# Michael Smith

> Michael Smith is a Series A investor at USAA backing Drones and Sensor. See 2 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [USAA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/usaa)
- Location: San Antonio, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jan 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-smith-55406842/

Michael Smith is a Series A investor at USAA in San Antonio focused on Drones and Sensor. Michael Smith is the Assistant Vice President, Corporate Development at USAA. He attended London Business School and The University of Texas at Austin.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Drones | 1 | 50% |
| Sensor | 1 | 50% |
| Robotics | 1 | 50% |
| Electronics | 1 | 50% |
| Autonomous Vehicles | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lumotive | Lumotive is a Seattle-based startup company developing high performance, solid-state lidar for autonomous systems in the automotive, UAV, robotics and related industries. The company's revolutionary beam-steering technology leverages Liquid Crystal Metasurfaces (or LCMs) implemented in mature semiconductor manufacturing processes to deliversmall, inexpensive 3D perception systems with unprecedented performance and reliability. For more information, visit us at www.lumotive.com. | $13M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 03, 2023 |  |
| Hosta a.i. | Hosta a.i. leverages Artificial Intelligence to detect 1,2, and 3-dimensional measurements. | $11.5M | Series A | Sep 29, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Brick & Mortar Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brick-mortar-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Eclipse](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eclipse-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Massive](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/massive-5430) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Motivate Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/motivate-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Samsung Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samsung-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Spider Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/spider-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About USAA

VC Fund · San Antonio, United States

USAA provides banking, insurance, and investment services to the military community. The mission of the association is to facilitate the financial security of its members, associates, and their families through provision of a range of highly competitive financial products and services in so doing, USAA seeks to be the provider of choice for themilitary community.

5 contacts available at USAA.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Michael Smith | Assistant Vice President, Corporate Development | — |
| Nathan McKinley | VP, Head of Corporate Development & Interim Head of Enterprise Strategy | — |
| Amala Duggirala | EVP & Enterprise Chief Information Officer | — |
| Brad Wells | Head of Insurance Sales & Service- Contact Center Operations | — |
| Gerald Paulino | Director -Compliance & Operational Risk Testing | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Michael Smith invest in?

Michael Smith invests primarily in Drones, Sensor and Robotics startups, most often at Series A and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Michael Smith?

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### When did Michael Smith last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Michael Smith closed in Jan 2023. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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