Michael Hoffman is listed as an executive officer and director on 9 SEC Form D filings by 4 issuers between Nov 2019 and Sep 2025: NewBound Ventures Fund II LP (Minneapolis, MN — pooled investment fund — 2022–2023; $37.9M reported sold to 20 investors), Excelsior Ventures Fund I LP (Excelsior, MN — pooled investment fund — 2019–2021; $24M reported sold to 55 investors), Lunr Capital, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN — other banking and financial services — 2025; $14.6M reported sold to 12 investors) and WISDOM GAMING, INC. (Bloomington, MN — industry reported as "Other" — 2022; $14.2M reported sold to 49 investors).
What this means A repeat sponsor — 4 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer and director, over about 6 years. Across those companies the filings report $90.7M sold in total.
Listed alongside Jeff Klinefelter (5 shared filings), Dale Olsen (3 shared filings), David Gotlieb (3 shared filings), Excelsior GP I LLC (3 shared filings, management entity), Howard Liszt (3 shared filings) and 8 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.
2 of the issuers belong to the sponsor group Newbound (3 issuers, $61.9M reported sold, 2019–2024).
What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Newbound has 3 companies on file and $61.9M 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) — 2 SEC releases, 1 bankruptcy case matching the name listed in Key records below.
What this means 3 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 9 public filings for Michael Hoffman and found 10 differences, 1 worth asking the sponsor about: Paid seller listed without a CRD number: Great North Capital Consultants, Inc; 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.