimates)

Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Mar 29, 2023 D/A
MDLF Cayman Feeder, L.P.
File 021-440043
$410,000 (est.)$0$0JOHN HANCOCK DISTRIBUTORS LLC BrokerCheck CRD 5249 ↗
JOHN HANCOCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT DISTRIBUTORS LLC BrokerCheck CRD 28262 ↗
UMERGENCE LLC BrokerCheck CRD 284368 ↗
EDGAR ↗
Feb 10, 2023 D/A
Manulife Direct Lending Fund, L.P.
File 021-433143
$110,000 (est.)$0$0JOHN HANCOCK DISTRIBUTORS LLC BrokerCheck CRD 5249 ↗
JOHN HANCOCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT DISTRIBUTORS LLC BrokerCheck CRD 28262 ↗
UMERGENCE LLC BrokerCheck CRD 284368 ↗
EDGAR ↗
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 2

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

Pooled Investment Fund · group: John Hancock

MDLF Cayman Feeder, L.P.

Boston, MA · Apr 1, 2022 → Mar 29, 2023 · 2 filings
  • Mar 29, 2023 · D/A · $52,000,000 sold of Indefinite · 1 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗
  • Apr 1, 2022 · D · $0 sold of Indefinite · 0 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

Raised $52M from 1 investor as of the latest filing. JOE is listed as executive officer 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. "Similar" = offerings in the same industry claiming the same exemption, filed in the last 5 years: Pooled Investment Fund / 506(b) (83,801 filings); ranges are the middle half (25th–75th percentile). Computed by PartnerFacts from SEC EDGAR Form D data as of Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET. Rows without a range: fewer than 30 comparable filings, or not a Rule 506 offering. No ranking or score.

Pooled Investment Fund · group: John Hancock

Manulife Direct Lending Fund, L.P.

Boston, MA · Feb 10, 2022 → Feb 10, 2023 · 2 filings
  • Feb 10, 2023 · D/A · $100,000,000 sold of Indefinite · 2 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗
  • Feb 10, 2022 · D · $0 sold of Indefinite · 0 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

Raised $100M from 2 investors as of the latest filing. JOE is listed as executive officer 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. "Similar" = offerings in the same industry claiming the same exemption, filed in the last 5 years: Pooled Investment Fund / 506(b) (83,801 filings); ranges are the middle half (25th–75th percentile). Computed by PartnerFacts from SEC EDGAR Form D data as of Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET. Rows without a range: fewer than 30 comparable filings, or not a Rule 506 offering. No ranking or score.

People around JOE 6

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

BD
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Person

BRENDAN DONOVAN

Executive Officer · 4 shared filings (2 issuers)

Listed on the same filings as JOE Romic. Their page shows their other deals.

EB
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Person

ERIC BARTON

Executive Officer · 4 shared filings (2 issuers)

Listed on the same filings as JOE Romic. Their page shows their other deals.

MK
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Person

MIKE KING

Executive Officer · 4 shared filings (2 issuers)

Listed on the same filings as JOE Romic. Their page shows their other deals.

JB
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Person

JEFF BOTTCHER

Executive Officer · 4 shared filings (2 issuers)

Listed on the same filings as JOE Romic. Their page shows their other deals.

DR
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Person

DEVON RUSSELL

Executive Officer · 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 3 other issuers

Listed on the same filings as JOE Romic. Their page shows their other deals.

DR
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Person

DEVON RUSSEL

Executive Officer · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as JOE Romic. Their page shows their other deals.

The team behind the deals

Sponsor group

John Hancock

13 issuers · 31 filings · $171.99B reported sold · 2009–2026

One team, 13 deal companies. JOE Romic 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 JOE ROMIC.

Same business address

33 other issuers 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 2 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 JOE ROMIC 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 2 issuers this person is listed on — nothing matched.

Public profiles and social

Websites and social links of the issuers JOE Romic is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in MDLF Cayman Feeder, L.P.'s SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #130,413 of 374,652 in line (14 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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