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Sam Lessin

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · CA · Nov 23, 2016 → Feb 21, 2025

8deals (issuers)
$429.3Mreported sold
335investors
9Form D filings
2016–2025years on file
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Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:37 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Sam Lessin is listed as a director on 9 SEC Form D filings by 8 issuers between Nov 2016 and Feb 2025. Largest by amount reported sold: Slow Ventures IV, L.P. (San Francisco, CA — pooled investment fund — 2019; $165M reported sold to 91 investors), Slow Ventures III, L.P. (Mill Valley, CA — pooled investment fund — 2016; $145M reported sold to 119 investors), Slow Ventures Creator Fund I, L.P. (San Francisco, CA — pooled investment fund — 2024–2025; $64.3M reported sold to 34 investors), Slow Ventures Opportunity Fund I, L.P. (San Francisco, CA — pooled investment fund — 2019; $55M reported sold to 91 investors), Slow Ventures Opportunity Fund III, L.P. (San Francisco, CA — pooled investment fund — 2024) and 3 more (all listed below).

What this means A repeat sponsor — 8 separate companies raised money with this person listed as director, over about 9 years. Across those companies the filings report $429.3M sold in total.

Listed alongside Kevin Colleran (9 shared filings), William Quist (8 shared filings), Slow Ventures Creator Fund GP I, LLC (2 shared filings, management entity), Dave Morin (1 shared filing), Scott Marlette (1 shared filing) and 8 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 8 issuers belong to the sponsor group Slow (9 issuers, $494.3M reported sold, 2015–2025).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Slow has 9 companies on file and $494.3M 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 (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FINRA, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NASAA, NC, ND, NH, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) — 1 court case matching the name, 3 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 4 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 9 public filings for Sam Lessin and found 5 differences: Bankruptcy case: At&t Universal Card Services Corp. v. Lessin; Sam Lessin appears on 2 deals that stopped filing before reaching their target; 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 Lessin has not run yet — it is joining a line of 62,300 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 733 names.

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Key records

Five things investors ask first. Items still in human review are counted, not shown.

1. Lawsuits

1 case: 1 dismissed

LESSIN v. MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH, INC. dismissed
District Court, District of Columbia · No. 1:05-cv-00171 · Filed Jan 26, 2005 · Closed Aug 31, 2006 · Nature of suit: Securities/Commodities · Cause: 28:1441 Petition for Removal
Role of LESSIN: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2006-08-31 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: other Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 5 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in DC (not a filing state)
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, 2:37 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.

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: 48 regulators (FINRA, NASAA, 37 states) — crawled Oct 24, 2026, 8:48 AM ET

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 Lessin..

State securities regulators: Securities regulators searched (64,910 actions): FINRA (38,350 actions, 1995–2026), NASAA (31 actions, 2000–2026; listing starts 1997), AK Division of Banking and Securities (273 actions, 1971–2025), AL Securities Commission (880 actions, 2001–2026), AR Securities Department (1,305 actions, 1998–2026), 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), CO Division of Securities (731 actions, 2001–2026; older years from the Internet Archive (snapshot of 2026-05-02)), CT Department of Banking Securities Division (940 actions, 2006–2026; older years from the Internet Archive (snapshot of 2026-04-22)), DC DISB Securities Bureau (25 actions, 2012–2026), DE DOJ Investor Protection Unit (257 actions, 1987–2026), FL Office of Financial Regulation (49 actions, 2018–2026), GA Secretary of State Securities Division (65 actions, 2015–2026; listing starts 2012), HI DCCA Securities Enforcement Branch (26 actions, 2012–2026), ID Department of Finance Securities Bureau (663 actions, 1994–2026), IL Secretary of State Securities Department (4,122 actions, 2003–2023), KS Insurance Department Securities Division (58 actions), KY Department of Financial Institutions (342 actions, 2005–2026), LA Office of Financial Institutions Securities Division (13 actions, 2010–2025; listing starts 2008), MA Secretary of the Commonwealth Securities Division (125 actions, 2012–2025; live site blocks automated access — loaded from the Internet Archive snapshot of 2026-02-04), MD Attorney General Securities Division (1,054 actions, 2004–2026), ME Office of Securities (539 actions, 2000–2026), MI LARA Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing Bureau (201 actions), MO Secretary of State Securities Division (919 actions, 1998–2026), MS Secretary of State Securities Division (209 actions, 1995–2026), MT Commissioner of Securities and Insurance (597 actions, 2000–2026), NC Secretary of State Securities Division (265 actions, 2004–2024), ND Securities Department (711 actions, 1990–2026; the regulator no longer publishes this list live — loaded from the Internet Archive snapshot of 2026-01-06), NH Bureau of Securities Regulation (402 actions, 2002–2026), NM Regulation and Licensing Department Securities Division (90 actions, 2010–2025), NV Secretary of State Securities Division (118 actions, 2018–2026), NY Attorney General Investor Protection Bureau (44 actions, 2012–2026), OH Division of Securities (327 actions, 1993–2006), OK Department of Securities (2,531 actions, 1998–2026), OR Division of Financial Regulation (589 actions, 1988–2026), PA Department of Banking and Securities (1,448 actions, 2008–2024; the regulator no longer publishes this list live — loaded from the Internet Archive snapshot of 2024-08-09), RI DBR Securities Division (98 actions, 2005–2025), SC Attorney General Securities Division (540 actions, 2006–2026), SD Division of Insurance – Securities Regulation (106 actions, 2017–2026), TN Department of Commerce and Insurance Securities Division (405 actions, 1992–2026), TX State Securities Board (936 actions, 1999–2026), UT Division of Securities (772 actions, 2000–2026; older years from the Internet Archive (snapshot of 2010-05-27)), VT DFR Securities Division (137 actions, 2010–2026), WA DFI (2,039 actions, 2001–2026), WI DFI Division of Securities (1,072 actions, 1998–2026), WV Securities Commission (State Auditor) (64 actions), WY Secretary of State Compliance Division (6 actions, 2016–2024) — last crawled Oct 24, 2026, 8:48 AM ET. No machine-readable public listing today for IA, IN, MN, NE, NJ, VA (see docs/state-regulators.md).

