John Borthwick is listed as an executive officer and director on 32 SEC Form D filings by 12 issuers between Apr 2009 and Dec 2024. Largest by amount reported sold: Betaworks Ventures 3.0, LP (New York, NY — pooled investment fund — 2023–2024; $51.8M reported sold to 38 investors), Giphy, Inc. (New York, NY — other technology — 2014–2018; $21.5M reported sold to 21 investors), BETAWORKS STUDIO, LLC (New York, NY — other technology — 2010–2014; $19.5M reported sold to 24 investors), Chartbeat, Inc. (New York, NY — other technology — 2010–2014; $15.5M reported sold to 18 investors), Bitly, Inc. (New York, NY — other technology — 2009–2012; $14.6M reported sold to 15 investors) and 7 more (all listed below).
What this means That is a lot of deals — 12 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer and director, over about 15 years. Across those companies the filings report $155.1M sold in total.
Listed alongside Andrew Weissman (7 shared filings), Bryce Roberts (6 shared filings), Jonathan Chin (5 shared filings), Saul Klein (5 shared filings), Alex Chung (4 shared filings) and 36 others.
What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around John. Each name links to their own page.
9 of the issuers belong to the sponsor group Bbg (15 issuers, $338.5M reported sold, 2009–2024).
What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Bbg has 15 companies on file and $338.5M 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 (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) — 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 32 public filings for John Borthwick and found 11 differences, 2 worth asking the sponsor about: Regulator action naming a team member: Anthony John Johnson (Sep 5, 2013); 4 bankruptcy cases name the subject or team members; 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.