Brian Hand is listed as an executive officer and director on 21 SEC Form D filings by 3 issuers between May 2015 and Oct 2024: Ocient Inc. (Chicago, IL — other technology — 2019–2024; $48M reported sold to 65 investors), YCharts, Inc. (Chicago, IL — other technology — 2015; $5.83M reported sold to 16 investors) and Ocient Holdings LLC (Chicago, IL — other technology — 2019–2024; $4.78M reported sold to 65 investors).
What this means A repeat sponsor — 3 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer and director, over about 9 years. Across those companies the filings report $58.6M sold in total.
Listed alongside Michael Seedman (18 shared filings), William McCarthy (18 shared filings), James Dugan (14 shared filings), Mark Terbeek (14 shared filings), S. Christopher Gladwin (12 shared filings) and 13 others.
What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around Brian. Each name links to their own page.
2 of the issuers belong to the sponsor group Ocient (2 issuers, $0 reported sold, 2019–2026).
What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Ocient has 2 companies on file and $0 reported sold in total — the group page shows the whole track record in one place.
Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA) — 8 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.
What this means 8 records came back. 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 21 public filings for Brian Hand and found 6 differences: Brian Hand's role changed at Ocient Holdings LLC: executive officer → director; Brian Hand's role changed at Ocient Inc.: executive officer → director; 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.