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William Harris

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · GA · Mar 12, 2020 → Nov 12, 2025

33deals (issuers)

$181.2Mreported sold

1,090investors

33Form D filings

2020–2025years 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

William Harris is listed as an executive officer on 33 SEC Form D filings by 33 issuers between Mar 2020 and Aug 2026. Largest by amount reported sold: BIP FUSE Fund III Alpha-QP, LLC (Atlanta, GA — pooled investment fund — 2026; $15.9M reported sold to 74 investors), BIP Fintop Fund III-QP, LLC (Atlanta, GA — pooled investment fund — 2022; $14.1M reported sold to 69 investors), BIP Health2047 Fund I, LLC (Atlanta, GA — pooled investment fund — 2020; $13.1M reported sold to 51 investors), BIP WCAS Fund 14, LLC (Atlanta, GA — pooled investment fund — 2023; $12.5M reported sold to 50 investors), BIP Blue Heron Fund III-QP, LLC (Atlanta, GA — pooled investment fund — 2022; $11.3M reported sold to 62 investors) and 28 more (all listed below).

What this means That is a lot of deals — 33 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer, over about 6 years. Across those companies the filings report $181.2M sold in total.

Listed alongside BIP Holdings, LLC (26 shared filings, management entity), J. BIP Holdings, LLC (6 shared filings, management entity), Todd Knudsen (3 shared filings) and Buffington (1 shared filing, management entity).

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.

All 33 issuers belong to the sponsor group Bip (125 issuers, $1.35B reported sold, 2010–2026).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Bip has 125 companies on file and $1.35B 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 (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FINRA, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NASAA, NC, ND, NH, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) — 5 state regulator orders, 10 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 15 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 33 public filings for William Harris and found 8 differences, 1 worth asking the sponsor about: 9 Form Ds were filed more than 15 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.

What the community is saying

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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, 2:16 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

5 state regulator orders

Order w/Agreement relating to John H. Neely OK · Oklahoma Department of Securities

Order date Dec 28, 2007 · Regulator: Oklahoma Department of Securities · Parties (regulator's caption): Spelman & Co., Inc., William V. Harris, Michael C. Leipart, Frank G. McGuire III, and John H. Neely

Outcome: not stated in the index entry we read; see the order. Order / docket ↗ Regulator's list ↗

same full name in the order; 9 people with this name in Form D filings; regulator in OK (not a filing state)

Order w/Agreement relating to Frank G. McGuire III OK · Oklahoma Department of Securities

Order date Dec 7, 2007 · Regulator: Oklahoma Department of Securities · Parties (regulator's caption): Spelman & Co., Inc., William V. Harris, Michael C. Leipart, Frank G. McGuire III, and John H. Neely

Outcome: not stated in the index entry we read; see the order. Order / docket ↗ Regulator's list ↗

same full name in the order; 9 people with this name in Form D filings; regulator in OK (not a filing state)

Order w/Agreement relating to Michael C. Leipart OK · Oklahoma Department of Securities

Order date Dec 6, 2007 · Regulator: Oklahoma Department of Securities · Parties (regulator's caption): Spelman & Co., Inc., William V. Harris, Michael C. Leipart, Frank G. McGuire III, and John H. Neely

Outcome: not stated in the index entry we read; see the order. Order / docket ↗ Regulator's list ↗

same full name in the order; 9 people with this name in Form D filings; regulator in OK (not a filing state)

Agreed Scheduling Order OK · Oklahoma Department of Securities

Order date Oct 26, 2007 · Regulator: Oklahoma Department of Securities · Parties (regulator's caption): Spelman & Co., Inc., William V. Harris, Michael C. Leipart, Frank G. McGuire III, and John H. Neely

Outcome: not stated in the index entry we read; see the order. Order / docket ↗ Regulator's list ↗

same full name in the order; 9 people with this name in Form D filings; regulator in OK (not a filing state)

Order Setting Hearing [2/19/08 @ 9:00 a.m.] OK · Oklahoma Department of Securities

Order date Oct 17, 2007 · Regulator: Oklahoma Department of Securities · Parties (regulator's caption): Spelman & Co., Inc., William V. Harris, Michael C. Leipart, Frank G. McGuire III, and John H. Neely

Outcome: not stated in the index entry we read; see the order. Order / docket ↗ Regulator's list ↗

same full name in the order; 9 people with this name in Form D filings; regulator in OK (not a filing state)

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 Harris..

