John L. Long

Trellis Partners (Trellis Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1997 by John L. Long. The firm is headquartered in Cedar Creek, Texas.

Zilliant, Inc. provides strategic software solutions. Its applications are built on its optimization platform that provides insights on pricing and sales that grow the top and bottom lines. The firm provides services to distribution, manufacturing, equipment rental and private equity sectors. The company was founded by Peter Zandan and Deborah Vollmer Dahlke in 1999 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

CPO Commerce, Inc. operates as an online tool retailer. It operates online outlet stores for new, closeout, discontinued, surplus and refurbished products. The firm offers routers, trimmers and garage equipment. The company was founded by Robert S. Hicks and Robert H. Tolleson in 2004 and is headquartered in Deerfield, IL.

M87, Inc. operates as a wireless network infrastructure software company. It develops software that enhances connection speeds on smartphones by automatically routing to faster data paths. The company was founded by Vidur Bhargava, Peter Feldman, David Hampton, and Matt Hovis in 2010 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA.

Ziften Technologies, Inc. provides endpoint threat detection solution. Its products include ziften zenith and ziften zflow. The firm’s solutions include IT operations and security operations. The company was founded by Michael Little and Mark Obrecht in 2010 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

BetweenMarkets, Inc. develops software applications for business to business data quality management. Its services include requirements gathering, modeling, auditing, training, and customer support. The company was founded by Erik Huddleston in October 2000 and is headquartered at Houston, TX.

Dakota Venture Group, Inc.(DVG) is a venture capital, a subsidiary of University of North Dakota founded in 2006 by Austin Steffen. The firm is headquartered in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Wayport, Inc. provides wireless and wired internet access services. It also designs, develops and enables software & applications over carrier grade Wi-Fi networks for organizations throughout the world. The company offers services to the hospitality, restaurants, airports, healthcare and retail industries. Wayport was founded in June, 1996 and is located in Irving, TX.