Endeavor Global

Matthew C. Brown is a Founder, Managing Principal and CEO of CAISfunds and responsible for overall firm strategy, management and business development. Additionally, Mr. Brown is a Managing Principal of CAIS Capital LLC, a FINRA registered broker dealer. Mr. Brown has over 20 years of experience in financial services with a focus on global marketing and distribution of alternative investment funds. Over the course of his career, Mr. Brown has built and managed investment firms and platforms and has represented industry leading investment managers.

Prior to forming CAISfunds, Mr. Brown was the Managing Principal and Founder of Brownstone Advisors. Launched in 2001, Brownstone Advisors managed and distributed alternative investment products, including hedge funds and fund of funds. Additionally, the firm advised third party asset management firms on global distribution strategies. Between 2005-2008, Brownstone Advisors merged its business into FGG and launched the Antara alternative investment platform, a separate business unit that provided global wealth advisors, private banks and other investors access to a new menu of “best-in-class” hedge funds mangers.
Prior to forming Brownstone, Mr. Brown was a Managing Principal and Founder of Brown Simpson Asset Management (BSAM). Founded in 1995, BSAM managed alternative investment funds focusing on technology and biotechnology companies. In addition to his management responsibilities, Mr. Brown designed and implemented the firm's global marketing and distribution strategy.

Mr. Brown began his career in 1991 as a Financial Consultant with Shearson Lehman Brothers and worked both in Los Angeles and San Francisco. While at Shearson Lehman Brothers, Mr. Brown focused on new business development and portfolio management for private clients until his departure in 1995 to start BSAM.

Mr. Brown is a member of Endeavor's Global Board of Directors, serves on the Endeavor Country Board of Turkey, and was a former Board Member of South Africa. Mr. Brown is a member of the U.S. Advisory Committee for the Global Leadership Foundation, founded by former President of South Africa F.W. de Klerk, and is on the Board of Trustees of The Boys Club of New York. Mr. Brown received his Bachelor of Arts from St. Mary's College in San Francisco in 1991. Mr. Brown holds FINRA Series 24, 7 and 63 licenses.

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