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Josh Williams

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · NY · Sep 18, 2018 → Jan 23, 2024

1deal (issuers)
$15Mreported sold
14investors
3Form D filings
2018–2024years on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:42 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Josh Williams is listed as an executive officer and director on 3 SEC Form D filings by 1 issuer between Sep 2018 and Jan 2024: Very Great Inc. (New York, NY — industry reported as "Other" — 2018–2024; $15M reported sold to 14 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC. 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 Eric Prum (3 shared filings), Michael Milstein (3 shared filings) and Kimmy Scotti (2 shared filings).

What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around Josh. Each name links to their own page.

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FINRA, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NASAA, NC, ND, NH, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) — 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 3 public filings for Josh Williams and found 6 differences, 1 worth asking the sponsor about: Form D filed 316 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.

What the community is saying

Community search for Josh Williams has not run yet — it is joining a line of 36,285 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 641 names.

Community comments are quoted as written by their authors. Sources searched: Bing (site:reddit.com / site:biggerpockets.com) and Reddit's own search, plus DuckDuckGo/Brave/BiggerPockets search when they are answering.

Key records

Five things investors ask first. Items still in human review are counted, not shown.

1. Lawsuits

None found in sources searched — federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), checked Oct 24, 2026

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, 2:42 AM ET.

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: 48 regulators (FINRA, NASAA, 37 states) — crawled Oct 24, 2026, 8:48 AM ET

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 Josh Williams..

State securities regulators: Securities regulators searched (64,910 actions): FINRA (38,350 actions, 1995–2026), NASAA (31 actions, 2000–2026; listing starts 1997), AK Division of Banking and Securities (273 actions, 1971–2025), AL Securities Commission (880 actions, 2001–2026), AR Securities Department (1,305 actions, 1998–2026), AZ Corporation Commission Securities Division (411 actions, 2017–2026), CA DFPI (25 actions, 2007–2024; listing starts 2002 — 16 of 12,159 DFPI respondent pages read so far; sponsor-name matches are read first), CO Division of Securities (731 actions, 2001–2026; older years from the Internet Archive (snapshot of 2026-05-02)), CT Department of Banking Securities Division (940 actions, 2006–2026; older years from the Internet Archive (snapshot of 2026-04-22)), DC DISB Securities Bureau (25 actions, 2012–2026), DE DOJ Investor Protection Unit (257 actions, 1987–2026), FL Office of Financial Regulation (49 actions, 2018–2026), GA Secretary of State Securities Division (65 actions, 2015–2026; listing starts 2012), HI DCCA Securities Enforcement Branch (26 actions, 2012–2026), ID Department of Finance Securities Bureau (663 actions, 1994–2026), IL Secretary of State Securities Department (4,122 actions, 2003–2023), KS Insurance Department Securities Division (58 actions), KY Department of Financial Institutions (342 actions, 2005–2026), LA Office of Financial Institutions Securities Division (13 actions, 2010–2025; listing starts 2008), MA Secretary of the Commonwealth Securities Division (125 actions, 2012–2025; live site blocks automated access — loaded from the Internet Archive snapshot of 2026-02-04), MD Attorney General Securities Division (1,054 actions, 2004–2026), ME Office of Securities (539 actions, 2000–2026), MI LARA Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing Bureau (201 actions), MO Secretary of State Securities Division (919 actions, 1998–2026), MS Secretary of State Securities Division (209 actions, 1995–2026), MT Commissioner of Securities and Insurance (597 actions, 2000–2026), NC Secretary of State Securities Division (265 actions, 2004–2024), ND Securities Department (711 actions, 1990–2026; the regulator no longer publishes this list live — loaded from the Internet Archive snapshot of 2026-01-06), NH Bureau of Securities Regulation (402 actions, 2002–2026), NM Regulation and Licensing Department Securities Division (90 actions, 2010–2025), NV Secretary of State Securities Division (118 actions, 2018–2026), NY Attorney General Investor Protection Bureau (44 actions, 2012–2026), OH Division of Securities (327 actions, 1993–2006), OK Department of Securities (2,531 actions, 1998–2026), OR Division of Financial Regulation (589 actions, 1988–2026), PA Department of Banking and Securities (1,448 actions, 2008–2024; the regulator no longer publishes this list live — loaded from the Internet Archive snapshot of 2024-08-09), RI DBR Securities Division (98 actions, 2005–2025), SC Attorney General Securities Division (540 actions, 2006–2026), SD Division of Insurance – Securities Regulation (106 actions, 2017–2026), TN Department of Commerce and Insurance Securities Division (405 actions, 1992–2026), TX State Securities Board (936 actions, 1999–2026), UT Division of Securities (772 actions, 2000–2026; older years from the Internet Archive (snapshot of 2010-05-27)), VT DFR Securities Division (137 actions, 2010–2026), WA DFI (2,039 actions, 2001–2026), WI DFI Division of Securities (1,072 actions, 1998–2026), WV Securities Commission (State Auditor) (64 actions), WY Secretary of State Compliance Division (6 actions, 2016–2024) — last crawled Oct 24, 2026, 8:48 AM ET. No machine-readable public listing today for IA, IN, MN, NE, NJ, VA (see docs/state-regulators.md).

