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Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · CA, OR · Nov 18, 2015 → Dec 2, 2019
Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:35 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET
Robert Towles is listed as an executive officer, director, and promoter on 11 SEC Form D filings by 3 issuers between Jun 2011 and Jul 2021: InfluenceInk, Inc. (Rancho Mission Viejo, CA — other technology — 2018–2021; $2.5M reported sold to 5 investors), SmashFund, PBC (Bend, OR — other technology — 2015–2017; $650K reported sold to 22 investors) and Social Mammoth, Inc. (Tustin, CA — industry reported as "Other" — 2011; $100K reported sold to 1 investors).
What this means A repeat sponsor — 3 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer, director, and promoter, over about 10 years. Across those companies the filings report $3.25M sold in total.
Listed alongside Aaron Callahan (8 shared filings), AJ Sexton, V (1 shared filing), Gabriel Davis (1 shared filing), Josh Gause (1 shared filing), Lisa Bunday (1 shared filing) and 1 others.
What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around Robert. 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, CO, CT, DC, DE, FINRA, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NASAA, NC, ND, NH, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) — 16 court cases matching the name, 11 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.
What this means 27 records came back, including 3 court cases 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 11 public filings for Robert Towles and found 13 differences, 5 worth asking the sponsor about: Bankruptcy case: Robert T Towles and Elisha P Towles; 90% of the money raised went to insiders; 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.
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16 cases: 8 closed (disposition not in docket feed), 3 open, 5 dismissed
230 Rent Lease & Ejectment· Cause:
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367 Health care / pharm
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480 Consumer credit
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28:1331 Fed. Question: Airline Crash
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, 2:35 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.
None found in sources searched — SEC enforcement releases (index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET) · state securities regulators: 48 regulators (FINRA, NASAA, 37 states) — crawled Oct 24, 2026, 8:48 AM ET
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 Robert Towles..
State securities regulators: Securities regulators searched (64,910 actions): FINRA (38,350 actions, 1995–2026), NASAA (31 actions, 2000–2026; listing starts 1997), AK Division of Banking and Securities (273 actions, 1971–2025), AL Securities Commission (880 actions, 2001–2026), AR Securities Department (1,305 actions, 1998–2026), 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), CO Division of Securities (731 actions, 2001–2026; older years from the Internet Archive (snapshot of 2026-05-02)), CT Department of Banking Securities Division (940 actions, 2006–2026; older years from the Internet Archive (snapshot of 2026-04-22)), DC DISB Securities Bureau (25 actions, 2012–2026), DE DOJ Investor Protection Unit (257 actions, 1987–2026), FL Office of Financial Regulation (49 actions, 2018–2026), GA Secretary of State Securities Division (65 actions, 2015–2026; listing starts 2012), HI DCCA Securities Enforcement Branch (26 actions, 2012–2026), ID Department of Finance Securities Bureau (663 actions, 1994–2026), IL Secretary of State Securities Department (4,122 actions, 2003–2023), KS Insurance Department Securities Division (58 actions), KY Department of Financial Institutions (342 actions, 2005–2026), LA Office of Financial Institutions Securities Division (13 actions, 2010–2025; listing starts 2008), MA Secretary of the Commonwealth Securities Division (125 actions, 2012–2025; live site blocks automated access — loaded from the Internet Archive snapshot of 2026-02-04), MD Attorney General Securities Division (1,054 actions, 2004–2026), ME Office of Securities (539 actions, 2000–2026), MI LARA Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing Bureau (201 actions), MO Secretary of State Securities Division (919 actions, 1998–2026), MS Secretary of State Securities Division (209 actions, 1995–2026), MT Commissioner of Securities and Insurance (597 actions, 2000–2026), NC Secretary of State Securities Division (265 actions, 2004–2024), ND Securities Department (711 actions, 1990–2026; the regulator no longer publishes this list live — loaded from the Internet Archive snapshot of 2026-01-06), NH Bureau of Securities Regulation (402 actions, 2002–2026), NM Regulation and Licensing Department Securities Division (90 actions, 2010–2025), NV Secretary of State Securities Division (118 actions, 2018–2026), NY Attorney General Investor Protection Bureau (44 actions, 2012–2026), OH Division of Securities (327 actions, 1993–2006), OK Department of Securities (2,531 actions, 1998–2026), OR Division of Financial Regulation (589 actions, 1988–2026), PA Department of Banking and Securities (1,448 actions, 2008–2024; the regulator no longer publishes this list live — loaded from the Internet Archive snapshot of 2024-08-09), RI DBR Securities Division (98 actions, 2005–2025), SC Attorney General Securities Division (540 actions, 2006–2026), SD Division of Insurance – Securities Regulation (106 actions, 2017–2026), TN Department of Commerce and Insurance Securities Division (405 actions, 1992–2026), TX State Securities Board (936 actions, 1999–2026), UT Division of Securities (772 actions, 2000–2026; older years from the Internet Archive (snapshot of 2010-05-27)), VT DFR Securities Division (137 actions, 2010–2026), WA DFI (2,039 actions, 2001–2026), WI DFI Division of Securities (1,072 actions, 1998–2026), WV Securities Commission (State Auditor) (64 actions), WY Secretary of State Compliance Division (6 actions, 2016–2024) — last crawled Oct 24, 2026, 8:48 AM ET. No machine-readable public listing today for IA, IN, MN, NE, NJ, VA (see docs/state-regulators.md).
