John Roos is listed as an executive officer and director on 15 SEC Form D filings by 6 issuers between Aug 2014 and May 2025. Largest by amount reported sold: SALESFORCE.COM, INC. (San Francisco, CA — other technology — 2014–2019; $666.2M reported sold to 98 investors), Geodesic Capital Fund I, L.P (Foster City, CA — pooled investment fund — 2015–2016; $310M reported sold to 10 investors), Geodesic Alliance Fund, L.P. (Foster City, CA — pooled investment fund — 2025; $250M reported sold to 7 investors), Geodesic Capital Fund II, L.P. (Foster City, CA — pooled investment fund — 2021–2022; $178M reported sold to 10 investors), NFocus Fund, L.P. (Foster City, CA — pooled investment fund — 2024; $51M reported sold to 2 investors) and 1 more (all listed below).
What this means A repeat sponsor — 6 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer and director, over about 11 years. Across those companies the filings report $1.46B sold in total.
Listed alongside Alan Hassenfeld (8 shared filings), Alexandre Dayon (8 shared filings), Colin Powell (8 shared filings), Craig Conway (8 shared filings), Joe Allanson (8 shared filings) and 24 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.
5 of the issuers belong to the sponsor group Geodesic (5 issuers, $789M reported sold, 2015–2025).
What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Geodesic has 5 companies on file and $789M 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) — 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 15 public filings for John Roos and found 6 differences, 1 worth asking the sponsor about: 4 paid sellers are listed without a CRD number; 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.