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Paul Bennett

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · FL · Apr 15, 2026 → Jun 26, 2026

1deal (issuers)
$0reported sold
0investors
2Form D filings
2026year on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:59 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Paul Bennett is listed as an executive officer, director, and promoter on 2 SEC Form D filings by 1 issuer between Apr 2026 and Jun 2026: VC Equity Fund 1 LLC (Winter Park, FL — residential — 2026).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC, filed Jun 2026. 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 Derek Vickers (2 shared filings).

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

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) — 8 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 8 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 2 public filings for Paul Bennett and found 5 differences: Same name, different state: "Paul Bennett" (NC) is a separate record; Same name, different state: "Paul Bennett" (C3) 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 Paul Bennett has not run yet — it is joining a line of 26,149 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 638 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, 2:59 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: VA (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 Paul Bennett..

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 — 16 of 12,159 DFPI respondent pages read so far; sponsor-name matches are read first), DE DOJ Investor Protection Unit (257 actions, 1987–2026), TX State Securities Board (586 actions, 2006–2026), WA DFI (2,039 actions, 2001–2026) — last crawled Oct 23, 2026, 9:57 PM ET. No machine-readable public listing today for CO, FL, IA, IN, MN, NE, NJ, NY, OH, UT, VA (see docs/state-regulators.md).

3. Bankruptcies

8 cases: 8 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Paul Bennett and Laura L. Bennett closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · No. 2:08-bk-17907 · Filed Nov 11, 2008 · Closed Feb 13, 2009
Role of Paul Bennett and Laura L. Bennett: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2009-02-13 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 187 federal dockets); 6 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (FL)
Paul R. Bennett and Kimberly A. Bennett closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · No. 3:02-bk-05200 · Filed Jun 4, 2002 · Closed Aug 14, 2003
Role of Paul R. Bennett and Kimberly A. Bennett: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2003-08-14 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 187 federal dockets); 6 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (FL)
Paul W. Bennett and Lianne W. Bennett closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · No. 6:02-bk-03251 · Filed Apr 1, 2002 · Closed Nov 10, 2003
Role of Paul W. Bennett and Lianne W. Bennett: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2003-11-10 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 187 federal dockets); 6 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (FL)
Paul R. Bennett and Leora M. Bennett closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · No. 2:00-bk-06582 · Filed Apr 28, 2000 · Closed Aug 15, 2000
Role of Paul R. Bennett and Leora M. Bennett: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2000-08-15 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 187 federal dockets); 6 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (FL)
Paul A. Bennett closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · No. 2:98-bk-20657 · Filed Nov 24, 1998 · Closed Mar 31, 1999
Role of Paul A. Bennett: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1999-03-31 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 187 federal dockets); 6 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (FL)
PAUL R. BENNETT, II and KATHY M. BENNETT closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Florida · No. 98-00133 · Filed Mar 6, 1998 · Closed Jun 10, 1998
Role of PAUL R. BENNETT, II: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1998-06-10 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 187 federal dockets); 6 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (FL)
Paul A. Bennett and Michele G. Bennett closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida. · No. 93-30944 · Filed Mar 22, 1993 · Closed Sep 16, 1993
Role of Paul A. Bennett and Michele G. Bennett: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1993-09-16 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 187 federal dockets); 6 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (FL)
Paul B. Bennett and Victoria Bennett closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · No. 8:91-bk-01483 · Filed Feb 6, 1991 · Closed Jul 24, 1991
Role of Paul B. Bennett and Victoria Bennett: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1991-07-24 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 187 federal dockets); 6 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (FL)
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, 2:59 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 Paul Bennett (compared 2 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Nov 12, 2025

Same name, different state: "Paul Bennett" (NC) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is FL. A separate record, "Paul Bennett" with address state NC, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by AAA Storage Growth Fund II, LLC (Nov 12, 2025). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Apr 15, 2026 to Jun 26, 2026; the other has one filing dated Nov 12, 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.

Sources
Note · Oct 19, 2021

Same name, different state: "Paul Bennett" (C3) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is FL. A separate record, "Paul Bennett" with address state C3, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by NickelSearch Ltd (Oct 19, 2021). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Apr 15, 2026 to Jun 26, 2026; the other has one filing dated Oct 19, 2021.

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.

Sources
Note · Nov 14, 2016

Same name, different state: "Paul J. Bennett" (A6) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is FL. A separate record, "Paul J. Bennett" with address state A6, is listed on 2 filings — most recently by Uranium Participation Corp (Jun 12, 2018). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Apr 15, 2026 to Jun 26, 2026; the other has one filing dated Nov 14, 2016.

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.

Sources
Note · Apr 2, 2010 – Dec 21, 2010

Same name, different state: "Paul J. Bennett" (A0) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is FL. A separate record, "Paul J. Bennett" with address state A0, is listed on 4 filings — most recently by PetroFrontier Corp. (Jan 11, 2011). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Apr 15, 2026 to Jun 26, 2026; the other runs Apr 2, 2010 to Dec 21, 2010.

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.

Sources
Note · Aug 6, 2010

Same name, different state: "Paul Craven Bennett" (VA) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is FL. A separate record, "Paul Craven Bennett" with address state VA, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by c5 SL I Limited Partnership (Aug 6, 2010). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Apr 15, 2026 to Jun 26, 2026; the other has one filing dated Aug 6, 2010.

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.

Sources
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 2 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
Jun 26, 2026 D
VC Equity Fund 1 LLC
File 021-588712
$0 (est.)$0 (est.)$0 (est.)
Please see the Issuer's Offering Memorandum.
None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Apr 15, 2026 D
VC Equity Fund 1 LLC
File 021-580456
$0 (est.)$0 (est.)$0 (est.)
Please see the Issuer's Offering Memorandum
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 Paul Bennett on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

Residential

VC Equity Fund 1 LLC

Winter Park, FL · Apr 15, 2026 → Jun 26, 2026 · 2 filings
  • Jun 26, 2026 · D · $0 sold of $20,000,000 · 0 investors · min. $100,000 · role: Executive Officer, Director, Promoter (Principal of the Issuer's Managing Member) EDGAR ↗
  • Apr 15, 2026 · D · $0 sold of $20,000,000 · 0 investors · min. $100,000 · role: Executive Officer, Director, Promoter (Principal of the Issuer's Manager) EDGAR ↗

No sales reported yet as of the latest filing. Paul is listed as executive officer, director, promoter on 2 filings for this deal.

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: Residential / 506(c) (1,237 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 (5)

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

  • Paul J. Bennett — Alberta, Canada (as filed: A0), 3 issuers, Apr 2, 2010 → Dec 21, 2010 · no shared issuer
  • Paul Bennett — NC, 1 issuer, Nov 12, 2025 → Nov 12, 2025 · no shared issuer
  • Paul Craven Bennett — VA, 1 issuer, Aug 6, 2010 → Aug 6, 2010 · no shared issuer
  • Paul J. Bennett — Ontario, Canada (as filed: A6), 1 issuer, Nov 14, 2016 → Nov 14, 2016 · no shared issuer
  • Paul Bennett — Australia (as filed: C3), 1 issuer, Oct 19, 2021 → Oct 19, 2021 · no shared issuer

People around Paul 1

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

Derek Vickers

Executive Officer, Director, Promoter · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Paul Bennett. 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 Paul Bennett 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 Paul Bennett is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in VC Equity Fund 1 LLC's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #20,018 of 374,652 in line (1,303 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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