Jonathan Bates is listed as an executive officer, director, and promoter on 14 SEC Form D filings by 4 issuers between Jul 2017 and Jul 2025: BITMINE IMMERSION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Las Vegas, NV — other technology — 2022–2025; $212.9M reported sold to 59 investors), Innovative Digital Investors Emerging Technology, LP (Las Vegas, NV — pooled investment fund — 2019–2022; $7.05M reported sold to 11 investors), Innovative SPAC Arbitrage, L.P. (Manhattan Beach, CA — pooled investment fund — 2021; $3.7M reported sold to 3 investors) and Trio Entertainment (Manhattan Beach, CA — industry reported as "Other" — 2017–2018).
What this means A repeat sponsor — 4 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer, director, and promoter, over about 8 years. Across those companies the filings report $223.7M sold in total.
Listed alongside Erik Sterling Nelson (7 shared filings), Michael Maloney (7 shared filings), Raymond Mow (7 shared filings), Ryan Ramnath (7 shared filings), Seth Bayles (7 shared filings) and 10 others.
What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around Jonathan. Each name links to their own page.
3 of the issuers belong to the sponsor group Innovative Digital (3 issuers, $50.4M reported sold, 2019–2025).
What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Innovative Digital has 3 companies on file and $50.4M 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) — 10 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.
What this means 10 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 14 public filings for Jonathan Bates and found 16 differences, 3 worth asking the sponsor about: Paid seller listed without a CRD number: Kristanna Loken; Form D filed 1,374 days after the first sale; 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.