Bruce Smith

Gulf Capital Bank is the first de novo bank to open in Houston in more than a decade. Founded in 2019, the bank keeps personal relationships at the center of everything we do. With decades-deep local roots, the team uses hard work, straight talk and smart thinking to help customers and accomplish our vision. Focused on serving middle market companies, their owners, employees, friends and family, Gulf Capital Bank offers many products and services for business customers as well as personal customers. Gulf Capital Bank aims to redefine the value of a bank with the personal relationship touches of a traditional community bank combined with the ease of state-of-the-art banking technology of large commercial banks.

Partners Capital utilizes its fund platform to invest in office, industrial and retail multitenant properties in Houston, Austin, San Antonio, and Dallas. Partners Capital is a wholly owned subsidiary of NAI Partners.

Platform Capital is an Investment and Advisory firm committed to partnering with entrepreneurs who are passionate about sustainable, inclusive, long-term growth and transformation across the African continent. What makes us different is our obsession with changing the African narrative. Our People We are a team of passionate and experienced professionals from diverse backgrounds collectively harnessing our expertise to enhance the companies we invest in and advise. Everyone at Platform Capital has just one job – to make our investee businesses and partners successful – success as defined by our partners and the promoters of the investee businesses. What We Do We provide long-term capital to our investee companies, and work with them to achieving their goals. We believe long-term capital offers stability to the business, and allows the entrepreneur to focus on delivering the vision. Exit is not our focus, we seek long-term value creation and delivery to all stakeholders. We nurture and partner with businesses; and commit our money alongside like-minded investors who are specialists in specific industries and can provide value. We provide general management expertise.

Energy Brokerage and consultancy company. We serve our customers best by saving them money. Being independent, means that we keep our customers updated with the very latest un-biased and informed energy industry information. All of our customers are different and therefore have different needs. Wise Energy goes the "extra mile"​ to make sure that our customers have all the right information to make their informed energy usage and cost decisions..

Alula provides innovative technology covering both products and services for professional security systems for security dealers and system integrators. This includes a mobile app, dealer portal, security panel, system controllers, communicators, cameras, sensors and translators. All designed to seamlessly work together, save time and reduce costs.

ipDatatel engineers and manufactures IP and cellular communications, offering a suite of interactive services for the security industry. All of our products are designed with ease-of-install and implementation in mind, making our customers’ daily business practices more efficient and profitable. ipDatatel manufactures locally in the USA while engineering and maintaining all products and services in-house. We are the best choice for new installations, takeovers, 2G cellular and POTS line replacements. ipDatatel’s award-winning BAT CDMA, also known as the Cellular BAT, provides customers with a long-term cellular and IP solution that utilizes Verizon’s CDMA network. The Cellular BAT offers a simple, yet feature-rich web and mobile application with a virtual keypad allowing for remote access to new or existing alarms. The Cellular Alarm Transceiver or CAT is the universal, low cost solution for 2G sunsets. The CAT utilizes Verizon’s CDMA network as well as provides a simple on/off switch on the end user’s mobile application. All ipDatatel products provide arm/disarm notifications and history for alarm events via email, computerized voice, sms text and push. Learn more about our products online at www.ipdatatel.com or call us at 1-866-896-2944.

Omni Logistics specializes in providing a collaborative, consultative approach to unique logistics challenges around the globe. We offer full service logistics solutions including multi-level freight forwarding, warehousing & distribution, and value-added services to manage your supply chain. As global trade increases, in turn, supply chains grow in complexity. Omni is here to help navigate our customers through these ever-increasing intricacies, providing full visibility and communicating at every step of the way. When you work with Omni, you work with a team on your side whose goal is to understand your unique supply chain needs. We pair our experts with your experts to empower you with the knowledge and extensive customized options to help drive your success. Omni Logistics helps our customers realize possibilities, every day.

At Global Filtration, Inc. we have a lot to cheer about! We are one of the youngest and most successful teams in the aviation FAA-PMA market for aircraft filters. Small-Business owners know that the value of an incredibly talented team is priceless. At Global Filtration we focus on teamwork and cultivating a team of innovative, creative, high-energy individuals. Global has over 100 years of expertise in the aviation business! Global Filtration, Inc. was founded in 1995 to provide business aircraft flight departments with truly cost effective, high quality, certified parts for Corporate Fortune 500 clients, including Dassault Falcon Jet, Dyncorp, General Electric, General Dynamics, SC Johnson and Sons, Boise Cascade, Hamilton Sunstrand and many others. Regional airlines, Commercial airlines and helicopter operators soon became our customers as well. Global redesigned the process of developing candidate PMA filtration products for all areas of aviation, including, general business and corporate flight departments, helicopter, regional airlines and light commercial airlines. This wealth of experience led to the FAA Approvals of over 75 new elements to help aviation businesses become more effective and efficient. We have just developed filters for the ERJ 145, Boeing series and CRJ Series Aircraft.

Gulf Capital Bank is the first de novo bank to open in Houston in more than a decade. Founded in 2019, the bank keeps personal relationships at the center of everything we do. With decades-deep local roots, the team uses hard work, straight talk and smart thinking to help customers and accomplish our vision. Focused on serving middle market companies, their owners, employees, friends and family, Gulf Capital Bank offers many products and services for business customers as well as personal customers. Gulf Capital Bank aims to redefine the value of a bank with the personal relationship touches of a traditional community bank combined with the ease of state-of-the-art banking technology of large commercial banks.

Partners Capital utilizes its fund platform to invest in office, industrial and retail multitenant properties in Houston, Austin, San Antonio, and Dallas. Partners Capital is a wholly owned subsidiary of NAI Partners.

Platform Capital is an Investment and Advisory firm committed to partnering with entrepreneurs who are passionate about sustainable, inclusive, long-term growth and transformation across the African continent. What makes us different is our obsession with changing the African narrative. Our People We are a team of passionate and experienced professionals from diverse backgrounds collectively harnessing our expertise to enhance the companies we invest in and advise. Everyone at Platform Capital has just one job – to make our investee businesses and partners successful – success as defined by our partners and the promoters of the investee businesses. What We Do We provide long-term capital to our investee companies, and work with them to achieving their goals. We believe long-term capital offers stability to the business, and allows the entrepreneur to focus on delivering the vision. Exit is not our focus, we seek long-term value creation and delivery to all stakeholders. We nurture and partner with businesses; and commit our money alongside like-minded investors who are specialists in specific industries and can provide value. We provide general management expertise.