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The Modern Midas: 3 Ways to Be a Golden Entrepreneur for Investors

Nov 14, 2024 | Blog

Read the full story here Authored by Grant Millsap, Former Cortado Ventures Intern “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...

Why We Invested: Motive

Nov 6, 2024 | Blog

Read Why We Invested in Motive on our Medium page. Authored by Mansi Patel, Cortado Ventures Analyst Transforming the Car Shopping Experience Cortado Ventures is thrilled to have invested in Motive, an Oklahoma-based enterprise SaaS company focused on the automotive...

Did COVID Change Biotech Funding for Good?

Oct 30, 2024 | Blog

Read the full story here Authored by Elizabeth Duncan, Former Cortado Ventures Intern 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...

VC dollars are becoming clean again. Finally, the change is here?

Oct 10, 2024 | Blog

Read the full story here Authored by Kingsley Uzogor, Former Cortado Ventures Intern You are in one of these two camps — those who believe that clean energy is the future and those who think the future is uncertain. VCs were in the first camp in 2006. By 2011,...

Cortado Ventures Invests in gener8tor

Sep 30, 2024 | Media, New Investment Announcements, Portfolio Companies, Press

Cortado Ventures Partners with gener8tor to Invest in New Startups gener8tor is a leading startup accelerator that supports high-growth companies across the nation OKLAHOMA CITY (Sept XX, 2024) — Cortado Ventures has invested in a select group of startups that...

Why We Invested: Prelude

Sep 16, 2024 | Blog, Media, Portfolio Companies

A game-changing alternative in the death care industry Author: Matt Waraich, Cortado Ventures Investment Associate Cortado Ventures has always taken pride in pioneering innovative thinking and investment strategies. Our aim is not to just stand out from the crowd, but...

Recent newsletters

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...

Cortado Ventures Doubleshot Newsletter: May 2022

May 27, 2022

Introducing Doubleshot Newsletter from Cortado Ventures Moving forward, the monthly updates from Cortado Ventures will be named “Doubleshot Newsletter.” The name derives from the recipe of a cortado drink which consists of two shots of espresso, mixed with equal parts...

Cortado Ventures Monthly Update: April

Apr 29, 2022

Cortado Ventures Monthly Update: April Springing ahead, Cortado and its portfolio has had an exciting month. This month’s update includes Cortado’s $80M fund announcement, Builder Highlight, Team Highlight, Cortado In the News, Events and more. The Cortado Ventures...

Cortado Ventures Monthly Update: March

Mar 22, 2022

Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF) This month, we are highlighting OKC tech++ as our Builder Highlight. We are also highlighting one of our LPs, Meg Salyer, and this Spring’s intern, Brooks Hensley. Cortado is excited to announce the funding of Senslytics via Managing...