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Stephen Picone

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · CO · Aug 27, 2020 → Jun 3, 2022

1deal (issuers)

$40Mreported sold

27investors

3Form D filings

2020–2022years on file

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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: not yet

The short version

Stephen Picone is listed as an executive officer, director, and promoter on 3 SEC Form D filings by 1 issuer between Aug 2020 and Jun 2022: Watchmaker Genomics, Inc. (Boulder, CO — industry reported as "Other" — 2020–2022; $40M reported sold to 27 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment — it is a notice, not an approval.

Listed alongside Brian Deneau (3 shared filings), Brian Kudlow (3 shared filings), John Foskett (3 shared filings), Paul McEwan (3 shared filings), Christopher McGuinness (2 shared filings) and 1 others.

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

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), state securities regulators (AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA) — 2 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below. Not yet searched: SEC enforcement releases.

What this means 2 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.

What the community is saying

Nothing found on Reddit, BiggerPockets or community forums for high-net-worth investors (searched Oct 24, 2026) — search queued; this line updates when it has run.

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

What was searched

Sources searched: CourtListener bulk data (RECAP dockets as of 2026-09-30; recall-first rule 10-24) — federal district + bankruptcy courts; live RECAP re-check pending. State courts: not yet searched. PACER: not searched. · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:47 AM ET.

State courts: not yet searched. 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

Not yet searched

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. — not yet searched.

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: not yet searched.

No SEC search has run yet for this person.

3. Bankruptcies

2 cases: 2 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Stephen P. Picone closed

United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · No. 04-14742 · Filed Jun 4, 2004 · Closed Sep 22, 2004

Role of Stephen P. Picone: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2004-09-22 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same full name (rare in federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in MA (not a filing state)

Stephen J. Picone and Dawn M. Picone closed

United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Georgia · No. 00-54070 · Filed Oct 17, 2000 · Closed Aug 19, 2005

Role of Stephen J. Picone and Dawn M. Picone: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2005-08-19 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same full name (rare in federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in GA (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 yet searched. 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.

4. Differences between public sources

Not made for individual people — comparisons cover issuers and sponsor groups

5. Money to insiders

None reported on 2 offerings — no sales commissions, finder's fees or proceeds to insiders

Per-offering detail

Offering (latest filing)	Sales commissions	Finder's fees	To insiders	Paid to sell it	Source
Jun 3, 2022 D Watchmaker Genomics, Inc. File 021-448101	$0	$0	$0	None listed on this filing	EDGAR ↗
Dec 4, 2020 D/A Watchmaker Genomics, Inc. File 021-374335	$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).

Deals 1

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

Other

Watchmaker Genomics, Inc.

Boulder, CO · Aug 27, 2020 → Jun 3, 2022 · 3 filings

Jun 3, 2022 · D · $40,000,000 sold of $40,000,000 · 2 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer, Director, Promoter EDGAR ↗
Dec 4, 2020 · D/A · $8,272,983 sold of $8,272,983 · 27 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer, Director, Promoter EDGAR ↗
Aug 27, 2020 · D · $6,672,986 sold of $7,500,000 · 25 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer, Director, Promoter EDGAR ↗

Raised $40M from 27 investors (100% of the $40M target) as of the latest filing. Stephen is listed as executive officer, director, promoter on 3 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: Other / 506(b) (18,678 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 (1)

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

Stephen Picone — MA, 1 issuer, Aug 15, 2013 → Aug 15, 2013 · no shared issuer

People around Stephen 6

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

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