3. Bankruptcies

8 cases: 8 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Josh A. Williams and Cassandra D. Williams closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Texas · No. 21-10124 · Filed Apr 20, 2021 · Closed Aug 4, 2021
Role of Josh A. Williams and Cassandra D. Williams: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2021-08-04 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 14 federal dockets); 3 people with this name in Form D filings; court in TX (not a filing state)
Josh J Williams and Aubrey N Williams closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Ohio · No. 3:09-bk-36895 · Filed Oct 30, 2009 · Closed Mar 24, 2010
Role of Josh J Williams and Aubrey N Williams: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2010-03-24 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 14 federal dockets); 3 people with this name in Form D filings; court in OH (not a filing state)
Josh A. Williams closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Texas · No. 09-10603 · Filed Oct 5, 2009 · Closed Mar 4, 2013
Role of Josh A. Williams: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2013-03-04 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 14 federal dockets); 3 people with this name in Form D filings; court in TX (not a filing state)
Josh R. Williams closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Indiana · No. 04-13440 · Filed Jul 31, 2004 · Closed Nov 30, 2004
Role of Josh R. Williams: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2004-11-30 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 14 federal dockets); 3 people with this name in Form D filings; court in IN (not a filing state)
Josh Williams and Shannon Williams closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee · No. 3:03-bk-36746 · Filed Dec 11, 2003 · Closed Jun 17, 2004
Role of Josh Williams and Shannon Williams: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2004-06-17 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 14 federal dockets); 3 people with this name in Form D filings; court in TN (not a filing state)
JOSH WILLIAMS closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Montana · No. 02-12205 · Filed Jul 25, 2002 · Closed Oct 24, 2002
Role of JOSH WILLIAMS: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2002-10-24 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 14 federal dockets); 3 people with this name in Form D filings; court in MT (not a filing state)
Josh A. Williams closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Texas · No. 02-12056 · Filed Mar 11, 2002 · Closed Jul 7, 2004
Role of Josh A. Williams: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2004-07-07 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 14 federal dockets); 3 people with this name in Form D filings; court in TX (not a filing state)
Delores Williams and Josh Williams closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Jersey · No. 98-27300 · Filed Jun 5, 1998 · Closed Sep 23, 1998
Role of Josh Williams: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1998-09-23 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 14 federal dockets); 3 people with this name in Form D filings; court in NJ (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, 2:42 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

6 differences found between the filings for Josh Williams — 1 worth asking about (compared 3 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Worth asking · Mar 13, 2023 – Jan 23, 2024

Form D filed 316 days after the first sale — Very Great Inc.

The filing says the first sale was Mar 13, 2023. The Form D was filed Jan 23, 2024 — 316 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 301 days past that.

What this means The notice went in months after money was taken in. Late notices are common and carry no penalty by themselves, but it is fair to ask the sponsor why the paperwork lagged.

Sources
Note · Aug 31, 2018 – Sep 18, 2018

Form D filed 18 days after the first sale — Very Great Inc.

The filing says the first sale was Aug 31, 2018. The Form D was filed Sep 18, 2018 — 18 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 3 days past that.

What this means A late notice is common and carries no penalty by itself. It is worth asking the sponsor why the paperwork lagged.

Sources
Note · Sep 18, 2018 – Dec 11, 2018

Offering amount changed between filings — Very Great Inc.

The Sep 18, 2018 filing says $13,750,000 offered; the Dec 11, 2018 Form D/A says $15,000,040.

What this means The target raise changed. Raising the cap is common when a deal grows; ask whether the extra money has the same terms and use.

