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John Vroom

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · MA · May 20, 2024 → May 20, 2024

1deal (issuers)
$5.05Mreported sold
4investors
1Form D filing
2024year on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:56 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

John Vroom is listed as a director on 1 SEC Form D filing by 1 issuer in May 2024: Kano Therapeutics Inc. (Cambridge, MA — biotechnology — 2024; $5.05M reported sold to 4 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC, filed May 2024. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment — it is a notice, not an approval.

Listed alongside Ann DeWitt (1 shared filing) and Floris Engelhardt (1 shared filing).

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.

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA) — 16 court cases matching the name, 4 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 20 records came back, including 4 court cases 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.

What the community is saying

Community search for John Vroom has not run yet — it is joining a line of 10,321 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 27 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

16 cases: 4 open, 8 closed (disposition not in docket feed), 3 dismissed, 1 judgment

Felton v. Vroom Automotive, LLC open
District Court, N.D. Alabama · No. 2:25-cv-00580 · Filed Apr 17, 2025 · Nature of suit: Consumer Credit · Cause: 28:1441 Petition for Removal - Fair Credit Reporti
Role of Vroom Automotive, LLC: Defendant · 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, 44 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in AL (not a filing state)
Haygood v. Vroom Inc. open
District Court, D. Maryland · No. 8:24-cv-01518 · Filed May 24, 2024 · Nature of suit: Other Fraud · Cause: 28:1332 Diversity Action
Role of Vroom Inc.: Defendant · 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, 44 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in MD (not a filing state)
Myhre v. Vroom Automotive, LLC open
District Court, D. Montana · No. 6:24-cv-00028 · Filed Apr 17, 2024 · Nature of suit: Consumer Credit · Cause: 15:1601 Truth in Lending
Role of Vroom Automotive, LLC: Defendant · 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, 44 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in MT (not a filing state)
Carbins v. Vroom Automotive L L C open
District Court, W.D. Louisiana · No. 6:23-cv-00830 · Filed Jun 20, 2023 · Nature of suit: Other Fraud · Cause: 28:1332 Diversity-Fraud
Role of Vroom Automotive L L C: Defendant · 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, 44 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in LA (not a filing state)
Carbins v. Vroom Automotive L L C closed
District Court, W.D. Louisiana · No. 6:22-cv-05801 · Filed Oct 25, 2022 · Closed Aug 7, 2023 · Nature of suit: Contract: Other · Cause: 15:0045 Federal Trade Commission Act
Role of Vroom Automotive L L C: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 2023-08-07 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 44 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in LA (not a filing state)
Sonne v. VROOM Automotive LLC closed
District Court, W.D. Oklahoma · No. 5:22-cv-00761 · Filed Aug 29, 2022 · Closed Feb 9, 2024 · Nature of suit: 190 Contract: Other · Cause: 28:1332 Diversity-Account Receivable
Role of VROOM Automotive LLC: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 2024-02-09 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 44 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in OK (not a filing state)
Barnes v. Vroom Automotive, LLC closed
District Court, S.D. Texas · No. 4:22-cv-02907 · Filed Aug 26, 2022 · Closed Oct 26, 2023 · Nature of suit: Other Statutory Actions · Cause: 15:2301 Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act
Role of Vroom Automotive, LLC: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 2023-10-26 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 44 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in TX (not a filing state)
Waters v. Vroom Inc. closed
District Court, S.D. California · No. 3:22-cv-01191 · Filed Aug 12, 2022 · Closed Apr 4, 2023 · Nature of suit: Contract: Other · Cause: 15:2310(c ) Consumer Product Warranties
Role of Vroom Inc.: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 2023-04-04 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 44 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in CA (not a filing state)
Livingston v. Vroom Automotive LLC closed
District Court, E.D. Virginia · No. 3:22-cv-00144 · Filed Mar 14, 2022 · Closed Jul 28, 2022 · Nature of suit: 190 Contract: Other · Cause: 28:1441 Notice of Removal-Breach of Contract
Role of Vroom Automotive LLC: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 2022-07-28 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 44 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in VA (not a filing state)
Powell v. Vroom Inc closed
District Court, N.D. Alabama · No. 2:22-cv-00302 · Filed Mar 8, 2022 · Closed Sep 7, 2022 · Nature of suit: 190 Contract: Other · Cause: 15:2301 Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act
Role of Vroom Inc: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 2022-09-07 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 44 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in AL (not a filing state)
Bendickson v. Vroom Inc closed
District Court, W.D. Washington · No. 3:21-cv-05762 · Filed Oct 14, 2021 · Closed Jul 14, 2023 · Nature of suit: Contract: Other · Cause: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract
Role of Vroom Inc: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 2023-07-14 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 44 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in WA (not a filing state)
Candelaria v. Vroom Automotive, LLC closed
District Court, D. New Mexico · No. 1:21-cv-00957 · Filed Sep 29, 2021 · Closed Oct 13, 2021 · Nature of suit: Contract: Other · Cause: 28:1441 Petition for Removal
Role of Vroom Automotive, LLC: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 2021-10-13 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 44 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in NM (not a filing state)
J.C. BroMac Corporation v. Vroom Vroom LLC dismissed
District Court, C.D. California · No. 2:15-cv-07360 · Filed Sep 18, 2015 · Closed Dec 10, 2015 · Nature of suit: 190 Other contract actions
Role of Vroom Vroom LLC: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 2015-12-10 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: settled Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 44 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in CA (not a filing state)
AMERIQUEST BUSINESS SERVICES, INC. v. VROOM dismissed
District Court, D. New Jersey · No. 1:13-cv-06049 · Filed Oct 10, 2013 · Closed Sep 8, 2014 · Nature of suit: 320 Assault, libel, and slander
Role of VROOM: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 2014-09-08 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: settled Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 44 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in NJ (not a filing state)
VROOM v. AMERIQUEST TRANSPORTATION SERVICES judgment
District Court, D. New Jersey · No. 1:11-cv-03897 · Filed Jul 7, 2011 · Closed Jan 23, 2014 · Nature of suit: Contract: Other · Cause: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract
Role of VROOM: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2014-01-23 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Judgment on motion before trial; judgment for defendant Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 44 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in NJ (not a filing state)
In Re: Vroom Technologies v. GATX Ventures, Inc. dismissed
District Court, D. Colorado · No. 1:02-cv-00402 · Filed Feb 27, 2002 · Closed May 17, 2002 · Nature of suit: 422 Bankruptcy appeals rule 28 USC 158 · Cause: 28:0158 Notice of Appeal re Bankruptcy Matter (BA
Role of Vroom Technologies: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2002-05-17 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: settled Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 44 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in CO (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, 2:56 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 Vroom..

