Epistle Ventures
Epistle Ventures is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, TX investing in Other, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.0M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.
Pre-Seed
$500K – $2.0M
1+ companies
4 partners
Investment Thesis
Specializes in AI and academic publishing tools that optimize peer review and research dissemination.
How Epistle Ventures invests
Epistle Ventures is a vc firm based in Austin, TX. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Other, AI / ML. It does not invest in Hardware.
Epistle Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$2.0M per investment.
Epistle Ventures has backed 1 company in our records, including R&D Nexus.
Meet the Team
Megan Thompson
Managing Partner
Frankie O'Rourke
Founder
Frankie O’Rourke
General Partner
Founded Epistle with Chelsea O’Rourke while serving in Moscow in 2015. Today, the O’Rourke family lives in Oaxaca, Mexico pastoring a growing, missional church.
Chelsea O’Rourke
General Partner
Founded Epistle with Frankie O’Rourke while serving in Moscow in 2015. Today, the O’Rourke family lives in Oaxaca, Mexico pastoring a growing, missional church.
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (1)
Other
R&D Nexus
- •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Megan Thompson, Managing Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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