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Steve Smith

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · VA · Oct 11, 2018 → Oct 11, 2018

1deal (issuers)
$195Kreported sold
5investors
1Form D filing
2018year on file
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Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:43 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Steve Smith is listed as a director on 1 SEC Form D filing by 1 issuer in Oct 2018: Ardley Technologies Inc. (Purcellville, VA — other technology — 2018; $195K reported sold to 5 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC, filed Oct 2018. 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 Marianne Sullivan (1 shared filing) and Nathan Pieter Den Herder (1 shared filing).

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 (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DE, FINRA, GA, HI, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NASAA, NC, ND, NH, NM, NV, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) — 2 SEC releases, 6 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 8 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 1 public filing for Steve Smith and found 8 differences: Steve Smith appears on 1 deal that stopped filing before reaching its target; Form D filed 16 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 Steve Smith has not run yet — it is joining a line of 28,314 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 638 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, 2:43 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

2 SEC releases

Steve A. Smith, Jr.; Xtreme Fighting Championships, Inc. Litigation release
SEC · Apr 15, 2025 · Parties as named in the release: Steve A. Smith, Jr.; Xtreme Fighting Championships, Inc. Read the release ↗
same full name in the release title; 12 people with this name in Form D filings; the person's filing state is not named
Steve A. Smith, Jr. and Xtreme Fighting Championships, Inc. Litigation release
SEC · Dec 10, 2024 · Parties as named in the release: Steve A. Smith, Jr. and Xtreme Fighting Championships, Inc. Read the release ↗
same full name in the release title; 12 people with this name in Form D filings; the person's filing state is not named
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 Steve Smith..

State securities regulators: Securities regulators searched (3,318 actions): 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), DE DOJ Investor Protection Unit (257 actions, 1987–2026), TX State Securities Board (586 actions, 2006–2026), WA DFI (2,039 actions, 2001–2026) — last crawled Oct 23, 2026, 9:57 PM ET. No machine-readable public listing today for CO, FL, IA, IN, MN, NE, NJ, NY, OH, UT, VA (see docs/state-regulators.md).

3. Bankruptcies

6 cases: 6 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Steve Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · No. 10-36662 · Filed Sep 24, 2010 · Closed Jan 14, 2011
Role of Steve Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2011-01-14 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 337 federal dockets); 12 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (VA)
Steve M Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · No. 02-85410 · Filed Nov 4, 2002 · Closed Nov 22, 2004
Role of Steve M Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2004-11-22 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 337 federal dockets); 12 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (VA)
Steve Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · No. 00-30973 · Filed Feb 18, 2000 · Closed May 27, 2003
Role of Steve Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2003-05-27 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 337 federal dockets); 12 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (VA)
Steve T. Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · No. 96-14903 · Filed Sep 10, 1996 · Closed Dec 30, 1996
Role of Steve T. Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1996-12-30 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 337 federal dockets); 12 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (VA)
Steve P. Smith and Florita A. Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · No. 95-14452 · Filed Oct 10, 1995 · Closed Jan 31, 1996
Role of Steve P. Smith and Florita A. Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1996-01-31 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 337 federal dockets); 12 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (VA)
Steve A. Smith and Patricia L. Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Virginia · No. 91-01500 · Filed Jun 3, 1991 · Closed Nov 14, 1991
Role of Steve A. Smith and Patricia L. Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1991-11-14 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 337 federal dockets); 12 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (VA)
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, 2:43 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

8 differences found between the filings for Steve Smith (compared 1 filing on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Oct 11, 2018

Steve Smith appears on 1 deal that stopped filing before reaching its target

Ardley Technologies Inc. (last filing Oct 11, 2018; $195,000 sold of $600,000). 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.

Ardley Technologies Inc. — PartnerFacts page ↗
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Note · Sep 25, 2018 – Oct 11, 2018

Form D filed 16 days after the first sale — Ardley Technologies Inc.

The filing says the first sale was Sep 25, 2018. The Form D was filed Oct 11, 2018 — 16 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 1 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.

Form D · Oct 11, 2018 ↗Ardley Technologies Inc. — PartnerFacts page ↗
Sources
Note · Sep 25, 2018 – Oct 11, 2018

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — Ardley Technologies Inc. (latest filing Oct 11, 2018)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Oct 11, 2018 (first sale Sep 25, 2018). It reports $195,000 sold of $600,000 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.

Form D · Oct 11, 2018 ↗Ardley Technologies Inc. — PartnerFacts page ↗
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Note · May 9, 2012 – Aug 22, 2025

Same name, different state: "Steve Smith" (CA) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is VA. A separate record, "Steve Smith" with address state CA, is listed on 8 filings — most recently by Retail Visions, Inc. (Aug 22, 2025). Both records have filings in the same period (Oct 11, 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.

