Pat Gelsinger is listed as a director on 5 SEC Form D filings by 4 issuers between Aug 2025 and Jul 2026: Playground Ventures IV, L.P. (Palo Alto, CA — pooled investment fund — 2026; $475M reported sold to 79 investors), Playground Genesis, L.P. (Palo Alto, CA — pooled investment fund — 2025; $50M reported sold to 1 investors), xLight Inc. (Palo Alto, CA — other technology — 2025; $40.6M reported sold to 14 investors) and Snowcap Compute Inc. (San Francisco, CA — other technology — 2025; $23M reported sold to 7 investors).
What this means A repeat sponsor — 4 separate companies raised money with this person listed as director. Across those companies the filings report $588.6M sold in total.
Listed alongside Peter Barrett (4 shared filings), Bruce Leak (2 shared filings), Kevin Heidrich (2 shared filings), Nicholas Kelez (2 shared filings), Anna Herr (1 shared filing) and 6 others.
What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around Pat. Each name links to their own page.
3 of the issuers belong to the sponsor group Playground (21 issuers, $1.27B reported sold, 2015–2026).
What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Playground has 21 companies on file and $1.27B 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 (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DE, FINRA, GA, HI, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NASAA, NC, ND, NH, NM, NV, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) — 4 court cases matching the name, 4 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.
What this means 8 records came back, including 2 court cases still open — open cases can take years and cost money. 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 5 public filings for Pat Gelsinger and found 10 differences, 4 worth asking the sponsor about: Bankruptcy case: Gelsinger Builders & Property Mngmt, Inc; Form D filed 124 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.