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John Kim

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · CO · Jan 3, 2011 → May 5, 2011

2deals (issuers)
$12.1Mreported sold
2investors
2Form D filings
2011year on file

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

The short version

John Kim is listed as a director on 2 SEC Form D filings by 2 issuers between Jan 2011 and May 2011: SPOTXCHANGE LLC (Westminster, CO — other technology — 2011; $12M reported sold to 1 investors) and Latis Networks Inc (Superior, CO — other technology — 2011; $64K reported sold to 1 investors).

What this means 2 separate companies raised money with this person listed as director. Across those companies the filings report $12.1M sold in total.

Listed alongside Brad Feld (1 shared filing), Michael Shehan (1 shared filing), Nik Shah (1 shared filing), Rajat Bhargava (1 shared filing), Steven Swoboda (1 shared filing) and 1 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.

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FINRA, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NASAA, NC, ND, NH, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) — 3 SEC releases listed in Key records below.

What this means 3 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 2 public filings for John Kim and found 7 differences: Form D filed 42 days after the first sale; Form D filed 19 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.

What the community is saying

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Key records

Five things investors ask first. Items still in human review are counted, not shown.

1. Lawsuits

None found in sources searched — federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), checked Oct 24, 2026

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, 2:23 AM ET.

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

3 SEC releases

Titan Wealth Management, LLC, Point West Partners, LLC, and Thomas Lester Irby II, Defendants, and Joseph Romanow, David Romanow, Karen Bowie, France Michaud, John J. Kim, and Pegasus Holdings Group, Inc. Litigation release
SEC · Aug 26, 2009 · Parties as named in the release: Titan Wealth Management, LLC, Point West Partners, LLC, and Thomas Lester Irby II, Defendants, and Joseph Romanow, David Romanow, Karen Bowie, France Michaud, John J. Kim, and Pegasus Holdings Group, Inc. Read the release ↗
same full name in the release title; 16 people with this name in Form D filings; the person's filing state is not named
John Kim Administrative proceeding
SEC · Mar 16, 2006 · Parties as named in the release: John Kim Read the release ↗
same full name in the release title; 16 people with this name in Form D filings; the person's filing state is not named
John H. Kim Administrative proceeding
SEC · Dec 17, 1999 · Parties as named in the release: John H. Kim Read the release ↗
same full name in the release title; 16 people with this name in Form D filings; the person's filing state is not named
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 John Kim..

State securities regulators: Securities regulators searched (64,910 actions): FINRA (38,350 actions, 1995–2026), NASAA (31 actions, 2000–2026; listing starts 1997), AK Division of Banking and Securities (273 actions, 1971–2025), AL Securities Commission (880 actions, 2001–2026), AR Securities Department (1,305 actions, 1998–2026), AZ Corporation Commission Securities Division (411 actions, 2017–2026), CA DFPI (25 actions, 2007–2024; listing starts 2002 — 16 of 12,159 DFPI respondent pages read so far; sponsor-name matches are read first), CO Division of Securities (731 actions, 2001–2026; older years from the Internet Archive (snapshot of 2026-05-02)), CT Department of Banking Securities Division (940 actions, 2006–2026; older years from the Internet Archive (snapshot of 2026-04-22)), DC DISB Securities Bureau (25 actions, 2012–2026), DE DOJ Investor Protection Unit (257 actions, 1987–2026), FL Office of Financial Regulation (49 actions, 2018–2026), GA Secretary of State Securities Division (65 actions, 2015–2026; listing starts 2012), HI DCCA Securities Enforcement Branch (26 actions, 2012–2026), ID Department of Finance Securities Bureau (663 actions, 1994–2026), IL Secretary of State Securities Department (4,122 actions, 2003–2023), KS Insurance Department Securities Division (58 actions), KY Department of Financial Institutions (342 actions, 2005–2026), LA Office of Financial Institutions Securities Division (13 actions, 2010–2025; listing starts 2008), MA Secretary of the Commonwealth Securities Division (125 actions, 2012–2025; live site blocks automated access — loaded from the Internet Archive snapshot of 2026-02-04), MD Attorney General Securities Division (1,054 actions, 2004–2026), ME Office of Securities (539 actions, 2000–2026), MI LARA Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing Bureau (201 actions), MO Secretary of State Securities Division (919 actions, 1998–2026), MS Secretary of State Securities Division (209 actions, 1995–2026), MT Commissioner of Securities and Insurance (597 actions, 2000–2026), NC Secretary of State Securities Division (265 actions, 2004–2024), ND Securities Department (711 actions, 1990–2026; the regulator no longer publishes this list live — loaded from the Internet Archive snapshot of 2026-01-06), NH Bureau of Securities Regulation (402 actions, 2002–2026), NM Regulation and Licensing Department Securities Division (90 actions, 2010–2025), NV Secretary of State Securities Division (118 actions, 2018–2026), NY Attorney General Investor Protection Bureau (44 actions, 2012–2026), OH Division of Securities (327 actions, 1993–2006), OK Department of Securities (2,531 actions, 1998–2026), OR Division of Financial Regulation (589 actions, 1988–2026), PA Department of Banking and Securities (1,448 actions, 2008–2024; the regulator no longer publishes this list live — loaded from the Internet Archive snapshot of 2024-08-09), RI DBR Securities Division (98 actions, 2005–2025), SC Attorney General Securities Division (540 actions, 2006–2026), SD Division of Insurance – Securities Regulation (106 actions, 2017–2026), TN Department of Commerce and Insurance Securities Division (405 actions, 1992–2026), TX State Securities Board (936 actions, 1999–2026), UT Division of Securities (772 actions, 2000–2026; older years from the Internet Archive (snapshot of 2010-05-27)), VT DFR Securities Division (137 actions, 2010–2026), WA DFI (2,039 actions, 2001–2026), WI DFI Division of Securities (1,072 actions, 1998–2026), WV Securities Commission (State Auditor) (64 actions), WY Secretary of State Compliance Division (6 actions, 2016–2024) — last crawled Oct 24, 2026, 8:48 AM ET. No machine-readable public listing today for IA, IN, MN, NE, NJ, VA (see docs/state-regulators.md).

