Mark Menell is listed as a director on 8 SEC Form D filings by 3 issuers between Apr 2010 and Mar 2018: STS Media Inc dba FreedomPop (Los Angeles, CA — other technology — 2015–2018; $36M reported sold to 5 investors), ROCKYOU INC (San Francisco, CA — other technology — 2012–2015; $11.8M reported sold to 10 investors) and Betawave Corp. (San Francisco, CA — industry reported as "Other" — 2010; $2.39M reported sold to 4 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 $50.2M sold in total.
Listed alongside David Chao (4 shared filings), Josh Grant (4 shared filings), Lisa Marino (4 shared filings), Nicolas El Baze (4 shared filings), CHRIS ROGERS (3 shared filings) and 19 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.
1 of the issuers belongs to the sponsor group Uprising (27 issuers, $218.2M reported sold, 2010–2026).
What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Uprising has 27 companies on file and $218.2M 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) — 3 court cases matching the name listed in Key records below.
What this means 3 records came back, including 1 court case 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 8 public filings for Mark Menell and found 8 differences: Form D filed 41 days after the first sale; Offering amount changed 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.