Cortado Ventures
cortado.venturesWe 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.
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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.
What Sets Them Apart
- 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
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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