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Cortado Ventures Doubleshot Newsletter: August 2025
BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) Read about our latest investments in Dockware, a company developing sensor systems that capture real-time freight data to create accurate digital twins for more efficient warehouse and logistics operations, and Tobe Energy, a company...
Cortado Ventures Invests in Dockware
Cortado Ventures Invests in Dockware Cortado Ventures is excited to announce our investment in Dockware, a company transforming the warehouse dock from one of the supply chain’s biggest blind spots into a data-rich source of truth. The dock is where freight meets the...
Cortado Ventures Doubleshot Newsletter: July 2025
BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) Celebrate our milestone in being the first VC firm in the country with three consecutive Kauffman Fellows, reflecting national recognition and deep leadership across our team. Our Portco Highlight features Fluid Efficiency, a deeptech...
Cortado Ventures Becomes First VC Firm with Three Consecutive Kauffman Fellows
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cortado Ventures Becomes First VC Firm with Three Consecutive Kauffman Fellows Firm-wide milestone reflects deep leadership bench and national recognition for Midcontinent innovation OKLAHOMA CITY, July 8, 2025 — Cortado Ventures, a leading...
Cortado Ventures Invests In Bastazo
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cortado Ventures Invests in Proactive Cybersecurity Platform for Critical Infrastructure Bastazo is an AI-powered platform that helps OT teams efficiently shift from reactive patching to intelligent vulnerability remediation. OKLAHOMA CITY (July...
Susan Moring Announced as Kauffman Fellows Class 30 Member
We’re proud to share that General Partner Susan Moring has been selected to join Class 30 of the Kauffman Fellows Program, a prestigious global network of venture capital leaders. Kauffman Fellows is known for identifying and developing the world’s most innovative and...
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Cortado Ventures Doubleshot Newsletter: August 2025
BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) Read about our latest investments in Dockware, a company developing sensor systems that capture real-time freight data to create accurate digital twins for more efficient warehouse and logistics operations, and Tobe Energy, a company...
Cortado Ventures Doubleshot Newsletter: July 2025
BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) Celebrate our milestone in being the first VC firm in the country with three consecutive Kauffman Fellows, reflecting national recognition and deep leadership across our team. Our Portco Highlight features Fluid Efficiency, a deeptech...
Cortado Ventures Doubleshot Newsletter: June 2025
BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) Announcing two new investments: Agentech, a workforce performance intelligence platform, and Bastazo, a cybersecurity company safeguarding critical infrastructure. This month’s Portco Highlight features Moove.ai, helping cities improve...
Cortado Ventures Doubleshot Newsletter: March 2025
BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) This month, we’re announcing our latest investment in Equipt, an AI-driven platform transforming asset and field service management. Our Portco Highlight features Sensulin, a company pioneering advancements in diabetes care. Lumata Health...
Midcon VC’s Midcon Monthly: February 2025
The Value of Summit Sponsorship A Message from 2024 Sponsor - 46VC A word from Kate Lynn, Analyst and Platform Manager of 46 Venture Capital—a...
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...
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Applying Systems-Thinking to Maximize Community Impact with Lynn McBee
Some communities have a universally respected and beloved behind-the-scenes leader with a Midas Touch for all things impact. If you have lived in Dallas for long, you know that person is Lynn McBee. Tune in to learn how this biochemist Superwoman simultaneously built...
College is Perfect Time to Found Your first Startup with Trevor Gicheru
While college years are associated with in-classroom learning and extracurricular partying, Trevor Gicheru proves it is also the perfect time to start your first startup. Startups require an immense amount of time and community support, but the fire-house learnings...
How to be Yourself with Investors with Kevin Moore
Most people go through their everyday lives trapped behind their own lens of the world. This lack of empathy is especially palpable when VCs are raising money from LPs and when founders are raising money from VCs, where the temptation to oversell to pick up a check as...
Bringing Canadian Founder Energy to Oklahoma VC with Matt Waraich
Moving from Vancouver, British Columbia to Oklahoma City, OK is rare enough, let alone for venture capital. According to Matt Waraich, the geographic arbitrage thesis of non-coastal venture firms is resonating in coastal markets more than Oklahomans realize. Tune in...
Dedicating Your Life to Social Impact with Ed Long
New research on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) demonstrates an overwhelming negative correlation between the severity/frequency of childhood trauma and lifetime well-being outcomes. Ed Long overcame childhood trauma to pursue a Master's of Public Administration...
How Mike Beckham Sough Competition and Won Big on Amazon
Tech exit to selling "commoditized" water bottles on Amazon? Mike Beckham must be crazy! After 9 years of rapid growth with his company Simple Modern, Mike has proved his doubters wrong by leaning into competition to eliminate market risk. Tune in to hear how Mike...

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