Steve Kaplan is listed as an executive officer and director on 5 SEC Form D filings by 2 issuers between Mar 2018 and Jun 2022: TIESTA TEA Co (Chicago, IL — industry reported as "Other" — 2018–2020; $2.67M reported sold to 20 investors) and WAL Branding & Marketing, LLC (Chicago, IL — industry reported as "Other" — 2022; $320K reported sold to 10 investors).
What this means 2 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer and director, over about 4 years. Across those companies the filings report $2.99M sold in total.
Listed alongside Alex Sosnov (4 shared filings), Brad LaConte (4 shared filings), Daniel Klein (4 shared filings), Patrick Tannous (4 shared filings), Dan Malina (2 shared filings) and 5 others.
What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around Steve. 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) — 7 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.
What this means 7 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 5 public filings for Steve Kaplan and found 8 differences, 3 worth asking the sponsor about: Form D filed 448 days after the first sale; Form D filed 429 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.