Mark Leslie
Overview
Leslie Ventures is a private investment firm based in Portola Valley, California, founded and managed by Mark Leslie. The firm focuses on private equity and venture capital investments across various stages, including seed, early stage, growth, and late stage. It has a broad geographical focus, investing in companies across the United States, Israel, the United Kingdom, Germany, India, China, Japan, South Korea, Canada, Australia, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, and Switzerland. The firm invests in a wide range of industries, including technology, healthcare, financial services, consumer goods, energy, media, telecommunications, retail, transportation, education, real estate, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, and hospitality. Investment sizes typically range from $1 million to $50 million. Mark Leslie, the Managing Director of Leslie Ventures, has a distinguished background in the technology sector. He was the founding Chairman and CEO of Veritas Software, where he led the company from 12 employees to 6,000 employees and grew annual revenues from $95,000 to $1.5 billion. Under his leadership, Veritas became the 10th largest independent software company by revenue and achieved Fortune 1000 status in 2000. Prior to Veritas, Leslie served as CEO of two other Silicon Valley high-tech startups and held various roles in sales management, systems engineering, and software development. In addition to his role at Leslie Ventures, Mark Leslie is a Lecturer in Management at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, teaching courses in entrepreneurship, sales organization, and ethics. He serves on the boards of several privately held high-technology corporations and nonprofit organizations, including the NYU Board of Trustees and Stanford Health Care. Leslie holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in physics and mathematics from New York University and completed Harvard Business School's Program for Management Development in 1980.
Investment Focus
- Active management involvement
- Focus on high-growth technology companies
- Preference for minority stakes
- Willingness to syndicate investments
Portfolio Companies
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What sectors does Mark Leslie invest in?
Mark Leslie invests in Financial Services, Technology, Healthcare, Energy, Consumer Goods and Real Estate, and is based in California, United States. Mark Leslie is listed as a private investment firm in the ConnectSafely investor database.
What stage does Mark Leslie invest at?
Mark Leslie backs companies at Seed, Early Stage, Growth and Late Stage, writing cheques of 1M - 50M.
Which regions does Mark Leslie invest in?
Mark Leslie invests across United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Japan and Australia.
What companies has Mark Leslie invested in?
Mark Leslie's portfolio includes Nutanix, Pure Storage, Rigetti Computing, Nebula, SugarCRM, Zerto, Skybox Imaging and Liquid Robotics.
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