Sources
Note · Nov 14, 2011 – Mar 24, 2014

Same name, different state: "Josh Williams" (CA) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is NY. A separate record, "Josh Williams" with address state CA, is listed on 4 filings — most recently by Last Guide Co (Mar 24, 2014). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Sep 18, 2018 to Jan 23, 2024; the other runs Nov 14, 2011 to Mar 24, 2014.

What this means Could be the same person who moved, or two people with the same name. We keep them apart until a filing ties them together. Check both pages before you decide.

Sources
Note · Dec 22, 2009 – Jan 28, 2010

Same name, different state: "Josh Williams" (TX) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is NY. A separate record, "Josh Williams" with address state TX, is listed on 2 filings — most recently by Gowalla Inc (Jan 28, 2010). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Sep 18, 2018 to Jan 23, 2024; the other runs Dec 22, 2009 to Jan 28, 2010.

What this means Could be the same person who moved, or two people with the same name. We keep them apart until a filing ties them together. Check both pages before you decide.

Sources
Note · Dec 11, 2018 – Jan 23, 2024

Address moved from Brooklyn, NY to New York, NY — Very Great Inc.

The people listed on the Dec 11, 2018 filing give Brooklyn, NY; on the Jan 23, 2024 filing they give New York, NY.

What this means Businesses move; this just shows the two places and dates. If you were told one city and the forms say another, ask which is current.

Sources
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 2 offerings — no sales commissions, finder's fees or proceeds to insiders

Per-offering detail
Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Jan 23, 2024 D
Very Great Inc.
File 021-503104
$0 (est.)$0 (est.)$0 (est.)None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Dec 11, 2018 D/A
Very Great Inc.
File 021-321557
$0 (est.)$0 (est.)$0 (est.)None 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 Josh Williams on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

Other

Very Great Inc.

New York, NY · Sep 18, 2018 → Jan 23, 2024 · 3 filings
  • Jan 23, 2024 · D · $2,100,000 sold of $2,100,000 · 2 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer, Director EDGAR ↗
  • Dec 11, 2018 · D/A · $15,000,040 sold of $15,000,040 · 14 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer, Director EDGAR ↗
  • Sep 18, 2018 · D · $13,750,000 sold of $13,750,000 · 2 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer, Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $15M from 14 investors (100% of the $2.1M target) as of the latest filing. Josh is listed as executive officer, director on 3 filings for this deal.

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: Other / 506(b) (18,678 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.

Other pages with the same name (2)

Separate person records under the same name, not combined with this page. Each line says whether it shares an issuer with this record.

  • Josh Williams — CA, 2 issuers, Nov 14, 2011 → Mar 24, 2014 · no shared issuer
  • Josh Williams — TX, 1 issuer, Dec 22, 2009 → Jan 28, 2010 · no shared issuer

People around Josh 3

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

EP
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Person

Eric Prum

Executive Officer, Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Josh Williams. Their page shows their other deals.

MM
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Person

Michael Milstein

Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 6 other issuers

Michael Milstein is on 7 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

KS
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Person

Kimmy Scotti

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

Listed on the same filings as Josh Williams. Their page shows their other deals.

Registrations and other filings

Business registration (state registry / Secretary of State)

Individuals are not matched to business registrations — registries list companies, and a name alone is not enough to tie a person to one. Officers and managers appear by name inside each matched company's record on the issuer pages. Registries searched: AL (Alabama Secretary of State — Business Entity Records (arc-sos.state.al.us), searched by issuer name, data as of Oct 24, 2026); CO (Colorado Secretary of State — Business Entities in Colorado (data.colorado.gov), data as of Oct 23, 2026); CT (Connecticut Secretary of the State — Business Registry (data.ct.gov), data as of Oct 24, 2026); FL (Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations — quarterly corporate data file (Sunbiz), data as of Oct 7, 2026); NY (New York Department of State — Corporations and Other Entities (data.ny.gov: All Filings + Active Corporations), data as of Oct 20, 2026); OR (Oregon Secretary of State — Active Businesses, All (data.oregon.gov), data as of Oct 20, 2026); PA (Pennsylvania Department of State — Registered Businesses, Current (data.pa.gov), data as of Oct 6, 2026); TX (Texas Comptroller — Active Franchise Taxpayers incl. Secretary of State file data (data.texas.gov), data as of Oct 24, 2026). Registries of other states have not been searched: many publish no bulk file and require a CAPTCHA or bot challenge on their search page, which we do not bypass (Delaware, for example, offers no public bulk file).

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 Josh Williams 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 Josh Williams is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in Very Great Inc.'s SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #107,715 of 374,652 in line (1,386 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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