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Steve Ward

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · MA · Jan 12, 2015 → Oct 27, 2015

1deal (issuers)

$28.9Mreported sold

17investors

3Form D filings

2015year on file

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Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:33 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: not yet

The short version

Steve Ward is listed as an executive officer and director on 3 SEC Form D filings by 1 issuer between Jan 2015 and Oct 2015: QD VISION INC (Lexington, MA — other technology — 2015; $28.9M reported sold to 17 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC, filed Oct 2015. 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 Gary E. Haroian (3 shared filings), James Goldstein (3 shared filings), Robert Woodbury, Jr. (3 shared filings), Sean Dalton (3 shared filings), Seth Coe-Sullivan (3 shared filings) and 6 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), state securities regulators (AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA) — 17 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below. Not yet searched: SEC enforcement releases.

What this means 17 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, 2:33 AM ET.

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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

17 cases: 17 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Steve Ward closed

United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maryland · No. 18-25096 · Filed Nov 15, 2018 · Closed Feb 20, 2019

Role of Steve Ward: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2019-02-20 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same full name (a name found in 28 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in MD (not a filing state)

Steve N Ward closed

United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California · No. 2:11-bk-52481 · Filed Oct 11, 2011 · Closed Feb 9, 2012

Role of Steve N Ward: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2012-02-09 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same full name (a name found in 28 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in CA (not a filing state)

Steve M Ward closed

United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · No. 4:09-bk-07267 · Filed Sep 18, 2009 · Closed Aug 12, 2010

Role of Steve M Ward: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2010-08-12 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same full name (a name found in 28 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in PA (not a filing state)

Steve Ward and Debra Ann Ward closed

United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · No. 09-34236 · Filed Jul 3, 2009 · Closed Sep 26, 2014

Role of Steve Ward and Debra Ann Ward: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2014-09-26 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same full name (a name found in 28 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in VA (not a filing state)

Steve A Ward closed

United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · No. 8:09-bk-04131 · Filed Mar 5, 2009 · Closed Jul 23, 2009

Role of Steve A Ward: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2009-07-23 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same full name (a name found in 28 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in FL (not a filing state)

Steve Ward closed

United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. North Carolina · No. 07-81368 · Filed Sep 21, 2007 · Closed Jul 31, 2008

Role of Steve Ward: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2008-07-31 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same full name (a name found in 28 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in NC (not a filing state)

Steve W Ward and Mary Werner closed

United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Idaho · No. 05-00259 · Filed Jan 28, 2005 · Closed Apr 21, 2005

Role of Steve W Ward and Mary Werner: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2005-04-21 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same full name (a name found in 28 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in ID (not a filing state)

Steve Ward and Amy Ward closed

United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Arkansas · No. 3:04-bk-10476 · Filed Jan 14, 2004 · Closed Jul 5, 2004

Role of Steve Ward and Amy Ward: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2004-07-05 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same full name (a name found in 28 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in AR (not a filing state)

Steve L. Ward closed

United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Delaware · No. 03-12098 · Filed Jul 8, 2003 · Closed Dec 2, 2003

Role of Steve L. Ward: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2003-12-02 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same full name (a name found in 28 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in DE (not a filing state)

Steve A. Ward and Barbara Ward closed

United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio · No. 02-18506 · Filed Aug 6, 2002 · Closed Apr 3, 2003

Role of Steve A. Ward and Barbara Ward: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2003-04-03 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same full name (a name found in 28 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in OH (not a filing state)

Steve Ward and Debra Ann Ward closed

United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · No. 01-61873 · Filed Nov 5, 2001 · Closed Apr 30, 2002

Role of Steve Ward and Debra Ann Ward: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2002-04-30 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same full name (a name found in 28 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in VA (not a filing state)

Steve P. Ward and Janice L. Ward closed

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Iowa · No. 00-04141 · Filed Nov 2, 2000 · Closed Feb 17, 2006

Role of Steve P. Ward and Janice L. Ward: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2006-02-17 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same full name (a name found in 28 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in IA (not a filing state)

Steve L. Ward closed

United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Indiana · No. 00-61120 · Filed Apr 13, 2000 · Closed Jul 18, 2000