3. Bankruptcies

None found in sources searched — federal bankruptcy courts (CourtListener / RECAP), checked Oct 24, 2026

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, 2:23 AM ET.

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

7 differences found between the filings for John Kim (compared 2 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Mar 24, 2011 – May 5, 2011

Form D filed 42 days after the first sale — Latis Networks Inc

The filing says the first sale was Mar 24, 2011. The Form D was filed May 5, 2011 — 42 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 27 days past that.

What this means A late notice is common and carries no penalty by itself. It is worth asking the sponsor why the paperwork lagged.

Sources
Note · Dec 15, 2010 – Jan 3, 2011

Form D filed 19 days after the first sale — SPOTXCHANGE LLC

The filing says the first sale was Dec 15, 2010. The Form D was filed Jan 3, 2011 — 19 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 4 days past that.

What this means A late notice is common and carries no penalty by itself. It is worth asking the sponsor why the paperwork lagged.

Sources
Note · Mar 17, 2009 – Feb 24, 2026

Same name, different state: "John Kim" (CT) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is CO. A separate record, "John Kim" with address state CT, is listed on 18 filings — most recently by NIGHT OWL PARTNERS LP (Feb 24, 2026). Both records have filings in the same period (Jan 3, 2011 to May 5, 2011).

What this means Two records with one name were active at the same time. That can be one person listing different company addresses, or two different people. We keep them apart until a filing ties them together. Check both pages before you decide.

Sources
Note · Jun 11, 2010 – Apr 12, 2024

Same name, different state: "John Kim" (CA or OR or MA or PA or NJ) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is CO. A separate record, "John Kim" with address state CA or OR or MA or PA or NJ, is listed on 48 filings — most recently by Avibra, Inc. (Oct 3, 2024). Both records have filings in the same period (Jan 3, 2011 to May 5, 2011).

What this means Two records with one name were active at the same time. That can be one person listing different company addresses, or two different people. We keep them apart until a filing ties them together. Check both pages before you decide.

Sources
Note · Apr 13, 2009 – Aug 15, 2019

Same name, different state: "John Kim" (FL) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is CO. A separate record, "John Kim" with address state FL, is listed on 14 filings — most recently by BATANGA LEGACY HOLDINGS, LLC (Aug 15, 2019). Both records have filings in the same period (Jan 3, 2011 to May 5, 2011).

What this means Two records with one name were active at the same time. That can be one person listing different company addresses, or two different people. We keep them apart until a filing ties them together. Check both pages before you decide.

Sources
Note · Mar 16, 2009 – Feb 13, 2019

Same name, different state: "John Y. Kim" (NY) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is CO. A separate record, "John Y. Kim" with address state NY, is listed on 67 filings — most recently by NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE CO (Feb 13, 2019). Both records have filings in the same period (Jan 3, 2011 to May 5, 2011).

What this means Two records with one name were active at the same time. That can be one person listing different company addresses, or two different people. We keep them apart until a filing ties them together. Check both pages before you decide.

Sources
Note · Jun 30, 2009

Same name, different state: "John Kim" (VA) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is CO. A separate record, "John Kim" with address state VA, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by Five Guys Holdings, Inc. (Jun 30, 2009). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Jan 3, 2011 to May 5, 2011; the other has one filing dated Jun 30, 2009.

What this means Could be the same person who moved, or two people with the same name. We keep them apart until a filing ties them together. Check both pages before you decide.

