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Michael D. Smith

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · MD · Nov 20, 2013 → Nov 20, 2013

1deal (issuers)
$7.55Mreported sold
3investors
1Form D filing
2013year on file
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Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:30 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Michael D. Smith is listed as a director on 1 SEC Form D filing by 1 issuer in Nov 2013: Astrum Solar, Inc. (Annapolis Junction, MD — other energy — 2013; $7.55M reported sold to 3 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC, filed Nov 2013. 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 Benjamin R. Davis (1 shared filing), Joshua Green (1 shared filing), Joshua M. Goldberg (1 shared filing), Sanford J. Roskes (1 shared filing), Stephen R. Simons (1 shared filing) and 2 others.

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

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA) — 5 SEC releases, 1 state regulator order, 5 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 11 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 1 public filing for Michael D. Smith and found 5 differences: No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open; Same name, different state: "Michael Smith" (OH) is a separate record; 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 Michael D. Smith has not run yet — it is joining a line of 18,603 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 29 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

None found in sources searched — federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), checked Oct 24, 2026

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, 2:30 AM ET.

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

5 SEC releases; 1 state regulator order

Michael Smith and Douglas Joshua Dalton Litigation release
SEC · Apr 1, 2026 · Parties as named in the release: Michael Smith and Douglas Joshua Dalton Read the release ↗
same full name in the release title; 55 people with this name in Form D filings; the person's filing state is not named
Michael D. Smith Administrative proceeding
SEC · Apr 29, 2009 · Parties as named in the release: Michael D. Smith Read the release ↗
same full name in the release title; 55 people with this name in Form D filings; the person's filing state is not named
Michael K. Smith Administrative proceeding
SEC · Dec 4, 2007 · Parties as named in the release: Michael K. Smith Read the release ↗
same full name in the release title; 55 people with this name in Form D filings; the person's filing state is named in the release; middle initial differs
Order (type not printed in the list entry; see the order) TX · Texas State Securities Board (TSSB)
Order date Mar 22, 2007 · Regulator: Texas State Securities Board (TSSB) · ENF-07-CDO-1627 · Parties (regulator's caption): Target Oil & Gas Corporation; Michael Smith; Ray Neal; and mark Irwin
Outcome: not stated in the index entry we read; see the order. Order / docket ↗ Regulator's list ↗
same full name in the order; 55 people with this name in Form D filings; regulator in TX (not a filing state)
Gary Bell, Joseph Grendys, Anthony Holohan, and Michael Smith; Carl A. Allen; Donald Childers; John Crowder; Chris Jakubek; John King; Steve LeBarron; Patrick Penderghast; Frank Riggio; and Richard Vecchia Litigation release
SEC · Jan 22, 2007 · Parties as named in the release: Gary Bell, Joseph Grendys, Anthony Holohan, and Michael Smith; Carl A. Allen; Donald Childers; John Crowder; Chris Jakubek; John King; Steve LeBarron; Patrick Penderghast; Frank Riggio; and Richard Vecchia Read the release ↗
same full name in the release title; 55 people with this name in Form D filings; the person's filing state is not named
Michael W. Smith Administrative proceeding
SEC · Oct 20, 2004 · Parties as named in the release: Michael W. Smith Read the release ↗
same full name in the release title; 55 people with this name in Form D filings; the person's filing state is not named; middle initial differs
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 Michael D. Smith..

State securities regulators searched: AZ (Corporation Commission Securities Division), CA (DFPI — 16 of 12,159 DFPI respondent pages read so far; sponsor-name matches are read first), DE (DOJ Investor Protection Unit), TX (State Securities Board), WA (DFI) — last crawled Oct 23, 2026, 9:57 PM ET. Other states are not covered.

