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Sway Medical Announces Integration with Teamworks Performance

Sep 10, 2025 | Media, Portfolio Companies, Press

Sway Medical has officially integrated with Teamworks Performance, a leading athletic performance and wellness platform. With this integration, Sway’s mobile concussion and cognitive testing tools are now more accessible to athletes, trainers, and organizations,...

Bastazo CEO Mauricio Iglesias featured by Aspiron Search

Sep 9, 2025 | Media, Portfolio Companies, Press

In the latest CyberBytes newsletter from Aspiron Search, Bastazo CEO Mauricio Iglesias shared his unique journey from control systems and OT engineering to leading Bastazo’s mission to protect critical infrastructure with AI-driven cybersecurity solutions. Mauricio’s...

NextGen Insights: Can Data Predict the Future of Venture?

Sep 9, 2025 | Blog, Media

Read the full story here! Authored by Raeed Zainuddin A great venture capital firm is built around great people: experienced operators, one-of-a-kind fundraisers and individuals uniquely attuned to predicting the future. Yet out of those three characteristics,...

Tobe Energy Pushes Green Hydrogen Innovation with Features in CleanTechnica, Fortune, Axios, StrictlyVC, Journal Record, & More

Sep 8, 2025 | Media, Portfolio Companies, Press

Following our announcement leading their $1.8M seed round, Tobe Energy has been making headlines across the industry — from Axios Pro Rata to Fortune’s Term Sheet and StrictlyVC. Most recently, CleanTechnica spotlighted Tobe’s breakthrough in green hydrogen and how...

Apricot Health featured in Home Care Innovation Forum

Sep 5, 2025 | Blog

Our portfolio company Apricot Health is challenging assumptions about AI in the home. In a recent feature with Home Care Innovation Forum, CEO Trent Smith shared why Apricot has taken a deliberate stance against “ambient AI”, meaning no always-on listening, no hidden...

Watkins-Conti Product’s, Yōni.Fit, available at HAC Inc. Pharmacies in Oklahoma

Sep 5, 2025 | Media, Portfolio Companies, Press

Our portco Watkins-Conti Products has announced expanded availability of its flagship device, Yōni.Fit, now offered at HAC, Inc. pharmacies across Oklahoma, including United, Homeland, and CashSaver. Yōni.Fit is an innovative, non-surgical solution designed to address...

Recent newsletters

Cortado Ventures Monthly Update: May

May 18, 2021

Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF) To kick off this month’s newsletter, we are excited to highlight Stitch Crew as this month’s Builder Highlight. Next, we have a few portfolio company updates to share as well as an introduction to our interns for the summer....

Cortado Ventures Monthly Update: April

Apr 19, 2021

Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF) This month we start by highlighting StarSpace46, a hub for coworking and entrepreneurship. Next, we share news about our most recent investment in Recuro and the addition of Tom Leydorf to our team as an advisor. We are...

Cortado Ventures Monthly Update: March

Mar 18, 2021

Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF) This month we have exciting news to share about our firm. We will start with a Q&A with Percy Kirk. Following the Q&A, we announce our new investment in PrivacyBrain and a few portfolio highlights. Next up is...

Q&A with Percy Kirk

Mar 17, 2021

This month, we had a Q&A with senior vice president and region manager for Cox Communications Central Region, Percy Kirk. He serves on the board of directors for the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, board of trustees for the Oklahoma City National...

Respond Flow in OVRC Newsletter

Feb 18, 2021

Entrepreneurship is unpredictable, but it can also be incredibly rewarding. For Martin Langelo Lien, Co-Founder and CEO of Respond Flow, his start in entrepreneurship began in Norway with a side hustle in second grade. From a calligraphy set to an SMS software that...

Cortado Ventures Monthly Update: February

Feb 16, 2021

Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF) In this newsletter, we start by highlighting Rick Nagel of Acorn Growth Companies. Next up, we are excited to announce our new Tulsa office location at 36 Degrees North and the launch of our new Venture Scout Program....