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John Pless

Related person on Form D filings · address states as listed: CA, NY · listed Oct 26, 2018 → Oct 14, 2026

7issuers
18Form D filings
2018–2026years listed

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4. Differences between public sources

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5. Money to insiders and sales commissions

3 of 11 offerings report sales commissions totalling $18,000,000; 0 report finder's fees; 0 report proceeds to related persons. (includes amounts the issuer reported as estimates)

SourceOffering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell it
EDGAR ↗Oct 14, 2026 D
File 021-601279
$0$0$0None listed on this filing
EDGAR ↗May 6, 2026 D/A
File 021-545686
$8,000,000 (est.)$0$0
The GP of the Issuer is entitled to a carried interest. The Issuer will also pay management fees to its investment manager,TruArc Partners, LP. The carried interest and management fee are disclosed in the Issuer's confidential offering materials.
Lazard Freres & Co. LLC BrokerCheck CRD 000002528 ↗
Lazard & Co., Limited no CRD number reported
EDGAR ↗Sep 26, 2025 D
File 021-558921
$0$0$0None listed on this filing
EDGAR ↗Feb 21, 2025 D/A
File 021-505646
$0$0$0
The GP of the Issuer is entitled to a carried interest. The Issuer will also pay management fees to its investment manager,TruArc Partners, LP. The carried interest and management fee are disclosed in the Issuer's confidential offering materials.
None listed on this filing
EDGAR ↗Feb 21, 2025 D/A
File 021-505649
$0$0$0
The GP of the Issuer is entitled to a carried interest. The Issuer will also pay management fees to its investment manager,TruArc Partners, LP. The carried interest and management fee are disclosed in the Issuer's confidential offering materials.
None listed on this filing
EDGAR ↗Jan 23, 2024 D
File 021-503222
$0$0$0None listed on this filing
EDGAR ↗Apr 26, 2023 D/A
File 021-397228
$5,000,000 (est.)$0$0
The GP of the Issuer is entitled to a carried interest. The Issuer will also pay management fees to its investment manager, TruArc Partners, LP. The carried interest and management fee are disclosed in the Issuer's confidential offering materials.
M2O Private Fund Advisors LLC BrokerCheck CRD 158741 ↗
JMP Securities LLC BrokerCheck CRD 22208 ↗
EDGAR ↗Apr 26, 2023 D/A
File 021-397229
$5,000,000 (est.)$0$0
The GP of the Issuer is entitled to a carried interest. The Issuer will also pay management fees to its investment manager, TruArc Partners, LP. The carried interest and management fee are disclosed in the Issuer's confidential offering materials.
M2O Private Fund Advisors LLC BrokerCheck CRD 158741 ↗
JMP Securities LLC BrokerCheck CRD 22208 ↗
EDGAR ↗Aug 26, 2022 D
File 021-457198
$0$0$0None listed on this filing
EDGAR ↗Oct 26, 2018 D
File 021-324479
$0$0$0None listed on this filing
EDGAR ↗Dec 16, 2016 D
File 021-276482
$0$0$0None listed on this filing

As reported by the issuer on Form D (Items 12–15), 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).

Appears on these filings

SourceIssuerRoleFiledFormOfferingSoldInvestorsMin. investment
EDGAR ↗Cowboy Parent LLC
group: Truarc
Executive Officer, DirectorOct 14, 2026DIndefinite
similar: $1,000,000–$7,247,539
$03
similar: 2–13
No minimum reported
similar: $10,000–$60,000
EDGAR ↗TruArc Fund V, LP
group: Truarc
Executive OfficerMay 6, 2026D/AIndefinite
similar: $155,000–$5,250,000
$1,115,500,00034
similar: 4–27
$100,000
similar: $1,000–$100,000
EDGAR ↗Cowboy Parent LLC
group: Truarc
Executive Officer, DirectorSep 26, 2025DIndefinite
similar: $1,000,000–$7,247,539
$00
similar: 2–13
No minimum reported
similar: $10,000–$60,000
EDGAR ↗TruArc Fund V, LP
group: Truarc
Executive OfficerMay 9, 2025DIndefinite
similar: $155,000–$5,250,000
$1,015,500,00016
similar: 4–27
$100,000
similar: $1,000–$100,000
EDGAR ↗TruArc Structured Opportunities Fund, LP
group: Truarc
Executive OfficerFeb 21, 2025D/AIndefinite
similar: $155,000–$5,250,000
$246,112,0006
similar: 4–27
$100,000
similar: $1,000–$100,000
EDGAR ↗TruArc Structured Opportunities Fund (Parallel), LP
group: Truarc
Executive OfficerFeb 21, 2025D/AIndefinite
similar: $155,000–$5,250,000
$00
similar: 4–27
$100,000
similar: $1,000–$100,000
EDGAR ↗TruArc Structured Opportunities Fund (Parallel), LP
group: Truarc
Executive OfficerFeb 20, 2024DIndefinite
similar: $155,000–$5,250,000
$00
similar: 4–27
$100,000
similar: $1,000–$100,000
EDGAR ↗TruArc Structured Opportunities Fund, LP
group: Truarc
Executive OfficerFeb 20, 2024DIndefinite
similar: $155,000–$5,250,000
$00
similar: 4–27
$100,000
similar: $1,000–$100,000
EDGAR ↗Cowboy Parent LLC
group: Truarc
Executive Officer, DirectorJan 23, 2024DIndefinite
similar: $1,000,000–$7,247,539
$00
similar: 2–13
No minimum reported
similar: $10,000–$60,000
EDGAR ↗TruArc Fund IV, LP
group: Truarc
Executive OfficerApr 26, 2023D/A$1,000,000,000
similar: $155,000–$5,250,000
$499,300,00039
similar: 4–27
$100,000
similar: $1,000–$100,000
EDGAR ↗TruArc Fund IV (Parallel), LP
group: Truarc
Executive OfficerApr 26, 2023D/A$1,000,000,000
similar: $155,000–$5,250,000
$258,000,0003
similar: 4–27
$100,000
similar: $1,000–$100,000
EDGAR ↗Cowboy Parent LLC
group: Truarc
Executive Officer, DirectorAug 26, 2022DIndefinite
similar: $1,000,000–$7,247,539
$00
similar: 2–13
No minimum reported
similar: $10,000–$60,000
EDGAR ↗TruArc Fund IV, LP
group: Truarc
Executive OfficerApr 27, 2022D/A$1,000,000,000
similar: $155,000–$5,250,000
$466,900,00034
similar: 4–27
$100,000
similar: $1,000–$100,000
EDGAR ↗TruArc Fund IV (Parallel), LP
group: Truarc
Executive OfficerApr 27, 2022D/A$1,000,000,000
similar: $155,000–$5,250,000
$258,000,0003
similar: 4–27
$100,000
similar: $1,000–$100,000
EDGAR ↗TruArc Fund IV, LP
group: Truarc
Executive OfficerApr 26, 2021D$1,000,000,000
similar: $155,000–$5,250,000
$00
similar: 4–27
$100,000
similar: $1,000–$100,000
EDGAR ↗TruArc Fund IV (Parallel), LP
group: Truarc
Executive OfficerApr 26, 2021D$1,000,000,000
similar: $155,000–$5,250,000
$00
similar: 4–27
$100,000
similar: $1,000–$100,000
EDGAR ↗Cowboy Parent LLC
group: Truarc
Executive Officer, DirectorOct 26, 2018DIndefinite
similar: $1,000,000–$7,247,539
$00
similar: 2–13
No minimum reported
similar: $10,000–$60,000
EDGAR ↗Velocity Financial, LLC
group: Truarc
DirectorDec 16, 2016DIndefinite
similar: $763,000–$10,000,000
$00
similar: 4–23
No minimum reported
similar: $10,000–$78,388

