OKLAHOMA CITY – Entrepreneurship is on the rise Oklahoma City, and The Verge is looking to invest. Spearheaded by Cortado Ventures in collaboration with the Inasmuch Foundation and Flourish, The Verge is a new nonprofit whose aim is to serve, support and champion...

At Cortado Ventures, our work is about more than capital. We’re dedicated to supporting growth and innovation in Oklahoma and the Midcontinent for the benefit of the entire region. But what role does a venture capital firm play in the growth of an entire region? While...

Edna Martinson is the co-founder of Boddle – a gamified platform that provides interactive 3D games to aid learning for kids. The company was started by Martinson and her husband Clarence Tan with the heart and mission of inspiring kids to love learning. Since its...

In the past, the idea of quitting your day job and starting a new technology company was terrifying and fraught with peril. Fail and you have to start over. But with the right kind of support, failing can simply be a step in the right direction. 

An inspiring start to a new year.   This past month I had the opportunity to travel to South Asia for two weeks for an entrepreneurial and cultural exchange. I spent a week in Mumbai, India, and a week in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was an inspiring trip with some...

When we started Cortado Ventures in the spring of 2020, we believed that technological innovation would infiltrate new areas, increasingly outside of the usual geography, as the “third wave” of venture capital arrived in places like the Midcontinent where we call...