Doug Custer

Public FINRA BrokerCheck and SEC IAPD search records identify Douglas Bradley Custer, also known as Doug Custer and Brad Custer, as an investment-adviser-only representative associated with Edelman Financial Engines in Lynnwood, Washington. The SEC IAPD search record lists his advisory-industry start date as February 8, 1994.

Edelman Financial Engines is a national financial-planning and investment-management firm. Its public site describes its planners as fiduciary partners who provide one-on-one financial-planning support, coordinating investments, taxes, insurance, retirement, and estate planning. The firm states that advisory services are provided by Financial Engines Advisors L.L.C., a federally registered investment adviser.

I found no public sources verifying the stub’s claim that Custer is an angel investor, invests at seed stage, has a startup portfolio, publishes an angel-investing thesis, or uses the email address `[hidden]` as a current public contact. The domain `abfsnw.com` currently redirects to Edelman Financial Engines.

• No public, supportable angel-investing thesis was found.
• No public startup check size, preferred stage, target-company profile, or sector focus was found.
• His verified public profile is as an investment adviser representative at Edelman Financial Engines, not as a venture or angel investor.
• Edelman’s stated planning approach is client-centered wealth planning: planners coordinate investments, taxes, insurance, retirement, and estate planning into a personalized financial plan.