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Trellis Ventures

VC
Portland, ORWebsite

Trellis Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Portland, OR investing in Other, SaaS, Consumer. The firm typically writes $200K–$2.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$200K–$2.0M
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
3 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other, SaaS, Consumer, Enterprise, Fintech, Developer Tools
HQ
Portland, OR
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-08-17

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$200K – $2.0M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

3 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Trellis Ventures invests in early-stage B2B SaaS and infrastructure for SMBs, with particular interest in commerce platforms, operational efficiency, and trust solutions.

How Trellis Ventures invests

Trellis Ventures is a vc firm based in Portland, OR. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, SaaS, Consumer, Enterprise, Fintech. It does not invest in Direct-to-Consumer Brands.

Trellis Ventures typically writes checks of $200K–$2.0M per investment.

Trellis Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including MerchantSync, SmallBizOps.

Partners & Team

ML

Mike Luoma

General Partner

Engineering leadership
Front-end
Marketing workflows
Services
KM

Kendall Marks

GP

B2B SaaS
E-commerce Platforms
PS

Peter Samaan

General Partner

Infrastructure
MarTech
Security Engineering

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS
Consumer
Enterprise
Fintech
Developer Tools

Does Not Invest In

Direct-to-Consumer Brands

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

ME

MerchantSync

E-commerce SaaS
SM

SmallBizOps

B2B SaaS
How to pitch Trellis Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS, Consumer — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $200K – $2.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Mike Luoma, General Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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