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Scott Kaplan

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · CA · Dec 1, 2020 → May 12, 2026

2deals (issuers)
$17.2Mreported sold
45investors
4Form D filings
2020–2026years on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:47 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Scott Kaplan is listed as an executive officer on 4 SEC Form D filings by 2 issuers between Dec 2020 and May 2026: Bakken Midstream Natural Gas, LLC (Westlake Village, CA — oil and gas — 2020; $17M reported sold to 38 investors) and Sided, Inc. (San Diego, CA — other technology — 2024–2026; $217K reported sold to 7 investors).

What this means 2 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer, over about 6 years. Across those companies the filings report $17.2M sold in total.

Listed alongside Adam Viccaro (2 shared filings), Mike Hopkins (2 shared filings) and Steven Lebow (2 shared filings).

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

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA) — 13 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 13 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 4 public filings for Scott Kaplan and found 7 differences, 2 worth asking the sponsor about: Form D filed 141 days after the first sale; Form D filed 558 days after the first sale; 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 Scott Kaplan has not run yet — it is joining a line of 2,947 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 27 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, 2:47 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: AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA (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 Scott Kaplan..

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 are not covered.

3. Bankruptcies

13 cases: 13 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Scott L. Kaplan closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · No. 24-35754 · Filed Jul 30, 2024 · Closed Oct 22, 2024
Role of Scott L. Kaplan: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2024-10-22 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 21 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in NY (not a filing state)
Scott Kaplan closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · No. 17-15037 · Filed Jul 26, 2017 · Closed Jan 23, 2019
Role of Scott Kaplan: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2019-01-23 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 21 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in PA (not a filing state)
Scott Kaplan closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · No. 16-11162 · Filed Feb 23, 2016 · Closed Apr 21, 2017
Role of Scott Kaplan: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2017-04-21 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 21 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in PA (not a filing state)
Scott Kaplan closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · No. 15-15233 · Filed Jul 23, 2015 · Closed Sep 11, 2015
Role of Scott Kaplan: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2015-09-11 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 21 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in PA (not a filing state)
Scott B. Kaplan closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California · No. 1:13-bk-13011 · Filed May 1, 2013 · Closed Aug 5, 2014
Role of Scott B. Kaplan: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2014-08-05 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 21 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (CA)
Scott Kaplan and Tracie Kaplan closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Louisiana · No. 10-13732 · Filed Oct 7, 2010 · Closed Jan 30, 2012
Role of Scott Kaplan and Tracie Kaplan: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2012-01-30 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 21 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in LA (not a filing state)
Scott R Kaplan and Kristy L Kaplan closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · No. 6:10-bk-11961 · Filed Jul 8, 2010 · Closed Oct 28, 2010
Role of Scott R Kaplan and Kristy L Kaplan: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2010-10-28 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 21 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in FL (not a filing state)
Scott D. Kaplan closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida. · No. 10-24867 · Filed May 27, 2010 · Closed Sep 13, 2010
Role of Scott D. Kaplan: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2010-09-13 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 21 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in FL (not a filing state)
Scott B. Kaplan closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · No. 08-11959 · Filed Mar 24, 2008 · Closed Jul 21, 2008
Role of Scott B. Kaplan: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2008-07-21 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 21 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in PA (not a filing state)
Scott E. Kaplan closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maryland · No. 98-57003 · Filed May 13, 1998 · Closed Sep 10, 1998
Role of Scott E. Kaplan: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1998-09-10 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 21 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in MD (not a filing state)
Meira Kaplan and Scott Kaplan closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · No. 97-41618 · Filed Mar 13, 1997 · Closed Jul 7, 1997
Role of Scott Kaplan: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1997-07-07 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 21 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in MA (not a filing state)
Scott E. Kaplan closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Jersey · No. 97-30028 · Filed Jan 2, 1997 · Closed Jun 14, 2000
Role of Scott E. Kaplan: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2000-06-14 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 21 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in NJ (not a filing state)
Scott D. Kaplan closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · No. 8:92-bk-08878 · Filed Jul 1, 1992 · Closed Feb 23, 1993
Role of Scott D. Kaplan: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1993-02-23 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 21 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in FL (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, 2:47 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

7 differences found between the filings for Scott Kaplan — 2 worth asking about (compared 4 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Worth asking · Dec 22, 2025 – May 12, 2026

Form D filed 141 days after the first sale — Sided, Inc.

