Leslie Ventures

Leslie Ventures is a private investment firm investing in managed funds that is headquartered in Portola Valley, California and was founded in 2001 by Mark Leslie. The firms investments include venture capital, private equity, and hedge funds. As of November 2019 Leslie Ventures has made 6 investments, has 3 companies in its investment portfolio, and has made 3 exits. Notable investments made by Leslie Ventures include: Vera, Clumio, Stratoscale, SeaMirco, and Panta Systems.

Before founding Leslie Ventures, Mark Leslie, founded a software company in 1990 called Veritas Technologies where he served as the CEO and built the company to a Fortune 100 company. Veritas Technologies had an exit value of $16 billion when the company merged with Symantec in 2005 when Mark Leslie stepped down as the Chairman of Veritas Technologies. After his time with Vertitas Technologies Mark Leslie began focusing on being the managing director of Leslie Ventures and lecturing on business management at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.