Est. — Digital Infrastructure & Growth Partners

Where capital meets infrastructure.

CarveOut Partners advises investors, boards, and growth leaders at the frontier of data centers, financial services, and AI-era go-to-market — turning complex strategy into executable, data-informed plans.

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01 — Our Impact

Twenty-five years advising and operating across global enterprises.

We empower leaders to make decisions that create value across their entities — driving transformative success in market development, corporate initiatives, and collaborative go-to-market strategies. We don't just advise. We become a trusted partner in the build.

0 Years advising & operating
0 Private-equity exits delivered
#1 Scaled the largest multi-tenant data center REIT
50% Of equity volume on systems he pioneered

02 — Core Expertise

Four disciplines, one continuous thread of value.

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Data Center Advisory

Guiding investors, operators, and enterprises with trend-aligned strategies for the AI-driven infrastructure cycle.

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Strategic Initiatives

Executing acquisitions, spin-offs, and carve-outs with the operating discipline to see them through.

03

Go-to-Market Development

Creating integrated, state-of-the-art targeting programs grounded in segmentation and predictive analytics.

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Ecosystem Development

Fostering collaborative partner networks that amplify growth well beyond any single transaction.

03 — Our Approach

How we think before we build.

Strategic Advisory

  • Shape interconnected business strategies
  • Balance short-term execution with long-term vision
  • Facilitate cross-industry partnerships to expand ecosystems

Data-Informed Decisions

  • Leverage advanced analytics to build insight for strategic direction
  • Transform complex data into actionable strategies
  • Identify emerging opportunities across the business landscape

Digital Transformation

  • Spearhead adoption of enabling technologies
  • Cultivate forward-thinking teams across partner networks
  • Drive innovation through collaborative platforms

Growth-Centric Strategies

  • Develop executable plans that leverage synergies
  • Implement AI & ML for amplified go-to-market
  • Align financial strategy with holistic goals

04 — What We Do

Three engines of development, engineered to compound.

Market Positioning

Market Development

Streamline program development: Segment, Target, Execute, Measure.

Uncover the right opportunities, at the right time.

Channel Development

Business Development

Identify partners, create joint value, build channels, and measure impact across the ecosystem.

Deploy predictive analytics that accelerate pursuits.

Diversification Strategies

Corporate Development

Guidance on mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, asset sales, and carve-outs.

Align strategy with vision — then validate.

05 — How We Do It

Analytics, relationships, and ruthless prioritization.

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Deploy Advanced Analytics

Enable precise market segmentation, sizing, and targeting through signal intelligence and platform integration.

Predictive, precise & timely targeting · Building analytical cultures

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Build Resilient Relationships

Optimize partner selection through advanced analytics for maximum long-term value.

Amplify joint impact by uncovering synergies · Cultivate high-impact partners

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Establish Strategic Prioritization

Understand goals and possibilities to uncover both opportunities and roadblocks.

Harmonize vision & strategy · Sharpen strategic focus

06 — For Whom We Do It

The decision-makers we sit beside.

Ensuring successful returns

Investors

Understanding an ecosystem, validating an investment thesis, peer comps, or due diligence — ask, and we can help.

Private Equity · Venture Capital · Public Funds

Prioritizing sustainable growth

Boards & Executive Suite

Empowering boards and executives to execute high-impact initiatives — strategic acquisitions, value-enhancing spin-offs, carve-outs, and organic growth.

Digital transformation · AI/ML strategy · Corporate actions

Amplifying scale & simplicity

Go-to-Market Leadership

A history of building global GTM strategies — org design, platform builds, partner selection, and sales acceleration.

Segmentation · Targeting · Execution · Measurement

07 — Selected Work

A sample of what we've built.

Chess pieces representing strategic advisory

Strategic Advisory

Technology & infrastructure carve-out for a Top-10 global investment firm.

AI processor representing digital infrastructure M&A

Digital Infrastructure M&A

Tower-company acquisition thesis for a leading global financial-services company.

Connected smart-city network representing go-to-market

Go-to-Market Development

Integrated segmentation & targeting program for a global fintech provider.

  1. Refined market-size methodology (TAM / SAM / SOM)
  2. Use-case mapping, including digital locations
  3. Identified ICPs (Ideal Customer Profiles)
  4. Account prioritization — precision plays, expansion, displacement & whitespace

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Barry W. Smith, Founding & Managing Partner
Barry W. Smith Founding & Managing Partner

08 — Leadership

Two decades from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — and the data centers in between.

Barry brings over two decades of industry experience across financial services and technology — from start-ups to government, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley.

From his early days salvaging failed banks, Barry pivoted to help revolutionize capital markets with the advent of electronic trading. At Datek Online's Watcher Technologies and NYFIX, he pioneered low-latency trading and alternative trading systems now responsible for over half of all equity-trading volume.

After NYFIX's successful sale, Barry founded CarveOut Partners, advising global financial giants, enterprises, and nimble fintechs alike. One such client, Equinix, invited him to help drive financial-services growth — where he later spearheaded a predictive machine-learning go-to-market program that catapulted the global platform.

With two private-equity exits and a hand in scaling the largest multi-tenant data center REIT, Barry crafts data-driven strategies for global growth in the AI era — with a unique focus on digital infrastructure and data centers.

09 — Get in touch

Let's build something that lasts.

Whether you're validating a thesis, executing a carve-out, or rebuilding your go-to-market for the AI era — start the conversation.