William Gordon is listed as an executive officer and director on 14 SEC Form D filings by 7 issuers between Apr 2009 and Mar 2025. Largest by amount reported sold: ADOR, INC. (Seattle, WA — other technology — 2011–2012; $30M reported sold to 9 investors), NGMOCO INC (San Francisco, CA — other technology — 2009–2010; $24.2M reported sold to 8 investors), ZYNGA GAME NETWORK INC (San Francisco, CA — other technology — 2009–2010; $20.6M reported sold to 16 investors), Airtime Media, Inc. (San Francisco, CA — industry reported as "Other" — 2012; $7.96M reported sold to 7 investors), LORD OF THE GAMES, CORP. (San Francisco, CA — other technology — 2025; $6.51M reported sold to 44 investors) and 2 more (all listed below).
What this means A repeat sponsor — 7 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer and director, over about 16 years. Across those companies the filings report $91.2M sold in total.
Listed alongside Bruce Brooks (5 shared filings), GREGORY B. MAFFEI (5 shared filings), John Doerr (5 shared filings), Katherine J. Savitt (5 shared filings), Richard Dalzell (5 shared filings) and 43 others.
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.
1 of the issuers belongs to the sponsor group Kleiner Perkins Caufield (10 issuers, $932.3M reported sold, 2010–2019).
What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Kleiner Perkins Caufield has 10 companies on file and $932.3M 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) — 9 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.
What this means 9 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 14 public filings for William Gordon and found 10 differences, 1 worth asking the sponsor about: Form D filed 74 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.