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Cortado Ventures Doubleshot Newsletter: January 2025

Jan 16, 2025 | Media, Newsletters

BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) Happy New Year from Cortado Ventures! We’re kicking off 2025 with a letter from our Managing Partner and an invitation to cocktails at our AGM Reception on January 30th. This month we spotlight our newest interns, Apricot Health's...

Overcoming Addiction to Achieve Athletic and Podcasting Fame with Rich Roll

Dec 12, 2024 | Blog

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!

Dec 10, 2024 | Blog

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

Dec 9, 2024 | Blog

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

Nov 26, 2024 | Blog

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

Nov 14, 2024 | Blog

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...

Recent newsletters

Cortado Reaches Initial Close For Inaugural Fund In First Month Of Launch

Jul 6, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY, June 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Cortado Ventures is pleased to announce the initial close of their fund was completed in four weeks, with significant progress made toward the fund's overall target raise. Reaching this milestone in less than a month since...

Announcing Key Milestones for Cortado Ventures

Jun 29, 2020

Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF) Cortado Ventures is a new venture capital fund launched 4 weeks ago—founded by serial entrepreneurs, investors, and CEOs—backing entrepreneurs who are driving innovation. In our second newsletter, we are pleased to announce the initial...

Cortado Ventures May 2020 Newsletter

May 29, 2020

Announcing Cortado Ventures New venture capital fund investing in Oklahoma startupsBottom Line Up Front (BLUF) Cortado Ventures is a new venture capital fund launching this week—founded by serial entrepreneurs, investors, and CEOs—and we back entrepreneurs who are...