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Bruce A. Brown

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · GA · Oct 29, 2009 → Apr 12, 2010

1deal (issuers)
$13.5Mreported sold
30investors
3Form D filings
2009–2010years on file
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Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:20 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Bruce A. Brown is listed as an executive officer and director on 3 SEC Form D filings by 1 issuer between Oct 2009 and May 2011: Instawares Holding Company, LLC (West Point, Georgia (as filed: 2Q) — industry reported as "Other" — 2009–2011; $13.5M reported sold to 30 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC. 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 Campbell B. Lanier, III (3 shared filings), Craig Callaway (3 shared filings), Joseph L. Lanier, Jr. (3 shared filings), Paul Stoner (2 shared filings), Timothy B. Knight (2 shared filings) and 8 others.

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

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA) — 1 state regulator order, 4 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 5 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 3 public filings for Bruce A. Brown and found 10 differences: Bruce A. Brown's role changed at Instawares Holding Company, LLC: executive officer, director → director; No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open; 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 Bruce A. Brown has not run yet — it is joining a line of 6,416 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 27 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

None found in sources searched — federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), checked Oct 24, 2026

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, 2:20 AM ET.

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

1 state regulator order

Agreed Cease and Desist Order TX · Texas State Securities Board (TSSB)
Order date Oct 11, 2012 · Regulator: Texas State Securities Board (TSSB) · ENF-12-CDO-1720 · Parties (regulator's caption): Global Eagle Media Inc., RMB International Distribution Inc., Waverider International LLC, and Bruce F. Brown
Outcome: not stated in the index entry we read; see the order. Order / docket ↗ Regulator's list ↗
same full name in the order; 8 people with this name in Form D filings; regulator in TX (not a filing state); middle initial differs
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 Bruce A. Brown..

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 are not covered.

3. Bankruptcies

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

Bruce L. Brown, Sr. open
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Georgia · No. 25-40851 · Filed Sep 22, 2025
Role of Bruce L. Brown, Sr.: Debtor · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 352 federal dockets); 8 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (GA); middle initial differs
Bruce L. Brown, Sr. open
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Georgia · No. 25-40324 · Filed Apr 16, 2025
Role of Bruce L. Brown, Sr.: Debtor · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 352 federal dockets); 8 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (GA); middle initial differs
Bruce E. Brown closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Georgia · No. 14-41919 · Filed Nov 18, 2014 · Closed Jun 8, 2020
Role of Bruce E. Brown: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2020-06-08 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 352 federal dockets); 8 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (GA); middle initial differs
Bruce Brown and Rachel Brown closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Georgia · No. 10-10206 · Filed Jan 26, 2010 · Closed Jan 12, 2015
Role of Bruce Brown and Rachel Brown: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2015-01-12 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 352 federal dockets); 8 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (GA); middle initial differs
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, 2:20 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

10 differences found between the filings for Bruce A. Brown (compared 3 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Apr 12, 2010 – May 26, 2011

Bruce A. Brown's role changed at Instawares Holding Company, LLC: executive officer, director → director

The Apr 12, 2010 filing lists Bruce A. Brown as executive officer, director; the May 26, 2011 Form D lists director.

What this means Roles on Form D are self-reported by the issuer. A change can mean a real change in who runs the company, or just a different box ticked. Ask who makes decisions today.

Form D · Apr 12, 2010 ↗Form D · May 26, 2011 ↗Bruce A. Brown — PartnerFacts page ↗Instawares Holding Company, LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗
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Note · May 20, 2011 – May 26, 2011

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — Instawares Holding Company, LLC (latest filing May 26, 2011)

The latest filing for this offering is dated May 26, 2011 (first sale May 20, 2011). It reports $13,500,000 sold of an indefinite amount offered. No later amendment is in our index as of Oct 24, 2026.

What this means SEC rules expect a yearly amendment while an offering is still going. The raise may simply have ended — a Form D does not say when it closed. Ask the sponsor whether the offering closed, when, and at what amount.

