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William Ragans

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · WA · Jan 31, 2024 → Apr 25, 2025

2deals (issuers)

$517Kreported sold

20investors

2Form D filings

2024–2025years on file

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Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:56 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

William Ragans is listed as an executive officer and promoter on 2 SEC Form D filings by 2 issuers between Jan 2024 and Apr 2025: Pollen, LLC (North Charleston, SC — other technology — 2025; $500K reported sold to 3 investors) and Colony, LLC (Charleston, SC — other technology — 2024; $17K reported sold to 17 investors).

What this means 2 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer and promoter. Across those companies the filings report $517K sold in total.

Listed alongside Franklin F. Adams (2 shared filings), J. Robert Calliham (2 shared filings), John Craig Comer (2 shared filings), Johnny McKellar (2 shared filings), Shayne Lewis (2 shared filings) and 5 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.

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA) — 2 court cases matching the name, 6 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 8 records came back, including 1 court case still open — open cases can take years and cost money. 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 2 public filings for William Ragans and found 2 differences: 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 Ragans has not run yet — it is joining a line of 14,324 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

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

Ragans v. NAR Services, Inc. closed

District Court, W.D. North Carolina · No. 5:21-cv-00076 · Filed May 11, 2021 · Closed Sep 30, 2021

Role of Ragans: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2021-09-30 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same rare surname (1 person in Form D filings, 20 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in NC (not a filing state)

Ragans v. Sanofi US Services Inc. open

District Court, E.D. Louisiana · No. 2:19-cv-13856 · Filed Nov 26, 2019 · Nature of suit: 367 Health care / pharm

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

same rare surname (1 person in Form D filings, 20 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in LA (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, 2:56 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 Ragans..

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

6 cases: 1 open, 5 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Sean Ragans Lane open

United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Missouri · No. 26-43318 · Filed Jul 30, 2026

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

same rare surname (1 person in Form D filings, 20 federal dockets); different first name (sean); court in MO (not a filing state)

William Lee Ragans, Jr and Deborah Jean Ragans closed

United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio · No. 22-31608 · Filed Oct 21, 2022 · Closed Feb 6, 2024

Role of William Lee Ragans, Jr and Deborah Jean Ragans: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2024-02-06 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same rare surname (1 person in Form D filings, 20 federal dockets); different first name (and); court in OH (not a filing state)

William Jefferson Ragans closed

United States Bankruptcy Court, D. South Carolina · No. 16-05955 · Filed Nov 28, 2016 · Closed Feb 28, 2017

Role of William Jefferson Ragans: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2017-02-28 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same rare surname (1 person in Form D filings, 20 federal dockets); different first name (jefferson); court in the person's filing state (SC)

William L Ragans, Jr. closed

United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio · No. 10-33068 · Filed May 3, 2010 · Closed Sep 27, 2010

Role of William L Ragans, Jr.: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2010-09-27 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same rare surname (1 person in Form D filings, 20 federal dockets); first name matches; court in OH (not a filing state)

Michael A. Williams and Judi A. Ragans-Williams closed

United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio · No. 04-33029 · Filed Apr 16, 2004 · Closed Mar 8, 2005

Role of Michael A. Williams and Judi A. Ragans-Williams: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2005-03-08 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same rare surname (1 person in Form D filings, 20 federal dockets); different first name (judi); court in OH (not a filing state)

Ragans Steam Cleaning Inc closed

United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. Illinois · No. 03-70686 · Filed Feb 13, 2003 · Closed Jan 13, 2005

Role of Ragans Steam Cleaning Inc: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2005-01-13 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same rare surname (1 person in Form D filings, 20 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in IL (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, 2:56 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.

4. Differences between public sources

Comparisons cover issuers and sponsor groups — see the issuer pages under Deals

2 differences found between the filings for William Ragans (compared 2 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Apr 14, 2025 – Apr 25, 2025

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — Pollen, LLC (latest filing Apr 25, 2025)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Apr 25, 2025 (first sale Apr 14, 2025). It reports $500,000 sold of $1,500,000 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.

Form D · Apr 25, 2025 ↗Pollen, LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗

Sources

Form D · Apr 25, 2025 ↗ (Apr 25, 2025)
Pollen, LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗ (Sep 11, 2025)

Note · Jan 19, 2024 – Jan 31, 2024

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — Colony, LLC (latest filing Jan 31, 2024)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Jan 31, 2024 (first sale Jan 19, 2024). It reports $17,000 sold of $20,000 offered. No later amendment is in our index as of Oct 24, 2026.

Form D · Jan 31, 2024 ↗Colony, LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗

Sources

Form D · Jan 31, 2024 ↗ (Jan 31, 2024)
Colony, LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗ (Jan 31, 2024)

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

Per-offering detail

Offering (latest filing)	Sales commissions	Finder's fees	To insiders	Paid to sell it	Source
Apr 25, 2025 D Pollen, LLC File 021-544491	$0	$0	$0 (est.)	None listed on this filing	EDGAR ↗
Jan 31, 2024 D Colony, LLC File 021-504020	$0	$0	$0 (est.)	None listed on this filing	EDGAR ↗

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 2

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

Other Technology

Pollen, LLC

North Charleston, SC · Apr 25, 2025

Apr 25, 2025 · D · $500,000 sold of $1,500,000 · 2 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

Raised $500K from 3 investors (33% of the $1.5M target) as of the latest filing. William is listed as executive officer.

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: Other Technology / 506(b) (17,390 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 Technology

Colony, LLC

Charleston, SC · Jan 31, 2024

Jan 31, 2024 · D · $17,000 sold of $20,000 · 17 investors · min. $50 · role: Executive Officer, Promoter EDGAR ↗

Raised $17K from 17 investors (85% of the $20K target) as of the latest filing. William is listed as executive officer, promoter.

Latest filing on EDGAR ↗

Sources

People around William 10

Officers, directors, promoters and management entities named on the same filings, as of Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET.

Management entity