Manfred Yu is listed as an executive officer and director on 36 SEC Form D filings by 5 issuers between Nov 2014 and Mar 2020: Acuta Capital Fund, LP (Belmont, CA — pooled investment fund — 2015–2020; $265.1M reported sold to 138 investors), Acuta Capital Offshore Fund, Ltd. (Belmont, CA — pooled investment fund — 2015–2020; $72.5M reported sold to 38 investors), Acuta Opportunity Fund, LP (Belmont, CA — pooled investment fund — 2014–2020; $72.4M reported sold to 109 investors), Acuta Opportunity Offshore Fund, Ltd. (Belmont, CA — pooled investment fund — 2015–2020; $17.6M reported sold to 21 investors) and Acuta Ventures, LP (Belmont, CA — pooled investment fund — 2015–2019; $9.04M reported sold to 34 investors).
What this means A repeat sponsor — 5 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer and director, over about 6 years. Across those companies the filings report $436.6M sold in total.
Listed alongside Richard Lin (27 shared filings), Acuta Capital Partners, LLC (24 shared filings, management entity), Brad Sargent (15 shared filings), Garheng Kong (13 shared filings), Kabir Misra (13 shared filings) and 2 others.
What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around Manfred. Each name links to their own page.
All 5 issuers belong to the sponsor group Acuta (5 issuers, $436.6M reported sold, 2011–2020).
What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Acuta has 5 companies on file and $436.6M 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) — 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 36 public filings for Manfred Yu and found 4 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.