L.P. Hal

Hal Hayden joined the Sun Mountain Private Credit Team in 2018 as a member of the General Partner of the Sun Mountain Private Credit Fund I, L.P. Hal is also a General Partner at Trinity Capital Investment; a leading venture debt and equipment lease provider to high growth technology companies nationwide.

Hal has over 30 years of experience as a lender, investor, and entrepreneur in the growth capital and financial services arenas. Hal has deployed over $400 million of venture debt, equity investment and leasing arrangements in the technology sector.

Before Trinity Capital Investment, Hal was founding CEO and Managing Partner at Agility Ventures, a provider of specialty leasing solutions to technology companies. Earlier in his career, Hal founded Heritage Software Finance, an early provider of leasing programs for enterprise software licenses. Heritage Software Finance was acquired First Sierra Financial in 1997 where he remained as Vice President of its Software Finance Division. Hal previously founded Priority Leasing Corporation, a small-ticket specialty leasing company, where he served as the company’s President until its sale to private investors in 1995.

Hal started his career as a Regional Account Manager for IBM’s General Systems Division.

Hal holds a BA in Business Administration from the University of Arizona. He has served on the Board of Directors for the United Association of Equipment Leasing.