Tom Venables is listed as a director on 7 SEC Form D filings by 3 issuers between Dec 2016 and Apr 2020: Surterra Holdings, Inc./DE (Atlanta, GA — pharmaceuticals — 2018–2019; $165.4M reported sold to 31 investors), Surterra Holdings, Inc. (Atlanta, GA — industry reported as "Other" — 2016–2019; $82.7M reported sold to 24 investors) and SH Parent, Inc. (Atlanta, GA — industry reported as "Other" — 2019–2020; $70M reported sold to 44 investors).
What this means A repeat sponsor — 3 separate companies raised money with this person listed as director, over about 4 years. Across those companies the filings report $318.1M sold in total.
All 3 issuers belong to the sponsor group Surterra (4 issuers, $304.9M reported sold, 2016–2021).
What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Surterra has 4 companies on file and $304.9M 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 7 public filings for Tom Venables and found 5 differences: Form D filed 18 days after the first sale; Form D filed 36 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.