Devin Talbott
Managing Partner at Enlightenment Capital
Chevy Chase, Maryland
Overview
Work Experience
Founder & Managing Partner
2012 - Current
Enlightenment Capital, a Washington, DC area based private investment firm, provides flexible capital and strategic support to middle market companies in the Aerospace, Defense & Government (ADG) sector. The firm partners with businesses that provide vital services, protect critical infrastructure, innovate cyber and data solutions, enhance decision making capabilities, engineer aerospace systems, safeguard national security, and endeavor to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow.
Enlightenment Capital is a private investment firm that provides creative capital solutions and support to businesses in the ADG&T sector
Vice President
2006 - 2012
Middle market private debt and equity strategy within multi-strategy hedge fund. Focus on Defense & Government sector.
D. E. Shaw & Co. is a global investment and technology development firm.
Senior Associate
2005 - 2006
Defense & Government Services merchant bank founded by former Defense Secretary William Cohen.
Associate
2003 - 2005
Generalist M&A group with a focus on Industrials and Private Equity sponsors.
Lazard is a financial advisory and asset management firm focused on income strategies, alternative investments, and private equity funds.
Raised $400,000,000.00.
Associate (part-time)
2001 - 2003
Carlyle's hedge fund-of-funds group (now Rock Creek Global).
Carlyle Global Partners (CGP), the firm’s first long-dated private equity fund.