The filing says the first sale was Dec 22, 2025. The Form D was filed May 12, 2026 — 141 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 126 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
Worth asking · May 23, 2019 – Dec 1, 2020

Form D filed 558 days after the first sale — Bakken Midstream Natural Gas, LLC

The filing says the first sale was May 23, 2019. The Form D was filed Dec 1, 2020 — 558 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 543 days past that.

What this means The notice went in months after money was taken in. Late notices are common and carry no penalty by themselves, but it is fair to ask the sponsor why the paperwork lagged.

Sources
Note · Oct 5, 2020 – Dec 1, 2020

Form D filed 57 days after the first sale — Bakken Midstream Natural Gas, LLC

The filing says the first sale was Oct 5, 2020. The Form D was filed Dec 1, 2020 — 57 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 42 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 · Feb 26, 2024 – Mar 11, 2024

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — Sided, Inc. (latest filing Mar 11, 2024)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Mar 11, 2024 (first sale Feb 26, 2024). It reports $217,000 sold of $1,000,000 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 · Feb 11, 2025 – Oct 8, 2025

Same name, different state: "Scott Kaplan" (FL) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is CA. A separate record, "Scott Kaplan" with address state FL, is listed on 2 filings — most recently by HubSpark Inc. (Oct 8, 2025). Both records have filings in the same period (Feb 11, 2025 to Oct 8, 2025).

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 · Nov 17, 2017 – Nov 18, 2020

Same name, different state: "Scott D. Kaplan" (NJ) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is CA. A separate record, "Scott D. Kaplan" with address state NJ, is listed on 9 filings — most recently by Empower Annuity Insurance Co (Nov 18, 2020). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Dec 1, 2020 to May 12, 2026; the other runs Nov 17, 2017 to Nov 18, 2020.

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 · Apr 8, 2020

Same name, different state: "Scott Kaplan" (NY) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is CA. A separate record, "Scott Kaplan" with address state NY, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by Roam Further Athletics Holdings, LLC (Apr 8, 2020). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Dec 1, 2020 to May 12, 2026; the other has one filing dated Apr 8, 2020.

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
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 4 offerings report sales commissions; 0 report finder's fees; 1 reports proceeds to related persons totalling $125,000. (includes amounts the issuer reported as estimates)

Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
May 12, 2026 D
Sided, Inc.
File 021-583717
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Mar 11, 2024 D
Sided, Inc.
File 021-507169
$0$0$125,000 (est.)
Approximately $125,000 in the aggregate for general compensation.
None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Dec 1, 2020 D
Bakken Midstream Natural Gas, LLC
File 021-381766
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Dec 1, 2020 D
Bakken Midstream Natural Gas, LLC
File 021-381768
$0$0$0None 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 Scott Kaplan on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

Other Technology

Sided, Inc.

San Diego, CA · Mar 11, 2024 → May 12, 2026 · 2 filings
  • May 12, 2026 · D · $175,000 sold of $500,000 · 7 investors · min. $10,000 · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗
  • Mar 11, 2024 · D · $217,000 sold of $1,000,000 · 3 investors · min. $10,000 · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

Raised $217K from 7 investors (43% of the $500K target) as of the latest filing. Scott is listed as executive officer 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.

Oil and Gas

Bakken Midstream Natural Gas, LLC

Westlake Village, CA · Dec 1, 2020 → Dec 1, 2020 · 2 filings
  • Dec 1, 2020 · D · $5,195,025 sold of $5,195,025 · 29 investors · min. $500 · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗
  • Dec 1, 2020 · D · $17,004,000 sold of $17,004,000 · 38 investors · min. $1,040 · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

Raised $17M from 38 investors (100% of the $5.2M target) as of the latest filing. Scott is listed as executive officer 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(b) (1,000 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.

  • Scott Kaplan — FL, 1 issuer, Feb 11, 2025 → Oct 8, 2025 · no shared issuer
  • Scott D. Kaplan — NJ, 1 issuer, Nov 17, 2017 → Nov 18, 2020 · no shared issuer
  • Scott Kaplan — NY, 1 issuer, Apr 8, 2020 → Apr 8, 2020 · no shared issuer

People around Scott 3

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

Mike Hopkins

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

Listed on the same filings as Scott Kaplan. Their page shows their other deals.

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Person

Steven Lebow

Executive Officer · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Scott Kaplan. Their page shows their other deals.

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Person

Adam Viccaro

Executive Officer · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Scott Kaplan. Their page shows their other deals.

The team behind the deals

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 Scott Kaplan 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 Scott Kaplan is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in Bakken Midstream Natural Gas, LLC's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #205,546 of 374,652 in line (14 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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