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A platform is a set of technologies which you will use to create your website. Facebook, for example, is a platform where you can host groups.

In private equity, a platform company refers to the first company a firm acquires in a specific industry. This is their entrance into that industry and they refer to it as a platform because they intend to grow it. Typically, they would begin to cut expenses, raise prices, and begin an organic growth model of one kind or another. From there, they m