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Let’s Talk About Soft Tissues (no, not Kleenex)

May 21, 2022 | Blog, Media, Portfolio Companies

Glycologix Inc.’s Patented Biotech: Locally Delivered Soft Tissue Repair A very special thanks to Cortado’s Research Fellow, Nathan Friels, in collaboration with Susan Moring, Mike Moradi, and Brooks Hensley. If you’ve been around Oklahoma very long, you know...

Investing in Hard Tech for Industry 4.0

Dec 23, 2021 | Blog, Media

When you think of high-tech, venture-backed startups seeking to take their companies “to the moon”, software companies get a lot of attention. Hardware startups are often overlooked by venture capital — margins are typically lower than software companies as...

Cortado Ventures Closes Investment With Exum

Dec 22, 2021 | Media

OKLAHOMA CITY — December 2021 Cortado Ventures is pleased to announce it closed a Pre-Series A investment with an innovative analytical instrument company. Headquartered in Denver, Exum Instruments brings high-performance, solid-sample chemical characterization out of...

Oklahoma City biotech investor Cortado Ventures invests in locally founded Sensulin

Dec 16, 2021 | Blog

At Cortado Ventures we are proud to announce closing a major investment in Oklahoma City founded Sensulin. Led by University of Oklahoma graduate Mike Moradi, Sensulin is a biopharmaceutical company that is developing a glucose-responsive insulin for type 1 and type 2...

Article: OLSF Ventures leads $4.5 million investment in Broken Arrow-based Access Optics

Oct 27, 2021 | Media

Oklahoma Life Science Fund Ventures (OLSF) recently led a $4.5 million Series A Preferred investment in Access Optics, a Broken Arrow-based global manufacturing leader of micro-scale surgical imaging products. Joining OLSF in the investment was Plains Venture...

Blog: The Opportunity in Edtech

Oct 21, 2021 | Blog

Tulsa based Boddle is an edtech company with a math-based computer game for students, and is developing a curriculum agnostic and marketplace platform. They have reached several promising milestones, including growing to over 3,525 Daily Active Users on the platform....