3. Bankruptcies

3 cases: 3 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Custom Poultry Processing LLC v. Byron Lessin d/b/a Lessin Supply Company closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Iowa · No. 13-09019 · Filed Jan 16, 2013 · Closed Sep 6, 2013
Role of Byron Lessin d/b/a Lessin Supply Company: Defendant · Outcome: Case closed 2013-09-06 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 5 federal dockets); different first name (byron); court in IA (not a filing state)
William Tanner Young, II and Paulette Lessin Young closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Georgia · No. 11-83729 · Filed Nov 28, 2011 · Closed Mar 14, 2012
Role of William Tanner Young, II and Paulette Lessin Young: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2012-03-14 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 5 federal dockets); different first name (paulette); court in GA (not a filing state)
At&t Universal Card Services Corp. v. Lessin closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Hawaii · No. 99-00001 · Filed Jan 4, 1999 · Closed May 26, 1999
Role of Lessin: Defendant · Outcome: Case closed 1999-05-26 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 5 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in HI (not a filing state)
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, 2:37 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 Sam Lessin (compared 9 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Jan 4, 1999 – May 26, 1999

Bankruptcy case: At&t Universal Card Services Corp. v. Lessin — filed Jan 4, 1999

United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Hawaii docket "At&t Universal Card Services Corp. v. Lessin" filed Jan 4, 1999, closed May 26, 1999. Sam Lessin is listed as Defendant ("Lessin"). Our match estimate: 40%.

What this means A bankruptcy filing was found. Many are old or personal and have nothing to do with the deal — but ask what it was and when it closed.

Docket · United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Hawaii ↗
Sources
Note · Nov 12, 2021

Sam Lessin appears on 2 deals that stopped filing before reaching their target

Slow Ventures V, L.P. (last filing Nov 12, 2021; $0 sold of $195,000,000); Slow Ventures Opportunity Fund II, L.P. (last filing Nov 12, 2021; $0 sold of $130,000,000). Each has no filing in more than two years and reported under half its target sold.

What this means An issuer whose last filing is more than two years old and reported under half its target sold. The raise may have closed early or quietly stopped. Ask what happened to each.

Slow Ventures V, L.P. — PartnerFacts page ↗Slow Ventures Opportunity Fund II, L.P. — PartnerFacts page ↗
Sources
Note · Aug 14, 2024 – Feb 21, 2025

Offering amount changed between filings — Slow Ventures Creator Fund I, L.P.

The Aug 14, 2024 filing says $50,000,000 offered; the Feb 21, 2025 Form D/A says $64,300,000.

What this means The target raise changed. Raising the cap is common when a deal grows; ask whether the extra money has the same terms and use.

Form D (earlier) · Aug 14, 2024 ↗Form D/A (later) · Feb 21, 2025 ↗Slow Ventures Creator Fund I, L.P. — PartnerFacts page ↗
Sources
Note · Nov 30, 2018 – Apr 11, 2019

Offering amount lowered between filings — Slow Ventures IV, L.P.

The Nov 30, 2018 filing says $175,000,000 offered; the Apr 11, 2019 Form D/A says $165,000,000.

What this means The target raise got smaller. That can mean the plan shrank or the sponsor stopped early. Ask what changed in the deal.

