Rick Hess is listed as a director on 17 SEC Form D filings by 12 issuers between Nov 2012 and Jan 2023. Largest by amount reported sold: Cobalt Strategic Partners I, LP (Santa Monica, CA — pooled investment fund — 2021; $298M reported sold to 19 investors), Cobalt Capital Partners I, L.P. (Santa Monica, CA — pooled investment fund — 2019–2023; $191M reported sold to 106 investors), Suja Life, LLC (Oceanside, CA — industry reported as "Other" — 2014–2015; $150M reported sold to 7 investors), EMP Scopely Holdings, LLC (Santa Monica, CA — pooled investment fund — 2020; $121.1M reported sold to 7 investors), Mux, Inc. (San Francisco, CA — industry reported as "Other" — 2021; $96.7M reported sold to 36 investors) and 7 more (all listed below).
What this means That is a lot of deals — 12 separate companies raised money with this person listed as director, over about 11 years. Across those companies the filings report $1.01B sold in total.
Listed alongside Dan Abrams (7 shared filings), BRAD HAUGEN (3 shared filings), HOPE TAITZ (3 shared filings), JARRETT MORENO (3 shared filings), MATTHEW SEGAL (3 shared filings) and 39 others.
What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around Rick. Each name links to their own page.
The issuers belong to 2 sponsor groups: Cobalt Tonal (7 issuers, $643M reported sold, 2019–2023) and Attn (2 issuers, $18.3M reported sold, 2014–2026).
What this means This person is listed across more than one sponsor team; each group page shows that team's full track record.
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) — 2 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.
What this means 2 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 17 public filings for Rick Hess and found 12 differences, 2 worth asking the sponsor about: Bankruptcy case: Rick E. Hess and Juliette P. Hess; Amount sold went down between filings; 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.