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MITO MATERIALS – St. Croix Fly expands Mito graphene adoption in carbon fiber fly fishing rods

Sep 10, 2024 | Media, Portfolio Companies, Press

Mito Material Solutions expanded its collaboration with St. Croix Fly, incorporating graphene into the Technica Series fly rods. This enhancement improves rod recovery, rigidity, and strength, offering anglers greater control and precision. Following this success,...

ARBOR XR – Companies Finally Find a Use for Virtual Reality at Work

Sep 10, 2024 | Media, Portfolio Companies, Press

Brad Scoggin, Co-Founder and Chief Executive of ArborXR, was featured in “The Wall Street Journal” for revolutionizing workforce training through virtual reality. ArborXR's platform helps businesses like UPS and Volvo integrate VR for training on crucial skills, from...

ARBOR XR – ArborXR secures $12M to boost its management platform for AR and VR devices

Sep 10, 2024 | Blog, Portfolio Companies, Press

We’re excited to share that ArborXR was recently featured in TechCrunch for securing $12M in funding to enhance its AR/VR device management platform. This investment will help ArborXR further its mission of revolutionizing how enterprises deploy and manage AR/VR...

PATCH RX – PatchRx Launches Connect, Embedding Real-Time Medication Adherence Data Directly Into Existing Care Management Platforms

Sep 10, 2024 | Blog

Our portfolio company, PatchRx, announced the launch of PatchRx Connect, a seamless integration that embeds medication adherence data directly into existing healthcare management platforms. With real-time insights into a patient’s medicine-taking behavior at...

ARDLEY – THE 2024 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN IN FINTECH AWARD WINNERS ARE…

Sep 10, 2024 | Media, Portfolio Companies, Press

Taylor Potter, COO of our portfolio company, Ardley, has been recognized as one of the most powerful women in fintech. She has received the prestigious Most Powerful Women in Fintech Award for 2024. This accolade highlights her exceptional leadership and significant...

Cortado Ventures Invests in Prelude

Sep 10, 2024 | Media, New Investment Announcements, Portfolio Companies, Press

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 10, 2024 Contact: Anthony Triana atriana@saxum.com 405-818-0791 Cortado Ventures invests in funeral planning startup Prelude Prelude is a member-based, preneed insurance collective with AI enabled B2B software OKLAHOMA CITY — Cortado...

Recent newsletters

Cortado Ventures Doubleshot Newsletter: November 2022

Nov 21, 2022

Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF) In this month’s Doubleshot Newsletter, you will find: Builder Highlight: The Verge OKC Global Entrepreneurship Week: November 14-20 Team Highlight: Deborah Moorad, Entrepreneur-in-Residence Join the Cortado Ventures Team PortCo Updates...

Cortado Ventures Doubleshot Newsletter: October 2022

Oct 18, 2022

Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF) In this month’s Doubleshot Newsletter, you will find: New Blog: Ask a VC: How Can Startups Thrive in an Economic Downturn Builder Highlight: Oklahoma Biotech Innovation Cluster LP Highlight: Dr. Sam Dahr, MD Team Highlight: Intern Lauren...

Cortado Ventures Doubleshot Newsletter: September 2022

Sep 23, 2022

Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF) In this month’s Doubleshot Newsletter, you will find: MoatBio Announces Successful Clinical Trials of Intranasal COVID-19 Vaccine Builder Highlight: OKC MED Week LP Highlight: Presbyterian Health Foundation Cortado’s Due Diligence Process...

Cortado Ventures Doubleshot Newsletter: August 2022

Aug 24, 2022

Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF) In this month’s Doubleshot Newsletter, you will find: Cortado Ventures Starts Second Close at $40M for Fund II Builder Highlight: Oklahoma City Innovation District LP Highlight: The Farzaneh Family Team Highlight: Thank you Interns PortCo...

Cortado Ventures Doubleshot Newsletter: July 2022

Jul 19, 2022

Ecosystem highlights and Mid-year updates of Cortado’s portfolio companies Line Up Front (BLUF) This month, we are highlighting exciting updates from our portfolio companies in our mid-year review. gener8tor was selected to manage the new State of Oklahoma Business...

Cortado Ventures Doubleshot Newsletter: June 2022

Jun 21, 2022

For the June issue of the Doubleshot Newsletter, we are highlighting SheCodesOKC as our builder as they host events for women in tech, and our summer intern Aaron Salazar Latham. We also happy to share more information about our latest investment The SnapBack...