Form D (earlier) · Nov 30, 2018 ↗Form D/A (later) · Apr 11, 2019 ↗Slow Ventures IV, L.P. — PartnerFacts page ↗
Sources
Note · Nov 30, 2018 – Apr 11, 2019

Offering amount lowered between filings — Slow Ventures Opportunity Fund I, L.P.

The Nov 30, 2018 filing says $60,000,000 offered; the Apr 11, 2019 Form D/A says $55,000,000.

What this means The target raise got smaller. That can mean the plan shrank or the sponsor stopped early. Ask what changed in the deal.

Form D (earlier) · Nov 30, 2018 ↗Form D/A (later) · Apr 11, 2019 ↗Slow Ventures Opportunity Fund I, L.P. — PartnerFacts page ↗
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 8 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
Feb 21, 2025 D/A
Slow Ventures Creator Fund I, L.P.
File 021-521563
$0$0$0
The Issuer's General Partner (or an affiliate thereof) will be entitled to a management fee in accordance with the Issuer's governing documents.
None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Dec 17, 2024 D
Slow Ventures Opportunity Fund III, L.P.
File 021-532368
$0$0$0
The Issuer's General Partner (or an affiliate thereof) will be entitled to a management fee in accordance with the Issuer's governing documents.
None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Dec 17, 2024 D
Slow Ventures VI, L.P.
File 021-532365
$0$0$0
The Issuer's General Partner (or an affiliate thereof) will be entitled to a management fee in accordance with the Issuer's governing documents.
None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Nov 12, 2021 D
Slow Ventures V, L.P.
File 021-420783
$0$0$0
The investors are obligated to pay a management fee to the General Partner (or an affiliate thereof).
None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Nov 12, 2021 D
Slow Ventures Opportunity Fund II, L.P.
File 021-420785
$0$0$0
The investors are obligated to pay a management fee to the General Partner (or an affiliate thereof).
None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Apr 11, 2019 D/A
Slow Ventures Opportunity Fund I, L.P.
File 021-326997
$0$0$0
The investors are obligated to pay a management fee to the General Partner (or an affiliate thereof).
None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Apr 11, 2019 D/A
Slow Ventures IV, L.P.
File 021-326996
$0$0$0
The investors are obligated to pay a management fee to the General Partner (or an affiliate thereof).
None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Nov 23, 2016 D
Slow Ventures III, L.P.
File 021-275065
$0$0$0
Slow Ventures III, L.P. and Slow Ventures III-A, L.P. are obligated to pay a management fee to the General Partner (or an affiliate thereof).
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 8

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

SV
Pooled Investment Fund · group: Slow

Slow Ventures Creator Fund I, L.P.

San Francisco, CA · Aug 14, 2024 → Feb 21, 2025 · 2 filings
  • Feb 21, 2025 · D/A · $64,300,000 sold of $64,300,000 · 34 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director (Managing Director of the General Partner of the Issuer) EDGAR ↗
  • Aug 14, 2024 · D · $0 sold of $50,000,000 · 0 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director (Managing Director of the General Partner of the Issuer) EDGAR ↗

Raised $64.3M from 34 investors (100% of the $64.3M target) as of the latest filing. Sam is listed as director on 2 filings for this deal.

Latest filing on EDGAR ↗
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: Pooled Investment Fund / 506(b) (83,801 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.

SV
Pooled Investment Fund · group: Slow

Slow Ventures Opportunity Fund III, L.P.

San Francisco, CA · Dec 17, 2024
  • Dec 17, 2024 · D · $0 sold of $110,000,000 · 0 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director (Managing Director of the General Partner of the Issuer) EDGAR ↗

No sales reported yet as of the latest filing. Sam is listed as director.

Latest filing on EDGAR ↗
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: Pooled Investment Fund / 506(b) (83,801 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.

SV
Pooled Investment Fund · group: Slow

Slow Ventures VI, L.P.

San Francisco, CA · Dec 17, 2024
  • Dec 17, 2024 · D · $0 sold of $165,000,000 · 0 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director (Managing Director of the General Partner of the Issuer) EDGAR ↗

No sales reported yet as of the latest filing. Sam is listed as director.

Latest filing on EDGAR ↗
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: Pooled Investment Fund / 506(b) (83,801 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.

SV
Pooled Investment Fund · group: Slow

Slow Ventures Opportunity Fund II, L.P.

San Francisco, CA · Nov 12, 2021
  • Nov 12, 2021 · D · $0 sold of $130,000,000 · 0 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director (Managing Director of the General Partner) EDGAR ↗

No sales reported yet as of the latest filing. Sam is listed as director.

Latest filing on EDGAR ↗
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: Pooled Investment Fund / 506(b) (83,801 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.

SV
Pooled Investment Fund · group: Slow

Slow Ventures V, L.P.