3. Bankruptcies

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

Michael H Smith open
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maryland · No. 24-20793 · Filed Dec 24, 2024
Role of Michael H Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 7052 federal dockets); 55 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (MD); middle initial differs
Michael A Smith open
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maryland · No. 23-12923 · Filed Apr 28, 2023
Role of Michael A Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 7052 federal dockets); 55 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (MD); middle initial differs
Michael Smith open
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maryland · No. 22-15420 · Filed Sep 30, 2022
Role of Michael Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 7052 federal dockets); 55 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (MD)
Michael W. Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maryland · No. 21-17519 · Filed Nov 30, 2021 · Closed Mar 9, 2022
Role of Michael W. Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2022-03-09 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 7052 federal dockets); 55 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (MD); middle initial differs
Michael H. Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maryland · No. 21-13894 · Filed Jun 11, 2021 · Closed Sep 14, 2021
Role of Michael H. Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2021-09-14 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 7052 federal dockets); 55 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (MD); middle initial differs
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, 2:30 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

5 differences found between the filings for Michael D. Smith (compared 1 filing on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Nov 6, 2013 – Nov 20, 2013

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — Astrum Solar, Inc. (latest filing Nov 20, 2013)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Nov 20, 2013 (first sale Nov 6, 2013). It reports $7,549,726 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.

Form D · Nov 20, 2013 ↗Astrum Solar, Inc. — PartnerFacts page ↗
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Note · Jan 17, 2020 – Mar 12, 2024

Same name, different state: "Michael Smith" (OH) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is MD. A separate record, "Michael Smith" with address state OH, is listed on 11 filings — most recently by GHC Multi-Family Income Generation, LLC (Jun 2, 2026). The two records do not overlap in time: this page has one filing dated Nov 20, 2013; the other runs Jan 17, 2020 to Mar 12, 2024.

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.

Michael Smith (OH) — PartnerFacts page ↗Form D · Jun 2, 2026 ↗GHC Multi-Family Income Generation, LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗Michael D. Smith (MD) — this page ↗
Sources
Note · Oct 17, 2016 – Jul 17, 2023

Same name, different state: "Michael Smith" (IL or KY) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is MD. A separate record, "Michael Smith" with address state IL or KY, is listed on 15 filings — most recently by Ventas Life Science & Healthcare Real Estate Fund, L.P. (Oct 16, 2026). The two records do not overlap in time: this page has one filing dated Nov 20, 2013; the other runs Oct 17, 2016 to Jul 17, 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.

Michael Smith (IL,KY) — PartnerFacts page ↗Form D/A · Oct 16, 2026 ↗Ventas Life Science & Healthcare Real Estate Fund, L.P. — PartnerFacts page ↗Michael D. Smith (MD) — this page ↗
Sources
Note · Aug 10, 2010 – Nov 20, 2015

Same name, different state: "Michael Smith" (SC) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is MD. A separate record, "Michael Smith" with address state SC, is listed on 5 filings — most recently by Proterra Inc (Nov 20, 2015). Both records have filings in the same period (Nov 20, 2013).

What this means Two records with one name were active at the same time. That can be one person listing different company addresses, or two different people. We keep them apart until a filing ties them together. Check both pages before you decide.

Michael Smith (SC) — PartnerFacts page ↗Form D · Nov 20, 2015 ↗Proterra Inc — PartnerFacts page ↗Michael D. Smith (MD) — this page ↗
Sources
Note · Apr 10, 2009

Same name, different state: "Michael Smith" (TN) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is MD. A separate record, "Michael Smith" with address state TN, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by Debt Solutions LLC (Apr 10, 2009). The two records do not overlap in time: this page has one filing dated Nov 20, 2013; the other has one filing dated Apr 10, 2009.

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.

Michael Smith (TN) — PartnerFacts page ↗Form D · Apr 10, 2009 ↗Debt Solutions LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗Michael D. Smith (MD) — this page ↗
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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

0 of 1 offering report sales commissions; 1 reports finder's fees totalling $35,000; 1 reports proceeds to related persons totalling $97,500. (includes amounts the issuer reported as estimates)

Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Nov 20, 2013 D
Astrum Solar, Inc.
File 021-206669
$0$35,000 (est.)$97,500 (est.)
A closing fee was paid to a private equity entity affiliated with a director listed in response to Item 3 above.
Stevens Capital Advisors no CRD number reported
via Growth Capital Services, Inc. (CRD 124658 ↗)
EDGAR ↗
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 Michael D. Smith on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

AS
Other Energy

Astrum Solar, Inc.

