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VIRGINIA E. SHAFFAR

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · WI · Dec 11, 2023 → Dec 8, 2025

4deals (issuers)
$878.5Mreported sold
303investors
12Form D filings
2023–2025years on file
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Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:16 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

VIRGINIA E. SHAFFAR is listed as an executive officer on 12 SEC Form D filings by 4 issuers between Dec 2023 and Dec 2025: Skylands Special Investment LLC (Milwaukee, WI — pooled investment fund — 2023–2025; $398.1M reported sold to 90 investors), HARBOUR HOLDINGS LTD. (Hamilton, Bermuda (as filed: D0) — pooled investment fund — 2023–2025; $276.8M reported sold to 106 investors), SKYLANDS QUEST LLC (Milwaukee, WI — pooled investment fund — 2023–2025; $130.1M reported sold to 65 investors) and SKYLANDS SPECIAL INVESTMENT II LLC (Milwaukee, WI — pooled investment fund — 2023–2025; $73.5M reported sold to 42 investors).

What this means A repeat sponsor — 4 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer, over about 2 years. Across those companies the filings report $878.5M sold in total.

Listed alongside CHARLES A. PAQUELET (12 shared filings), STEVE F. PULITO (12 shared filings), Arthur C. Price (3 shared filings), C. SS&C FUND SERVICES (BERMUDA), LTD. (3 shared filings, management entity) and Dawn Griffiths (3 shared filings).

What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around VIRGINIA. Each name links to their own page.

All 4 issuers belong to the sponsor group Skylands (4 issuers, $608.5M reported sold, 2010–2025).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Skylands has 4 companies on file and $608.5M 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) — 1 court case matching the name, 1 bankruptcy case matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 2 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 12 public filings for VIRGINIA E. SHAFFAR and found 4 differences, 3 worth asking the sponsor about: 4 offerings reported less sold on a later filing than an earlier one; 8 offerings reported fewer investors on a later filing; 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 VIRGINIA E. SHAFFAR has not run yet — it is joining a line of 6,657 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 27 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

1 case: 1 dismissed

Shaffar v. Ford Motor Company dismissed
District Court, N.D. California · No. 5:11-cv-00337 · Filed Jan 24, 2011 · Closed Sep 21, 2011 · Nature of suit: 890 Other Statutory Actions · Cause: 28:1331 Fed. Question
Role of Shaffar: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2011-09-21 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Voluntarily dismissed Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (1 person in Form D filings, 2 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in CA (not a filing state)
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, 2:16 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.

2. Regulatory actions

None found in sources searched — SEC enforcement releases (index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET) · state securities regulators: AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA (crawled Oct 23, 2026)

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 VIRGINIA E. SHAFFAR..

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 are not covered.

3. Bankruptcies

1 case: 1 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Virginia Marie Shaffar closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Wisconsin · No. 11-29717 · Filed Jun 17, 2011 · Closed Oct 21, 2011
Role of Virginia Marie Shaffar: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2011-10-21 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (1 person in Form D filings, 2 federal dockets); different first name (marie); court in the person's filing state (WI)
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, 2:16 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

4 differences found between the filings for VIRGINIA E. SHAFFAR — 3 worth asking about (compared 12 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Worth asking · Dec 9, 2024 – Dec 8, 2025

4 offerings reported less sold on a later filing than an earlier one

Amount sold went down between filings — SKYLANDS SPECIAL INVESTMENT II LLC · Amount sold went down between filings — SKYLANDS QUEST LLC · Amount sold went down between filings — Skylands Special Investment LLC · Amount sold went down between filings — HARBOUR HOLDINGS LTD.

What this means Amounts sold normally only go up. Ask the sponsor what happened on each.

Form D/A (earlier) · Dec 9, 2024 ↗Form D/A (later) · Dec 8, 2025 ↗SKYLANDS SPECIAL INVESTMENT II LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗Form D/A (earlier) · Dec 9, 2024 ↗
Sources
Worth asking · Dec 11, 2023 – Dec 8, 2025

8 offerings reported fewer investors on a later filing

Investor count went down between filings — SKYLANDS SPECIAL INVESTMENT II LLC · Investor count went down between filings — SKYLANDS QUEST LLC · Investor count went down between filings — Skylands Special Investment LLC · Investor count went down between filings — HARBOUR HOLDINGS LTD. · Investor count went down between filings — SKYLANDS SPECIAL INVESTMENT II LLC · and 3 more

What this means Investor counts normally only grow. Ask the sponsor what happened on each.

