John D. Gottfurcht is listed as an executive officer, director, and promoter on 31 SEC Form D filings by 7 issuers between Mar 2009 and Jan 2019. Largest by amount reported sold: SSI Convertible Income Fund, L.P. (Beverly Hills, CA — pooled investment fund — 2009–2012; $193M reported sold to 31 investors), SSI LONG SHORT EQUITY MARKET NEUTRAL LP (Beverly Hills, CA — pooled investment fund — 2010; $174.6M reported sold to 78 investors), SSI MARKET NEUTRAL, L.P. (Beverly Hills, CA — pooled investment fund — 2009–2014; $158.8M reported sold to 91 investors), SSI Tactical Alpha Hedge L P (Beverly Hills, CA — pooled investment fund — 2009–2014; $110.7M reported sold to 25 investors), SSI Convertible Opportunity Fund, L.P. (Beverly Hills, CA — pooled investment fund — 2010–2019; $14M reported sold to 12 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, director, and promoter, over about 10 years. Across those companies the filings report $664.6M sold in total.
All 7 issuers belong to the sponsor group Ssi Convertible (8 issuers, $708.7M reported sold, 2009–2024).
What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Ssi Convertible has 8 companies on file and $708.7M 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) — 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 31 public filings for John D. Gottfurcht and found 4 differences: John D. Gottfurcht's role changed at SSI Tactical Alpha Hedge L P: executive officer, director, promoter → executive officer, director; John D. Gottfurcht's role changed at SSI Convertible Opportunity Fund, L.P.: executive officer, director, promoter → executive officer, director; 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.