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JOHN MAKA

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · CA · Mar 26, 2021 → Nov 15, 2021

2deals (issuers)
$300Mreported sold
2investors
2Form D filings
2021year on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:48 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

JOHN MAKA is listed as an executive officer on 2 SEC Form D filings by 2 issuers between Mar 2021 and Nov 2021: LAVEMAI INC (San Mateo, CA — other technology — 2021; $150M reported sold to 1 investors) and SOMETHING SIMPLE ATERNATIVE TRADE INC (Pleasanton, CA — other technology — 2021; $150M 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 $300M sold in total.

No other person or management entity is listed on the same filings.

What this means The filings name this person alone — no co-officers, directors or promoters were listed.

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) — 9 court cases matching the name, 8 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 17 records came back, including 1 court case still open — open cases can take years and cost money. 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 MAKA and found 3 differences, 1 worth asking the sponsor about: Bankruptcy case: John A. Maka; 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 JOHN MAKA has not run yet — it is joining a line of 25,799 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 638 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

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

Maka v. Equifax Information Services LLC closed
District Court, W.D. Washington · No. 3:23-cv-05518 · Filed Jun 6, 2023 · Closed Sep 6, 2023
Role of Maka: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2023-09-06 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 18 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in WA (not a filing state)
MAKA v. COOK INCORPORATED open
District Court, S.D. Indiana · No. 1:21-cv-06356 · Filed Feb 24, 2021
Role of MAKA: Plaintiff · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 18 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in IN (not a filing state)
Maka v. Cook Incorporated closed
District Court, W.D. Michigan · No. 1:21-cv-00060 · Filed Jan 19, 2021 · Closed Feb 19, 2021
Role of Maka: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2021-02-19 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 18 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in MI (not a filing state)
Maka Hospice, Inc. v. Alex M. Azar, II dismissed
District Court, C.D. California · No. 2:19-cv-07065 · Filed Aug 13, 2019 · Closed Jul 24, 2020 · Nature of suit: Contract: Recovery Medicare · Cause: 28:2345 Medicare Recovery
Role of Maka Hospice, Inc.: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2020-07-24 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: lack of jurisdiction Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 18 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in the person's filing state (CA)
Maka v. Janssen Research & Development LLC dismissed
District Court, E.D. Louisiana · No. 2:19-cv-09047 · Filed Apr 4, 2019 · Closed Jun 23, 2021 · Nature of suit: 367 Health care / pharm
Role of Maka: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2021-06-23 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: settled Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 18 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in LA (not a filing state)
United States v. Maka EMS Services LLC judgment
District Court, S.D. Texas · No. 4:18-cv-04606 · Filed Dec 6, 2018 · Closed Jun 11, 2019 · Nature of suit: 190 Other contract actions
Role of Maka EMS Services LLC: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 2019-06-11 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Judgment on default; judgment for plaintiff Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 18 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in TX (not a filing state)
Maka v. The Pacific Gas and Electric Company Long-Term Disability Plan dismissed
District Court, N.D. California · No. 5:18-cv-06878 · Filed Nov 14, 2018 · Closed May 6, 2019 · Nature of suit: 791 Employee Retirement Income Security Act
Role of Maka: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2019-05-06 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: settled Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 18 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in the person's filing state (CA)
Banc One Financial v. Maka closed
District Court, N.D. California · No. 3:98-cv-01623 · Filed Apr 21, 1998 · Closed Jun 17, 1998 · Nature of suit: 220 Foreclosure
Role of Maka: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 1998-06-17 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Remanded to state court Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 18 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in the person's filing state (CA)
E. MAKA ENT., INC. v. HY-TEST, INC. judgment
District Court, District of Columbia · No. 1:92-cv-01268 · Filed May 29, 1992 · Closed Sep 24, 1992 · Nature of suit: 190 Other contract actions
Role of E. MAKA ENT., INC.: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 1992-09-24 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Judgment on motion before trial; judgment for defendant Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 18 federal dockets); different first name (e); court in DC (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, 2:48 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

None found in sources searched — SEC enforcement releases (index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET) · state securities regulators: VA (crawled Oct 23, 2026)

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 MAKA..

State securities regulators: Securities regulators searched (3,318 actions): 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), DE DOJ Investor Protection Unit (257 actions, 1987–2026), TX State Securities Board (586 actions, 2006–2026), WA DFI (2,039 actions, 2001–2026) — last crawled Oct 23, 2026, 9:57 PM ET. No machine-readable public listing today for CO, FL, IA, IN, MN, NE, NJ, NY, OH, UT, VA (see docs/state-regulators.md).