Form D · May 26, 2011 ↗Instawares Holding Company, LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗
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Note · Mar 31, 2010 – Apr 12, 2010

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — Instawares Holding Company, LLC (latest filing Apr 12, 2010)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Apr 12, 2010 (first sale Mar 31, 2010). It reports $7,630,443 sold of an indefinite amount offered. No later amendment is in our index as of Oct 24, 2026.

What this means SEC rules expect a yearly amendment while an offering is still going. The raise may simply have ended — a Form D does not say when it closed. Ask the sponsor whether the offering closed, when, and at what amount.

Form D · Apr 12, 2010 ↗Instawares Holding Company, LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗
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Note · Oct 16, 2009 – Oct 29, 2009

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — Instawares Holding Company, LLC (latest filing Oct 29, 2009)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Oct 29, 2009 (first sale Oct 16, 2009). It reports $2,750,000 sold of an indefinite amount offered. No later amendment is in our index as of Oct 24, 2026.

What this means SEC rules expect a yearly amendment while an offering is still going. The raise may simply have ended — a Form D does not say when it closed. Ask the sponsor whether the offering closed, when, and at what amount.

Form D · Oct 29, 2009 ↗Instawares Holding Company, LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗
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Note · Oct 29, 2009 – May 26, 2011

Bruce A. Brown is written 2 different ways on the filings

listed as "Bruce A. Brown" on 2 filings (from Oct 29, 2009), and "Bruce Brown" on the May 26, 2011 filing.

What this means Same person, written differently — a middle name or suffix left off, or spelled another way. It is normal, but check that the full legal name matches your subscription documents.

Form D · Oct 29, 2009 ↗Form D · May 26, 2011 ↗Bruce A. Brown — PartnerFacts page ↗
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Note · Oct 16, 2024 – Oct 10, 2025

Same name, different state: "Bruce Brown" (FL) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is GA. A separate record, "Bruce Brown" with address state FL, is listed on 3 filings — most recently by Innventure, Inc. (Oct 10, 2025). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Oct 29, 2009 to Apr 12, 2010; the other runs Oct 16, 2024 to Oct 10, 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.

Bruce Brown (FL) — PartnerFacts page ↗Form D · Oct 10, 2025 ↗Innventure, Inc. — PartnerFacts page ↗Bruce A. Brown (GA) — this page ↗
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Note · May 17, 2018 – Oct 16, 2018

Same name, different state: "Bruce Brown" (CA) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is GA. A separate record, "Bruce Brown" with address state CA, is listed on 2 filings — most recently by NCF Enterprises, Inc. (Oct 16, 2018). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Oct 29, 2009 to Apr 12, 2010; the other runs May 17, 2018 to Oct 16, 2018.

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.

Bruce Brown (CA) — PartnerFacts page ↗Form D/A · Oct 16, 2018 ↗NCF Enterprises, Inc. — PartnerFacts page ↗Bruce A. Brown (GA) — this page ↗
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Note · Jul 8, 2011 – Mar 29, 2012

Same name, different state: "Bruce Brown" (WA) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is GA. A separate record, "Bruce Brown" with address state WA, is listed on 2 filings — most recently by UNSOCIAL, INC. (Mar 29, 2012). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Oct 29, 2009 to Apr 12, 2010; the other runs Jul 8, 2011 to Mar 29, 2012.

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.

Bruce Brown (WA) — PartnerFacts page ↗Form D/A · Mar 29, 2012 ↗UNSOCIAL, INC. — PartnerFacts page ↗Bruce A. Brown (GA) — this page ↗
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Note · Jan 24, 2012

Same name, different state: "Bruce Brown" (MT) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is GA. A separate record, "Bruce Brown" with address state MT, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by Telemedicine Management Inc (Jan 24, 2012). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Oct 29, 2009 to Apr 12, 2010; the other has one filing dated Jan 24, 2012.

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.

Bruce Brown (MT) — PartnerFacts page ↗Form D · Jan 24, 2012 ↗Telemedicine Management Inc — PartnerFacts page ↗Bruce A. Brown (GA) — this page ↗
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Note · Oct 29, 2009 – Apr 12, 2010

Address moved from Kennesaw, GA to West Point, GA — Instawares Holding Company, LLC

The people listed on the Oct 29, 2009 filing give Kennesaw, GA; on the Apr 12, 2010 filing they give West Point, GA.

