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William Bunker

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · CA · Jan 28, 2011 → Jun 30, 2017

3deals (issuers)
$350Kreported sold
6investors
3Form D filings
2011–2017years on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:23 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

William Bunker is listed as an executive officer and director on 3 SEC Form D filings by 3 issuers between Jan 2011 and Jun 2017: vChatter, Inc. (San Mateo, CA — industry reported as "Other" — 2011; $350K reported sold to 6 investors), GrowthX Fund II, L.P. (San Francisco, CA — pooled investment fund — 2017) and GrowthX Fund I, L.P (San Francisco, CA — pooled investment fund — 2015).

What this means A repeat sponsor — 3 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer and director, over about 6 years. Across those companies the filings report $350K sold in total.

Listed alongside Andrew Goldner (2 shared filings), Max Menke (1 shared filing), Russell Lewis (1 shared filing) and Sean Sheppard (1 shared filing).

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

2 of the issuers belong to the sponsor group Growthx (2 issuers, $0 reported sold, 2015–2017).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Growthx has 2 companies on file and $0 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) — 8 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 3 public filings for William Bunker and found 5 differences: Form D filed 29 days after the first sale; No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open; 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 William Bunker has not run yet — it is joining a line of 9,301 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

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, 2:23 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

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 William Bunker..

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

8 cases: 8 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

William J Bunker closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Wisconsin · No. 11-24733 · Filed Apr 4, 2011 · Closed Jul 14, 2011
Role of William J Bunker: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2011-07-14 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 13 federal dockets); 3 people with this name in Form D filings; court in WI (not a filing state)
William Bunker closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · No. 10-10385 · Filed Jan 18, 2010 · Closed Apr 27, 2010
Role of William Bunker: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2010-04-27 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 13 federal dockets); 3 people with this name in Form D filings; court in MA (not a filing state)
William J Bunker closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Wisconsin · No. 05-40469 · Filed Oct 12, 2005 · Closed Jan 14, 2011
Role of William J Bunker: 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 13 federal dockets); 3 people with this name in Form D filings; court in WI (not a filing state)
Sue A. Bunker and William J. Bunker closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Wisconsin · No. 00-25600 · Filed Jun 15, 2000 · Closed Oct 4, 2000
Role of William J. Bunker: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2000-10-04 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 13 federal dockets); 3 people with this name in Form D filings; court in WI (not a filing state)
William Bunker and Susan Bunker closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Vermont · No. 98-10445 · Filed Mar 27, 1998 · Closed Aug 19, 1998
Role of William Bunker and Susan Bunker: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1998-08-19 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 13 federal dockets); 3 people with this name in Form D filings; court in VT (not a filing state)
William F. Bunker closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · No. 97-17311 · Filed Jul 31, 1997 · Closed Nov 10, 1997
Role of William F. Bunker: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1997-11-10 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 13 federal dockets); 3 people with this name in Form D filings; court in MA (not a filing state)
William E. Bunker and Ann Marie Bunker closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Hampshire · No. 94-10378 · Filed Feb 17, 1994 · Closed Mar 18, 1999
Role of William E. Bunker and Ann Marie Bunker: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1999-03-18 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 13 federal dockets); 3 people with this name in Form D filings; court in NH (not a filing state)
William M. Bunker and Brenda Sue Bunker closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Connecticut · No. 91-22163 · Filed Jul 2, 1991 · Closed Nov 20, 1991
Role of William M. Bunker and Brenda Sue Bunker: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1991-11-20 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 13 federal dockets); 3 people with this name in Form D filings; court in CT (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 covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). PACER: not searched (RECAP only). · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:23 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

5 differences found between the filings for William Bunker (compared 3 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Dec 30, 2010 – Jan 28, 2011

Form D filed 29 days after the first sale — vChatter, Inc.

The filing says the first sale was Dec 30, 2010. The Form D was filed Jan 28, 2011 — 29 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 14 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.

Sources
Note · Dec 30, 2010 – Jan 28, 2011

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — vChatter, Inc. (latest filing Jan 28, 2011)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Jan 28, 2011 (first sale Dec 30, 2010). It reports $349,999 sold of $499,999 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.

Sources
Note · Jan 28, 2011 – Jun 30, 2015

William Bunker is written 2 different ways on the filings

listed as "William Bunker" on 2 filings (from Jan 28, 2011), and "William Whithorne Bunker" on the Jun 30, 2015 filing.

What this means Same person, written differently — a middle name or suffix left off, or spelled another way. It is normal, but check that the full legal name matches your subscription documents.

Sources
Note · Nov 12, 2013 – Sep 13, 2019

Same name, different state: "William Bunker" (WA) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is CA. A separate record, "William Bunker" with address state WA, is listed on 9 filings — most recently by Navigating Cancer, Inc. (Sep 13, 2019). Both records have filings in the same period (Nov 12, 2013 to Jun 30, 2017).

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.

Sources
Note · Jul 1, 2010

Same name, different state: "William W. Bunker, Sr." (AR) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is CA. A separate record, "William W. Bunker, Sr." with address state AR, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by Southeast Arkansas Bank Corp (Jul 1, 2010). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Jan 28, 2011 to Jun 30, 2017; the other has one filing dated Jul 1, 2010.

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.

Sources
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 3 offerings — no sales commissions, finder's fees or proceeds to insiders

Per-offering detail
Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Jun 30, 2017 D
GrowthX Fund II, L.P.
File 021-289904
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Jun 30, 2015 D
GrowthX Fund I, L.P
File 021-242775
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Jan 28, 2011 D
vChatter, Inc.
File 021-154553
$0$0$0None 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 3

Every issuer that named William Bunker on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

Pooled Investment Fund · group: Growthx

GrowthX Fund II, L.P.

San Francisco, CA · Jun 30, 2017
  • Jun 30, 2017 · D · $0 sold of $15,000,000 · 0 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

No sales reported yet as of the latest filing. William is listed as executive officer.

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.

Pooled Investment Fund · group: Growthx

GrowthX Fund I, L.P

San Francisco, CA · Jun 30, 2015
  • Jun 30, 2015 · D · $0 sold of $50,000,000 · 0 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

No sales reported yet as of the latest filing. William is listed as executive officer.

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.

Other

vChatter, Inc.

San Mateo, CA · Jan 28, 2011
  • Jan 28, 2011 · D · $349,999 sold of $499,999 · 6 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer, Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $350K from 6 investors (70% of the $500K target) as of the latest filing. William is listed as executive officer, director.

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.

Other pages with the same name (2)

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

People around William 4

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

Andrew Goldner

Executive Officer · 2 shared filings (2 issuers)

Listed on the same filings as William Bunker. Their page shows their other deals.

RL
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Person

Russell Lewis

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

Listed on the same filings as William Bunker. Their page shows their other deals.

SS
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Person

Sean Sheppard

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as William Bunker. Their page shows their other deals.

MM
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Person

Max Menke

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as William Bunker. Their page shows their other deals.

The team behind the deals

Sponsor group

Growthx

2 issuers · 2 filings · $0 reported sold · 2015–2017

One team, 2 deal companies. William Bunker is listed on 2 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 William Bunker.

Same business address

51 other issuers file from the same address (first 50 shown)

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)

None of the 3 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 William Bunker 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 3 issuers this person is listed on — nothing matched.

Public profiles and social

Websites and social links of the issuers William Bunker is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in vChatter, Inc.'s SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #356,134 of 374,652 in line (14 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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