Midcontinent
Venture Capital
Summit

When
May 10, 2023
Where
First National Center
Oklahoma City, OK
GATHERING OF FOUNDERS, INNOVATORS, INVESTORS AND BUSINESS LEADERS ACROSS THE REGION TO HIGHLIGHT ACHIEVEMENTS, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF THIS EMERGING MARKET FOR TECH INNOVATION.
The Midcontinent Venture Capital Summit, hosted by Oklahoma-based venture capital firm Cortado Ventures, highlights all facets of the burgeoning startup technology industry outside of coastal bubbles.
Talent is spread evenly, yet venture funds congregate in coastal markets. There is a gold rush of opportunity for limited partners, venture capital firms, and entrepreneurs to pioneer technology innovations of legacy industries that dominate central US regions.
This gathering will celebrate the achievements, challenges, and opportunities from each stakeholder’s perspective of our domestic emerging market for technology innovation.
Anticipated speakers include VC general partners, institutional investors, family office managers, founders, government officials, and startup ecosystem builders.
Agenda includes:
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General Partner Panel
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Founder Panel
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Institutional Investor Panel
- Family Office Panel
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Ecosystem Panel
- Keynote Fireside Chat
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Networking Reception for Investors and Founders
Key speakers include David Epstein, Journalist and New York Times Best-selling author of Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World. He will be joined in a fireside chat by James Rogers, who started a $2 billion ag-tech company, Apeel Sciences, that uses plant-based materials to keep moisture inside the produce and oxygen out, dramatically slowing the rate that produce spoils.
Other speakers include Aaron Pierce (Partner at Perot Jain), Charu Thomas (CEO/Founder of Ox), Mike Gorton (CEO/Founder of Recuro Health), Dan Kerr (Partner at Flyover Capital, Elizabeth Pollard (President at Oklahoma State University Research Foundation/Cowboy Technologies), Scott Mueller (Managing Director at Goldman Sachs), Chase Rankin (Executive Director at Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System), Sarah Chen-Spellings (Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Beyond the Billion), and many more investment and entrepreneurial leaders!
Thank you to our sponsors
Innovation Sponsors: The University of Oklahoma Price College of Business and Citizens Bank of Edmond
Ecosystem Sponsors: OSU Cowboy Technologies, HoganTaylor, Citizen Capital and Saxum
Emergence Sponsors: Atento Capital, GKFF, Regent Bank, McAfee & Taft, SpiritHR, Barnes & Thornburg, Bison Technologies, Beneficient and the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce.
Contact
J.D. Baker
Platform Manager
jbaker@cortado.ventures