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Yan Chen

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · CT · Jun 20, 2016 → Jun 21, 2016

1deal (issuers)
$400Kreported sold
4investors
2Form D filings
2016year on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:36 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Yan Chen is listed as a director on 2 SEC Form D filings by 1 issuer in Jun 2016: INNOVATION PLUS LLC (Wayne, PA — other technology — 2016; $400K reported sold to 4 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC, filed Jun 2016. 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 Claude Mercier (2 shared filings) and Ian E Kibblewhite (2 shared filings).

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

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AR, AZ, CA, CT, DE, FINRA, GA, HI, ID, LA, ME, MO, MS, MT, NASAA, NC, NH, NM, OR, RI, TX, WA) — 9 court cases matching the name, 5 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 14 records came back, including 2 court cases 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 Yan Chen and found 5 differences, 1 worth asking the sponsor about: Form D filed 227 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

Community search for Yan Chen has not run yet — it is joining a line of 21,452 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 363 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

9 cases: 2 open, 6 closed (disposition not in docket feed), 1 dismissed

Yan Chen v. The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A open
District Court, N.D. Illinois · No. 1:25-cv-14929 · Filed Dec 9, 2025
Role of Yan Chen: Plaintiff · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); 5 people with this name in Form D filings; court in IL (not a filing state)
Yan Chen v. The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A open
District Court, N.D. Illinois · No. 1:25-cv-14690 · Filed Dec 3, 2025
Role of Yan Chen: Plaintiff · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); 5 people with this name in Form D filings; court in IL (not a filing state)
Yan Chen v. The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A closed
District Court, N.D. Illinois · No. 1:25-cv-14325 · Filed Nov 24, 2025 · Closed Dec 2, 2025
Role of Yan Chen: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2025-12-02 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); 5 people with this name in Form D filings; court in IL (not a filing state)
Yan Chen v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services closed
District Court, C.D. California · No. 2:23-cv-08306 · Filed Oct 3, 2023 · Closed Dec 6, 2023
Role of Yan Chen: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2023-12-06 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); 5 people with this name in Form D filings; court in CA (not a filing state)
Yan Chen v. Alejandro Mayorkas closed
District Court, C.D. California · No. 2:23-cv-01018 · Filed Feb 10, 2023 · Closed Nov 6, 2023
Role of Yan Chen: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2023-11-06 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); 5 people with this name in Form D filings; court in CA (not a filing state)
Yan Chen v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services closed
District Court, C.D. California · No. 8:22-cv-01835 · Filed Oct 6, 2022 · Closed Jan 10, 2023
Role of Yan Chen: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2023-01-10 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); 5 people with this name in Form D filings; court in CA (not a filing state)
Yan Chen v. Jane Arellano dismissed
District Court, C.D. California · No. 2:06-cv-00672 · Filed Feb 3, 2006 · Closed May 9, 2006 · Nature of suit: 890 Other statutory actions
Role of Yan Chen: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2006-05-09 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: other Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); 5 people with this name in Form D filings; court in CA (not a filing state)
United States v. CHEN, YAN BIOU closed
District Court, Virgin Islands · No. 3:00-cr-00311 · Filed Jul 10, 2000 · Closed Feb 25, 2020
Role of CHEN, YAN BIOU: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 2020-02-25 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); 5 people with this name in Form D filings; court in VI (not a filing state); criminal docket
United States v. CHEN, YAN BIOU closed
District Court, Virgin Islands · No. 3:00-cr-00311 · Filed Jul 10, 2000 · Closed Feb 25, 2020
Role of CHEN, YAN BIOU: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 2020-02-25 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); 5 people with this name in Form D filings; court in VI (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, 2:36 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: NV (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 Yan Chen..

State securities regulators: Securities regulators searched (3,318 actions): AZ Corporation Commission Securities Division (411 actions, 2017–2026), CA DFPI (25 actions, 2007–2024; listing starts 2002), DE DOJ Investor Protection Unit (257 actions, 1987–2026), TX State Securities Board (586 actions, 2006–2026), WA DFI (2,039 actions, 2001–2026) — 16 of 12,159 DFPI respondent pages read so far; sponsor-name matches are read first — last crawled Oct 23, 2026, 9:57 PM ET. No machine-readable public listing today for IA, IN, KS, MI, NE, NV (see docs/state-regulators.md).