11 cases: 11 closed (disposition not in docket feed)
12 Recovery of money/property - 547 preference; 21 Validity, priority or extent of lien or other interest in property
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, 2:35 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.
Comparisons cover issuers and sponsor groups — see the issuer pages under Deals
13 differences found between the filings for Robert Towles — 5 worth asking about (compared 11 filings on Oct 24, 2026)
United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California docket "Robert T Towles and Elisha P Towles" filed Apr 5, 2007, closed Jul 31, 2007. Robert Towles is listed as Debtor ("Robert T Towles and Elisha P Towles"). Our match estimate: 44%.
What this means A bankruptcy filing was found. Many are old or personal and have nothing to do with the deal — but ask what it was and when it closed.
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Oregon docket "Towles v. We Collect, Inc." filed Oct 4, 2021, closed Jan 11, 2022. Robert Towles is listed as Plaintiff ("Towles"). Our match estimate: 41%.
What this means A bankruptcy filing was found. Many are old or personal and have nothing to do with the deal — but ask what it was and when it closed.
The Jul 16, 2021 Form D reports $1,075,000 sold and $967,190 of the proceeds used for payments to officers, directors or promoters (marked as an estimate).
What this means The filing reports how much of the money raised was paid to insiders. Over 10% is high for most deals. Ask what it paid for.
InfluenceInk, Inc. (last filing Jul 16, 2021; $2,500,000 sold of $25,000,000); SmashFund, PBC (last filing Sep 6, 2017; $650,000 sold of $5,000,000); Social Mammoth, Inc. (last filing Jun 17, 2011; $100,000 sold of $400,000). 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.
The filing says the first sale was Apr 4, 2019. The Form D was filed Dec 2, 2019 — 242 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 227 days past that.
What this means The notice went in months after money was taken in. Late notices are common and carry no penalty by themselves, but it is fair to ask the sponsor why the paperwork lagged.
The filing says the first sale was Jan 23, 2015. The Form D was filed Nov 18, 2015 — 299 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 284 days past that.
What this means The notice went in months after money was taken in. Late notices are common and carry no penalty by themselves, but it is fair to ask the sponsor why the paperwork lagged.
The filing says the first sale was Nov 15, 2019. The Form D was filed Dec 2, 2019 — 17 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 2 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.
No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — InfluenceInk, Inc. (latest filing Jul 16, 2021) · No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — InfluenceInk, Inc. (latest filing Dec 2, 2019) · No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — SmashFund, PBC (latest filing Sep 6, 2017) · No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — SmashFund, PBC (latest filing Aug 23, 2017) · No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — Social Mammoth, Inc. (latest filing Jun 17, 2011)
What this means SEC rules expect a yearly amendment while an offering is still going. Ask the sponsor which of these raises have closed.
The Jan 4, 2016 filing says $600,000 offered; the Mar 11, 2016 Form D/A says $650,000.
What this means The target raise changed. Raising the cap is common when a deal grows; ask whether the extra money has the same terms and use.
The Nov 18, 2015 filing says $500,000 offered; the Jan 4, 2016 Form D/A says $600,000.
What this means The target raise changed. Raising the cap is common when a deal grows; ask whether the extra money has the same terms and use.
The Mar 11, 2016 filing lists a minimum of $25,000; the Aug 23, 2017 Form D/A lists $15,000.
What this means A different minimum usually means the offering terms changed. Check which terms apply to you.
