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Trellis Partners

Founders Cassio Spina

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Total investments 31
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$15M
Portfolio companies 17
Rounds per year 1.15
Lead investments 3
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.45
Exits 5
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Security
  • Enterprise Software
  • Manufacturing
  • Information Technology
Summary

In 1997 was created Trellis Partners, which is appeared as VC. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Cedar Creek. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States.

Opposing the other organizations, this Trellis Partners works on 10 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. When the investment is from Trellis Partners the average startup value is 10-50 millions dollars. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 9 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The top activity for fund was in 2001. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2017. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Ziften Technologies, Biolase, Between Markets. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Health Care, Medical Device.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 participants. Despite the Trellis Partners, startups are often financed by Venrock, Austin Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners (USVP). The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Venrock, Sevin Rosen Funds, U.S. Venture Partners (USVP). In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Venrock, Austin Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners (USVP).

The current fund was established by Cassio Spina. We also calculated 2 valuable employees in our database.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Flash Valet

Mobile
Mobile Payments
SaaS
Software
$1M19 Sep 2012 Austin, Texas, United States

Ziften Technologies

Cyber Security
Enterprise Software
Information Technology
Security
$5M14 Jul 2011 Austin, Texas, United States

TabbedOut

Hospitality
Mobile
Mobile Payments
$250K12 Jan 2010 Austin, Texas, United States

EKOS Corporation

Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
$26M21 Mar 2006 Washington, United States

WholeSecurity

Cyber Security
Security
Software
$10M26 Apr 2004 Austin, Texas, United States

Zilliant

Enterprise Software
Industrial
Manufacturing
Software
$14M29 Aug 2003 Austin, Texas, United States

Zilliant

Enterprise Software
Industrial
Manufacturing
Software
$6M14 Oct 2002 Austin, Texas, United States

CipherMax

Compliance
Government
Security
$25M24 Sep 2002 San Jose, California, United States

Between Markets

Enterprise Software
Software
$3M10 Dec 2001 Austin, Texas, United States

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Total investments 31
Average round size 15M
Rounds per year 1.15
Peak activity year 2001
Lead investments 3
Follow on index 0.45
Exits 5
Group Appearance index 0.97

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Flash Valet

Mobile
Mobile Payments
SaaS
Software
$1M19 Sep 2012 Austin, Texas, United States

Ziften Technologies

Cyber Security
Enterprise Software
Information Technology
Security
$5M14 Jul 2011 Austin, Texas, United States

TabbedOut

Hospitality
Mobile
Mobile Payments
$250K12 Jan 2010 Austin, Texas, United States

EKOS Corporation

Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
$26M21 Mar 2006 Washington, United States

WholeSecurity

Cyber Security
Security
Software
$10M26 Apr 2004 Austin, Texas, United States

Zilliant

Enterprise Software
Industrial
Manufacturing
Software
$14M29 Aug 2003 Austin, Texas, United States

Zilliant

Enterprise Software
Industrial
Manufacturing
Software
$6M14 Oct 2002 Austin, Texas, United States

CipherMax

Compliance
Government
Security
$25M24 Sep 2002 San Jose, California, United States

Between Markets

Enterprise Software
Software
$3M10 Dec 2001 Austin, Texas, United States
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