State securities regulators: Securities regulators searched (64,910 actions): FINRA (38,350 actions, 1995–2026), NASAA (31 actions, 2000–2026; listing starts 1997), AK Division of Banking and Securities (273 actions, 1971–2025), AL Securities Commission (880 actions, 2001–2026), AR Securities Department (1,305 actions, 1998–2026), AZ Corporation Commission Securities Division (411 actions, 2017–2026), CA DFPI (25 actions, 2007–2024; listing starts 2002 — 16 of 12,159 DFPI respondent pages read so far; sponsor-name matches are read first), CO Division of Securities (731 actions, 2001–2026; older years from the Internet Archive (snapshot of 2026-05-02)), CT Department of Banking Securities Division (940 actions, 2006–2026; older years from the Internet Archive (snapshot of 2026-04-22)), DC DISB Securities Bureau (25 actions, 2012–2026), DE DOJ Investor Protection Unit (257 actions, 1987–2026), FL Office of Financial Regulation (49 actions, 2018–2026), GA Secretary of State Securities Division (65 actions, 2015–2026; listing starts 2012), HI DCCA Securities Enforcement Branch (26 actions, 2012–2026), ID Department of Finance Securities Bureau (663 actions, 1994–2026), IL Secretary of State Securities Department (4,122 actions, 2003–2023), KS Insurance Department Securities Division (58 actions), KY Department of Financial Institutions (342 actions, 2005–2026), LA Office of Financial Institutions Securities Division (13 actions, 2010–2025; listing starts 2008), MA Secretary of the Commonwealth Securities Division (125 actions, 2012–2025; live site blocks automated access — loaded from the Internet Archive snapshot of 2026-02-04), MD Attorney General Securities Division (1,054 actions, 2004–2026), ME Office of Securities (539 actions, 2000–2026), MI LARA Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing Bureau (201 actions), MO Secretary of State Securities Division (919 actions, 1998–2026), MS Secretary of State Securities Division (209 actions, 1995–2026), MT Commissioner of Securities and Insurance (597 actions, 2000–2026), NC Secretary of State Securities Division (265 actions, 2004–2024), ND Securities Department (711 actions, 1990–2026; the regulator no longer publishes this list live — loaded from the Internet Archive snapshot of 2026-01-06), NH Bureau of Securities Regulation (402 actions, 2002–2026), NM Regulation and Licensing Department Securities Division (90 actions, 2010–2025), NV Secretary of State Securities Division (118 actions, 2018–2026), NY Attorney General Investor Protection Bureau (44 actions, 2012–2026), OH Division of Securities (327 actions, 1993–2006), OK Department of Securities (2,531 actions, 1998–2026), OR Division of Financial Regulation (589 actions, 1988–2026), PA Department of Banking and Securities (1,448 actions, 2008–2024; the regulator no longer publishes this list live — loaded from the Internet Archive snapshot of 2024-08-09), RI DBR Securities Division (98 actions, 2005–2025), SC Attorney General Securities Division (540 actions, 2006–2026), SD Division of Insurance – Securities Regulation (106 actions, 2017–2026), TN Department of Commerce and Insurance Securities Division (405 actions, 1992–2026), TX State Securities Board (936 actions, 1999–2026), UT Division of Securities (772 actions, 2000–2026; older years from the Internet Archive (snapshot of 2010-05-27)), VT DFR Securities Division (137 actions, 2010–2026), WA DFI (2,039 actions, 2001–2026), WI DFI Division of Securities (1,072 actions, 1998–2026), WV Securities Commission (State Auditor) (64 actions), WY Secretary of State Compliance Division (6 actions, 2016–2024) — last crawled Oct 24, 2026, 8:48 AM ET. No machine-readable public listing today for IA, IN, MN, NE, NJ, VA (see docs/state-regulators.md).

3. Bankruptcies

10 cases: 1 open, 9 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

William J Harris open

United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Georgia · No. 22-11270 · Filed Nov 17, 2022

Role of William J Harris: Debtor · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