The people listed on the Dec 2, 2019 filing give Bend, OR; on the Jul 16, 2021 filing they give Rancho Mission Viejo, CA.
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.
CA on 2 filings (Jun 17, 2011 to Jul 16, 2021); OR on 9 filings (Nov 18, 2015 to Dec 2, 2019).
What this means The address on a Form D is usually the company's, not the person's home, so this often just reflects different companies. It can also mean a move. Nothing wrong by itself.
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.
1 of 8 offerings reports sales commissions totalling $400,000; 0 report finder's fees; 3 report proceeds to related persons totalling $1,171,190. (includes amounts the issuer reported as estimates)
| Offering (latest filing) | Sales commissions | Finder's fees | To insiders | Paid to sell it | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2021 D InfluenceInk, Inc. File 021-406657 | $0 | $0 | $967,190 (est.) | None listed on this filing | EDGAR ↗ |
| Dec 2, 2019 D InfluenceInk, Inc. File 021-354536 | $0 | $0 | $186,000 (est.) | None listed on this filing | EDGAR ↗ |
| Dec 2, 2019 D InfluenceInk, Inc. File 021-354537 | $0 | $0 | $18,000 | None listed on this filing | EDGAR ↗ |
| Nov 15, 2018 D InfluenceInk, Inc. File 021-325867 | $0 | $0 | $0 | None listed on this filing | EDGAR ↗ |
| Sep 6, 2017 D SmashFund, PBC File 021-294110 | $400,000 | $0 | $0 | Boustead Securities, LLC BrokerCheck CRD 141391 ↗ via Boustead Securities, LLC (CRD 141391 ↗) | EDGAR ↗ |
| Aug 23, 2017 D/A SmashFund, PBC File 021-259099 | $0 | $0 | $0 | None listed on this filing | EDGAR ↗ |
| Mar 11, 2016 D/A SmashFund, PBC File 021-251422 | $0 | $0 | $0 | None listed on this filing | EDGAR ↗ |
| Jun 17, 2011 D Social Mammoth, Inc. File 021-161444 | $0 | $0 | $0 | None listed on this filing | EDGAR ↗ |
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).
Every issuer that named Robert Towles on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.
Raised $2.5M from 5 investors (10% of the $25M target) as of the latest filing. Robert is listed as executive officer, director, promoter on 4 filings for this deal.
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 Technology / 506(b) (17,390 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.
Raised $650K from 22 investors (13% of the $5M target) as of the latest filing. Robert is listed as executive officer, director, promoter on 6 filings for this deal.
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 Technology / 506(c) (805 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.
Raised $100K from 1 investor (25% of the $400K target) as of the latest filing. Robert is listed as executive officer, director, promoter.
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.
Officers, directors, promoters and management entities named on the same filings, as of Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET.
Listed on the same filings as Robert Towles. Their page shows their other deals.
Individuals are not matched to business registrations — registries list companies, and a name alone is not enough to tie a person to one. Officers and managers appear by name inside each matched company's record on the issuer pages. Registries searched: AL (Alabama Secretary of State — Business Entity Records (arc-sos.state.al.us), searched by issuer name, data as of Oct 24, 2026); CO (Colorado Secretary of State — Business Entities in Colorado (data.colorado.gov), data as of Oct 23, 2026); CT (Connecticut Secretary of the State — Business Registry (data.ct.gov), data as of Oct 24, 2026); FL (Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations — quarterly corporate data file (Sunbiz), data as of Oct 7, 2026); NY (New York Department of State — Corporations and Other Entities (data.ny.gov: All Filings + Active Corporations), data as of Oct 20, 2026); OR (Oregon Secretary of State — Active Businesses, All (data.oregon.gov), data as of Oct 20, 2026); PA (Pennsylvania Department of State — Registered Businesses, Current (data.pa.gov), data as of Oct 6, 2026); TX (Texas Comptroller — Active Franchise Taxpayers incl. Secretary of State file data (data.texas.gov), data as of Oct 24, 2026). Registries of other states have not been searched: many publish no bulk file and require a CAPTCHA or bot challenge on their search page, which we do not bypass (Delaware, for example, offers no public bulk file).
None of the 3 issuers 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.
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 are matched to companies only, never to individuals, so none are matched to Robert Towles 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 3 issuers this person is listed on — nothing matched.
Websites and social links of the issuers Robert Towles is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in SmashFund, PBC's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #266,282 of 374,652 in line (1,386 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓
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