Evan DeFonce

Evan DeFonce graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance. After interning at Pipaya during the summer of 2024, Evan rejoined the company full time as an M&A Analyst in 2025, around the same time that Pipaya became part of Prosperity Partners. As an analyst, Evan assists the firm by utilizing the financial and accounting principles he built during his internship and his time in college to provide sell-side and buy-side M&A transaction support to clients in the aerospace, defense, and government industries. In his free time, Evan enjoys playing basketball and golf, and spending time with friends.

EXPERTISE: Transaction Advisory Services, Financial Analysis, Financial Accounting

• Favorite Thing About My Job: Being given real responsibilities right away and having the opportunity to learn. Since our team is small, I’ve been given meaningful work from day one, which allows me to grow professionally while being able to utilize the resources around me to help guide me through it. If I get stuck, I feel comfortable asking anyone on our team for help, and I appreciate everyone’s willingness to teach me new concepts or walk me through processes I haven’t seen before.
• Favorite Vacation You’ve Taken: I studied abroad in Barcelona as a junior in college, so I guess I had many favorite vacations within one overarching trip. Besides Barcelona, I’d say the top three trips I went on were to Italy, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic.
• If you could have dinner with one Marvel Character, who would it be and why? Thor. I’d want to try to lift his hammer, and I also feel like he’d be able to eat a ridiculous amount of food which would be funny to watch.
• What would your last meal be? Shrimp scampi or pizza from Sally’s in New Haven, CT (the pizza capital of the US).
• Favorite workout or sport to play: Basketball. I’d say golf, but my skills are definitely still a work in progress…