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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...
Why We Invested: Motive
Transforming the Car Shopping Experience Cortado Ventures is thrilled to have invested in Motive, an Oklahoma-based enterprise SaaS company focused on the automotive industry. Read on to learn more about the company, our investment, and how this technology will...
Did COVID Change Biotech Funding for Good?
As we all know, the COVID-19 pandemic required pharmaceutical companies to put to the test how fast vaccines, treatments, and diagnostics could be developed, tested, and implemented on a large scale. With this wave of need in the biotech sector, investments in biotech...
Recent newsletters
Cortado Ventures Doubleshot Newsletter: April 2024
Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF) Join us for the upcoming Midcon VC Summit and secure your sponsorship or registration today! Explore the latest breakthroughs and investments from our portfolio companies, including Cadenza Bio, Myri Health, nSight Surgical, and Mate...
Cortado Ventures Doubleshot Newsletter: March 2024
Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF) Sponsorships and registration are now available for our upcoming Midcon VC Summit, and tickets are live for our Founder Hour. Discover the latest investments and significant advancements made by our portfolio companies, such as CorriXR,...
Cortado Ventures Doubleshot Newsletter: February 2024
Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF) In this month’s Doubleshot Newsletter, you will find: Midcon VC Summit 2024 Cortado News Portco News Ecosystem News & Events Midcon VC Summit 2024 Registration Is Open! The Midcon VC Summit is coming to Bentonville! Join us for...
Cortado Ventures Doubleshot Newsletter: January 2024
Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF) In this month’s Doubleshot Newsletter, you will find: Message from our Managing Partner Annual General Meeting 2023 Investment News: CorriXR Portco News: Glycologix Midcon Markup Podcast: New Episode with Blake Bixler Portco Job...
Cortado Ventures Doubleshot Newsletter: November 2023
In this month’s Doubleshot Newsletter, you will find: Builder Highlight: Global Entrepreneurship Week PortCo News Cortado News Ecosystem News & Events Builder Highlight: Global Entrepreneurship Week Today marks the start of the entrepreneurial extravaganza of the...
Cortado Ventures Doubleshot Newsletter: October 2023
In this month’s Doubleshot Newsletter, you will find: Builder Highlight: Northwest Arkansas Technology Summit Team Highlight: EIR Deborah Moorad accepts new role PortCo News Cortado News Ecosystem News & Events Builder Highlight: Northwest Arkansas Technology...
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MidCon Markup Ep. 2: Past, Present, and Future with Legendary Oklahoma Entrepreneur Scott Klososky
The Dos Equis marketing department misfired when they chose someone else for their Most Interesting Man in World campaign. Coming from a family with humble beginnings and developing a distaste for formal education throughout childhood, Scott Klososky blazed his own...
MidCon Markup Ep. 1: Raising a VC Fund in the Midcontinent with Nathaniel Harding
Following its $80M Fund II Close Announcement, Cortado Ventures' Managing Partner Nathaniel Harding shares his insights and expertise on raising a venture capital fund. Nathaniel chats about raising funds in an emerging market, and how the Cortado team raised $100M in...
Podcast: Susan Morning on “The Aspiring VC”
Susan Morning was featured on "The Aspiring VC" series with MassVentures! MassVentures is the Commonwealth's strategic venture capital team. Deep tech is at the core of the Commonwealth's innovation ecosystem and it includes advanced manufacturing, advanced materials,...
Cortado Ventures Announces $20 Million Fund
Cortado Ventures is excited to announce that we have reached $20 million raised for Fund I, twice our original goal and in half the time. This venture capital fund size enables Cortado to fully realize our goal of attracting, investing in, and supporting best-in-class...
Podcast: Nathaniel Harding | #OPNAskAnAngel
Cortado Managing Partner Nathaniel Harding was recently interviewed by Jeffery Potvin on an episode of The Open People Network: #OPNAskAnAngel podcast to discuss what he looks for in a startup. Harding went on to talk about how Oklahoma’s startup ecosystem growth and...
Podcast: David Woods | Expanding Your Network
David Woods is the CEO of Magellan Executive Partners, a management consulting firm based in Edmond, Oklahoma. Previously, David served as CEO of Ditch Witch, Founder and CEO of EXIM Group, and Co-Founder and Partner at Cortado Ventures. He graduated with a Bachelor...

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