San Francisco, CA · Nov 12, 2021
  • Nov 12, 2021 · D · $0 sold of $195,000,000 · 0 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director (Managing Director of the General Partner) EDGAR ↗

No sales reported yet as of the latest filing. Sam is listed as director.

Latest filing on EDGAR ↗
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: Pooled Investment Fund / 506(b) (83,801 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.

SV
Pooled Investment Fund · group: Slow

Slow Ventures IV, L.P.

San Francisco, CA · Apr 11, 2019
  • Apr 11, 2019 · D/A · $165,000,000 sold of $165,000,000 · 91 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director (Managing Director of the General Partner) EDGAR ↗

Raised $165M from 91 investors (100% of the $165M target) as of the latest filing. Sam is listed as director.

Latest filing on EDGAR ↗
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: Pooled Investment Fund / 506(b) (83,801 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.

SV
Pooled Investment Fund · group: Slow

Slow Ventures Opportunity Fund I, L.P.

San Francisco, CA · Apr 11, 2019
  • Apr 11, 2019 · D/A · $55,000,000 sold of $55,000,000 · 91 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director (Managing Director of the General Partner) EDGAR ↗

Raised $55M from 91 investors (100% of the $55M target) as of the latest filing. Sam is listed as director.

Latest filing on EDGAR ↗
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: Pooled Investment Fund / 506(b) (83,801 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.

SV
Pooled Investment Fund · group: Slow

Slow Ventures III, L.P.

Mill Valley, CA · Nov 23, 2016
  • Nov 23, 2016 · D · $145,000,000 sold of $145,000,000 · 119 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director (Managing Director of the General Partner) EDGAR ↗

Raised $145M from 119 investors (100% of the $145M target) as of the latest filing. Sam is listed as director.

Latest filing on EDGAR ↗
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: Pooled Investment Fund / 506(b) (83,801 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 Sam 13

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

SV
Management entity

Slow Ventures GP III, LLC

Promoter · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

SV
Management entity

Slow Ventures GP IV, LLC

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

SV
Management entity

Slow Ventures GP V, LLC

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

SV
Management entity

Slow Ventures GP VI, LLC

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

KC
No photo found yet (own website and image search run after this page is viewed)
Person

Kevin Colleran

Director · 9 shared filings (8 issuers) · also on 1 other issuer

Kevin Colleran is on 9 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

WQ
No photo found yet (own website and image search run after this page is viewed)
Person

William Quist

Director · 8 shared filings (7 issuers)

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

DM
No photo found yet (own website and image search run after this page is viewed)
Person

Dave Morin

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

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

WQ
No photo found yet (own website and image search run after this page is viewed)
Person

Will Quist

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

SM
No photo found yet (own website and image search run after this page is viewed)
Person

Scott Marlette

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

The team behind the deals

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Sponsor group

Slow

9 issuers · 12 filings · $494.3M reported sold · 2015–2025

One team, 9 deal companies. Sam Lessin is listed on 8 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 Lessin.

Registrations and other filings

Business registration (state registry / Secretary of State)

Individuals are not matched to business registrations — registries list companies, and a name alone is not enough to tie a person to one. Officers and managers appear by name inside each matched company's record on the issuer pages. Registries searched: AL (Alabama Secretary of State — Business Entity Records (arc-sos.state.al.us), searched by issuer name, data as of Oct 24, 2026); CO (Colorado Secretary of State — Business Entities in Colorado (data.colorado.gov), data as of Oct 23, 2026); CT (Connecticut Secretary of the State — Business Registry (data.ct.gov), data as of Oct 24, 2026); FL (Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations — quarterly corporate data file (Sunbiz), data as of Oct 7, 2026); KY (Kentucky Secretary of State — Business Entity Search (sosbes.sos.ky.gov), searched by issuer name, data as of Oct 24, 2026); NY (New York Department of State — Corporations and Other Entities (data.ny.gov: All Filings + Active Corporations), data as of Oct 20, 2026); OR (Oregon Secretary of State — Active Businesses, All (data.oregon.gov), data as of Oct 20, 2026); PA (Pennsylvania Department of State — Registered Businesses, Current (data.pa.gov), data as of Oct 6, 2026); TX (Texas Comptroller — Active Franchise Taxpayers incl. Secretary of State file data (data.texas.gov), data as of Oct 24, 2026). Registries of other states have not been searched: many publish no bulk file and require a CAPTCHA or bot challenge on their search page, which we do not bypass (Delaware, for example, offers no public bulk file).

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

None of the 8 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 Lessin 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 8 issuers this person is listed on — nothing matched.

Public profiles and social

Websites and social links of the issuers Sam Lessin is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in Slow Ventures IV, L.P.'s SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #236,802 of 374,652 in line (1,386 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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Courts

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Securities regulators

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Business registries

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