# Leslie Shaw

> Leslie Shaw is a startup investor at Sun Mountain Capital. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Sun Mountain Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sun-mountain-capital)
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leslie-shaw-1b40801

Leslie Shaw is a startup investor at Sun Mountain Capital. Ms. Shaw has over 25 years of experience establishing and running back office operations for private equity organizations. Prior to forming Sun Mountain Capital, Ms. Shaw was the CFO of Kline Hawkes & Co., a Los Angeles based private equity firm with assets under management of $300 million. Prior to Kline Hawkes, she was the CFO and laterAdministrative Partner of Brentwood Associates, a Los Angeles based venture capital firm that grew from $40 million to over $500 million of capital under management with over 100 limited partners. Ms. Shaw has a BA in English from UCLA, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and is a certified public accountant (non current license) in California.

## About Sun Mountain Capital

VC Fund · Santa Fe, United States

Sun Mountain Capital is an investment partnership formed by senior private equity professionals based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Firm’s professionals have a depth of experience in private equity that dates back to 1981 and have an extensive track record of creating value through fund advisory activities and direct investments in promisingcompanies. Prior experience for the principals include employment at Credit Suisse First Boston, Morgan Stanley, Brentwood Associates, Fort Washington Investment Advisors, GE Capital, Kline Hawkes, and The Boston Consulting Group, among other top tier firms.As a private equity advisor to pension plans and other program sponsors, Sun Mountain develops customized private equity programs. They analyze key success factors across numerous private equity programs and then use the information to develop solutions tailored to meet the specific investment goals of the program.

5 contacts available at Sun Mountain Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brian Birk | Managing Partner & CO-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-birk |
| Dan Brooks | Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-brooks |
| Edward Markman | Partner, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Compliance Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edward-markman |
| Lee Rand | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lee-rand |
| Leslie Shaw | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leslie-shaw |

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