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Sam Chawla

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · MA · Aug 8, 2014 → Dec 20, 2016

2deals (issuers)
$50Mreported sold
88investors
5Form D filings
2014–2016years on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:31 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Sam Chawla is listed as a director on 5 SEC Form D filings by 2 issuers between Aug 2014 and Dec 2016: VBI VACCINES INC. (Cambridge, MA — biotechnology — 2014–2015; $36.4M reported sold to 27 investors) and VBI Vaccines Inc/BC (Cambridge, MA — pharmaceuticals — 2016; $13.6M reported sold to 61 investors).

What this means 2 separate companies raised money with this person listed as director, over about 2 years. Across those companies the filings report $50M sold in total.

Listed alongside Jeff Baxter (5 shared filings), David Anderson (4 shared filings), Egidio Nascimento (4 shared filings), Alan Timmins (3 shared filings), Marc J. Kirchmeier (3 shared filings) and 13 others.

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

All 2 issuers belong to the sponsor group Vbi Vaccines (2 issuers, $6.29M reported sold, 2010–2022).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Vbi Vaccines has 2 companies on file and $6.29M 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 (AR, AZ, CA, CT, DE, FINRA, GA, HI, ID, LA, ME, MO, MS, MT, NASAA, NC, NH, NM, OR, RI, TX, WA) — none found.

What this means Nothing turned up where we looked (3 sources). That does not prove there is nothing — it means none was found in those sources on that date.

We compared 5 public filings for Sam Chawla and found 3 differences: 16% of the money raised went to insiders; Same name, different state: "Sam Chawla" (IL) 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 Sam Chawla has not run yet — it is #2,210 of 21,000 in line; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 314 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, 2:31 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 Sam Chawla..

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

None found in sources searched — federal bankruptcy courts (CourtListener / RECAP), checked Oct 24, 2026

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, 2:31 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.

4. Differences between public sources

Comparisons cover issuers and sponsor groups — see the issuer pages under Deals

3 differences found between the filings for Sam Chawla (compared 5 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Aug 8, 2014

16% of the money raised went to insiders — VBI VACCINES INC.

The Aug 8, 2014 Form D reports $11,000,000 sold and $1,762,300 of the proceeds used for payments to officers, directors or promoters (marked as an estimate). Issuer's note: "Approximately $1,762,300 of the proceeds from the offering will be used to pay executive officer salaries and board compensation.".

What this means The filing reports how much of the money raised was paid to insiders. Over 10% is high for most deals. Ask what it paid for.

Sources
Note · Aug 28, 2024

Same name, different state: "Sam Chawla" (IL) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is MA. A separate record, "Sam Chawla" with address state IL, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by BRIDGE TO LIFE LTD (Aug 28, 2024). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Aug 8, 2014 to Dec 20, 2016; the other has one filing dated Aug 28, 2024.

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 · Jan 13, 2016 – Jul 13, 2016

Same name, different state: "Sam Chawla" (UT) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is MA. A separate record, "Sam Chawla" with address state UT, is listed on 3 filings — most recently by Great Basin Scientific, Inc. (Jul 13, 2016). Both records have filings in the same period (Jan 13, 2016 to Jul 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.

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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

2 of 5 offerings report sales commissions totalling $667,500; 0 report finder's fees; 1 reports proceeds to related persons totalling $1,762,300. (includes amounts the issuer reported as estimates)

Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Dec 20, 2016 D
VBI Vaccines Inc/BC
File 021-276702
$0$0$0
While no offering proceeds are set aside for payments to the named officers or directors, it is possible that some proceeds to be used as working capital will be used indirectly for paying salaries to employees including executive officers.
None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Jul 5, 2016 D
VBI Vaccines Inc/BC
File 021-266313
$0$0$0 (est.)None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Aug 26, 2015 D
VBI VACCINES INC.
File 021-246473
$0$0$0 (est.)None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Aug 8, 2014 D
VBI VACCINES INC.
File 021-222563
$300,000$0$1,762,300 (est.)
Approximately $1,762,300 of the proceeds from the offering will be used to pay executive officer salaries and board compensation.
Middlebury Securities, LLC BrokerCheck CRD 122602 ↗
via Middlebury Securities, LLC (CRD 122602 ↗)
EDGAR ↗
Aug 8, 2014 D
VBI VACCINES INC.
File 021-222565
$367,500$0$0 (est.)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 person is listed on (latest filing per offering, per issuer).

