Lawrence Richenstein is listed as a director on 3 SEC Form D filings by 3 issuers between Dec 2008 and Sep 2016: BotFactory, Inc. (Long Island City, NY — other technology — 2016; $1.3M reported sold to 24 investors), CE INTERACTIVE INC (New York, NY — other technology — 2010; $398K reported sold to 23 investors) and Unype, Inc. (New York, NY — other technology — 2008; $300K reported sold to 2 investors).
What this means A repeat sponsor — 3 separate companies raised money with this person listed as director, over about 8 years. Across those companies the filings report $2M sold in total.
Listed alongside Carlos Ospina (1 shared filing), Constantine Spathis (1 shared filing), Dean Summers (1 shared filing), Edward J. Smith (1 shared filing), Elaine Gilde (1 shared filing) and 3 others.
What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around Lawrence. Each name links to their own page.
1 of the issuers belongs to the sponsor group Era (7 issuers, $597K reported sold, 2008–2026).
What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Era has 7 companies on file and $597K 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 (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DE, FINRA, GA, HI, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NASAA, NC, ND, NH, NM, NV, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) — none found.
What this means Nothing turned up where we looked (3 sources). That does not prove there is nothing — it means none was found in those sources on that date.
We compared 3 public filings for Lawrence Richenstein and found 9 differences, 1 worth asking the sponsor about: 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.