Form D/A (earlier) · Dec 9, 2024 ↗Form D/A (later) · Dec 8, 2025 ↗SKYLANDS SPECIAL INVESTMENT II LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗Form D/A (earlier) · Dec 9, 2024 ↗
Sources
Worth asking · Dec 14, 2021 – Dec 8, 2025

Paid seller listed without a CRD number: ESPADA HOLDINGS LIMITED — HARBOUR HOLDINGS LTD.

ESPADA HOLDINGS LIMITED is listed as receiving sales compensation on 5 filings (Dec 14, 2021 to Dec 8, 2025) with no FINRA CRD number given.

What this means People paid to sell securities normally hold a FINRA registration with a CRD number. Without one we cannot look them up on BrokerCheck. Ask who they are and whether they are registered.

Form D/A · Dec 8, 2025 ↗BrokerCheck search: ESPADA HOLDINGS LIMITED ↗HARBOUR HOLDINGS LTD. — PartnerFacts page ↗
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Note · Mar 10, 2010 – Mar 10, 2011

Address moved from Hamilton, Bermuda (as filed: D0) to Milwaukee, WI — HARBOUR HOLDINGS LTD.

The people listed on the Mar 10, 2010 filing give Hamilton, Bermuda (as filed: D0); on the Mar 10, 2011 filing they give Milwaukee, WI. The address now on file (5 Reid Street, Hamilton, Bermuda (as filed: D0)) is a registered-agent or shared-office address used by 8 issuers.

What this means A registered agent's address is a mailbox, not where the team works. Ask where the business actually operates.

Form D/A · Mar 10, 2010 ↗Form D/A · Mar 10, 2011 ↗HARBOUR HOLDINGS LTD. — PartnerFacts 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

1 of 4 offerings reports sales commissions totalling $88,053; 0 report finder's fees; 0 report proceeds to related persons. (includes amounts the issuer reported as estimates)

Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Dec 8, 2025 D/A
SKYLANDS SPECIAL INVESTMENT II LLC
File 021-76694
$0$0$0 (est.)
Skylands Capital, LLC is entitled to a management fee and performance allocation, per the Issuer's confidential offering materials.
None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Dec 8, 2025 D/A
HARBOUR HOLDINGS LTD.
File 021-129204
$88,053 (est.)$0$0 (est.)
Skylands Capital, LLC is entitled to a management fee and performance fee, per the Issuer's confidential offering materials.
ESPADA HOLDINGS LIMITED no CRD number reportedEDGAR ↗
Dec 8, 2025 D/A
Skylands Special Investment LLC
File 021-69981
$0$0$0 (est.)
Skylands Capital, LLC is entitled to a management fee and performance allocation, per the Issuer's confidential offering materials.
None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Dec 8, 2025 D/A
SKYLANDS QUEST LLC
File 021-71442
$0$0$0 (est.)
Skylands Capital, LLC is entitled to a management fee and performance allocation, per the Issuer's confidential offering materials.
None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
How this is counted

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 4

Every issuer that named Virginia E. Shaffar 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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Pooled Investment Fund · group: Skylands

SKYLANDS SPECIAL INVESTMENT II LLC

Milwaukee, WI · Dec 11, 2023 → Dec 8, 2025 · 3 filings
  • Dec 8, 2025 · D/A · $71,165,089 sold of Indefinite · 17 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer (Vice President and Treasurer of Skylands Capital, LLC, the managing member of the Issuer) EDGAR ↗
  • Dec 9, 2024 · D/A · $73,482,868 sold of Indefinite · 19 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer (Vice President and Treasurer of Skylands Capital, LLC, the managing member of the Issuer) EDGAR ↗
  • Dec 11, 2023 · D/A · $68,046,858 sold of Indefinite · 20 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer (Vice President and Treasurer of Skylands Capital, LLC, the managing member of the Issuer) EDGAR ↗

Raised $73.5M from 42 investors as of the latest filing. Virginia is listed as 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: Pooled Investment Fund / 506(b) (83,801 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.

