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Benjamin Rote

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · TX · Feb 28, 2023 → Feb 28, 2023

1deal (issuers)
$1.63Mreported sold
27investors
1Form D filing
2023year on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:54 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Benjamin Rote is listed as an executive officer on 1 SEC Form D filing by 1 issuer in Feb 2023: Indoor Harvest Corp (Austin, TX — industry reported as "Other" — 2023; $1.63M reported sold to 27 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC, filed Feb 2023. 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 Keith Crouch (1 shared filing), Leslie Bocskor (1 shared filing) and Michael Blicharski (1 shared filing).

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

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DE, FINRA, GA, HI, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NASAA, NC, ND, NH, NM, NV, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) — 19 court cases matching the name, 2 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 21 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 1 public filing for Benjamin Rote and found 2 differences: Benjamin Rote appears on 1 deal that stopped filing before reaching its target; Form D filed 18 days after the first sale.

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 Benjamin Rote has not run yet — it is joining a line of 23,074 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 638 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

19 cases: 7 closed (disposition not in docket feed), 9 dismissed, 1 open, 2 judgment

Rote v. Boehringer Ingelheim Corp. closed
District Court, S.D. Florida · No. 3:23-cv-21671 · Filed Mar 31, 2023 · Closed Mar 31, 2023
Role of Rote: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2023-03-31 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 39 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in FL (not a filing state)
Rote v. Sandoz Inc. dismissed
District Court, E.D. Louisiana · No. 2:19-cv-14313 · Filed Dec 9, 2019 · Closed Apr 27, 2020 · Nature of suit: 367 Health care / pharm
Role of Rote: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2020-04-27 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Voluntarily dismissed Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 39 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in LA (not a filing state)
Rote v. Sandoz, Inc. open
District Court, E.D. Louisiana · No. 2:19-cv-13535 · Filed Nov 8, 2019 · Nature of suit: 367 Health care / pharm
Role of Rote: Plaintiff · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 39 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in LA (not a filing state)
Rote v. Joy Global Inc dismissed
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin · No. 2:16-cv-01186 · Filed Sep 2, 2016 · Closed Oct 7, 2016 · Nature of suit: 850 Securities/Commodities · Cause: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act
Role of Rote: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2016-10-07 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: settled Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 39 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in WI (not a filing state)
Rote v. Leapfrog Online Customer Acquisition, LLC dismissed
District Court, D. Oregon · No. 3:16-cv-01435 · Filed Jul 15, 2016 · Closed Mar 27, 2017 · Nature of suit: 190 Contract: Other Contract Actions · Cause: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract
Role of Rote: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2017-03-27 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: other Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 39 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in OR (not a filing state)
Rote v. Lot Solutions, Inc. dismissed
District Court, D. Oregon · No. 3:16-cv-01434 · Filed Jul 15, 2016 · Closed May 4, 2017 · Nature of suit: 190 Contract: Other Contract Actions · Cause: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract
Role of Rote: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2017-05-04 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: other Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 39 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in OR (not a filing state)
Allstate Insurance Company v. Rote dismissed
District Court, D. Oregon · No. 3:16-cv-01432 · Filed Jul 15, 2016 · Closed Jan 30, 2017 · Nature of suit: 190 Contract: Other Contract Actions · Cause: 28:1330 Breach of Contract
Role of Rote: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 2017-01-30 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: settled Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 39 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in OR (not a filing state)
Rote v. Silicon Valley Bank, Inc. dismissed
District Court, D. Oregon · No. 3:16-cv-00471 · Filed Mar 18, 2016 · Closed Sep 1, 2016 · Nature of suit: 470 Civil (RICO) Racketeer/Corrupt Organization · Cause: 18:1961 Racketeering (RICO) Act
Role of Rote: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2016-09-01 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: other Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 39 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in OR (not a filing state)
Rote v. Zel Custom Manufacturing LLC closed
District Court, S.D. Ohio · No. 2:13-oe-01183 · Filed Nov 25, 2013 · Closed Dec 2, 2013
Role of Rote: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2013-12-02 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 39 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in OH (not a filing state)
Rote v. Zel Custom Manufacturing LLC closed
District Court, S.D. Ohio · No. 2:13-oe-01184 · Filed Nov 25, 2013 · Closed Dec 2, 2013
Role of Rote: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2013-12-02 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 39 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in OH (not a filing state)
Rote v. Zel Custom Manufacturing LLC closed
District Court, S.D. Ohio · No. 2:13-cv-01189 · Filed Nov 25, 2013 · Closed Apr 24, 2019 · Nature of suit: Personal Inj. Prod. Liability · Cause: 28:1442 Petition for Removal
Role of Rote: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2019-04-24 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Transfer to another district Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 39 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in OH (not a filing state)
Rote v. Titan Tire Corporation judgment
District Court, S.D. Iowa · No. 4:07-cv-00496 · Filed Oct 30, 2007 · Closed May 29, 2009 · Nature of suit: 791 Employee Retirement Income Security Act
Role of Rote: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2009-05-29 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Judgment on motion before trial; judgment for plaintiff Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 39 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in IA (not a filing state)
Rote-Sun Co., LLC v. Henry Butcher USA closed
District Court, E.D. Missouri · No. 4:00-cv-00524 · Filed Mar 30, 2000 · Closed Jul 10, 2000 · Nature of suit: 190 Other contract actions
Role of Rote-Sun Co., LLC: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2000-07-10 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Other Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 39 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in MO (not a filing state)
Henry Butcher USA v. Rote-Sun Co., LLC dismissed
District Court, E.D. Missouri · No. 4:00-cv-00264 · Filed Feb 17, 2000 · Closed Aug 14, 2001 · Nature of suit: 370 Other fraud
Role of Rote-Sun Co., LLC: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 2001-08-14 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Voluntarily dismissed Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 39 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in MO (not a filing state)
Rote Sun LLC v. Henry Butcher USA closed
District Court, W.D. Washington · No. 3:99-cv-05677 · Filed Dec 23, 1999 · Closed Mar 22, 2000 · Nature of suit: 190 Other contract actions
Role of Rote Sun LLC: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2000-03-22 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Transfer to another district Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 39 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in WA (not a filing state)
Rote-Sun LLC v. Henry Butcher USA dismissed
District Court, D. Oregon · No. 3:99-cv-00903 · Filed Jun 24, 1999 · Closed Dec 21, 1999 · Nature of suit: 190 Other contract actions
Role of Rote-Sun LLC: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 1999-12-21 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: lack of jurisdiction Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 39 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in OR (not a filing state)
Rote v. Union Pacific RR Co closed
District Court, D. Colorado · No. 1:98-cv-02084 · Filed Sep 28, 1998 · Closed Mar 19, 1999 · Nature of suit: 330 Federal employers' liability · Cause: 45:51 Railways: Fed. Employer's Liability Act
Role of Rote: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 1999-03-19 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Transfer to another district Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 39 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in CO (not a filing state)
ROTE v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP. dismissed
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · No. 2:95-cv-06769 · Filed Oct 24, 1995 · Closed May 10, 1996 · Nature of suit: 190 Other contract actions
Role of ROTE: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 1996-05-10 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: settled Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 39 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in PA (not a filing state)
Securities & Exh Com v. Rote judgment
District Court, N.D. Georgia · No. 1:93-cv-02227 · Filed Sep 30, 1993 · Closed Jul 27, 1995 · Nature of suit: 850 Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Role of Rote: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 1995-07-27 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Other; judgment for plaintiff Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 39 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in GA (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, 2:54 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: VA (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 Benjamin Rote..

