The PE quest for liquidity

Michael DiSanto joined OEP as an Associate in 2021 and is based in New York. Mr. DiSanto is a board observer at Armis, Momentum Manufacturing, and Pittsburgh Glass Works.

Prior to 2021, Mr. DiSanto served on a consulting basis with OEP, focusing primarily on new business idea development. Mr. DiSanto received his B.A. in Psychology from Harvard University, with a secondary concentration in Economics, and his M.Sc. in Psychiatry from the University of Oxford. Fun fact: prior to his career in Private Equity, Mr. DiSanto was an Olympic Rower where he competed in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

Raunak S. Sainani joined Motive Partners in 2019 and is a Vice President on the Motive Investment Team based out of the New York office. At Motive, Raunak is responsible for sourcing, analyzing and executing investments as it relates to technology companies that enable the financial economy.

Prior to joining Motive Partners, Raunak was an analyst in the Investment Banking Division at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He began his career as a generalist in Los Angeles where he worked on a combination of M&A, capital raising (debt & equity), and strategic advisory opportunities with a particular focus on financial technology. He then transferred to New York where he focused on M&A advisory within a variety of industry verticals and gained deal experience across a diverse set of deal structures.

Raunak earned a B.A. in Economics concurrent with a M.A. in Finance via an accelerated program from the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance at Claremont McKenna College.

Samantha joined TPG Rise in August 2022. Samantha covers the following Rise portfolio companies: Hayden AI (original deal team member), Benevity, Renaissance Learning, Little Leaf Farms, and Center for Health Education and Access. Prior to joining TPG, Samantha was an investment banker at Centerview Partners.

Drawing on my education and research in biochemistry, computational finance and economics, Garrett James Black leads a custom research team at PitchBook in the production of unique market research in collaboration with clients. Typically, these reports analyze trends in private equity, venture capital and M&A, as well as select niche industries ranging from biotechnology to healthcare services. He holds a CAIA charterholder and has been cited in Bloomberg, CNBC, SiliconBeat and more.

Chris DeFeo is a Director of Private Equity Sales at Datasite, a position he has held since 2022.
In his role, Chris is responsible for setting and executing the go-to-market strategy across the sponsor sales channel, based in New York.

Before joining Datasite, Chris held various corporate finance and strategy roles within the industrials vertical. Chris graduated with an MBA in finance from Loyola University of Maryland.