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Michael Stephens

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · DE · Apr 25, 2014 → Apr 25, 2014

1deal (issuers)
$0reported sold
0investors
1Form D filing
2014year on file
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Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:31 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Michael Stephens is listed as an executive officer on 1 SEC Form D filing by 1 issuer in Apr 2014: 5x5 Factoring,LLC (Wilmington, DE — other banking and financial services — 2014).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC, filed Apr 2014. 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 Andrew K Shoemaker (1 shared filing), Jim Fowler (1 shared filing) and Mandy Stapelton (1 shared filing).

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) — 1 bankruptcy case matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 1 record 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 Stephens and found 3 differences: Same name, different state: "Michael Stephens" (UT) is a separate record; Same name, different state: "Michael Stephens" (NY) 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 Stephens has not run yet — it is joining a line of 6,466 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 27 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, 2:31 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

None found in sources searched — SEC enforcement releases (index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET) · state securities regulators: AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA (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 Michael Stephens..

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

1 case: 1 open

Michael S. Stephens, Jr open
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Delaware · No. 25-10914 · Filed May 21, 2025
Role of Michael S. Stephens, Jr: Debtor · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 448 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (DE)
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, 2:31 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 Michael Stephens (compared 1 filing on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Sep 22, 2025

Same name, different state: "Michael Stephens" (UT) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is DE. A separate record, "Michael Stephens" with address state UT, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by Ridgeline Capital Fund LLC (Sep 22, 2025). The two records do not overlap in time: this page has one filing dated Apr 25, 2014; the other has one filing dated Sep 22, 2025.

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 Stephens (UT) — PartnerFacts page ↗Form D · Sep 22, 2025 ↗Ridgeline Capital Fund LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗Michael Stephens (DE) — this page ↗
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Note · Dec 12, 2019 – Jan 18, 2023

Same name, different state: "Michael Stephens" (NY) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is DE. A separate record, "Michael Stephens" with address state NY, is listed on 4 filings — most recently by CB Parent Holdco, L.P. (Jan 18, 2023). The two records do not overlap in time: this page has one filing dated Apr 25, 2014; the other runs Dec 12, 2019 to Jan 18, 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 Stephens (NY) — PartnerFacts page ↗Form D/A · Jan 18, 2023 ↗CB Parent Holdco, L.P. — PartnerFacts page ↗Michael Stephens (DE) — this page ↗
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Note · Aug 9, 2022

Same name, different state: "Michael Stephens" (IL) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is DE. A separate record, "Michael Stephens" with address state IL, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by Smart Plastic Technologies, Inc. (Aug 9, 2022). The two records do not overlap in time: this page has one filing dated Apr 25, 2014; the other has one filing dated Aug 9, 2022.

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 Stephens (IL) — PartnerFacts page ↗Form D · Aug 9, 2022 ↗Smart Plastic Technologies, Inc. — PartnerFacts page ↗Michael Stephens (DE) — 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

None reported on 1 offering — no sales commissions, finder's fees or proceeds to insiders

Per-offering detail
Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Apr 25, 2014 D
5x5 Factoring,LLC
File 021-216263
$0$0$0 (est.)None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗

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

5F
Other Banking and Financial Services

5x5 Factoring,LLC

Wilmington, DE · Apr 25, 2014
  • Apr 25, 2014 · D · $0 sold of $1,000,000 · 0 investors · min. $5,000 · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

No sales reported yet as of the latest filing. Michael is listed as executive officer.

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 Banking and Financial Services / 506(c) (675 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 (3)

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

  • Michael Stephens — NY, 1 issuer, Dec 12, 2019 → Jan 18, 2023 · no shared issuer
  • Michael Stephens — IL, 1 issuer, Aug 9, 2022 → Aug 9, 2022 · no shared issuer
  • Michael Stephens — UT, 1 issuer, Sep 22, 2025 → Sep 22, 2025 · no shared issuer

People around Michael 3

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

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Person

Jim Fowler

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

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Person

Mandy Stapelton

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

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Person

Andrew K Shoemaker

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

The team behind the deals

Same business address

2 other issuers file from the same address

A shared address can mean the same team, a shared office building or a registered agent. It is a lead, not a conclusion.

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 Stephens 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 Stephens is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in 5x5 Factoring,LLC's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #319,151 of 374,652 in line (14 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

Look further

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Courts

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Securities regulators

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Business registries

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