Stephen Trauber is listed as a director on 17 SEC Form D filings by 3 issuers between May 2023 and Feb 2026: NEXT Renewable Fuels, Inc. (Houston, TX — other energy — 2023–2026; $75M reported sold to 10 investors), Geophysical Technology Inc. (Stafford, TX — other technology — 2024–2025; $3.25M reported sold to 42 investors) and Global Geophysical Services, Inc./TX (Bellaire, TX — business services — 2023; $772K reported sold).
What this means A repeat sponsor — 3 separate companies raised money with this person listed as director, over about 3 years. Across those companies the filings report $79M sold in total.
Listed alongside Henry H. Hamilton, III (9 shared filings), Nicole Moss (9 shared filings), Richard A. Degner (9 shared filings), Eugene Cotten (8 shared filings), Lisa Holmes (8 shared filings) and 18 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.
2 of the issuers belong to the sponsor group Global Geophysical (5 issuers, $147.8M reported sold, 2009–2025).
What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Global Geophysical has 5 companies on file and $147.8M 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 (AZ, CA, DE, 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 17 public filings for Stephen Trauber and found 9 differences, 1 worth asking the sponsor about: Investor count went down between filings; 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.