Steve Brown is listed as a director on 7 SEC Form D filings by 3 issuers between Sep 2012 and Aug 2019: Associated Group Holdings, LLC (Chicago, IL — manufacturing — 2012–2014; $25.3M reported sold to 81 investors), American Distributors Acquisition, LLC (White Plains, NY — manufacturing — 2016; $17.7M reported sold to 6 investors) and American Distributors Holding Co., LLC (Randolph, NJ — manufacturing — 2018–2019; $6M reported sold to 20 investors).
What this means A repeat sponsor — 3 separate companies raised money with this person listed as director, over about 7 years. Across those companies the filings report $49M sold in total.
Listed alongside Jon Vesely (4 shared filings), Promus Equity Partners, LLC (4 shared filings, management entity), Timothy Ritchie (4 shared filings), Andrew Code (3 shared filings), David Code (3 shared filings) and 7 others.
What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around Steve. Each name links to their own page.
The issuers belong to 2 sponsor groups: Gfs (19 issuers, $576.3M reported sold, 2012–2026) and Promus (38 issuers, $1.61B reported sold, 2009–2026).
What this means This person is listed across more than one sponsor team; each group page shows that team's full track record.
Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA) — 9 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.
What this means 9 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 7 public filings for Steve Brown and found 7 differences: Form D filed 23 days after the first sale; Offering amount changed 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.