# Platform Partners

> Platform Partners is a VC fund in Houston backing Payments and Wireless. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Houston, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 67%
- Fund size: $129M
- Last fund: Jan 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://platformllc.com/

Platform Partners is a private investment company based in Houston, Texas.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Platform Partners. Shizune tracks 5 team members at Platform Partners. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/platform-partners?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Payments | 1 | 17% |
| Wireless | 1 | 17% |
| Recruiting | 1 | 17% |
| Health Care | 1 | 17% |
| Web Hosting | 1 | 17% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 50% |
| Canada | 1 | 17% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| David Heaney | Senior Vice President | 0 | — |
| Fred Lummis | Founder | 1 | — |
| Geri House | Chief People Officer | 0 | — |
| Jeremy Newsom | Executive Vice President | 1 | — |
| Vikas Kalra | Senior Vice President | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alliance Strategies | Alliance Strategies is a major worldwide recruitment and cultural exchange firm dedicated to bringing people and businesses together across borders. Alliance Strategies focuses on building cultural understanding and supporting global workforce mobility, offering innovative solutions that enable participants to pursue transformative experiences andemployers to access different talent pools. |  | Private Equity | May 30, 2024 |  |
| Principle Health Systems | Principle Health Systems is a healthcare service firm that offers medical diagnostics, pharmacy to laboratory testing services. |  | Private Equity | Jan 03, 2023 |  |
| Principle Health Systems | Principle Health Systems is a healthcare service firm that offers medical diagnostics, pharmacy to laboratory testing services. |  | Private Equity | Jan 03, 2023 |  |
| E-xact Transactions | E-xact has provided fast, secure, and innovative online transaction solutions for over 15 years. They continue to work at the forefront of the online payments world, with secure transaction processing systems and superb customer service. They offer everyone a way to get into the e-commerce marketplace; software and website developers,merchants, and financial institutions all have something to gain by using |  | Private Equity | Nov 18, 2020 |  |
| SmartSky Networks | SmartSky Networks develops 4G air-to-ground broadband connectivity and communication systems. The company takes advantage of patented spectrum reuse, advanced beamforming technologies, and 60 MHz of spectrum for significantly enhanced connectivity. It will transform aviation through the deployment of disruptive communications technologies.SmartSky's network uniquely enables a productive experience in the air similar to on the ground, including an unmatched capacity for data transmissions both to and from the aircraft. This real-time, low latency, bidirectional data link makes SmartSky the best in-flight user experience, and a key enabler for the new and enhanced apps, services, and hardware. SmartSky Networks, LLC was formerly known as Jetpool Ventures, LLC. SmartSky Networks, LLC was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina. | $43.1M | Private Equity | Feb 06, 2019 |  |
| SmartSky Networks | SmartSky Networks develops 4G air-to-ground broadband connectivity and communication systems. The company takes advantage of patented spectrum reuse, advanced beamforming technologies, and 60 MHz of spectrum for significantly enhanced connectivity. It will transform aviation through the deployment of disruptive communications technologies.SmartSky's network uniquely enables a productive experience in the air similar to on the ground, including an unmatched capacity for data transmissions both to and from the aircraft. This real-time, low latency, bidirectional data link makes SmartSky the best in-flight user experience, and a key enabler for the new and enhanced apps, services, and hardware. SmartSky Networks, LLC was formerly known as Jetpool Ventures, LLC. SmartSky Networks, LLC was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina. |  | Private Equity | Oct 23, 2015 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Tiger Infrastructure Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tiger-infrastructure-partners-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Meritage Funds — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- WP Global Partners — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Platform Partners invest in?

Platform Partners invests primarily in Payments, Wireless and Recruiting startups, most often at Private Equity stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Platform Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Platform Partners?

The team at Platform Partners includes David Heaney (Senior Vice President), Fred Lummis (Founder) and Geri House (Chief People Officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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