Sun Capital Partners, Inc. (“Sun Capital”), a leading private investment firm focused on investing in market-leading companies, today announced that Elizabeth de Saint-Aignan has joined the firm as a Managing Director on the Transactions team. She will be based in Sun Capital’s New York office and will lead the firm’s focus on investments in the technology vertical.
Prior to joining Sun Capital, de Saint-Aignan was a founding partner of the growth equity group at Jump Capital. She previously spent seven years at TA Associates in the technology investing practice, leading investments in infrastructure and vertical market software companies. She also served as a senior investment professional with Nautic Partners and as a consultant with Bain & Company. de Saint-Aignan began her private equity career as an Associate at Summit Partners.
de Saint-Aignan holds a bachelor’s degree from Brown University in Economics and International relations, as well as an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School.
“Elizabeth has an outstanding track record of sourcing, evaluating and closing highly successful technology deals, and she is a great addition to our team,” said M. Steven Liff, Senior Managing Director and Head of Private Equity in North America at Sun Capital. “Her relationships in the tech community and proven expertise will be highly valuable as we continue to build on our past technology experience and strengthen our focus on opportunities in this vertical, just as we have successfully done in healthcare over the past few years.”
“I look forward to working with the Transactions team to build out the Sun Capital technology practice,” said de Saint-Aignan. “Sun’s strong operational focus and its ability to elevate company performance have been hallmarks throughout the firm’s history. Bringing these skills to the technology sector is an exciting opportunity.”