Mark Shaw is listed as an executive officer and director on 14 SEC Form D filings by 4 issuers between Dec 2010 and Jun 2025: Inclined Technologies Inc (Sausalito, CA — other technology — 2021–2025; $19M reported sold to 45 investors), Maverick Brands, LLC (Mountain View, CA — industry reported as "Other" — 2010–2014; $8.81M reported sold to 40 investors), Rise & Puff Inc. (Menlo Park, CA — restaurants — 2023–2025; $7.83M reported sold to 12 investors) and Farmhouse Culture, Inc. (Watsonville, CA — manufacturing — 2015–2016; $7.75M reported sold to 22 investors).
What this means A repeat sponsor — 4 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer and director, over about 15 years. Across those companies the filings report $43.3M sold in total.
Listed alongside Philip Summe (4 shared filings), Carol Olson (3 shared filings), Jennifer Kao (3 shared filings), Joshua Edward Wyss (3 shared filings), Kathryn Diane Lukas (3 shared filings) and 7 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 Baylight (9 issuers, $64.7M reported sold, 2009–2025).
What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Baylight has 9 companies on file and $64.7M 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) — 11 SEC releases, 6 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.
What this means 17 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 14 public filings for Mark Shaw and found 8 differences, 1 worth asking the sponsor about: 6 Form Ds were filed more than 15 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.