Thomas Smith

Thomas Smith is a Partner at Baird Capital based in London, United Kingdom, where he focuses on technology and healthcare investments across Europe and the United States. With over 15 years of private equity experience, he has successfully managed a portfolio of more than €1 billion in investments throughout his professional career. Prior to his 2023 promotion to Partner at Baird Capital, he held investment roles at Barclays Private Equity and Close Brothers, and he earned a degree from the University of Nottingham. His recent transaction history includes leading a Q1 2025 investment in the cybersecurity firm CybSafe, alongside notable portfolio exits such as Accumulo in 2022 and a partial realization of Egress Software in 2023. Smith currently concentrates on driving value creation and global scaling for growth-stage enterprise software, fintech, healthcare, and industrial companies.