Saints Capital Further Expands Team, Naming Brian DiLaura as Senior Associate Focused on Direct Secondary Acquisitions of Buyout Investments.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Saints Capital (www.saintsvc.com), a leading secondary direct investment firm, today announced that it has named Brian DiLaura as a senior associate focused on direct secondary investments in buyout and growth capital segments of the market. DiLaura brings years of hands-on experience in the global private equity marketplace to his work with Saints.

Prior to joining Saints, DiLaura was the president of Sextant Holdings Inc., a firm focused on consulting with and investing in small-capitalization companies in the United States. Prior to Sextant, DiLaura worked for General Atlantic at their Greenwich, London and Palo Alto offices and focused on growth and buyout investments across the software and business services space. DiLaura holds a Bachelor of Business Administration, magna cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame, with a major in Finance and Business Economics and a minor in Japanese.

"Saints has already established itself as the leading expert in the rapid evaluation and structuring of complex secondary market transactions," said DiLaura. "I'm excited to contribute my experiences in growth and buyout investments to help Saints rise to the next level, as the firm continues to assist the private equity and venture capital communities in making smart investing and managerial decisions for achieving liquidity."

Saints Capital focuses on secondary investments in and the management of portfolios of venture and private equity backed companies. Saints' direct secondary activities assist sellers such as endowments, pension funds, founders, hedge funds, mutual funds, insurance companies, banks, and corporate sellers who are seeking to obtain immediate liquidity or to minimize future investment requirements in private equity. In adopting a management approach which is active and cooperative, Saints' investment process is designed to minimize the burden to the seller and the underlying portfolio companies. Saints remains committed to partnering with sellers to meet their objectives while providing portfolio companies with the necessary follow-on capital and a stable, long-term committed investor base.

About Saints Capital

Saints Capital (www.saintsvc.com) is a leading, global direct secondary investor focused on acquiring venture capital and private equity investments, as well as making traditional direct private equity investments on a primary basis and in special situations across the technology, healthcare, consumer and industrial sectors. Headquartered in San Francisco, with investment professionals in Europe and Asia, Saints Capital currently manages eight funds with investments in over one hundred individual companies.