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William J. Rutter

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · IN · Apr 21, 2022 → Apr 21, 2022

1deal (issuers)
$17.7Mreported sold
37investors
1Form D filing
2022year on file
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Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:52 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

William J. Rutter is listed as a director on 1 SEC Form D filing by 1 issuer in Apr 2022: Novosteo Inc. (West Lafayette, IN — pharmaceuticals — 2022; $17.7M reported sold to 37 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC, filed Apr 2022. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment — it is a notice, not an approval.

Listed alongside Alex Andrianopoulos (1 shared filing), Daniel Hasler (1 shared filing), David Lamond (1 shared filing), Dirk Thye, M.D. (1 shared filing) and Philip S. Low, Ph.D. (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.

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA) — 3 court cases matching the name, 5 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 1 public filing for William J. Rutter and found 4 differences: Offering amount changed between filings; Same name, different state: "William Rutter" (CA) is a separate record; 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 J. Rutter has not run yet — it is joining a line of 13,911 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 28 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

3 cases: 3 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

United States v. William-Rutter closed
District Court, S.D. Texas · No. 5:03-cr-00745 · Filed May 6, 2003 · Closed Nov 4, 2003
Role of William-Rutter: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 2003-11-04 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 11 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in TX (not a filing state); criminal docket
United States v. William-Rutter closed
District Court, S.D. Texas · No. 5:03-cr-00745 · Filed May 6, 2003 · Closed Nov 4, 2003
Role of William-Rutter: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 2003-11-04 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 11 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in TX (not a filing state); criminal docket
United States v. William-Rutter closed
District Court, S.D. Texas · No. 5:03-cr-00745 · Filed May 6, 2003 · Closed Nov 4, 2003
Role of William-Rutter: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 2003-11-04 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 11 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in TX (not a filing state); criminal docket
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, 2:52 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 William J. Rutter..

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

5 cases: 5 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

William G. Rutter closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Ohio · No. 2:11-bk-50486 · Filed Jan 20, 2011 · Closed Jun 24, 2011
Role of William G. Rutter: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2011-06-24 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 11 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in OH (not a filing state); middle initial differs
William Rutter and Lola Rutter closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Texas · No. 10-34887 · Filed Jun 11, 2010 · Closed Oct 12, 2010
Role of William Rutter and Lola Rutter: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2010-10-12 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 11 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in TX (not a filing state); middle initial differs
William D Rutter and Joyce Ann Rutter closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Ohio · No. 2:02-bk-65119 · Filed Nov 14, 2002 · Closed Apr 3, 2003
Role of William D Rutter and Joyce Ann Rutter: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2003-04-03 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 11 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in OH (not a filing state); middle initial differs
William H. Rutter and Laura J. Rutter closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Jersey · No. 99-18187 · Filed Sep 9, 1999 · Closed Jan 5, 2000
Role of William H. Rutter and Laura J. Rutter: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2000-01-05 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 11 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in NJ (not a filing state); middle initial differs
William O. Rutter closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · No. 3:94-bk-00377 · Filed Jan 31, 1994 · Closed Dec 21, 1995
Role of William O. Rutter: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1995-12-21 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 11 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in FL (not a filing state); middle initial differs
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, 2:52 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 William J. Rutter (compared 1 filing on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Nov 22, 2021 – Apr 21, 2022

Offering amount changed between filings — Novosteo Inc.

The Nov 22, 2021 filing says $14,289,758 offered; the Apr 21, 2022 Form D/A says $17,687,040.

What this means The target raise changed. Raising the cap is common when a deal grows; ask whether the extra money has the same terms and use.

Form D/A (earlier) · Nov 22, 2021 ↗Form D/A (later) · Apr 21, 2022 ↗Novosteo Inc. — PartnerFacts page ↗
Sources
Note · May 13, 2013 – Nov 10, 2022

Same name, different state: "William Rutter" (CA) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is IN. A separate record, "William Rutter" with address state CA, is listed on 4 filings — most recently by PhenoBiome, Inc. (Nov 10, 2022). Both records have filings in the same period (Apr 21, 2022).

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.

William Rutter (CA) — PartnerFacts page ↗Form D · Nov 10, 2022 ↗PhenoBiome, Inc. — PartnerFacts page ↗William J. Rutter (IN) — this page ↗
Sources
Note · Sep 10, 2020 – Aug 16, 2022

Same name, different state: "William J. Rutter" (CA) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is IN. A separate record, "William J. Rutter" with address state CA, is listed on 2 filings — most recently by Bluejay Therapeutics, Inc. (Aug 16, 2022). Both records have filings in the same period (Apr 21, 2022).

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.

William J. Rutter (CA) — PartnerFacts page ↗Form D · Aug 16, 2022 ↗Bluejay Therapeutics, Inc. — PartnerFacts page ↗William J. Rutter (IN) — this page ↗
Sources
Note · Jun 15, 2010

Same name, different state: "William J. Rutter" (MA) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is IN. A separate record, "William J. Rutter" with address state MA, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by BOSTON BIOMEDICAL INC (Jun 15, 2010). The two records do not overlap in time: this page has one filing dated Apr 21, 2022; the other has one filing dated Jun 15, 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.

William J. Rutter (MA) — PartnerFacts page ↗Form D · Jun 15, 2010 ↗BOSTON BIOMEDICAL INC — PartnerFacts page ↗William J. Rutter (IN) — this 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

None reported on 1 offering — no sales commissions, finder's fees or proceeds to insiders

Per-offering detail
Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Apr 21, 2022 D/A
Novosteo Inc.
File 021-386400
$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 1

Every issuer that named William J. Rutter 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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Pharmaceuticals

Novosteo Inc.

West Lafayette, IN · Apr 21, 2022
  • Apr 21, 2022 · D/A · $17,687,040 sold of $17,687,040 · 37 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $17.7M from 37 investors (100% of the $17.7M target) as of the latest filing. William is listed as director.

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: Pharmaceuticals / 506(b) (800 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 pages with the same name (3)

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

  • William Rutter — CA, 3 issuers, May 13, 2013 → Nov 10, 2022 · no shared issuer
  • William J. Rutter — CA, 2 issuers, Sep 10, 2020 → Aug 16, 2022 · no shared issuer
  • William J. Rutter — MA, 1 issuer, Jun 15, 2010 → Jun 15, 2010 · no shared issuer

People around William 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

Alex Andrianopoulos

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

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

PD
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Person

Philip S. Low, Ph.D.

Executive Officer, Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

DH
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Person

Daniel Hasler

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

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

DD
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Person

Dirk Thye, M.D.

Executive Officer, Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

DL
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Person

David Lamond

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

The team behind the deals

Same business address

13 other issuers file from the same address

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 1 issuer 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 J. Rutter 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 1 issuer this person is listed on — nothing matched.

Public profiles and social

Websites and social links of the issuers William J. Rutter is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in Novosteo Inc.'s SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #158,588 of 374,652 in line (14 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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