# Sun Mountain Capital

> Sun Mountain Capital is a VC fund in Santa Fe backing Medical and Health Care. See 50 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Santa Fe, United States
- Total investments: 50
- Last investment: Jan 2024
- Lead investor: 18%
- Fund size: $28M
- Last fund: Jun 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sun-mountain-capital/
- Website: http://www.sunmountaincapital.com

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.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Sun Mountain Capital. Shizune tracks 9 team members at Sun Mountain Capital. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/sun-mountain-capital?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $202k–$5.1M |
| Series B | $2M–$13M |
| Series C | $4M–$157M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medical | 6 | 12% |
| Health Care | 6 | 12% |
| Biotechnology | 5 | 10% |
| Manufacturing | 5 | 10% |
| Software | 4 | 8% |

51 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 11 | 22% |
| Series B | 10 | 20% |
| Series C | 6 | 12% |
| Funding Round | 6 | 12% |
| Seed | 3 | 6% |

8 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brian Birk | Managing Partner & CO-founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-birk |
| Dan Brooks | Analyst | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-brooks |
| Edward Markman | Partner, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Compliance Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edward-markman |
| Lee Rand | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lee-rand |
| Leslie Shaw | Chief Financial Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leslie-shaw |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Uvera | Uvera introduces a smart ultraviolet (UV) light-based technology that can double the shelf-life of fresh food. Our product prolongs the food shelf-life up to %60 on average, within only 30 seconds of use and without any use of chemicals. Our technology works perfectly for fresh produce, meat, and baked goods, and our products are tailored forconsumers and F&B industry. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2024 |  |
| Green Theme Technologies | Green Theme Technologies is a developer of environmentally-friendly, dry textile finishing technology. It is a textile innovation company with the mission to create products that out-perform existing technologies while eliminating water usage and pollution. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. | $5.4M | Series B | Oct 07, 2022 |  |
| Vega Cloud | Vega Cloud is a SaaS application for public cloud infrastructure management. | $9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 28, 2022 |  |
| 3d Glass Solutions | 3D Glass Solutions provides customers complete glass-enabled systems integration services using their patented APEX® Glass. Their mission is to provide our customers with an integrative solution in electronics and IC packaging that allows them to integrate more components onto a single platform while decreasing overall manufacturing costs. | $4M | Series B | Jan 31, 2022 |  |
| Daisy Genomics | Armonica Technologies derives its name from prolific innovator Benjamin Franklin’s favorite invention, The Glass Armonica. Armonica Technologies is an early stage medtech company focused on developing its proprietary long-read DNA sequencing technology for precision medicine applications. The Company’s technology is based upon a portfolio ofpatented and patent pending technologies licensed from STC.UNM. | $2M | Series B | Oct 18, 2021 |  |
| BayoTech | Biotech is a chemical company that specializes in manufacturing hydrogen-based products used for agriculture, fuel cell, and energy. Biotech builds a hydrogen generator with a low carbon footprint. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico. | $157M | Series C | Jan 05, 2021 |  |
| First Crop | First Crop is a public benefit company dedicated to improving the health and wellness of people and the planet. It's required to consider the impact of every decision we make so that the impact on our shareholders is balanced by our goals of strengthening communities and improving the environment. | $202K | Series A | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| UbiQD | UbiQD is a cleantech materials company that manufactures low-hazard quantum dots (QDs) and nanocomposites. The company produces low-toxicity quantum dots (QDs) so inexpensively that they will become ubiquitous through various target applications including safety, design, solar energy, lighting, security, and personal care. It also provides theperfect conditions for reproducible nanomaterial production while the close proximity to Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratory allows for beneficial collaborations with leading scientists in the area. UbiQD was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Los Alamos, New Mexico. | $4.5M | Series A | Dec 09, 2020 |  |
| BennuBio | BennuBio is developing instruments that can use the flow cytometry paradigm to analyze samples regardless of particle size or sample volume. The company is an emerging technology company delivering unique cell analysis systems. BennuBio was founded in 2018 and based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. | $5M | Series B | Apr 01, 2020 |  |
| mPower Technology | mPower Technology is an innovative solar cell technology startup.They are an experienced team of technology innovators and industry veterans out to shape the future of solar power around the globe. | $2.5M | Series A | Oct 28, 2019 |  |

10 of 50 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cottonwood Technology Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cottonwood-technology-fund) — VC Fund, 25 deals together
- [EPIC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/epic-ventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Kickstart](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kickstart-seed-fund) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Tramway Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tramway-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Fort Washington Capital Partners Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fort-washington-capital-partners-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Stage 1 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stage-1-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Sun Mountain Capital invest in?

Sun Mountain Capital invests primarily in Medical, Health Care and Biotechnology startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 50 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Sun Mountain Capital's check size?

Sun Mountain Capital typically joins rounds of $202k–$5.1M at Series A, $2M–$13M at Series B and $4M–$157M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Sun Mountain Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Sun Mountain Capital?

Public channels for Sun Mountain Capital include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Sun Mountain Capital?

The team at Sun Mountain Capital includes Brian Birk (Managing Partner & CO-founder), Dan Brooks (Analyst) and Edward Markman (Partner, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Compliance Officer), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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