Annapolis Junction, MD · Nov 20, 2013
  • Nov 20, 2013 · D · $7,549,726 sold of Indefinite · 3 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $7.55M from 3 investors as of the latest filing. Michael is listed as director.

Latest filing on EDGAR ↗
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 Energy / 506(b) (1,000 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 (20)

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

  • Michael Smith — NY, 23 issuers, Aug 24, 2012 → Jul 29, 2025 · no shared issuer
  • Michael L. Smith — NY, 21 issuers, Mar 12, 2020 → Oct 15, 2026 · no shared issuer
  • Michael Smith — CA, 17 issuers, May 28, 2009 → Jun 18, 2026 · no shared issuer
  • Michael Smith — OH, 11 issuers, Jan 17, 2020 → Mar 12, 2024 · no shared issuer
  • Michael Thomas Smith — NY, 8 issuers, Jan 3, 2019 → Feb 1, 2021 · no shared issuer
  • Michael Thomas Smith — Singapore (as filed: U0), 6 issuers, Feb 2, 2018 → Feb 9, 2018 · no shared issuer
  • Michael Smith — IL, KY, 5 issuers, Oct 17, 2016 → Jul 17, 2023 · no shared issuer
  • Michael Smith — SC, 4 issuers, Aug 10, 2010 → Nov 20, 2015 · no shared issuer
  • Michael Smith — OR, 4 issuers, Feb 3, 2012 → Oct 21, 2024 · no shared issuer
  • Michael L. Smith — CA, 4 issuers, Dec 16, 2010 → Oct 31, 2014 · no shared issuer
  • Michael B. Smith — CO, 3 issuers, Mar 15, 2010 → Jun 10, 2013 · no shared issuer
  • Michael A. Smith — TX, 3 issuers, Dec 23, 2011 → Jan 4, 2016 · no shared issuer
  • Michael Smith — GA, VA, 3 issuers, Aug 31, 2011 → Jan 22, 2020 · no shared issuer
  • Michael Stephen Smith — NY, 3 issuers, Feb 28, 2013 → Feb 9, 2023 · no shared issuer
  • Michael Smith — MA, 3 issuers, Dec 29, 2011 → Apr 28, 2016 · no shared issuer
  • Michael Smith — FL, 3 issuers, Jun 22, 2017 → Apr 27, 2018 · no shared issuer
  • Michael Smith — TX, 2 issuers, Mar 23, 2011 → Sep 7, 2012 · no shared issuer
  • Michael L. Smith — CO, 2 issuers, Nov 8, 2011 → Nov 7, 2012 · no shared issuer
  • Michael E Smith II — TX, 2 issuers, Oct 6, 2011 → Oct 11, 2012 · no shared issuer
  • Michael Smith — CO, 2 issuers, Aug 3, 2017 → Jun 8, 2021 · no shared issuer

People around Michael 7

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

VP
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Person

Vadim Polikov

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

Listed on the same filings as Michael D. Smith. Their page shows their other deals.

SS
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Person

Stephen R. Simons

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Michael D. Smith. Their page shows their other deals.

WH
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Person

William L. Hallisey

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Michael D. Smith. Their page shows their other deals.

JG
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Person

Joshua Green

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Michael D. Smith. Their page shows their other deals.

SR
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Person

Sanford J. Roskes

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Michael D. Smith. Their page shows their other deals.

BD
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Person

Benjamin R. Davis

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

Listed on the same filings as Michael D. Smith. Their page shows their other deals.

JG
No photo found yet (own website and image search run after this page is viewed)
Person

Joshua M. Goldberg

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

Listed on the same filings as Michael D. Smith. 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 Michael D. Smith 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 Michael D. Smith is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in Astrum Solar, Inc.'s SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #325,189 of 374,652 in line (25 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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Securities regulators

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Business registries

Maryland Secretary of State business search ↗OpenCorporates ↗

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