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Susan Moring Announced as Kauffman Fellows Class 30 Member
We’re proud to share that General Partner Susan Moring has been selected to join Class 30 of the Kauffman Fellows Program, a prestigious global network of venture capital leaders. Kauffman Fellows is known for identifying and developing the world’s most innovative and...
Midcontinent Venture Capital Summit 2025 Recap: Turning insight into action in the heart of venture country
Authored by Nathaniel Harding, Cortado Ventures Managing Partner Read this on Medium What happens when 30+ venture capital firms, hundreds of founders, and a coalition of policy, academic, and ecosystem leaders converge on Tulsa for three days? You get MidCon ‘25 — a...
Why We Invested: Agentech
Read Why We Invested in Agentech on our Medium page. Authored by Susan Moring, Cortado Ventures General Partner Agentic AI for efficient insurance claims processing The past 18 months have marked an extraordinary surge in artificial intelligence innovation and...
Cortado Ventures Doubleshot Newsletter: June 2025
BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) Announcing two new investments: Agentech, a workforce performance intelligence platform, and Bastazo, a cybersecurity company safeguarding critical infrastructure. This month’s Portco Highlight features Moove.ai, helping cities improve...
Cortado Ventures Invests in Agentech
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 14, 2025 Contact: Anthony Triana atriana@saxum.com 405-818-0791 Cortado Ventures invests in claims solutions provider Agentech Agentech is building the digital workforce for the AI insurance claims workflow OKLAHOMA CITY — Cortado Ventures...
Why We Invested: Equipt.ai
Following our recent investment in Equipt.ai, we’ve published a deep dive into why we’re backing their AI-powered asset and field service management platform. Equipt is building critical tools for operational efficiency in the field—and we’re excited to be part of...
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Cortado Ventures Doubleshot Newsletter: June 2025
BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) Announcing two new investments: Agentech, a workforce performance intelligence platform, and Bastazo, a cybersecurity company safeguarding critical infrastructure. This month’s Portco Highlight features Moove.ai, helping cities improve...
Cortado Ventures Doubleshot Newsletter: March 2025
BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) This month, we’re announcing our latest investment in Equipt, an AI-driven platform transforming asset and field service management. Our Portco Highlight features Sensulin, a company pioneering advancements in diabetes care. Lumata Health...
Midcon VC’s Midcon Monthly: February 2025
The Value of Summit Sponsorship A Message from 2024 Sponsor - 46VC A word from Kate Lynn, Analyst and Platform Manager of 46 Venture Capital—a...
Cortado Ventures Doubleshot Newsletter: February 2025
BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) We’re recapping our Annual General Meeting, where we unveiled key leadership transitions and celebrated portfolio milestones. This month’s Portco Highlight features Cadenza Bio, a biotech company pioneering treatments for autoimmune...
Cortado Ventures Doubleshot Newsletter: December 2024
Why We Invested in Safety Radar, RSVP for the Cortado AGM Reception, explore Nuview's groundbreaking innovations, and more. BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) In this month’s issue, learn about “Why We Invested” in Safety Radar, what’s new with our portfolio company Nuview,...
Cortado Ventures Doubleshot Newsletter: November 2024
Why We Invested in Motive, Myri Health in the Top 100 for Entrepreneurship World Cup, our move to The Citizen and more. BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) Read the latest Why We Invested blog featuring our investment in Motive, along with two NextGen Insights blogs from our...
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Applying Systems-Thinking to Maximize Community Impact with Lynn McBee
Some communities have a universally respected and beloved behind-the-scenes leader with a Midas Touch for all things impact. If you have lived in Dallas for long, you know that person is Lynn McBee. Tune in to learn how this biochemist Superwoman simultaneously built...
College is Perfect Time to Found Your first Startup with Trevor Gicheru
While college years are associated with in-classroom learning and extracurricular partying, Trevor Gicheru proves it is also the perfect time to start your first startup. Startups require an immense amount of time and community support, but the fire-house learnings...
How to be Yourself with Investors with Kevin Moore
Most people go through their everyday lives trapped behind their own lens of the world. This lack of empathy is especially palpable when VCs are raising money from LPs and when founders are raising money from VCs, where the temptation to oversell to pick up a check as...
Bringing Canadian Founder Energy to Oklahoma VC with Matt Waraich
Moving from Vancouver, British Columbia to Oklahoma City, OK is rare enough, let alone for venture capital. According to Matt Waraich, the geographic arbitrage thesis of non-coastal venture firms is resonating in coastal markets more than Oklahomans realize. Tune in...
Dedicating Your Life to Social Impact with Ed Long
New research on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) demonstrates an overwhelming negative correlation between the severity/frequency of childhood trauma and lifetime well-being outcomes. Ed Long overcame childhood trauma to pursue a Master's of Public Administration...
How Mike Beckham Sough Competition and Won Big on Amazon
Tech exit to selling "commoditized" water bottles on Amazon? Mike Beckham must be crazy! After 9 years of rapid growth with his company Simple Modern, Mike has proved his doubters wrong by leaning into competition to eliminate market risk. Tune in to hear how Mike...

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