Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

At Cortado Ventures, our work is about more than capital. We’re dedicated to supporting growth and innovation in Oklahoma and the Midcontinent for the benefit of the entire region. But what role does a venture capital firm play in the growth of an entire region? While...

My two weeks in South Asia

An inspiring start to a new year.   This past month I had the opportunity to travel to South Asia for two weeks for an entrepreneurial and cultural exchange. I spent a week in Mumbai, India, and a week in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was an inspiring trip with some...

Look Back and Look Ahead

When we started Cortado Ventures in the spring of 2020, we believed that technological innovation would infiltrate new areas, increasingly outside of the usual geography, as the “third wave” of venture capital arrived in places like the Midcontinent where we call...