SQ
Pooled Investment Fund · group: Skylands

SKYLANDS QUEST LLC

Milwaukee, WI · Dec 11, 2023 → Dec 8, 2025 · 3 filings
  • Dec 8, 2025 · D/A · $121,158,924 sold of Indefinite · 33 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer (Vice President and Treasurer of Skylands Capital, LLC, the managing member of the Issuer) EDGAR ↗
  • Dec 9, 2024 · D/A · $130,115,243 sold of Indefinite · 39 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer (Vice President and Treasurer of Skylands Capital, LLC, the managing member of the Issuer) EDGAR ↗
  • Dec 11, 2023 · D/A · $113,263,050 sold of Indefinite · 42 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer (Vice President and Treasurer of Skylands Capital, LLC, the managing member of the Issuer) EDGAR ↗

Raised $130.1M from 65 investors as of the latest filing. Virginia is listed as 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: Pooled Investment Fund / 506(b) (83,801 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.

SS
Pooled Investment Fund · group: Skylands

Skylands Special Investment LLC

Milwaukee, WI · Dec 11, 2023 → Dec 8, 2025 · 3 filings
  • Dec 8, 2025 · D/A · $380,606,175 sold of Indefinite · 63 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer (Vice President and Treasurer of Skylands Capital, LLC, the managing member of the Issuer) EDGAR ↗
  • Dec 9, 2024 · D/A · $398,083,244 sold of Indefinite · 73 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer (Vice President and Treasurer of Skylands Capital, LLC, the managing member of the Issuer) EDGAR ↗
  • Dec 11, 2023 · D/A · $340,171,809 sold of Indefinite · 74 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer (Vice President and Treasurer of Skylands Capital, LLC, the managing member of the Issuer) EDGAR ↗

Raised $398.1M from 90 investors as of the latest filing. Virginia is listed as 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: Pooled Investment Fund / 506(b) (83,801 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.

HH
Pooled Investment Fund · group: Skylands

HARBOUR HOLDINGS LTD.

Hamilton, Bermuda (as filed: D0) · Dec 11, 2023 → Dec 8, 2025 · 3 filings
  • Dec 8, 2025 · D/A · $35,544,107 sold of Indefinite · 25 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer (Vice President and Treasurer) EDGAR ↗
  • Dec 9, 2024 · D/A · $42,309,235 sold of Indefinite · 28 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer (Vice President and Treasurer) EDGAR ↗
  • Dec 11, 2023 · D/A · $35,919,623 sold of Indefinite · 29 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer (Vice President and Treasurer) EDGAR ↗

Raised $276.8M from 106 investors as of the latest filing. Virginia is listed as 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: Pooled Investment Fund / 506(b) (83,801 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.

People around Virginia 5

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

CHARLES A. PAQUELET

Executive Officer, Promoter, Director · 12 shared filings (4 issuers)

Listed on the same filings as Virginia E. Shaffar. Their page shows their other deals.

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Person

STEVE F. PULITO

Executive Officer · 12 shared filings (4 issuers)

Listed on the same filings as Virginia E. Shaffar. Their page shows their other deals.

AP
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Person

Arthur C. Price

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

Arthur C. Price is on 6 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

DG
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Person

Dawn Griffiths

Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 64 other issuers

Dawn Griffiths is on 65 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

The team behind the deals

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Sponsor group

Skylands

4 issuers · 72 filings · $608.5M reported sold · 2010–2025

One team, 4 deal companies. Virginia E. Shaffar is listed on 4 of them.

Sources

Issuers are grouped when their Form D filings share related persons, a management entity or a business address (automatic match from the filings). "Listed" marks the issuers that name VIRGINIA E. SHAFFAR.

Registrations and other filings

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

None of the 4 issuers 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 VIRGINIA E. SHAFFAR 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 4 issuers this person is listed on — nothing matched.

Public profiles and social

Websites and social links of the issuers Virginia E. Shaffar is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in Skylands Special Investment LLC's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #51,791 of 374,652 in line (14 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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