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

4 cases: 4 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Lewis v. Vroom Automotive, LLC closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Colorado · No. 22-01224 · Filed Aug 25, 2022 · Closed Feb 15, 2023
Role of Vroom Automotive, LLC: Defendant · Outcome: Case closed 2023-02-15 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 44 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in CO (not a filing state)
Discover Bank, Issuer of the Discover Card v. Vroom closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Colorado · No. 10-01274 · Filed Mar 31, 2010 · Closed Sep 1, 2010
Role of Vroom: Defendant · Outcome: Case closed 2010-09-01 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 44 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in CO (not a filing state)
Vroom Technologies, Inc. v. Gatx Ventures, Inc. closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Colorado · No. 01-01200 · Filed May 17, 2001 · Closed Jul 15, 2002
Role of Vroom Technologies, Inc.: Plaintiff · Outcome: Case closed 2002-07-15 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 44 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in CO (not a filing state)
Vroom Technologies, Inc. closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Colorado · No. 01-16685 · Filed May 8, 2001 · Closed Aug 9, 2007
Role of Vroom Technologies, Inc.: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2007-08-09 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (3 people in Form D filings, 44 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in CO (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, 2:56 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 Vroom (compared 1 filing 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 1 offering — no sales commissions, finder's fees or proceeds to insiders

Per-offering detail
Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
May 20, 2024 D
Kano Therapeutics Inc.
File 021-513745
$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 1

Every issuer that named John Vroom on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

Biotechnology

Kano Therapeutics Inc.

Cambridge, MA · May 20, 2024
  • May 20, 2024 · D · $5,050,000 sold of $5,050,000 · 4 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $5.05M from 4 investors (100% of the $5.05M 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: Biotechnology / 506(b) (3,253 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 2

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

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Person

Ann DeWitt

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 9 other issuers

Ann DeWitt is on 10 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

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Person

Floris Engelhardt

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

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

The team behind the deals

Registrations and other filings

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

None of the 1 issuer 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 Vroom 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 1 issuer this person is listed on — nothing matched.

Public profiles and social

Websites and social links of the issuers John Vroom is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in Kano Therapeutics Inc.'s SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #99,870 of 374,652 in line (14 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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