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Roughneck Ventures

VC
Houston, TX

Roughneck Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in Houston, TX investing in Other. The firm typically writes $750K–$2.0M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.

Check size
$750K–$2.0M
Portfolio
1 company on record
Partners
1 listed
Stage
Seed
Sectors
Other
HQ
Houston, TX
AUM
Not in our records
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$750K – $2.0M

Portfolio

1+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Roughneck Ventures specializes in cutting-edge technologies for the oil and gas industry, supporting startups revolutionizing field operations and analytics.

How Roughneck Ventures invests

Roughneck Ventures is a vc firm based in Houston, TX. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other. It does not invest in Fintech.

Roughneck Ventures typically writes checks of $750K–$2.0M per investment.

Roughneck Ventures has backed 1 company in our records, including DrillTech Innovations.

Partners & Team

ET

Evan Thompson

GP

Oil & Gas
Industrial Software

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other

Does Not Invest In

Fintech

Portfolio Companies (1)

Other

DR

DrillTech Innovations

Oil & Gas
How to pitch Roughneck Ventures
  • Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $750K – $2.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Evan Thompson, GP.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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