JOHN TAFT is listed as a director on 4 SEC Form D filings by 4 issuers between Feb 2013 and Mar 2016: EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY SERIES OF GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, LLC (Minneapolis, MN — pooled investment fund — 2015; $4.36B reported sold to 63 investors), FOSSIL FUEL FREE SERIES OF GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, LLC (Minneapolis, MN — pooled investment fund — 2016; $62.7M reported sold to 5 investors), GLOBAL EQUITY SERIES OF GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, LLC (Minneapolis, MN — pooled investment fund — 2016; $18.6M reported sold to 4 investors) and RBC GAM SMID Cap Growth Fund, LLC (Minneapolis, MN — pooled investment fund — 2013; $18.5M reported sold to 3 investors).
What this means A repeat sponsor — 4 separate companies raised money with this person listed as director, over about 3 years. Across those companies the filings report $4.46B sold in total.
Listed alongside BRANDON LEW (4 shared filings), STEVEN J. DECICCO (4 shared filings), THERESA S. ALEWINE (4 shared filings), Carol Kuha (3 shared filings), DAMON G. WILLIAMS (3 shared filings) and 8 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.
All 4 issuers belong to the sponsor group Group linked by Brandon LEW (6 issuers, $4.58B reported sold, 2010–2026).
What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Group linked by Brandon LEW has 6 companies on file and $4.58B 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 (AR, AZ, CA, CT, DE, FINRA, GA, HI, ID, LA, ME, MO, MS, MT, NASAA, NC, NH, NM, OR, RI, TX, WA) — 8 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.
What this means 8 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 4 public filings for JOHN TAFT and found 7 differences, 5 worth asking the sponsor about: Amount sold went down between filings; Investor count went down between filings; 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.