3. Bankruptcies

8 cases: 1 open, 7 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

James Coy McLaughlin and Jennifer Joan Maka McLaughlin open
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. California · No. 25-30331 · Filed Apr 28, 2025
Role of James Coy McLaughlin and Jennifer Joan Maka McLaughlin: Debtor · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 18 federal dockets); different first name (joan); court in the person's filing state (CA)
Justin Sean Owens and Sepiuta Unaloto K Maka closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Colorado · No. 16-19087 · Filed Sep 14, 2016 · Closed Feb 15, 2017
Role of Justin Sean Owens and Sepiuta Unaloto K Maka: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2017-02-15 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 18 federal dockets); different first name (unaloto); court in CO (not a filing state)
Maka v. PNA Bank closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · No. 12-01587 · Filed Oct 17, 2012 · Closed Mar 8, 2013
Role of Maka: Plaintiff · Outcome: Case closed 2013-03-08 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 18 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in IL (not a filing state)
Field v. Nani A Maka Corp. closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Hawaii · No. 12-90043 · Filed Apr 27, 2012 · Closed Oct 11, 2012
Role of Nani A Maka Corp.: Defendant · Outcome: Case closed 2012-10-11 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 18 federal dockets); different first name (nani); court in HI (not a filing state)
John A. Maka closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. California · No. 05-32232 · Filed Jul 15, 2005 · Closed Oct 26, 2005
Role of John A. Maka: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2005-10-26 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 18 federal dockets); first name matches; 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (CA)
John J Maka closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · No. 97-11400 · Filed Apr 16, 1997 · Closed Aug 13, 1997
Role of John J Maka: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1997-08-13 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 18 federal dockets); first name matches; 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in IL (not a filing state)
Birks International, Inc. v. Maka & Frey International Import, Inc. closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Columbia · No. 93-10094 · Filed Apr 7, 1993 · Closed Oct 29, 1993
Role of Maka & Frey International Import, Inc.: Defendant · Outcome: Case closed 1993-10-29 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 18 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in DC (not a filing state)
Maka Enterprises, Ltd. closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Hawaii · No. 83-00315 · Filed Jul 1, 1983 · Closed Nov 28, 1990
Role of Maka Enterprises, Ltd.: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1990-11-28 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 18 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in HI (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, 2:48 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

3 differences found between the filings for JOHN MAKA — 1 worth asking about (compared 2 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Worth asking · Jul 15, 2005 – Oct 26, 2005

Bankruptcy case: John A. Maka — filed Jul 15, 2005

United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. California docket "John A. Maka" filed Jul 15, 2005, closed Oct 26, 2005. JOHN MAKA is listed as Debtor ("John A. Maka"). Our match estimate: 59%.

What this means A bankruptcy filing was found. Many are old or personal and have nothing to do with the deal — but ask what it was and when it closed.

Sources
Note · Apr 21, 1998 – Aug 13, 2019

3 court cases name JOHN MAKA — 1 as defendant

By role: plaintiff in 2, defendant in 1. Newest: "Maka Hospice, Inc. v. Alex M. Azar, II" (District Court, C.D. California, Aug 13, 2019); "Maka v. The Pacific Gas and Electric Company Long-Term Disability Plan" (District Court, N.D. California, Nov 14, 2018); "Banc One Financial v. Maka" (District Court, N.D. California, Apr 21, 1998). Some of these are name matches with a match estimate below 95% — check each docket.

What this means Several court cases name this subject. Some are routine business suits. Ask what each was about and how it ended.

Sources
Note · Mar 25, 2021 – Jul 8, 2024

Same name, different state: "JOHN MAKA" (DE) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is CA. A separate record, "JOHN MAKA" with address state DE, is listed on 5 filings — most recently by MAKATUU INC (Jul 8, 2024). Both records have filings in the same period (Mar 26, 2021 to Nov 15, 2021).

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
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

None reported on 2 offerings — no sales commissions, finder's fees or proceeds to insiders

Per-offering detail
Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Nov 15, 2021 D
LAVEMAI INC
File 021-421089
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Mar 26, 2021 D
SOMETHING SIMPLE ATERNATIVE TRADE INC
File 021-393606
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗

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 Maka on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

Other Technology

LAVEMAI INC

San Mateo, CA · Nov 15, 2021
  • Nov 15, 2021 · D · $150,000,000 sold of $150,000,000 · 1 investors · min. $7,500,000 · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

Raised $150M from 1 investor (100% of the $150M target) as of the latest filing. John is listed as executive officer.

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: Other Technology / 506(b) (17,390 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.

Other Technology

SOMETHING SIMPLE ATERNATIVE TRADE INC

Pleasanton, CA · Mar 26, 2021
  • Mar 26, 2021 · D · $7,500,000 sold of $7,500,000 · 1 investors · min. $7,500,000 · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

Raised $150M from 1 investor (100% of the $7.5M target) as of the latest filing. John is listed as executive officer.

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: Other Technology / 506(b) (17,390 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.

Other pages with the same name (1)

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

  • JOHN MAKA — DE, 1 issuer, Mar 25, 2021 → Jul 8, 2024 · no shared issuer

People around John 0

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

No other person or management entity is named on the same filings.

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 JOHN MAKA 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 Maka is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in LAVEMAI INC's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #174,734 of 374,652 in line (1,299 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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