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ProAK, LLC

Management entity named on Form D filings · TX · Nov 20, 2015 → Aug 8, 2019

4deals (issuers)
$5.84Mreported sold
85investors
5Form D filings
2015–2019years on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:15 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: not yet

The short version

ProAK, LLC is a management entity listed as an executive officer and promoter on 5 SEC Form D filings by 4 issuers between Nov 2015 and Aug 2019: Northern Lights Royalties II LP (Southlake, TX — oil and gas — 2016–2017; $5.78M reported sold to 83 investors), Northern Lights Royalties IV LP (Southlake, TX — oil and gas — 2019; $63K reported sold to 2 investors), Northern Lights Royalties III LP (Southlake, TX — oil and gas — 2017) and Northern Lights Royalties LP (Southlake, TX — oil and gas — 2015).

What this means A repeat sponsor — 4 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer and promoter, over about 4 years. Across those companies the filings report $5.84M sold in total.

Listed alongside Shawn E. Bartholomae (3 shared filings).

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

2 of the issuers belong to the sponsor group Northern Lights Royalties (26 issuers, $10.5M reported sold, 2009–2024).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Northern Lights Royalties has 26 companies on file and $10.5M reported sold in total — the group page shows the whole track record in one place.

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), state securities regulators (AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA) — none found. Not yet searched: SEC enforcement releases.

What this means Nothing turned up where we looked (2 sources). That does not prove there is nothing — it means none was found in those sources on that date.

What the community is saying

Nothing found on Reddit, BiggerPockets or community forums for high-net-worth investors (searched Oct 24, 2026) — search queued; this line updates when it has run.

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

What was searched

Sources searched: CourtListener bulk data (RECAP dockets as of 2026-09-30; recall-first rule 10-24) — federal district + bankruptcy courts; live RECAP re-check pending. State courts: not yet searched. PACER: not searched. · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:15 AM ET.

State courts: not yet searched. 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

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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. — not yet searched.

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: not yet searched.

No SEC search has run yet for this entity.

3. Bankruptcies

None found in sources searched

What was searched

Sources searched: Federal bankruptcy courts via CourtListener / RECAP archive (federal district courts, federal bankruptcy courts). State courts: not yet searched. PACER: not searched (RECAP only). · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:15 AM ET.

State courts: not yet searched. 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

Not made for individual people — comparisons cover issuers and sponsor groups

5. Money to insiders

0 of 4 offerings report sales commissions; 0 report finder's fees; 4 report proceeds to related persons totalling $4,747,500. (includes amounts the issuer reported as estimates)

Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Aug 8, 2019 D
Northern Lights Royalties IV LP
File 021-346074
$0$0$885,000 (est.)
This represents Organization and Offering Costs
None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Oct 13, 2017 D
Northern Lights Royalties III LP
File 021-296602
$0$0$885,000 (est.)
This represents Organization and Offering Costs
None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
May 12, 2017 D/A
Northern Lights Royalties II LP
File 021-273266
$0$0$1,327,500 (est.)None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Nov 20, 2015 D/A
Northern Lights Royalties LP
File 021-250856
$0$0$1,650,000 (est.)
Based on sale in lowest range of valuation.
None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
How this is counted

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 entity is listed on (latest filing per offering, per issuer).

Deals 4

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

Oil and Gas

Northern Lights Royalties IV LP

Southlake, TX · Aug 8, 2019
  • Aug 8, 2019 · D · $62,500 sold of $5,900,000 · 2 investors · min. $12,500 · role: Executive Officer (Managing Partner) EDGAR ↗

Raised $63K from 2 investors (1% of the $5.9M target) as of the latest filing. ProAK, is listed as executive officer.

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: Oil and Gas / 506(c) (529 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.

Oil and Gas

Northern Lights Royalties III LP

Southlake, TX · Oct 13, 2017
  • Oct 13, 2017 · D · $0 sold of $5,900,000 · 0 investors · min. $25,000 · role: Executive Officer (Managing Partner) EDGAR ↗

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

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: Oil and Gas / 506(c) (529 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.

Oil and Gas · group: Northern Lights Royalties

Northern Lights Royalties II LP

Southlake, TX · Oct 26, 2016 → May 12, 2017 · 2 filings
  • May 12, 2017 · D/A · $5,780,393 sold of $8,850,000 · 83 investors · min. $25,000 · role: Promoter EDGAR ↗
  • Oct 26, 2016 · D · $150,000 sold of $5,900,000 · 0 investors · min. $25,000 · role: Promoter EDGAR ↗

Raised $5.78M from 83 investors (65% of the $8.85M target) as of the latest filing. ProAK, is listed as 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: Oil and Gas / 506(c) (529 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.

Oil and Gas · group: Northern Lights Royalties

Northern Lights Royalties LP

Southlake, TX · Nov 20, 2015
  • Nov 20, 2015 · D/A · $0 sold of $15,000,000 · 0 investors · min. $25,000 · role: Promoter EDGAR ↗

No sales reported yet as of the latest filing. ProAK, is listed as promoter.

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: Oil and Gas / 506(c) (529 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 ProAK, 1

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

Person

Shawn E. Bartholomae

Executive Officer · 3 shared filings (2 issuers) · also on 24 other issuers

Shawn E. Bartholomae is on 26 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

The team behind the deals

Sponsor group

Northern Lights Royalties

26 issuers · 53 filings · $10.5M reported sold · 2009–2024

One team, 26 deal companies. ProAK, LLC 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 ProAK, LLC.

Registrations and other filings

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

Not yet searched. Sources to be searched: SEC Investment Adviser Information Reports — Form ADV data for SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers (file dated 2026-10-02); SEC Investment Adviser Public Disclosure (IAPD) firm search — registered and exempt reporting advisers · Search queued. Results are added automatically; check back later.

Other offering types (Regulation A and Regulation Crowdfunding)

None found in sources searched.

Sources 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 · Last checked Oct 23, 2026, 8:41 PM ET.

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