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Mark Botros

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · NY · Jul 23, 2025 → Aug 14, 2026

2deals (issuers)
$77.8Mreported sold
16investors
3Form D filings
2025–2026years on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:58 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Mark Botros is listed as an executive officer and director on 3 SEC Form D filings by 2 issuers between Jul 2025 and Aug 2026: ZF Topco Partnership, L.P. (New York, NY — industry reported as "Other" — 2025–2026; $53.1M reported sold to 8 investors) and PFK Buyer Inc. (New York, NY — industry reported as "Other" — 2025; $24.7M reported sold to 8 investors).

What this means 2 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer and director. Across those companies the filings report $77.8M sold in total.

Listed alongside Andrew Prodromos (3 shared filings), Byron Lichtenstein (2 shared filings), John Weinstein (2 shared filings), Michael de Vere (2 shared filings), Rodney E. Hood (2 shared filings) and 4 others.

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

All 2 issuers belong to the sponsor group Insight (108 issuers, $27.01B reported sold, 2010–2026).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Insight has 108 companies on file and $27.01B 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, 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) — 5 court cases matching the name, 2 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 7 records came back, including 2 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.

We compared 3 public filings for Mark Botros and found 2 differences, 1 worth asking the sponsor about: Form D filed 161 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 Mark Botros has not run yet — it is joining a line of 30,717 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 638 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

5 cases: 2 open, 3 dismissed

Botros v. AGI Cargo, LLC open
District Court, N.D. California · No. 5:26-cv-01902 · Filed Mar 4, 2026
Role of Botros: Plaintiff · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (1 person in Form D filings, 19 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in CA (not a filing state)
BOTROS v. AGI CARGO, LLC open
District Court, N.D. California · No. 5:26-cv-01898 · Filed Mar 4, 2026
Role of BOTROS: Plaintiff · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (1 person in Form D filings, 19 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in CA (not a filing state)
Youssry Botros v. ING Bank FSB dismissed
District Court, C.D. California · No. 2:12-cv-05450 · Filed Jun 22, 2012 · Closed Jul 11, 2012 · Nature of suit: 220 Foreclosure
Role of Youssry Botros: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2012-07-11 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: settled Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (1 person in Form D filings, 19 federal dockets); different first name (youssry); court in CA (not a filing state)
Hanan S. Botros v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, National Association dismissed
District Court, C.D. California · No. 2:09-cv-01397 · Filed Feb 26, 2009 · Closed Oct 4, 2010 · Nature of suit: Consumer Credit · Cause: 15:1681 Fair Credit Reporting Act
Role of Hanan S. Botros: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2010-10-04 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: settled Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (1 person in Form D filings, 19 federal dockets); different first name (hanan); court in CA (not a filing state)
Botros v. Thomas & Thomas LLC dismissed
District Court, N.D. Ohio · No. 1:07-cv-01226 · Filed Apr 24, 2007 · Closed Jun 19, 2007 · Nature of suit: 480 Consumer credit
Role of Botros: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2007-06-19 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: settled Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (1 person in Form D filings, 19 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in OH (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, 2:58 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: 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 Mark Botros..

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

2 cases: 2 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

WILLIAM BOTROS AWAD and NADIA A Shenouda closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California · No. 2:08-bk-28708 · Filed Nov 4, 2008 · Closed May 28, 2009
Role of WILLIAM BOTROS AWAD and NADIA A Shenouda: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2009-05-28 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (1 person in Form D filings, 19 federal dockets); different first name (william); court in CA (not a filing state)
Bank of New York v. Botros closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Jersey · No. 97-3077 · Filed Feb 10, 1997 · Closed Jun 12, 1997
Role of Botros: Defendant · Outcome: Case closed 1997-06-12 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (1 person in Form D filings, 19 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; 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, 2:58 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

2 differences found between the filings for Mark Botros — 1 worth asking about (compared 3 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Worth asking · Mar 12, 2025 – Aug 20, 2025

Form D filed 161 days after the first sale — ZF Topco Partnership, L.P.

The filing says the first sale was Mar 12, 2025. The Form D was filed Aug 20, 2025 — 161 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 146 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 · Nov 19, 2021 – Jul 23, 2025

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — PFK Buyer Inc. (latest filing Jul 23, 2025)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Jul 23, 2025 (first sale Nov 19, 2021). It reports $24,722,650 sold of an indefinite amount offered. No later amendment is in our index as of Oct 24, 2026.

What this means SEC rules expect a yearly amendment while an offering is still going. The raise may simply have ended — a Form D does not say when it closed. Ask the sponsor whether the offering closed, when, and at what amount.

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
Aug 14, 2026 D/A
ZF Topco Partnership, L.P.
File 021-555399
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Jul 23, 2025 D/A
PFK Buyer Inc.
File 021-449198
$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 2

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

Other · group: Insight

ZF Topco Partnership, L.P.

New York, NY · Aug 20, 2025 → Aug 14, 2026 · 2 filings
  • Aug 14, 2026 · D/A · $53,117,440 sold of Indefinite · 8 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director (Director of the General Partner.) EDGAR ↗
  • Aug 20, 2025 · D · $30,085,840 sold of Indefinite · 8 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director (Director of the General Partner.) EDGAR ↗

Raised $53.1M from 8 investors as of the latest filing. Mark is listed as director on 2 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 · group: Insight

PFK Buyer Inc.

New York, NY · Jul 23, 2025
  • Jul 23, 2025 · D/A · $24,722,650 sold of Indefinite · 8 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer, Director (Vice President) EDGAR ↗

Raised $24.7M from 8 investors as of the latest filing. Mark is listed as executive officer, 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: 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.

People around Mark 9

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

AP
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Person

Andrew Prodromos

Executive Officer · 3 shared filings (2 issuers) · also on 86 other issuers

Andrew Prodromos is on 88 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

BL
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Person

Byron Lichtenstein

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

Listed on the same filings as Mark Botros. Their page shows their other deals.

MV
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Person

Michael de Vere

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Mark Botros. Their page shows their other deals.

RH
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Person

Rodney E. Hood

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Mark Botros. Their page shows their other deals.

ML
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Person

Mark Lessing

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 86 other issuers

Mark Lessing is on 87 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

RH
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Person

Ryan Hinkle

Executive Officer, Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 19 other issuers

Ryan Hinkle is on 20 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

JR
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Person

Jonathan Rhyne

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

Listed on the same filings as Mark Botros. Their page shows their other deals.

GG
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Person

Greg Gilmore

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Mark Botros. Their page shows their other deals.

The team behind the deals

Sponsor group

Insight

108 issuers · 230 filings · $27.01B reported sold · 2010–2026

One team, 108 deal companies. Mark Botros is listed on 2 of them.

Sources

Issuers are grouped when their Form D filings share related persons, a management entity or a business address (automatic match from the filings). "Listed" marks the issuers that name Mark Botros.

Same business address

43 other issuers file from the same address

A shared address can mean the same team, a shared office building or a registered agent. It is a lead, not a conclusion.

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 2 issuers 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 Mark Botros 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 2 issuers this person is listed on — nothing matched.

Public profiles and social

Websites and social links of the issuers Mark Botros is listed on, as found in their SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV, EDGAR profile) or on the sponsor's own site; none belongs to the person unless the sponsor's site says so. Checked Oct 24, 2026.

Look further

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Found on the sponsor's own site

insight.re ↗ found on ZF Topco Partnership, L.P. (insight.re — same registered sponsor family (group "Insight"); known from issuer CIK 2160641 (probe))

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