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Michael Sander

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · OR · May 13, 2015 → Jul 26, 2019

3deals (issuers)
$168.6Mreported sold
800investors
8Form D filings
2015–2019years on file
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Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:33 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Michael Sander is listed as an executive officer and director on 8 SEC Form D filings by 3 issuers between May 2015 and Jul 2019: Sortis Income Fund LLC (Portland, OR — investing — 2016–2018; $166.1M reported sold to 778 investors), KLERSUN, LLC (Portland, OR — agriculture — 2018–2019; $2.05M reported sold to 13 investors) and Tremony Seed LLC (Portland, OR — pooled investment fund — 2015; $510K reported sold to 9 investors).

What this means A repeat sponsor — 3 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer and director, over about 4 years. Across those companies the filings report $168.6M sold in total.

Listed alongside Morgan Smith (4 shared filings), Frederick Lee Schilling (3 shared filings), Gilbert Bustamante (3 shared filings), Jason Martin (3 shared filings), Michael Dorr (3 shared filings) and 3 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 Sortis (14 issuers, $193.4M reported sold, 2013–2025).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Sortis has 14 companies on file and $193.4M 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 (AR, AZ, CA, CT, DE, FINRA, GA, HI, ID, LA, ME, MO, MS, MT, NASAA, NC, NH, NM, OR, RI, TX, WA) — 1 court case matching the name, 5 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 6 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 8 public filings for Michael Sander and found 7 differences, 1 worth asking the sponsor about: Michael Sander is no longer listed on the Dec 9, 2019 amendment; 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 Sander has not run yet — it is joining a line of 21,524 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 363 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

1 case: 1 dismissed

In the Matter of Michael Sander dismissed
District Court, S.D. Florida · No. 4:12-cv-10025 · Filed Mar 8, 2012 · Closed Oct 17, 2012 · Nature of suit: 890 Other statutory actions
Role of Michael Sander: Party · Outcome: Terminated 2012-10-17 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: settled Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 14 federal dockets); court in FL (not a filing state)
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, 2:33 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.

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: NV (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 Sander..

State securities regulators: Securities regulators searched (3,318 actions): AZ Corporation Commission Securities Division (411 actions, 2017–2026), CA DFPI (25 actions, 2007–2024; listing starts 2002), DE DOJ Investor Protection Unit (257 actions, 1987–2026), TX State Securities Board (586 actions, 2006–2026), WA DFI (2,039 actions, 2001–2026) — 16 of 12,159 DFPI respondent pages read so far; sponsor-name matches are read first — last crawled Oct 23, 2026, 9:57 PM ET. No machine-readable public listing today for IA, IN, KS, MI, NE, NV (see docs/state-regulators.md).

3. Bankruptcies

5 cases: 5 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Michael L. Sander and Jennifer K. Sander closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Colorado · No. 10-21031 · Filed May 6, 2010 · Closed Nov 19, 2010
Role of Michael L. Sander and Jennifer K. Sander: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2010-11-19 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 14 federal dockets); court in CO (not a filing state)
Michael F. Sander closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Ohio · No. 1:09-bk-12300 · Filed Apr 16, 2009 · Closed Aug 19, 2009
Role of Michael F. Sander: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2009-08-19 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 14 federal dockets); court in OH (not a filing state)
MICHAEL D SANDER and LORETTA M SANDER closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Washington · No. 98-04762 · Filed Aug 7, 1998 · Closed Nov 20, 1998
Role of MICHAEL D SANDER and LORETTA M SANDER: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1998-11-20 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 14 federal dockets); court in WA (not a filing state)
Michael H. Sander and Diana F. Sander closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Kentucky · No. 97-20919 · Filed May 22, 1997 · Closed Dec 3, 1997
Role of Michael H. Sander and Diana F. Sander: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1997-12-03 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 14 federal dockets); court in KY (not a filing state)
Michael D. Sander closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · No. 93-13058 · Filed May 20, 1993 · Closed Oct 15, 1993
Role of Michael D. Sander: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1993-10-15 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 14 federal dockets); court in PA (not a filing state)
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, 2:33 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

7 differences found between the filings for Michael Sander — 1 worth asking about (compared 8 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Mar 27, 2015 – May 13, 2015

Form D filed 47 days after the first sale — Tremony Seed LLC

The filing says the first sale was Mar 27, 2015. The Form D was filed May 13, 2015 — 47 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 32 days past that.

What this means A late notice is common and carries no penalty by itself. It is worth asking the sponsor why the paperwork lagged.

Form D · May 13, 2015 ↗Tremony Seed LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗
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Note · Jun 25, 2018 – Jul 26, 2019

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — KLERSUN, LLC (latest filing Jul 26, 2019)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Jul 26, 2019 (first sale Jun 25, 2018). It reports $2,050,000 sold of $2,500,000 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/A · Jul 26, 2019 ↗KLERSUN, LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗
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Worth asking · Dec 6, 2018 – Dec 9, 2019

Michael Sander is no longer listed on the Dec 9, 2019 amendment — Sortis Income Fund LLC

Michael Sander appears on the Dec 6, 2018 Form D/A (executive officer) but not on the Dec 9, 2019 Form D/A for the same offering.

What this means People leave, and the issuer must list only current officers, directors and promoters. It is still worth asking why this person left and who replaced them.

Form D/A · Dec 6, 2018 ↗Form D/A · Dec 9, 2019 ↗Michael Sander — PartnerFacts page ↗Sortis Income Fund LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗
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Note · Jun 25, 2018 – May 23, 2019

Offering amount changed between filings — KLERSUN, LLC

The Jun 25, 2018 filing says $2,000,000 offered; the May 23, 2019 Form D/A says $2,500,000.