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

1 of 2 offerings reports sales commissions totalling $720,000; 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
May 5, 2011 D
Latis Networks Inc
File 021-159303
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Jan 3, 2011 D
SPOTXCHANGE LLC
File 021-152837
$720,000 (est.)$0$0Petsky Prunier LLC BrokerCheck CRD 146679 ↗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 John Kim on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

Other Technology

Latis Networks Inc

Superior, CO · May 5, 2011
  • May 5, 2011 · D · $63,585 sold of $63,585 · 1 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $64K from 1 investor (100% of the $64K target) as of the latest filing. John is listed as director.

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.

Other Technology

SPOTXCHANGE LLC

Westminster, CO · Jan 3, 2011
  • Jan 3, 2011 · D · $12,000,000 sold of $12,000,000 · 1 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $12M from 1 investor (100% of the $12M target) as of the latest filing. John is listed as director.

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.

Other pages with the same name (15)

Separate person records under the same name, not combined with this page. Each line says whether it shares an issuer with this record.

  • John Kim — NY, 40 issuers, Aug 17, 2009 → Jul 22, 2026 · no shared issuer
  • John Kim — CA, OR, MA, PA, NJ, 24 issuers, Jun 11, 2010 → Apr 12, 2024 · no shared issuer
  • John K. Kim — NY, 14 issuers, Nov 4, 2014 → Mar 5, 2019 · no shared issuer
  • JOHN KIM — Ontario, Canada (as filed: A6), British Columbia, Canada (as filed: A1), 5 issuers, Nov 23, 2020 → Mar 22, 2023 · no shared issuer
  • John Y. Kim — NY, 4 issuers, Mar 16, 2009 → Feb 13, 2019 · no shared issuer
  • John Kim — FL, 3 issuers, Apr 13, 2009 → Aug 15, 2019 · no shared issuer
  • John Kim — TX, 2 issuers, Aug 30, 2022 → Aug 24, 2026 · no shared issuer
  • John Kim — CT, 1 issuer, Mar 17, 2009 → Feb 24, 2026 · no shared issuer
  • John Kim — VA, 1 issuer, Jun 30, 2009 → Jun 30, 2009 · no shared issuer
  • John Kim — MI, 1 issuer, Aug 23, 2024 → Aug 23, 2024 · no shared issuer
  • John Sung Kim — CA, 1 issuer, Aug 7, 2013 → Aug 7, 2013 · no shared issuer
  • JOHN P.J. KIM — CO, 1 issuer, Jul 27, 2018 → Dec 9, 2019 · no shared issuer
  • John K. Kim — CA, 1 issuer, Nov 26, 2018 → Nov 26, 2018 · no shared issuer
  • JOHN YOHAN KIM — CA, 1 issuer, Apr 13, 2021 → Apr 13, 2021 · no shared issuer
  • John Kim — Indonesia (as filed: K8), 1 issuer, May 10, 2021 → May 6, 2022 · no shared issuer

People around John 6

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

BF
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Person

Brad Feld

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 53 other issuers

Brad Feld is on 54 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

NS
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Person

Nik Shah

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as John Kim. Their page shows their other deals.

MS
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Person

Michael Shehan

Executive Officer, Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

Listed on the same filings as John Kim. Their page shows their other deals.

SS
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Person

Steven Swoboda

Executive Officer, Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as John Kim. Their page shows their other deals.

WH
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Person

Will Herman

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 3 other issuers

Listed on the same filings as John Kim. Their page shows their other deals.

RB
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Person

Rajat Bhargava

Executive Officer, Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 5 other issuers

Rajat Bhargava is on 6 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

Registrations and other filings

Business registration (state registry / Secretary of State)

Individuals are not matched to business registrations — registries list companies, and a name alone is not enough to tie a person to one. Officers and managers appear by name inside each matched company's record on the issuer pages. Registries searched: AL (Alabama Secretary of State — Business Entity Records (arc-sos.state.al.us), searched by issuer name, data as of Oct 24, 2026); CO (Colorado Secretary of State — Business Entities in Colorado (data.colorado.gov), data as of Oct 23, 2026); CT (Connecticut Secretary of the State — Business Registry (data.ct.gov), data as of Oct 24, 2026); FL (Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations — quarterly corporate data file (Sunbiz), data as of Oct 7, 2026); NY (New York Department of State — Corporations and Other Entities (data.ny.gov: All Filings + Active Corporations), data as of Oct 20, 2026); OR (Oregon Secretary of State — Active Businesses, All (data.oregon.gov), data as of Oct 20, 2026); PA (Pennsylvania Department of State — Registered Businesses, Current (data.pa.gov), data as of Oct 6, 2026); TX (Texas Comptroller — Active Franchise Taxpayers incl. Secretary of State file data (data.texas.gov), data as of Oct 24, 2026). Registries of other states have not been searched: many publish no bulk file and require a CAPTCHA or bot challenge on their search page, which we do not bypass (Delaware, for example, offers no public bulk file).

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 John Kim 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 John Kim is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in SPOTXCHANGE LLC's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #355,764 of 374,652 in line (1,386 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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