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Yan Ness

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · MI · Sep 29, 2014 → Mar 25, 2020

2deals (issuers)
$14.2Mreported sold
43investors
3Form D filings
2014–2020years on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:31 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: not yet

The short version

Yan Ness is listed as a director on 3 SEC Form D filings by 2 issuers between Sep 2014 and Mar 2020: David Acquisition Corp (San Francisco, CA — industry reported as "Other" — 2014–2016; $10.3M reported sold to 4 investors) and Yottabyte LLC (Bloomfield Township, MI — other technology — 2020; $3.94M reported sold to 39 investors).

What this means 2 separate companies raised money with this person listed as director, over about 6 years. Across those companies the filings report $14.2M sold in total.

Listed alongside Daniel Meyer (2 shared filings), George Doherty (2 shared filings), Gerard Vecchio (2 shared filings), Jonathan Shane (2 shared filings), Mark E Dorn (2 shared filings) and 4 others.

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), state securities regulators (AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA) — none found. Not yet searched: SEC enforcement releases.

What this means Nothing turned up where we looked (2 sources). That does not prove there is nothing — it means none was found in those sources on that date.

What the community is saying

Nothing found on Reddit, BiggerPockets or community forums for high-net-worth investors (searched Oct 24, 2026) — search queued; this line updates when it has run.

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

None found in sources searched

What was searched

Sources searched: CourtListener bulk data (RECAP dockets as of 2026-09-30; recall-first rule 10-24) — federal district + bankruptcy courts; live RECAP re-check pending. State courts: not yet searched. PACER: not searched. · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:31 AM ET.

State courts: not yet searched. 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

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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. — not yet searched.

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: not yet searched.

No SEC search has run yet for this person.

3. Bankruptcies

None found in sources searched

What was searched

Sources searched: Federal bankruptcy courts via CourtListener / RECAP archive (federal district courts, federal bankruptcy courts). State courts: not yet searched. PACER: not searched (RECAP only). · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:31 AM ET.

State courts: not yet searched. 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

Not made for individual people — comparisons cover issuers and sponsor groups

5. Money to insiders

None reported on 3 offerings — no sales commissions, finder's fees or proceeds to insiders

Per-offering detail
Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Mar 25, 2020 D
Yottabyte LLC
File 021-363623
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
May 16, 2016 D
David Acquisition Corp
File 021-263225
$0$0$0
No payment other than ordinary course employment compensation is being paid to officers or directors.
None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Sep 29, 2014 D
David Acquisition Corp
File 021-225427
$0$0$0
No payment other than ordinary course employment compensation is being paid to officers or directors.
None 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 2

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

Other Technology

Yottabyte LLC

Bloomfield Township, MI · Mar 25, 2020
  • Mar 25, 2020 · D · $3,944,463 sold of $4,500,000 · 39 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director (Manager) EDGAR ↗

Raised $3.94M from 39 investors (88% of the $4.5M target) as of the latest filing. Yan is listed as director.

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

David Acquisition Corp

San Francisco, CA · Sep 29, 2014 → May 16, 2016 · 2 filings
  • May 16, 2016 · D · $1,503,118 sold of $1,503,118 · 4 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗
  • Sep 29, 2014 · D · $10,263,177 sold of $10,263,177 · 3 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $10.3M from 4 investors (100% of the $1.5M 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. "Similar" = offerings in the same industry claiming the same exemption, filed in the last 5 years: Other / 506(b) (18,678 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.

People around Yan 9

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

Person

Mark E Dorn

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

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

Person

George Doherty

Director, Promoter · 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

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

Person

Daniel Meyer

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

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

Person

Gerard Vecchio

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

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

Person

Jonathan Shane

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

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

Person

Ronald A. Klein

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 2 other issuers

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

Person

Paul E. Hodges, III

Executive Officer, Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

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

Person

Steven R. Isaac

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

Person

Matthew Wenzler

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

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

Registrations and other filings

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

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Other offering types (Regulation A and Regulation Crowdfunding)

None found in sources searched.

Sources 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 · Last checked Oct 23, 2026, 8:41 PM ET.

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