Insights
Latest insights from Cortado Ventures’ Team, Founders and Network
Women Founders Seeding and Expanding the Biotech Industry in OKC!
Author: Martha Tsaliki, Cortado Ventures Summer Intern, 2024 The biotech industry in Oklahoma City (OKC) is thriving, propelled by a significant $71 million investment approved by voters in 2019 to enhance the Innovation District (Greater Oklahoma City Chamber)....
Why Investing in Women and People of Color is Essential for the Future
Author: Selena Simmons, Cortado Ventures Summer Intern, 2024 In the complex world of entrepreneurship, the conversation around diversity and inclusion has gained significant momentum. As society becomes increasingly aware of the disparities that exist within various...
NextGen Insights – The Modern Midas: 3 Ways to Be a Golden Entrepreneur for Investors
Author: Grant Millsap, Cortado Ventures Summer Intern, 2024 “The Triumph of Achilles” Franz Matsch Foreword As a college student who aspires to someday become an entrepreneur, I came into Cortado’s summer internship wanting to not only understand the experience of a...
Why We Invested: Motive
Why We Invested: Motive Transforming the Car Shopping Experience Author: Mansi Patel, Cortado Ventures Investment Analyst Cortado Ventures is thrilled to have invested in Motive, an Oklahoma-based enterprise SaaS company focused on the automotive industry. Read on to...
NextGen Insights – Did COVID Change Biotech Funding for Good?
Author: Elizabeth Ducan, Cortado Ventures Summer Intern, 2024 As we all know, the COVID-19 pandemic required pharmaceutical companies to put to the test how fast vaccines, treatments, and diagnostics could be developed, tested, and implemented on a large scale. With...
Cortado Ventures Doubleshot Newsletter: October 2024
BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) Read the latest Why We Invested blog featuring our investment in Prelude. Our 2024-2025 internship applications close October 11th. Learn more about our portfolio company, Exum Instruments, in this month’s highlight along with our...
NextGen Insights – VC dollars are becoming clean again. Finally, the change is here?
Author: Kingsley Uzogor, Cortado Ventures Summer Intern, 2024 You are in one of these two camps — those who believe that clean energy is the future and those who think the future is uncertain. VCs were in the first camp in 2006. By 2011, they decamped, and funds for...
Why We Invested: Prelude
A game-changing alternative in the death care industry Author: Matt Waraich, Cortado Ventures Investment Associate Cortado Ventures has always taken pride in pioneering innovative thinking and investment strategies. Our aim is not to just stand out from the crowd, but...
ARBOR XR – ArborXR secures $12M to boost its management platform for AR and VR devices
We’re excited to share that ArborXR was recently featured in TechCrunch for securing $12M in funding to enhance its AR/VR device management platform. This investment will help ArborXR further its mission of revolutionizing how enterprises deploy and manage AR/VR...