Deals 2

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

Biotechnology · group: Vbi Vaccines

VBI Vaccines Inc/BC

Cambridge, MA · Jul 5, 2016 → Dec 20, 2016 · 2 filings
  • Dec 20, 2016 · D · $10,598,750 sold of $10,598,750 · 2 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗
  • Jul 5, 2016 · D · $13,609,749 sold of $13,609,749 · 3 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $13.6M from 61 investors (100% of the $10.6M target) as of the latest filing. Sam is listed as 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: Biotechnology / 506(b) (3,253 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.

Biotechnology · group: Vbi Vaccines

VBI VACCINES INC.

Cambridge, MA · Aug 8, 2014 → Aug 26, 2015 · 3 filings
  • Aug 26, 2015 · D · $6,285,700 sold of $6,285,700 · 19 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗
  • Aug 8, 2014 · D · $36,356,807 sold of $36,356,807 · 27 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗
  • Aug 8, 2014 · D · $11,000,000 sold of $11,000,000 · 6 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $36.4M from 27 investors (100% of the $6.29M target) as of the latest filing. Sam is listed as director on 3 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: Biotechnology / 506(b) (3,253 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 (2)

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

  • Sam Chawla — UT, 1 issuer, Jan 13, 2016 → Jul 13, 2016 · no shared issuer
  • Sam Chawla — IL, 1 issuer, Aug 28, 2024 → Aug 28, 2024 · no shared issuer

People around Sam 18

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

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Jeff Baxter

Executive Officer, Director · 5 shared filings (2 issuers) · also on 2 other issuers

Listed on the same filings as Sam Chawla. Their page shows their other deals.

EN
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Egidio Nascimento

Executive Officer · 4 shared filings (2 issuers) · also on 1 other issuer

Listed on the same filings as Sam Chawla. Their page shows their other deals.

DA
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David Anderson

Executive Officer · 4 shared filings (2 issuers) · also on 3 other issuers

David Anderson is on 5 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

TD
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Trent Davis

Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 7 other issuers

Trent Davis is on 8 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

MS
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Michael Steinmetz

Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 6 other issuers

Michael Steinmetz is on 7 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

MK
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Marc J. Kirchmeier

Executive Officer · 3 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

Listed on the same filings as Sam Chawla. Their page shows their other deals.

MW
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Michel De Wilde

Director · 3 shared filings (2 issuers)

Listed on the same filings as Sam Chawla. Their page shows their other deals.

SG
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Steve Gillis

Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 14 other issuers

Steve Gillis is on 15 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

AT
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Alan Timmins

Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Sam Chawla. Their page shows their other deals.

SG
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Steven Gillis

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 29 other issuers

Steven Gillis is on 30 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

SR
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Scott Requadt

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 9 other issuers

Scott Requadt is on 10 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

TB
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T. Adam Buckley

Executive Officer · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Sam Chawla. Their page shows their other deals.

MD
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Michel DeWilde

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Sam Chawla. Their page shows their other deals.

SR
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STEVEN RUBIN

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

Listed on the same filings as Sam Chawla. Their page shows their other deals.

AL
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Adam Logal

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

Listed on the same filings as Sam Chawla. Their page shows their other deals.

CL
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CURT LOCKSHIN

Executive Officer · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Sam Chawla. Their page shows their other deals.

JM
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James J. Martin

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 5 other issuers

James J. Martin is on 6 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

AB
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Adam Buckley

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

Listed on the same filings as Sam Chawla. Their page shows their other deals.

The team behind the deals

Sponsor group

Vbi Vaccines

2 issuers · 12 filings · $6.29M reported sold · 2010–2022

One team, 2 deal companies. Sam Chawla 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 Sam Chawla.

Same business address

11 other issuers file from the same address

A shared address can mean the same team, a shared office building or a registered agent. It is a lead, not a conclusion.

Registrations and other filings

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

None of the 2 issuers 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 Sam Chawla 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 2 issuers this person is listed on — nothing matched.

Public profiles and social

Websites and social links of the issuers Sam Chawla is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in VBI Vaccines Inc/BC's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #144,450 of 374,652 in line (519 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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