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Mark Kress

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · NY · Nov 16, 2012 → May 30, 2017

1deal (issuers)
$24.7Mreported sold
188investors
2Form D filings
2012–2017years on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:27 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Mark Kress is listed as a director on 2 SEC Form D filings by 1 issuer between Nov 2012 and May 2017: OrderGroove, Inc. (New York, NY — other technology — 2012–2017; $24.7M reported sold to 188 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 Greg Alvo (2 shared filings), Brendan McGovern (1 shared filing), David Strasser (1 shared filing), Erin Rucker (1 shared filing), John Seung (1 shared filing) and 5 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.

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) — 1 court case matching the name, 3 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 4 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 2 public filings for Mark Kress and found 3 differences, 1 worth asking the sponsor about: Form D filed 364 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 Kress has not run yet — it is joining a line of 26,736 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: BiggerPockets forums (via DuckDuckGo, Brave, Bing and BiggerPockets search) and Reddit (search feed + public archive).

Key records

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

1. Lawsuits

1 case: 1 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Mark Kress v. Regal Comm Corp closed
District Court, C.D. California · No. 2:94-cv-04525 · Filed Jul 6, 1994 · Closed Mar 13, 1995 · Nature of suit: 850 Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Role of Mark Kress: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 1995-03-13 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Transfer to another district Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 6 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in CA (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, 2:27 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: VA (crawled Oct 23, 2026)

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 Kress..

State securities regulators: Securities regulators searched (3,318 actions): 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), DE DOJ Investor Protection Unit (257 actions, 1987–2026), TX State Securities Board (586 actions, 2006–2026), WA DFI (2,039 actions, 2001–2026) — last crawled Oct 23, 2026, 9:57 PM ET. No machine-readable public listing today for CO, FL, IA, IN, MN, NE, NJ, NY, OH, UT, VA (see docs/state-regulators.md).

3. Bankruptcies

3 cases: 1 open, 2 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Mark E Kress open
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · No. 24-10140 · Filed Jul 12, 2024
Role of Mark E Kress: Debtor · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 6 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in IL (not a filing state)
Mark S Kress and Carole B. Kress closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Mexico · No. 12-11324 · Filed Apr 5, 2012 · Closed Jul 16, 2012
Role of Mark S Kress and Carole B. Kress: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2012-07-16 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 6 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in NM (not a filing state)
Mark E Kress closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · No. 04-47309 · Filed Dec 27, 2004 · Closed Apr 7, 2005
Role of Mark E Kress: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2005-04-07 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 6 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in IL (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, 2:27 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

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

Worth asking · May 31, 2016 – May 30, 2017

Form D filed 364 days after the first sale — OrderGroove, Inc.

The filing says the first sale was May 31, 2016. The Form D was filed May 30, 2017 — 364 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 349 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 · Sep 27, 2012 – Nov 16, 2012

Form D filed 50 days after the first sale — OrderGroove, Inc.

The filing says the first sale was Sep 27, 2012. The Form D was filed Nov 16, 2012 — 50 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 35 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 · Jan 14, 2022 – Sep 25, 2023

Same name, different state: "Mark Kress" (UT) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is NY. A separate record, "Mark Kress" with address state UT, is listed on 3 filings — most recently by Alpha Diversified Fund, LP (Sep 25, 2023). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Nov 16, 2012 to May 30, 2017; the other runs Jan 14, 2022 to Sep 25, 2023.

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
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

1 of 2 offerings reports sales commissions totalling $2,454,329; 0 report finder's fees; 2 report proceeds to related persons totalling $1,690,481. (includes amounts the issuer reported as estimates)

Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
May 30, 2017 D
OrderGroove, Inc.
File 021-287643
$2,454,329$0$1,290,481 (est.)National Securities Corporation BrokerCheck CRD 7569 ↗EDGAR ↗
Nov 16, 2012 D
OrderGroove, Inc.
File 021-187090
$0$0$400,000None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
How this is counted

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 Mark Kress on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

Other Technology

OrderGroove, Inc.

New York, NY · Nov 16, 2012 → May 30, 2017 · 2 filings
  • May 30, 2017 · D · $24,664,420 sold of $24,664,420 · 188 investors · min. $1 · role: Director EDGAR ↗
  • Nov 16, 2012 · D · $6,730,039 sold of $6,730,039 · 13 investors · min. $15,381 · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $24.7M from 188 investors (100% of the $24.7M target) 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 Technology / 506(b) (17,390 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 (1)

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

  • Mark Kress — UT, 1 issuer, Jan 14, 2022 → Sep 25, 2023 · no shared issuer

People around Mark 10

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

GA
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Person

Greg Alvo

Executive Officer, Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

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

BM
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Person

Brendan McGovern

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 25 other issuers

Brendan McGovern is on 26 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

JS
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Person

John Seung

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 2 other issuers

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

SB
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Person

Scott Booth

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 11 other issuers

Scott Booth is on 12 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

JE
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Person

Jorge Escobar

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

SS
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Person

Scott Simonelli

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

PF
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Person

Paul Fredrich

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

OS
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Person

Ofir Shalom

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

DS
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Person

David Strasser

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

ER
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Person

Erin Rucker

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

Registrations and other filings

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 Mark Kress 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 Mark Kress is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in OrderGroove, Inc.'s SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #270,621 of 374,652 in line (1,312 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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