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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...
From $1 Billion Milestone to Defining Midcontinent Innovation: Reflecting on 2024’s success, our new home, and vision for 2025
Read the full story here Authored by Nathaniel Harding Christmas decorations are back in the attic, holiday cards have given way to New Years greetings, and out-of-office messages dwindle — this marks the time of year we turn our attention towards where we’ve...
Overcoming Addiction to Achieve Athletic and Podcasting Fame with Rich Roll
A hero's journey is rarely a straight path, but few have winded as abruptly as Rich Rolls'. Overcoming childhood insecurities through competitive swimming, Rich had everything going for him as a D1 Stanford Swimmer. Alcoholism...
Women Founders Seeding and Expanding the Biotech Industry in OKC!
Read the full story here Authored by Martha Tsaliki, Former Cortado Ventures Intern 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...
Why We Invested: Safety Radar
Read Why We Invested in Safety Radar on our Medium page. Authored by Mansi Patel, Cortado Ventures Analyst Cortado Ventures is thrilled to have invested in Safety Radar, an Oklahoma-based enterprise SaaS company focused on transforming safety monitoring...
Why Investing in Women and People of Color is Essential for the Future
Read the full story here Authored by Selena Simmons, Former Cortado Ventures Intern In the complex world of entrepreneurship, the conversation around diversity and inclusion has gained significant momentum. As society becomes increasingly aware of the...
The Modern Midas: 3 Ways to Be a Golden Entrepreneur for Investors
Read the full story here Authored by Grant Millsap, Former Cortado Ventures Intern “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...
Why We Invested: Motive
Read Why We Invested in Motive on our Medium page. Authored by Mansi Patel, Cortado Ventures Analyst Transforming the Car Shopping Experience Cortado Ventures is thrilled to have invested in Motive, an Oklahoma-based enterprise SaaS company focused on the automotive...
Did COVID Change Biotech Funding for Good?
Read the full story here Authored by Elizabeth Duncan, Former Cortado Ventures Intern 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...