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VCMatch tracks Cortado Ventures as an investor focused on Energy, AI/ML, and Cybersecurity companies, Seed rounds, and Oklahoma, Midcontinent Region, and United States markets. Upload your deck to compare your startup against the full private matching profile.

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Stages

Seed

Focus Areas

Energy, AI/ML, Cybersecurity

Geography

Oklahoma, Midcontinent Region, and United States

Investment Thesis

Cortado Ventures believes that true innovation transforming critical industries takes place at the intersection of technology and geography in America’s Midcontinent Region. They invest in seed-stage frontier tech companies serving large legacy industries where transformation is difficult but potential impact and returns are immense. The firm gets involved early, bringing together experienced technical founders and industry giants with the footprint to drive significant change in their sectors.

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Investment Focus

Who should take a closer look

Cortado Ventures is most relevant for founders raising Seed rounds in Energy, AI/ML, Cybersecurity, and Healthtech, especially across Oklahoma, Midcontinent Region, and United States.

Focus statement

We focus on seed-stage frontier tech companies serving large legacy industries where transformation is difficult, but potential impact and returns are immense. We invest and get involved early, bringing together experienced technical founders and industry giants with the footprint to drive significant change in their sectors.

Value Add

  • Midcontinent geographic focus - concentrated in regions where legacy industries operate, providing proximity to customers and experienced founder pools
  • 2/3 of seed rounds advance to Series A (2x industry average)
  • $1.5B total enterprise value generated from $30M deployed
  • 100 institutional investors have co-invested or followed-on
  • Operator-led team with $100M+ exits as founders and CEOs in energy tech, logistics, life sciences, and manufacturing
  • In-house incubator (The Verge) providing 10-year state income tax exemption, low-cost space, and shared services
  • CEO mentoring program through Magellan Executive Partners at no cost to portfolio companies
  • Frontier Fund partnership with space/defense expertise through The Artemis Group and Marlan Space

Stage And Sector Fit

Portfolio Highlights

AI Driller

Energy

Bastazo

Energy

Equipt

Energy

Fluid Efficiency

Energy

oPro.AI

Energy

Safety Radar

Energy

Senslytics Corporation

Energy

Tobe Energy

Energy

+ 36 more companies in their portfolio

Investment Team

16 Partners at Cortado Ventures

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