Steve Smith (CA) — PartnerFacts page ↗Form D · Aug 22, 2025 ↗Retail Visions, Inc. — PartnerFacts page ↗Steve Smith (VA) — this page ↗
Sources
Note · Apr 8, 2013 – Feb 21, 2023

Same name, different state: "Steve Smith" (CO) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is VA. A separate record, "Steve Smith" with address state CO, is listed on 3 filings — most recently by Front Range JV, LP (Feb 21, 2023). Both records have filings in the same period (Oct 11, 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.

Steve Smith (CO) — PartnerFacts page ↗Form D · Feb 21, 2023 ↗Front Range JV, LP — PartnerFacts page ↗Steve Smith (VA) — this page ↗
Sources
Note · Mar 16, 2010 – Mar 12, 2021

Same name, different state: "Steve Smith" (GA) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is VA. A separate record, "Steve Smith" with address state GA, is listed on 52 filings — most recently by DUNWOODY PARTNERS, L.P. (Mar 12, 2021). Both records have filings in the same period (Oct 11, 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.

Steve Smith (GA) — PartnerFacts page ↗Form D/A · Mar 12, 2021 ↗DUNWOODY PARTNERS, L.P. — PartnerFacts page ↗Steve Smith (VA) — this page ↗
Sources
Note · Sep 18, 2012 – Jan 10, 2013

Same name, different state: "Steve Smith" (NY) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is VA. A separate record, "Steve Smith" with address state NY, is listed on 2 filings — most recently by AF ENCORE FEEDER FUND B, LLC (Jan 10, 2013). The two records do not overlap in time: this page has one filing dated Oct 11, 2018; the other runs Sep 18, 2012 to Jan 10, 2013.

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.

Steve Smith (NY) — PartnerFacts page ↗Form D · Jan 10, 2013 ↗AF ENCORE FEEDER FUND B, LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗Steve Smith (VA) — this page ↗
Sources
Note · Jun 8, 2009

Same name, different state: "Steve Smith" (MN) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is VA. A separate record, "Steve Smith" with address state MN, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by VAST Enterprises LLC (Jun 8, 2009). The two records do not overlap in time: this page has one filing dated Oct 11, 2018; the other has one filing dated Jun 8, 2009.

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.

Steve Smith (MN) — PartnerFacts page ↗Form D · Jun 8, 2009 ↗VAST Enterprises LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗Steve Smith (VA) — this page ↗
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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

None reported on 1 offering — no sales commissions, finder's fees or proceeds to insiders

Per-offering detail
Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Oct 11, 2018 D
Ardley Technologies Inc.
File 021-323293
$0$0$0 (est.)
Proceeds will be used for product development and for other general corporate purposes. The executive officers will receive standard compensation from the Issuer's revenues and investment proceeds.
None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗

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 Steve Smith on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

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Other Technology

Ardley Technologies Inc.

Purcellville, VA · Oct 11, 2018
  • Oct 11, 2018 · D · $195,000 sold of $600,000 · 5 investors · min. $30,000 · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $195K from 5 investors (33% of the $600K target) as of the latest filing. Steve is listed as director.

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 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.

Other pages with the same name (11)

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

  • Steve Smith — CA, 5 issuers, May 9, 2012 → Aug 22, 2025 · no shared issuer
  • Steve Smith — GA, 4 issuers, Mar 16, 2010 → Mar 12, 2021 · no shared issuer
  • Steve Smith — UT, 4 issuers, Jan 6, 2016 → Sep 23, 2026 · no shared issuer
  • Steve Smith — NY, 2 issuers, Sep 18, 2012 → Jan 10, 2013 · no shared issuer
  • Steve Smith — CO, 2 issuers, Apr 8, 2013 → Feb 21, 2023 · no shared issuer
  • Steve Smith — MN, 1 issuer, Jun 8, 2009 → Jun 8, 2009 · no shared issuer
  • Steve Smith — TN, 1 issuer, Sep 17, 2019 → Sep 16, 2020 · no shared issuer
  • Steve Smith — MT, 1 issuer, Aug 17, 2022 → Aug 17, 2022 · no shared issuer
  • Steve Smith — Ontario, Canada (as filed: A6), 1 issuer, May 22, 2024 → May 22, 2024 · no shared issuer
  • Steve Smith — AL, 1 issuer, Jun 2, 2026 → Jun 2, 2026 · no shared issuer
  • Steve C. Smith — CA, 1 issuer, Oct 28, 2021 → Oct 28, 2021 · no shared issuer

People around Steve 2

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

Marianne Sullivan

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Steve Smith. Their page shows their other deals.

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Person

Nathan Pieter Den Herder

Executive Officer, Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Steve Smith. Their page shows their other deals.

Registrations and other filings

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

None of the 1 issuer 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 Steve 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 1 issuer this person is listed on — nothing matched.

Public profiles and social

Websites and social links of the issuers Steve Smith is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in Ardley Technologies Inc.'s SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #246,359 of 374,652 in line (1,346 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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