John Brown is listed as a director on 2 SEC Form D filings by 2 issuers between Jan 2010 and Mar 2020: VALC Enterprises, Inc. (San Jose, CA — other banking and financial services — 2020; $12.5M reported sold to 3 investors) and VERICAL INC (San Francisco, CA — other technology — 2010; $4.43M reported sold to 16 investors).
What this means 2 separate companies raised money with this person listed as director, over about 10 years. Across those companies the filings report $16.9M sold in total.
Listed alongside Grant Moon (1 shared filing), Hooks Johnston (1 shared filing), Josef Ruef (1 shared filing), Raymond Wong (1 shared filing) and Tyler J. Thompson (1 shared filing).
What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around John. 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) — 1 court case matching the name, 5 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.
What this means 6 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 2 public filings for John Brown and found 11 differences, 1 worth asking the sponsor about: Amount sold went down between filings; 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.