Role of Steve L. Ward: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2000-07-18 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same full name (a name found in 28 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in IN (not a filing state)

STEVE WARD closed

United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Nevada · No. 96-26504 · Filed Nov 7, 1996 · Closed Apr 22, 1997

Role of STEVE WARD: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1997-04-22 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same full name (a name found in 28 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in NV (not a filing state)

Steve Ward closed

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Ohio · No. 3:95-bk-32321 · Filed Jul 10, 1995 · Closed May 27, 1999

Role of Steve Ward: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1999-05-27 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same full name (a name found in 28 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in OH (not a filing state)

Steve E. Ward and Katherine Ward closed

United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Tennessee · No. 92-12435 · Filed Nov 12, 1992 · Closed Apr 21, 1997

Role of Steve E. Ward and Katherine Ward: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1997-04-21 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same full name (a name found in 28 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in TN (not a filing state)

Steve Ward closed

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Ohio · No. 3:92-bk-32040 · Filed Apr 27, 1992 · Closed Dec 10, 1992

Role of Steve Ward: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1992-12-10 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same full name (a name found in 28 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in OH (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, 2:33 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 3 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
Oct 27, 2015 D QD VISION INC File 021-250119	$0	$0	$0	None listed on this filing	EDGAR ↗
Aug 10, 2015 D QD VISION INC File 021-245408	$0	$0	$0	None listed on this filing	EDGAR ↗
Jan 12, 2015 D QD VISION INC File 021-231909	$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 Steve Ward on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

Other Technology

QD VISION INC

Lexington, MA · Jan 12, 2015 → Oct 27, 2015 · 3 filings

Oct 27, 2015 · D · $14,735,903 sold of $14,735,903 · 2 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗
Aug 10, 2015 · D · $6,604,866 sold of $8,604,866 · 13 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer, Director EDGAR ↗
Jan 12, 2015 · D · $28,896,342 sold of $28,896,342 · 12 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $28.9M from 17 investors (100% of the $14.7M target) as of the latest filing. Steve is listed as director, executive officer 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 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 (3)

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

Steve Ward — CT, 3 issuers, Jul 14, 2015 → Feb 4, 2026 · no shared issuer
Steve Ward — VA, 1 issuer, Oct 14, 2011 → Oct 14, 2011 · no shared issuer
Steve Ward — NJ, 1 issuer, Jan 27, 2022 → Jan 27, 2022 · no shared issuer

People around Steve 11

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

Person

Gary E. Haroian

Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 2 other issuers

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

Person

Seth Coe-Sullivan

Executive Officer, Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer)

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

Person

James Goldstein

Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 15 other issuers

James Goldstein is on 16 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

Person

Sean Dalton

Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 5 other issuers

Sean Dalton is on 6 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

Person

Robert Woodbury, Jr.

Executive Officer · 3 shared filings (1 issuer)

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

Person

Dipender Saluja

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 39 other issuers

Dipender Saluja is on 40 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

Person

Willy Shih

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

Person

Mark Huang

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

Person

Martin Aares

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

Person

Michael Li

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

Person

Mustafa Ozgen

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

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

The team behind the deals

Same business address

1 other issuer file from the same address

Translate Bio, Inc. Lexington, MA · 2017

A shared address can mean the same team, a shared office building or a registered agent. It is a lead, not a conclusion.

Registrations and other filings

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

Not yet searched. Sources to be searched: SEC Investment Adviser Information Reports — Form ADV data for SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers (file dated 2026-10-02); SEC Investment Adviser Public Disclosure (IAPD) firm search — registered and exempt reporting advisers · Search queued. Results are added automatically; check back later.

Other offering types (Regulation A and Regulation Crowdfunding)

None found in sources searched.

Sources 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 · Last checked Oct 23, 2026, 8:41 PM ET.

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Steve Ward

The short version

What the community is saying

Key records

1. Lawsuits

2. Regulatory actions

3. Bankruptcies

4. Differences between public sources

5. Money to insiders

Deals 1

People around Steve 11

The team behind the deals

1 other issuer file from the same address

Registrations and other filings

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

Other offering types (Regulation A and Regulation Crowdfunding)

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