3. Bankruptcies

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

Yan Chen closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York · No. 1-13-41357 · Filed Mar 11, 2013 · Closed Jun 20, 2013
Role of Yan Chen: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2013-06-20 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); 5 people with this name in Form D filings; court in NY (not a filing state)
Peter Misseldine and Yan Chen closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · No. 6:10-bk-16955 · Filed Sep 23, 2010 · Closed Sep 22, 2011
Role of Peter Misseldine and Yan Chen: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2011-09-22 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); 5 people with this name in Form D filings; court in FL (not a filing state)
Yan Di Chen and Hou Ying Jin closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. Illinois · No. 10-82457 · Filed Aug 6, 2010 · Closed Dec 20, 2010
Role of Yan Di Chen and Hou Ying Jin: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2010-12-20 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); 5 people with this name in Form D filings; court in IL (not a filing state)
Peter Misseldine and Yan Chen closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · No. 6:09-bk-11805 · Filed Aug 12, 2009 · Closed Dec 18, 2009
Role of Peter Misseldine and Yan Chen: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2009-12-18 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); 5 people with this name in Form D filings; court in FL (not a filing state)
Nghiep Tran and Yan Chen closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Texas · No. 97-11098 · Filed Mar 25, 1997 · Closed Apr 23, 1999
Role of Nghiep Tran and Yan Chen: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1999-04-23 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); 5 people with this name in Form D filings; court in TX (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, 2:36 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 Yan Chen — 1 worth asking about (compared 2 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Worth asking · Nov 6, 2015 – Jun 20, 2016

Form D filed 227 days after the first sale — INNOVATION PLUS LLC

The filing says the first sale was Nov 6, 2015. The Form D was filed Jun 20, 2016 — 227 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 212 days past that.

What this means The notice went in months after money was taken in. Late notices are common and carry no penalty by themselves, but it is fair to ask the sponsor why the paperwork lagged.

Sources
Note · Jan 30, 2025

Same name, different state: "Yan Chen" (MI) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is CT. A separate record, "Yan Chen" with address state MI, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by MH3D, Inc. (Jan 30, 2025). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Jun 20, 2016 to Jun 21, 2016; the other has one filing dated Jan 30, 2025.

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
Note · Jan 25, 2019

Same name, different state: "Yan Chen" (E9) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is CT. A separate record, "Yan Chen" with address state E9, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by Bace Fund LP (Jan 25, 2019). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Jun 20, 2016 to Jun 21, 2016; the other has one filing dated Jan 25, 2019.

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
Note · Dec 29, 2017

Same name, different state: "Yan Qing Chen" (NY) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is CT. A separate record, "Yan Qing Chen" with address state NY, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by M & T, LLC (Dec 29, 2017). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Jun 20, 2016 to Jun 21, 2016; the other has one filing dated Dec 29, 2017.

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
Note · Dec 7, 2009 – Jan 19, 2010

Same name, different state: "Yan Chen" (K3) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is CT. A separate record, "Yan Chen" with address state K3, is listed on 3 filings — most recently by TRIPOD CAPITAL CHINA FUND II, L.P. (Jan 19, 2010). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Jun 20, 2016 to Jun 21, 2016; the other runs Dec 7, 2009 to Jan 19, 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

0 of 1 offering report sales commissions; 0 report finder's fees; 1 reports proceeds to related persons totalling $10,000. (includes amounts the issuer reported as estimates)

Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Jun 21, 2016 D/A
INNOVATION PLUS LLC
File 021-265370
$0$0$10,000 (est.)
Proceeds were used for working capital and to pay outstanding obligations of the Issuer. An unknown portion of the proceeds used as working capital may have been used to pay executive officer salaries.
None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
How this is counted

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 Yan Chen on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

Other Technology

INNOVATION PLUS LLC

Wayne, PA · Jun 20, 2016 → Jun 21, 2016 · 2 filings
  • Jun 21, 2016 · D/A · $400,000 sold of $400,000 · 4 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗
  • Jun 20, 2016 · D · $400,000 sold of $400,000 · 4 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $400K from 4 investors (100% of the $400K target) as of the latest filing. Yan is listed as director on 2 filings for this deal.

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 (4)

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

  • Yan Chen — Hong Kong (as filed: K3), 2 issuers, Dec 7, 2009 → Jan 19, 2010 · no shared issuer
  • Yan Qing Chen — NY, 1 issuer, Dec 29, 2017 → Dec 29, 2017 · no shared issuer
  • Yan Chen — Cayman Islands (as filed: E9), 1 issuer, Jan 25, 2019 → Jan 25, 2019 · no shared issuer
  • Yan Chen — MI, 1 issuer, Jan 30, 2025 → Jan 30, 2025 · no shared issuer

People around Yan 2

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

IK
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Person

Ian E Kibblewhite

Executive Officer, Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Yan Chen. Their page shows their other deals.

CM
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Person

Claude Mercier

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Yan Chen. Their page shows their other deals.

The team behind the deals

Same business address

39 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 Yan Chen 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 Yan Chen is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in INNOVATION PLUS LLC's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #286,293 of 374,652 in line (561 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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