OKC’s Black-Owned Business Legacy

This story is written by J.D. Baker, Kayte Spillman, and Greg Horton.  Out from the Gloomy Past: The Rise and Legacy of Oklahoma City’s Black Entrepreneurship.  J.D. Baker, a platform manager at Cortado Ventures, writes about the history of Black-owned businesses...

Investing in Hard Tech for Industry 4.0

When you think of high-tech, venture-backed startups seeking to take their companies “to the moon”, software companies get a lot of attention. Hardware startups are often overlooked by venture capital — margins are typically lower than software companies as...

Blog: The Opportunity in Edtech

Tulsa based Boddle is an edtech company with a math-based computer game for students, and is developing a curriculum agnostic and marketplace platform. They have reached several promising milestones, including growing to over 3,525 Daily Active Users on the platform....

Blog: Delivery at the Speed of Thought?

At Cortado Ventures we invest in companies who dream big and have what it takes to make it happen, disrupting sectors with innovative technology where we are aligned as operators. Our recent investment in Pipedream embodies that conviction. Founders Garrett...