David West Smith
Partner · Capital, Structuring & Global Finance
David is a principal investor and strategic adviser with more than 30 years of experience across finance and technology, spanning private equity, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, software and technology, media and telecom. He is the founder of Segment Capital, an investment-banking advisory practice that helps companies structure transactions and secure the right banking and capital partners.
His career includes founding Global Emerging Finance and Technology, serving as Director of Americas Advisor Business Strategy at Rapid Addition, a financial-messaging technology firm focused on the FIX and FAST protocols, and director roles at Conexus (composable engineering and AI), Neu.ro (machine-learning platform) and Extrapolate. He has been involved in quantum computing with Entanglement, Inc. and in AI ventures, and is an active voice on AI infrastructure, quantum, energy and data-center investment.
David shapes Micronom’s platform-first structure: a lean TopCo with deal-specific SPVs, JVs, co-investment and credit vehicles underneath, and relationships with family offices, strategic investors and regulated partners. He holds an MBA in Finance and International Business from the University of Miami and works in English, Spanish, German and Swedish.
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