# SmartSky Networks funding: rounds and investors

> SmartSky Networks has raised $218M across 8 rounds since 2012. Investors include BlackRock, Tiger Infrastructure Partners and Platform Partners.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/smartsky-networks (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United States · [Growth startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *SmartSky Networks*

8 rounds we have observed, with the 6 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$218M** raised across 8 rounds since 2012, from 8 sources

**$500K** Debt **$537K** Debt **$7.7M** Debt **$12M** Debt **$67M** Round **$104M** Debt **$27M** Growth

- **Latest round:** Growth, $27M Jun 2022
- **Biggest round:** $104M Debt · Feb 2019
- **Investors:** 6

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022

**$500K** Debt

**$537K** Debt

**$7.7M** Debt

**$12M** Debt

**?** Round

**$67M** Round

**$104M** Debt

**$27M** Growth

- **First round:** Debt, $500K
- **Biggest round:** $104M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 16 months

## The rounds

- **Jun 2022** Growth **$27M** *1 returning* [BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) Source recorded
- **Feb 2019** Debt **$104M** *3 new* *2 returning* [BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) [WP Global Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wp-global-partners) [Tiger Infrastructure Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-infrastructure-partners) [Meritage](https://millionrounds.com/fund/meritage) [Platform Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/platform-partners) Reported by FinSMEs
- **Feb 2017** Round **$67M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by Bizjournals SEC filing: $67M sold, first sale Feb 2017
- **Oct 2015** Round **Amount undisclosed** *3 new* [Meritage Funds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/meritage-funds) [Tiger Infrastructure Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-infrastructure-partners) [Platform Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/platform-partners) From a historical funding record
- **May 2015** Debt **$12M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $12M sold, first sale Oct 2014
- **Nov 2014** Debt **$7.7M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $7.7M sold, first sale Oct 2014
- **Jun 2014** Debt **$537K** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $537K sold, first sale Jun 2014
- **Aug 2012** Debt **$500K** No investor was named in the report. Reported by sec.gov SEC filing: $500K sold, first sale Jul 2012

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 16 on the team.

- **Haynes G. Griffin** Director of SmartSky Investco, LLC; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SmartSky Investco, LLC and SmartSky Networks i
- **Carter S. Griffin** Vice President Finance of SmartSky Networks, LLC i
- **James S. Ladd** Senior Vice President Digital Aviation of SmartSky Networks, LLC i
- **Richard C. Rowlenson** Vice President and General Counsel of SmartSky Investco, LLC and SmartSky Networks, LLC i
- **Ryan M. Stone** Director of SmartSky Investco, LLC; President of SmartSky Investco, LLC and SmartSky Networks, LLC i
- **E. S. Eskridge** Chief Business Development Officer of SmartSky Networks, LLC i
- **Matthew J. Petzold** Chief Financial Officer of SmartSky Investco, LLC and SmartSky Networks, LLC i
- **Michael D. Dodson** Chief Network Officer of SmartSky Networks, LLC i
- **Nancy C. Walker** Chief Commercial Officer of SmartSky Networks, LLC i
- **Donald W. Phillips** Director of SmartSky Investco, LLC i
- **Emil W. Henry** Director of SmartSky Investco, LLC i
- **Frank D. Yeary** Director of SmartSky Investco, LLC i
- **Fred R. Lummis** Director of SmartSky Investco, LLC i
- **G. Jackson Tankersley** Director of SmartSky Investco, LLC i
- **Lloyd B. Thompson** Director of SmartSky Investco, LLC i
- **Reed E. Hundt** Director of SmartSky Investco, LLC i

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Debt** 2012 **Debt** 2014 **Debt** 2014 **Debt** 2015 **Round** 2015 **Round** 2017 **Debt** 2019 **Growth** 2022 [BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) [Tiger Infrastructure Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-infrastructure-partners) [Platform Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/platform-partners) [Meritage Funds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/meritage-funds) [WP Global Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wp-global-partners) [Meritage](https://millionrounds.com/fund/meritage)

## Everyone who backed them

[BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) Asset manager **2** rounds

[Tiger Infrastructure Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-infrastructure-partners) Private equity **2** rounds

[Platform Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/platform-partners) Private equity **2** rounds

[Meritage Funds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/meritage-funds) VC firm **1** round

[WP Global Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wp-global-partners) Family office **1** round

[Meritage](https://millionrounds.com/fund/meritage) Hedge fund **1** round

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## Quick answers about SmartSky Networks

### Who invested in SmartSky Networks?

SmartSky Networks's investors include BlackRock, Tiger Infrastructure Partners, Platform Partners, Meritage Funds and WP Global Partners, and 1 more on record.

### How much has SmartSky Networks raised?

SmartSky Networks has raised $218M across 8 rounds since 2012. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did SmartSky Networks last raise?

SmartSky Networks's most recent round was a Growth of $27M in Jun 2022.

### What was SmartSky Networks's biggest round?

SmartSky Networks's largest round on record is $104M (Debt), in Feb 2019.

### Who backed SmartSky Networks first?

SmartSky Networks's first round on record, in Oct 2015, was backed by Meritage Funds, Tiger Infrastructure Partners and Platform Partners.

### What stage is SmartSky Networks at?

SmartSky Networks's latest named round is a Growth, in Jun 2022.

### Where is SmartSky Networks based?

SmartSky Networks is based in the United States.

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