Sponsor Profile

Platform Ventures

Kansas City, MO · Founded 2016 · platformventures.com · Reviewed July 2026

Platform Ventures is a Kansas City diversified real estate and alternatives manager, founded in 2016, that blends traditional real estate with venture and technology exposure across a roughly $2 billion-plus platform…

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Assets Under Mgmt
$2B
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
Kansas City, MO

Platform Ventures Overview

Platform Ventures is a Kansas City diversified real estate and alternatives manager, founded in 2016, that blends traditional real estate with venture and technology exposure across a roughly $2 billion-plus platform serving both institutional and retail investors. The real estate-and-tech crossover is its differentiation; investors should weigh that breadth against the absence of a single, deep property specialization.

Platform Ventures Strategies & Advantages

  • Blends traditional real estate with venture and technology exposure, an uncommon crossover.
  • Serves institutional and retail investors across a ~$2 billion-plus base.
  • Midwest-based with a diversified alternatives mandate.
  • Real estate-and-tech orientation differentiates it from single-thesis sponsors.
  • Breadth weighed against the absence of a single deep property specialization.
These describe the sponsor’s approach and potential advantages only, and should be weighed against the risks common to DST investments — illiquidity, loss of principal, and no guaranteed distributions. Full risk factors are in each offering’s Private Placement Memorandum.

Platform Ventures Track Record

Baker 1031 does not yet have full-cycle, deal-by-deal results for Platform Ventures in its dataset. Aggregate figures above, where shown, are sponsor-reported and not independently verified. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

Current Platform Ventures Offerings

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Sponsor figures are sponsor-reported and not independently verified; they may reflect selection and survivorship bias, and past performance does not guarantee future results. This profile is educational and is not investment advice or an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy any security. Offerings are available only to accredited investors and are made solely through the sponsor’s Private Placement Memorandum. Securities offered through Aurora Securities, member FINRA/SIPC. Real estate investments involve risk, including possible loss of principal.

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