What this means The target raise changed. Raising the cap is common when a deal grows; ask whether the extra money has the same terms and use.

Form D (earlier) · Jun 25, 2018 ↗Form D/A (later) · May 23, 2019 ↗KLERSUN, LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗
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Note · Dec 5, 2017 – Sep 5, 2018

Offering amount changed between filings — Sortis Income Fund LLC

The Dec 5, 2017 filing says $10,000,000 offered; the Sep 5, 2018 Form D/A says $100,000,000.

What this means The target raise changed. Raising the cap is common when a deal grows; ask whether the extra money has the same terms and use.

Form D/A (earlier) · Dec 5, 2017 ↗Form D/A (later) · Sep 5, 2018 ↗Sortis Income Fund LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗
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Note · Jun 25, 2018 – May 23, 2019

Minimum investment changed between filings — KLERSUN, LLC

The Jun 25, 2018 filing lists a minimum of $50,000; the May 23, 2019 Form D/A lists $10,000.

What this means A different minimum usually means the offering terms changed. Check which terms apply to you.

Form D (earlier) · Jun 25, 2018 ↗Form D/A (later) · May 23, 2019 ↗KLERSUN, LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗
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Note · Dec 5, 2017 – Sep 5, 2018

Minimum investment changed between filings — Sortis Income Fund LLC

The Dec 5, 2017 filing lists a minimum of $50,000; the Sep 5, 2018 Form D/A lists $25,000.

What this means A different minimum usually means the offering terms changed. Check which terms apply to you.

Form D/A (earlier) · Dec 5, 2017 ↗Form D/A (later) · Sep 5, 2018 ↗Sortis Income Fund LLC — PartnerFacts 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 3 offerings — no sales commissions, finder's fees or proceeds to insiders

Per-offering detail
Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Jul 26, 2019 D/A
KLERSUN, LLC
File 021-315331
$0$0$0 (est.)None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Dec 6, 2018 D/A
Sortis Income Fund LLC
File 021-275614
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
May 13, 2015 D
Tremony Seed LLC
File 021-239743
$0$0$0None 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 3

Every issuer that named Michael Sander on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

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Agriculture

KLERSUN, LLC

Portland, OR · Jun 25, 2018 → Jul 26, 2019 · 3 filings
  • Jul 26, 2019 · D/A · $2,050,000 sold of $2,500,000 · 13 investors · min. $10,000 · role: Executive Officer, Director EDGAR ↗
  • May 23, 2019 · D/A · $2,050,000 sold of $2,500,000 · 13 investors · min. $10,000 · role: Executive Officer, Director EDGAR ↗
  • Jun 25, 2018 · D · $100,000 sold of $2,000,000 · 1 investors · min. $50,000 · role: Executive Officer, Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $2.05M from 13 investors (82% of the $2.5M target) as of the latest filing. Michael is listed as executive officer, director on 3 filings for this deal.

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: Agriculture / 506(b) (448 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.

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Investing · group: Sortis

Sortis Income Fund LLC

Portland, OR · Dec 5, 2016 → Dec 6, 2018 · 4 filings
  • Dec 6, 2018 · D/A · $9,914,171 sold of $100,000,000 · 35 investors · min. $25,000 · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗
  • Sep 5, 2018 · D/A · $8,892,833 sold of $100,000,000 · 31 investors · min. $25,000 · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗
  • Dec 5, 2017 · D/A · $6,290,447 sold of $10,000,000 · 21 investors · min. $50,000 · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗
  • Dec 5, 2016 · D · $300,000 sold of $10,000,000 · 1 investors · min. $50,000 · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

Raised $166.1M from 778 investors (100% of the $100M target) as of the latest filing. Michael is listed as executive officer on 4 filings for this deal.

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: Investing / 506(c) (764 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.

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Pooled Investment Fund · group: Sortis

Tremony Seed LLC

Portland, OR · May 13, 2015
  • May 13, 2015 · D · $510,000 sold of $510,000 · 9 investors · min. $25,500 · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

Raised $510K from 9 investors (100% of the $510K target) 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: Pooled Investment Fund / 506(b) (83,801 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.

People around Michael 8

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

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Management entity

Paul Brenneke

Executive Officer · 2 shared filings (2 issuers) · also on 4 other issuers

Paul Brenneke is on 6 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

MS
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Person

Morgan Smith

Executive Officer · 4 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

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

FS
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Person

Frederick Lee Schilling

Executive Officer, Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

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

MD
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Person

Michael Dorr

Executive Officer · 3 shared filings (1 issuer)

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

GB
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Person

Gilbert Bustamante

Executive Officer, Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer)

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

WB
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Person

William Christopher Bourne

Executive Officer, Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer)

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

JM
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Person

Jason Martin

Executive Officer, Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer)

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

JB
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Person

Jefry Baker

Executive Officer · 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 11 other issuers

Jefry Baker is on 12 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

The team behind the deals

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Sponsor group

Sortis

14 issuers · 36 filings · $193.4M reported sold · 2013–2025

One team, 14 deal companies. Michael Sander is listed on 2 of them.

Sources

Issuers are grouped when their Form D filings share related persons, a management entity or a business address (automatic match from the filings). "Listed" marks the issuers that name Michael Sander.

Registrations and other filings

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

None of the 3 issuers 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 Sander 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 3 issuers this person is listed on — nothing matched.

Public profiles and social

Websites and social links of the issuers Michael Sander is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in Tremony Seed LLC's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #303,403 of 374,652 in line (564 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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