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John McCoach

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · British Columbia, Canada (as filed: A1) · Mar 22, 2019 → Jan 6, 2020

2deals (issuers)
$1.31Mreported sold
17investors
2Form D filings
2019–2020years on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:43 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

John McCoach is listed as a director on 2 SEC Form D filings by 2 issuers between Mar 2019 and Jan 2020: LINCOLN VENTURES LTD. (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (as filed: A1) — industry reported as "Other" — 2020; $1.15M reported sold to 7 investors) and Liberty Defense Holdings, Inc. (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (as filed: A1) — industry reported as "Other" — 2019; $160K reported sold to 10 investors).

What this means 2 separate companies raised money with this person listed as director. Across those companies the filings report $1.31M sold in total.

Listed alongside Aman Bhardwaj (1 shared filing), Bart Smudde (1 shared filing), Corby Marshall (1 shared filing), Damian Towns (1 shared filing), David Sidoo (1 shared filing) and 6 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.

1 of the issuers belongs to the sponsor group Japan (3 issuers, $7.46M reported sold, 2016–2026).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Japan has 3 companies on file and $7.46M 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) — 2 court cases matching the name, 1 bankruptcy case matching the name 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.

What the community is saying

Community search for John McCoach has not run yet — it is joining a line of 14,199 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 28 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

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

MCCOACH v. THE MILLS CORPORATION closed
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · No. 2:05-cv-01603 · Filed Apr 7, 2005 · Closed Nov 9, 2006
Role of MCCOACH: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2006-11-09 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (1 person in Form D filings, 5 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in PA (not a filing state)
MCCOACH v. NATIONWIDE INSURANCE judgment
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · No. 2:96-cv-02523 · Filed Mar 27, 1996 · Closed Nov 6, 1996 · Nature of suit: 380 Other personal property damage
Role of MCCOACH: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 1996-11-06 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Judgment on award of arbitrator; judgment for defendant Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (1 person in Form D filings, 5 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in PA (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, 2:43 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: AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA (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 McCoach..

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

1 case: 1 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

John Keith McCoach and Nicole Lynn Chamberlain McCoach closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. North Carolina · No. 01-11793 · Filed Jun 29, 2001 · Closed Oct 16, 2001
Role of John Keith McCoach and Nicole Lynn Chamberlain McCoach: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2001-10-16 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (1 person in Form D filings, 5 federal dockets); different first name (keith); court in NC (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, 2:43 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

No differences found between the public filings we have for John McCoach (compared 2 filings on Oct 24, 2026).

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
Jan 6, 2020 D
LINCOLN VENTURES LTD.
File 021-357294
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Mar 22, 2019 D
Liberty Defense Holdings, Inc.
File 021-335484
$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 McCoach on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

Other · group: Japan

LINCOLN VENTURES LTD.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (as filed: A1) · Jan 6, 2020
  • Jan 6, 2020 · D · $235,145 sold of $235,145 · 7 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $1.15M from 7 investors (100% of the $235K 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. "Similar" = offerings in the same industry claiming the same exemption, filed in the last 5 years: Other / 506(b) (18,678 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

Liberty Defense Holdings, Inc.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (as filed: A1) · Mar 22, 2019
  • Mar 22, 2019 · D · $160,103 sold of $160,103 · 10 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $160K from 10 investors (100% of the $160K 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. "Similar" = offerings in the same industry claiming the same exemption, filed in the last 5 years: Other / 506(b) (18,678 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 John 11

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

JP
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Person

John Proust

Executive Officer, Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 11 other issuers

John Proust is on 12 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

EA
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Person

Eileen Au

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 7 other issuers

Eileen Au is on 8 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

DT
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Person

Damian Towns

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

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

DS
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Person

David Sidoo

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 2 other issuers

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

VB
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Person

Vincent Boon

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

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

MF
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Person

Murray Flanigan

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 4 other issuers

Murray Flanigan is on 5 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

CM
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Person

Corby Marshall

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 2 other issuers

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

SP
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Person

Sam Parrotta

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

BS
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Person

Bart Smudde

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

AB
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Person

Aman Bhardwaj

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

WR
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Person

William Jr. E. Riker

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

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

The team behind the deals

Sponsor group

Japan

3 issuers · 18 filings · $7.46M reported sold · 2016–2026

One team, 3 deal companies. John McCoach is listed on 1 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 John McCoach.

Same business address

2 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 John McCoach 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 McCoach is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in LINCOLN VENTURES LTD.'s SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #223,370 of 374,652 in line (14 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

Look further

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Business registries

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