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Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · TX, CA · Mar 10, 2010 → Apr 1, 2024
Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:20 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET
Shawn Smith is listed as an executive officer, director, and promoter on 10 SEC Form D filings by 5 issuers between Mar 2010 and Apr 2024: VaaS International Holdings, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX — other technology — 2015–2017; $49.5M reported sold to 103 investors), Vigilant Solutions, Inc. (Livermore, CA — other technology — 2013–2014; $3.21M reported sold to 2 investors), Evidence IQ, Inc. (Lemont, IL — other technology — 2024; $2.18M reported sold to 10 investors), 1 True Health Care Management, Inc. (Austin, TX — business services — 2024; $800K reported sold to 3 investors) and DRN Financial, LLC (Fort Worth, TX — other banking and financial services — 2010; $400K reported sold to 16 investors).
What this means A repeat sponsor — 5 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer, director, and promoter, over about 14 years. Across those companies the filings report $56.1M sold in total.
Listed alongside Todd Hodnett (7 shared filings), Stanley Westreich (4 shared filings), Tran Ba Hoang (4 shared filings), William H. Pickle (4 shared filings), Steve Cintron (3 shared filings) and 10 others.
What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around Shawn. Each name links to their own page.
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) — 3 SEC releases, 43 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.
What this means 46 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 10 public filings for Shawn Smith and found 14 differences, 2 worth asking the sponsor about: Regulator action: Donne Corporation, Sherman S. Smith, Shawn Smith, and Bruce Anderson (Nov 19, 2003); Regulator action: Donne Corporation, Sherman S. Smith, Shawn Smith, and Bruce Anderson (Sep 11, 2002); 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.
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None found in sources searched — federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), checked Oct 24, 2026
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, 2:20 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.
3 SEC releases
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 Shawn Smith..
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).
43 cases: 3 open, 40 closed (disposition not in docket feed)
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, 2:20 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.
Comparisons cover issuers and sponsor groups — see the issuer pages under Deals
14 differences found between the filings for Shawn Smith — 2 worth asking about (compared 10 filings on Oct 24, 2026)
An SEC litigation release dated Nov 19, 2003 names Shawn Smith. Our match estimate: 44%. The release is the source; we do not summarize its outcome here.
What this means A regulator filed or announced an action naming this person or company (or someone on the same filings). Read the release; ask the sponsor what it was and how it ended.
An SEC litigation release dated Sep 11, 2002 names Shawn Smith. Our match estimate: 44%. The release is the source; we do not summarize its outcome here.
What this means A regulator filed or announced an action naming this person or company (or someone on the same filings). Read the release; ask the sponsor what it was and how it ended.
Evidence IQ, Inc. (last filing Feb 23, 2024; $2,175,012 sold of $5,170,000). 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.
Form D filed 45 days after the first sale — 1 True Health Care Management, Inc. · Form D filed 26 days after the first sale — VaaS International Holdings, Inc. · Form D filed 18 days after the first sale — VaaS International Holdings, Inc. · Form D filed 36 days after the first sale — Vigilant Solutions, Inc.
What this means Late notices are common and carry no penalty by themselves. A pattern of late paperwork is worth asking the sponsor about.
The latest filing for this offering is dated Apr 1, 2024 (first sale Feb 16, 2024). It reports $800,000 sold of $1,500,000 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.
The latest filing for this offering is dated Feb 23, 2024 (first sale Feb 8, 2024). It reports $2,175,012 sold of $5,170,000 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.
"No Revenues" (Feb 5, 2013); then "Decline to Disclose" (Aug 28, 2014).
What this means This is the size band the issuer picks for itself on the form. A change can mean the business grew or shrank — or that it chose not to say. Ask for current numbers.
This page covers filings where the address state is TX or CA. A separate record, "Shawn Smith" with address state IN, is listed on 7 filings — most recently by Harena Data, Inc. (Sep 10, 2021). Both records have filings in the same period (Jun 26, 2018 to Sep 10, 2021).
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.
This page covers filings where the address state is TX or CA. A separate record, "Shawn Smith" with address state WY, is listed on 5 filings — most recently by L2LP EIG, LLC (Jan 19, 2021). Both records have filings in the same period (Jan 19, 2017 to Jan 19, 2021).
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.
This page covers filings where the address state is TX or CA. A separate record, "Shawn Smith" with address state CO, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by Modern Teacher LLC (Jun 27, 2018). Both records have filings in the same period (Jun 27, 2018).
