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Robert I. Chen

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · Hong Kong (as filed: K3) · Jul 15, 2014 → Jan 13, 2016

1deal (issuers)
$22.1Mreported sold
7investors
2Form D filings
2014–2016years on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:32 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Robert I. Chen is listed as an executive officer and director on 2 SEC Form D filings by 1 issuer between Jul 2014 and Jan 2016: Aessense Holding Ltd. (Kowloon, Hong Kong (as filed: K3) — other technology — 2014–2016; $22.1M reported sold to 7 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC. 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 Tony Lee (2 shared filings).

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

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

What this means 5 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 Robert I. Chen and found 8 differences: Form D filed 20 days after the first sale; No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open; 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 Robert I. Chen has not run yet — it is joining a line of 21,099 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 329 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, 2:32 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: 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 Robert I. Chen..

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)

Robert Chen closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California · No. 2:16-bk-17945 · Filed Jun 15, 2016 · Closed Sep 27, 2016
Role of Robert Chen: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2016-09-27 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 11 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in CA (not a filing state)
Robert Chen closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California · No. 6:05-bk-24206 · Filed Oct 13, 2005 · Closed Mar 3, 2006
Role of Robert Chen: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2006-03-03 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 11 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in CA (not a filing state)
Robert S Chen closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Wisconsin · No. 1-02-17646 · Filed Nov 25, 2002 · Closed May 7, 2003
Role of Robert S Chen: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2003-05-07 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 11 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in WI (not a filing state); middle initial differs
Robert O. Chen closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. New York · No. 99-13118 · Filed May 21, 1999 · Closed Sep 15, 2004
Role of Robert O. Chen: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2004-09-15 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 11 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in NY (not a filing state); middle initial differs
Robert H. Chen closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. California · No. 97-41702 · Filed Feb 24, 1997 · Closed May 25, 2000
Role of Robert H. Chen: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2000-05-25 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 11 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in CA (not a filing state); middle initial differs
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, 2:32 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

8 differences found between the filings for Robert I. Chen (compared 2 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Dec 24, 2015 – Jan 13, 2016

Form D filed 20 days after the first sale — Aessense Holding Ltd.

The filing says the first sale was Dec 24, 2015. The Form D was filed Jan 13, 2016 — 20 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 5 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.

Sources
Note · Jun 25, 2014 – Jul 15, 2014

Form D filed 20 days after the first sale — Aessense Holding Ltd.

The filing says the first sale was Jun 25, 2014. The Form D was filed Jul 15, 2014 — 20 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 5 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.

Sources
Note · Dec 24, 2015 – Jan 13, 2016

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — Aessense Holding Ltd. (latest filing Jan 13, 2016)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Jan 13, 2016 (first sale Dec 24, 2015). It reports $22,100,000 sold of $25,100,000 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.

Sources
Note · Jun 25, 2014 – Jul 15, 2014

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — Aessense Holding Ltd. (latest filing Jul 15, 2014)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Jul 15, 2014 (first sale Jun 25, 2014). It reports $10,000,000 sold of $10,500,000 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.

Sources
Note · Sep 29, 2025

Same name, different state: "Robert Chen" (CA) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is K3. A separate record, "Robert Chen" with address state CA, is listed on 2 filings — most recently by Lazarus Fund LLC (Sep 29, 2025). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Jul 15, 2014 to Jan 13, 2016; the other has one filing dated Sep 29, 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 · Nov 25, 2015 – Jan 30, 2019

Same name, different state: "Robert Chen" (NY) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is K3. A separate record, "Robert Chen" with address state NY, is listed on 5 filings — most recently by QB Ventures EB5 Capital, LLC (Jan 30, 2019). Both records have filings in the same period (Nov 25, 2015 to Jan 13, 2016).

What this means Two records with one name were active at the same time. That can be one person listing different company addresses, or two different people. We keep them apart until a filing ties them together. Check both pages before you decide.

Sources
Note · Jun 20, 2012 – Jun 19, 2013

Same name, different state: "Robert Chen" (CT) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is K3. A separate record, "Robert Chen" with address state CT, is listed on 2 filings — most recently by Wave Hill Cayman Fund Ltd (Jun 19, 2013). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Jul 15, 2014 to Jan 13, 2016; the other runs Jun 20, 2012 to Jun 19, 2013.

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 · Jul 15, 2014 – Jan 13, 2016

Address moved from Harbour City, Kowloon, Hong Kong (as filed: K3) to Kowloon, Hong Kong (as filed: K3) — Aessense Holding Ltd.

The people listed on the Jul 15, 2014 filing give Harbour City, Kowloon, Hong Kong (as filed: K3); on the Jan 13, 2016 filing they give Kowloon, Hong Kong (as filed: K3).

What this means Businesses move; this just shows the two places and dates. If you were told one city and the forms say another, ask which is current.

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

0 of 2 offerings report sales commissions; 0 report finder's fees; 0 report proceeds to related persons.

Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Jan 13, 2016 D
Aessense Holding Ltd.
File 021-255020
$0$0$0none no CRD number reportedEDGAR ↗
Jul 15, 2014 D
Aessense Holding Ltd.
File 021-221104
$0$0$0None no CRD number reportedEDGAR ↗
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 person is listed on (latest filing per offering, per issuer).

Deals 1

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

Other Technology

Aessense Holding Ltd.

Kowloon, Hong Kong (as filed: K3) · Jul 15, 2014 → Jan 13, 2016 · 2 filings
  • Jan 13, 2016 · D · $22,100,000 sold of $25,100,000 · 3 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer, Director EDGAR ↗
  • Jul 15, 2014 · D · $10,000,000 sold of $10,500,000 · 7 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer, Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $22.1M from 7 investors (88% of the $25.1M target) as of the latest filing. Robert is listed as executive officer, director 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: Other Technology / 506(b) (17,390 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 (3)

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

  • Robert Chen — NY, 3 issuers, Nov 25, 2015 → Jan 30, 2019 · no shared issuer
  • Robert Chen — CT, 1 issuer, Jun 20, 2012 → Jun 19, 2013 · no shared issuer
  • Robert Chen — CA, 1 issuer, Sep 29, 2025 → Sep 29, 2025 · no shared issuer

People around Robert 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

Tony Lee

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Robert I. Chen. 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 Robert I. Chen 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 Robert I. Chen is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in Aessense Holding Ltd.'s SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #293,395 of 374,652 in line (528 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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