What this means Businesses move; this just shows the two places and dates. If you were told one city and the forms say another, ask which is current.

Form D · Oct 29, 2009 ↗Form D · Apr 12, 2010 ↗Instawares Holding Company, LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗
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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 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
May 26, 2011 D
Instawares Holding Company, LLC
File 021-160387
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Apr 12, 2010 D
Instawares Holding Company, LLC
File 021-140382
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Oct 29, 2009 D
Instawares Holding Company, LLC
File 021-135688
$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 Bruce A. Brown on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

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Other

Instawares Holding Company, LLC

West Point, Georgia (as filed: 2Q) · Oct 29, 2009 → May 26, 2011 · 3 filings
  • May 26, 2011 · D · $13,500,000 sold of Indefinite · 10 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director (Manager) EDGAR ↗
  • Apr 12, 2010 · D · $7,630,443 sold of Indefinite · 30 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer, Director (Chief Executive Officer and Manager) EDGAR ↗
  • Oct 29, 2009 · D · $2,750,000 sold of Indefinite · 23 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer, Director (Chief Executive Officer and Manager) EDGAR ↗

Raised $13.5M from 30 investors as of the latest filing. Bruce is listed as director, executive officer on 3 filings for this deal.

Latest filing on EDGAR ↗
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 (7)

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

  • Bruce Robert Brown — Australia (as filed: C3), 2 issuers, Dec 16, 2011 → Jul 29, 2013 · no shared issuer
  • Bruce Brown — FL, 1 issuer, Oct 16, 2024 → Oct 10, 2025 · no shared issuer
  • Bruce Brown — WA, 1 issuer, Jul 8, 2011 → Mar 29, 2012 · no shared issuer
  • Bruce Brown — MT, 1 issuer, Jan 24, 2012 → Jan 24, 2012 · no shared issuer
  • Bruce W. Brown — IL, 1 issuer, Feb 18, 2016 → Dec 20, 2019 · no shared issuer
  • Bruce Brown — CA, 1 issuer, May 17, 2018 → Oct 16, 2018 · no shared issuer
  • Bruce K Brown III — ME, 1 issuer, Jul 11, 2018 → Jul 11, 2018 · no shared issuer

People around Bruce 13

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

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Management entity

Wellford Tabor

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 6 other issuers

Wellford Tabor is on 7 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

CL
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Person

Campbell B. Lanier, III

Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 9 other issuers

Campbell B. Lanier, III is on 10 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

JL
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Person

Joseph L. Lanier, Jr.

Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Bruce A. Brown. Their page shows their other deals.

CC
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Person

Craig Callaway

Director, Executive Officer · 3 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

Listed on the same filings as Bruce A. Brown. Their page shows their other deals.

PS
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Person

Paul Stoner

Executive Officer · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Bruce A. Brown. Their page shows their other deals.

TK
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Person

Timothy B. Knight

Executive Officer · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Bruce A. Brown. Their page shows their other deals.

WP
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Person

William Porter Payne, Jr.

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 9 other issuers

William Porter Payne, Jr. is on 10 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

PJ
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Person

Paul Johan

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 9 other issuers

Paul Johan is on 10 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

DM
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Person

Dan McMurtie

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Bruce A. Brown. Their page shows their other deals.

DM
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Person

Dan McMurtrie

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Bruce A. Brown. Their page shows their other deals.

JC
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Person

JEFF CAMP

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

Listed on the same filings as Bruce A. Brown. Their page shows their other deals.

BA
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Person

Betsy Atkins

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 11 other issuers

Betsy Atkins is on 12 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

WT
No photo found yet (own website and image search run after this page is viewed)
Person

William R. Thomas III

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Bruce A. Brown. 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 Bruce A. Brown 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 Bruce A. Brown is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in Instawares Holding Company, LLC's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #352,486 of 374,652 in line (14 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

Look further

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Business registries

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