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19days — till what?

Jul 5, 2022 | Blog, Media, Portfolio Companies

Q&A with Joey Wignarajah, co-founder of Oklahoma’s first venture studio, backed by Cortado Ventures At Cortado Ventures, we partner with best-in-class operators building a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem in our region. We do this because we love being a...

Cortado featured in Wall Street Journal Pro Newsletter

Jun 28, 2022 | Media

Cortado Ventures Makes Headway Toward Second Early-Stage Fund By Brian Gormley, WSJ Pro June 24, 2022 Good day. Cortado Ventures, an Oklahoma City-based venture firm that quickly secured $20 million for its debut venture fund in 2020, is making headway toward an $80...

Reinventing mortgage with Ardley

Jun 28, 2022 | Blog, Media, Portfolio Companies

Mortgage automation so good, you can Ardley believe it. An interesting aspect of fintech investing is the need to understand how well a product will perform (and how it will create value for its customers) in various economic environments. The mortgage industry...

Industry Classfication: Solved

Jun 6, 2022 | Blog

NAICS codes are vital to commercial underwriting, lending, fraud detection, payment processing, customer segmentation, and more. However, classifications are wrong nearly 50% of the time. This Medium post from Cortado Principal, Susan Moring, explains how Relativity6...

OKC’s Black-Owned Business Legacy

Jun 6, 2022 | Blog

This story is written by J.D. Baker, Kayte Spillman, and Greg Horton. Out from the Gloomy Past: The Rise and Legacy of Oklahoma City’s Black Entrepreneurship. J.D. Baker, a platform manager at Cortado Ventures, writes about the history of Black-owned businesses...

Cortado Ventures Featured on OETA’s Oklahoma News Report

May 21, 2022 | Media

In April, Cortado Ventures was featured on OETA, Oklahoma's PBS affiliate, focusing on the firm's efforts to raise $80M for our second fund and invest in more high-growth tech startups in Oklahoma and the Midcontinent region. Check the clip below. [video width="1920"...