Every row is a Form D or D/A on which the issuer listed this name as a related person. Related-person names are matched on first + last name and the address state on the filing; records that share a name but could not be tied together by a second identifier are listed separately below.

"Similar" = offerings in the same industry claiming the same exemption, filed in the last 5 years: Manufacturing / 506(b) (1,339 filings); Pooled Investment Fund / 506(b) (83,801 filings); Investing / 506(b) (2,521 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.

Connections as of Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET

Listed alongside — 26 names on the same filings (3 management entities, 23 people)

People and management entities the issuers listed as related persons on the same Form D filings as John Pless. Source: the EDGAR rows in the table above.

  • TruArc Fund IV GP, LLC entity — 6 shared filings (2 issuers) · role as listed: Promoter
  • TruArc SOF GP, LLC entity — 4 shared filings (2 issuers) · role as listed: Promoter
  • TruArc Fund V GP, LLC entity — 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · role as listed: Promoter
  • Ogden Phipps, II — 18 shared filings (7 issuers) · roles as listed: Director, Executive Officer · also listed on 1 other issuer
  • ALAN MANTEL — 11 shared filings (6 issuers) · roles as listed: Director, Executive Officer
  • Jonathan Dworkin — 9 shared filings (6 issuers) · role as listed: Executive Officer
  • Ian Snow — 6 shared filings (2 issuers) · role as listed: Director
  • John Mark — 5 shared filings (1 issuer) · roles as listed: Executive Officer, Director
  • John Schweig — 5 shared filings (1 issuer) · role as listed: Director
  • Brandon Kiss — 5 shared filings (1 issuer) · roles as listed: Executive Officer, Director · also listed on 1 other issuer
  • Steve Schwinger — 4 shared filings (1 issuer) · role as listed: Executive Officer
  • Steven Schwinger — 4 shared filings (2 issuers) · role as listed: Executive Officer · also listed on 1 other issuer
  • Drew Davala — 4 shared filings (1 issuer) · role as listed: Director · also listed on 1 other issuer
  • Andrew DeWitt — 4 shared filings (1 issuer) · role as listed: Director
  • Karl Scott — 3 shared filings (1 issuer) · role as listed: Executive Officer
  • MANTEL ALAN — 2 shared filings (2 issuers) · role as listed: Executive Officer
  • John Arends — 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · role as listed: Executive Officer
  • Anthony D. Minella — 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · role as listed: Director · also listed on 23 other issuers
  • Erich E. Schram — 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · role as listed: Director · also listed on 4 other issuers
  • Graham Comley — 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · role as listed: Executive Officer
  • Joy L. Schaefer — 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · role as listed: Director
  • Joseph Cowell — 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · role as listed: Executive Officer
  • Jeffrey T. Taylor — 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · roles as listed: Executive Officer, Director
  • Christopher P. Farrar — 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · roles as listed: Executive Officer, Director
  • Mark Fleischmann — 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · role as listed: Executive Officer
  • John Zacharias — 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · role as listed: Director · also listed on 1 other issuer

Other offering types (Regulation A and Regulation Crowdfunding)

None found in sources searched.

Sources 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 · Last checked Oct 23, 2026, 8:41 PM ET.

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