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.
This page covers filings where the address state is TX or CA. A separate record, "Shawn Michelle Smith" with address state AZ, is listed on 2 filings — most recently by Akos MD, LLC (Mar 22, 2019). Both records have filings in the same period (Sep 25, 2017).
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.
This page covers filings where the address state is TX or CA. A separate record, "Shawn Smith" with address state TN, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by RevaSlim USA, Inc. (Feb 22, 2010). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Mar 10, 2010 to Apr 1, 2024; the other has one filing dated Feb 22, 2010.
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.
The people listed on the Feb 5, 2013 filing give Portola Valley, CA; on the Aug 28, 2014 filing they give Livermore, CA.
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.
TX on 8 filings (Mar 10, 2010 to Apr 1, 2024); CA on 2 filings (Feb 5, 2013 to Aug 28, 2014).
What this means The address on a Form D is usually the company's, not the person's home, so this often just reflects different companies. It can also mean a move. Nothing wrong by itself.
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.
None reported on 10 offerings — no sales commissions, finder's fees or proceeds to insiders
| Offering (latest filing) | Sales commissions | Finder's fees | To insiders | Paid to sell it | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2024 D 1 True Health Care Management, Inc. File 021-509207 | $0 | $0 | $0 | None listed on this filing | EDGAR ↗ |
| Feb 23, 2024 D Evidence IQ, Inc. File 021-505980 | $0 | $0 | $0 | None listed on this filing | EDGAR ↗ |
| Jan 17, 2017 D VaaS International Holdings, Inc. File 021-278532 | $0 | $0 | $0 | None listed on this filing | EDGAR ↗ |
| Oct 16, 2015 D VaaS International Holdings, Inc. File 021-249551 | $0 | $0 | $0 | None listed on this filing | EDGAR ↗ |
| Apr 20, 2015 D VaaS International Holdings, Inc. File 021-238254 | $0 | $0 | $0 | None listed on this filing | EDGAR ↗ |
| Apr 20, 2015 D VaaS International Holdings, Inc. File 021-238259 | $0 | $0 | $0 | None listed on this filing | EDGAR ↗ |
| Apr 17, 2015 D VaaS International Holdings, Inc. File 021-238240 | $0 | $0 | $0 | None listed on this filing | EDGAR ↗ |
| Aug 28, 2014 D Vigilant Solutions, Inc. File 021-223744 | $0 | $0 | $0 | None listed on this filing | EDGAR ↗ |
| Feb 5, 2013 D Vigilant Solutions, Inc. File 021-191379 | $0 | $0 | $0 | None listed on this filing | EDGAR ↗ |
| Mar 10, 2010 D DRN Financial, LLC File 021-139437 | $0 | $0 | $0 | None listed on this filing | EDGAR ↗ |
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).
Every issuer that named Shawn Smith on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.
Raised $800K from 3 investors (53% of the $1.5M target) as of the latest filing. Shawn is listed as executive officer.
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: Business Services / 506(c) (205 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.
Raised $2.18M from 10 investors (42% of the $5.17M target) as of the latest filing. Shawn is listed as promoter.
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.
Raised $49.5M from 103 investors (100% of the $5M target) as of the latest filing. Shawn is listed as executive officer, director, promoter on 5 filings for this deal.
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.
Raised $3.21M from 2 investors (100% of the $3.21M target) as of the latest filing. Shawn is listed as executive officer, director on 2 filings for this deal.
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.
Raised $400K from 16 investors (100% of the $400K target) as of the latest filing. Shawn is listed as executive officer, promoter.
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.
Separate person records under the same name, not combined with this page. Each line says whether it shares an issuer with this record.
Officers, directors, promoters and management entities named on the same filings, as of Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET.
Listed on the same filings as Shawn Smith. Their page shows their other deals.
Listed on the same filings as Shawn Smith. Their page shows their other deals.
ROBERT BASSMAN is on 7 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.
Listed on the same filings as Shawn Smith. Their page shows their other deals.
Listed on the same filings as Shawn Smith. Their page shows their other deals.
Listed on the same filings as Shawn Smith. Their page shows their other deals.
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); 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).
None of the 5 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.
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 are matched to companies only, never to individuals, so none are matched to Shawn Smith 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 5 issuers this person is listed on — nothing matched.
Websites and social links of the issuers Shawn Smith is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in VaaS International Holdings, Inc.'s SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #276,975 of 374,652 in line (1,386 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓
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