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 — 16 of 12,159 DFPI respondent pages read so far; sponsor-name matches are read first), DE DOJ Investor Protection Unit (257 actions, 1987–2026), TX State Securities Board (586 actions, 2006–2026), WA DFI (2,039 actions, 2001–2026) — last crawled Oct 23, 2026, 9:57 PM ET. No machine-readable public listing today for CO, FL, IA, IN, MN, NE, NJ, NY, OH, UT, VA (see docs/state-regulators.md).

3. Bankruptcies

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

Lance Miller and Seth Freeman as Co-Trustees of th v. ROTE Corporation open
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Washington · No. 25-80078 · Filed Sep 26, 2025
Role of ROTE Corporation: Defendant · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 39 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in WA (not a filing state)
SF & S Petroleum Inc. v. Rote Oil, Ltd. closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Wisconsin · No. 13-02167 · Filed Feb 26, 2013 · Closed Nov 21, 2013
Role of Rote Oil, Ltd.: Defendant · Outcome: Case closed 2013-11-21 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 39 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in WI (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, 2:54 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

2 differences found between the filings for Benjamin Rote (compared 1 filing on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Feb 28, 2023

Benjamin Rote appears on 1 deal that stopped filing before reaching its target

Indoor Harvest Corp (last filing Feb 28, 2023; $1,625,000 sold of $5,000,000). Each has no filing in more than two years and reported under half its target sold.

What this means An issuer whose last filing is more than two years old and reported under half its target sold. The raise may have closed early or quietly stopped. Ask what happened to each.

Sources
Note · Feb 10, 2023 – Feb 28, 2023

Form D filed 18 days after the first sale — Indoor Harvest Corp

The filing says the first sale was Feb 10, 2023. The Form D was filed Feb 28, 2023 — 18 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 3 days past that.

What this means A late notice is common and carries no penalty by itself. It is worth asking the sponsor why the paperwork lagged.

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

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
Feb 28, 2023 D
Indoor Harvest Corp
File 021-474424
$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 Benjamin Rote on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

Other

Indoor Harvest Corp

Austin, TX · Feb 28, 2023
  • Feb 28, 2023 · D · $1,625,000 sold of $1,625,000 · 1 investors · min. $1,625,000 · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

Raised $1.63M from 27 investors (100% of the $1.63M target) as of the latest filing. Benjamin is listed as executive officer.

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(c) (1,881 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 Benjamin 3

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

LB
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Person

Leslie Bocskor

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

Listed on the same filings as Benjamin Rote. Their page shows their other deals.

MB
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Person

Michael Blicharski

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Benjamin Rote. Their page shows their other deals.

KC
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Person

Keith Crouch

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Benjamin Rote. Their page shows their other deals.

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 Benjamin Rote 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 Benjamin Rote is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in Indoor Harvest Corp's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #131,797 of 374,652 in line (1,156 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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