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Cortado Ventures Strengthens Vision to Advance Market Leadership in 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 30, 2025 Contact: Anthony Triana atriana@saxum.com 405-818-0791 Cortado Ventures Strengthens Vision to Advance Market Leadership in 2025 Firm Advances Strategic Initiatives with Leadership Promotions, Brand Refresh, and New...
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!
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). Oklahoma is home to about 40 biotech companies, spanning from...
Why We Invested: Safety Radar
Cortado Ventures is thrilled to have invested in Safety Radar, an Oklahoma-based enterprise SaaS company focused on transforming safety monitoring across multiple industries starting with the energy sector. The company is part of the EIC Rose Rock Bridge Program and...
Why Investing in Women and People of Color is Essential for the Future
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 sectors, there’s a growing recognition that investing in...
The Modern Midas: 3 Ways to Be a Golden Entrepreneur for Investors
“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 venture capitalist, but also the relationship between a...
Recent newsletters
Cortado Ventures Doubleshot Newsletter: December 2024
Why We Invested in Safety Radar, RSVP for the Cortado AGM Reception, explore Nuview's groundbreaking innovations, and more. BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) In this month’s issue, learn about “Why We Invested” in Safety Radar, what’s new with our portfolio company Nuview,...
Cortado Ventures Doubleshot Newsletter: November 2024
Why We Invested in Motive, Myri Health in the Top 100 for Entrepreneurship World Cup, our move to The Citizen and more. BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) Read the latest Why We Invested blog featuring our investment in Motive, along with two NextGen Insights blogs from our...
Cortado Ventures Doubleshot Newsletter: October 2024
Why We Invested in Prelude, EXUM Instruments Highlight, Boddle Named as Finalist for $500,000 Yass Prize, and more. Cortado Ventures Oct 09, 2024 Share BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) Read the latest Why We Invested blog featuring our investment in Prelude. Our 2024-2025...
Cortado Ventures Doubleshot Newsletter: September 2024
BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) This month, we're celebrating our new investments in Safety Radar and Prelude/19Days. We have several portfolio companies making history, like Watkins-Conti’s FDA approved device being released and expansions in Mito Materials. We’re also...
Cortado Ventures Doubleshot Newsletter: August 2024
BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) This month, we're celebrating the success of our inaugural VC Intern Day - OKC and the incredible impact our interns have had this summer. ArborXR is making headlines with a $12 million funding round to enhance its AR/VR management...
Cortado Ventures Doubleshot Newsletter: July 2024
BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front)This month ushers in VC Intern Day - OKC, an exciting event for all VC interns in the midcon. Learn why we invested in Apricot Technologies and get a closer look at our portfolio company, Arbor XR. Stay updated with major announcements from...
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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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