Investing in the Midcontinent with Nathaniel Harding, Cortado Ventures | Billion Dollar Moves

Описание: From $50 million in circulation annually in venture capital to about $500 million; this 10x growth in a short amount of time in Oklahoma caught my attention. So when Nathaniel Harding of Cortado Ventures invited me out to Oklahoma City for the MidContinent VC Summit earlier this year—my answer was yes! Today’s conversation is with a leader unlike any other I’ve had on the show—

a former Air Force captain stationed at the US-NATO headquarters in Afghanistan, Nathaniel transitioned from military service to become a successful oil entrepreneur, leading a venture that ultimately exited for a staggering $120 million.

Today he serves as Managing Partner at Cortado Ventures, which has just announced its oversubscribed close of Fund 2, investing in early-stage startups in the Midcontinent region of America.

--
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:16 - Oklahoma venture capital grows tenfold in years!
05:59 - Reflections on the Midcontinent VC Summit
10:10 - Nathaniel's upbringing that shaped him: serving the nation, making his mark in the family business, $120 million exit
24:06 - Brick & mortar to tech: oilman to investing in underestimated founders in the Midcontinent
35:29 - Capital growth and inflection points in the MidContinent
39:37 - Mistakes in deal terms? Nathaniel's hard lessons as a VC
50:00 - Follow-on strategy?
52:44 - Billion Dollar Questions
54:05 - Bonus 'off-camera' reflections

On Billion Dollar Moves, we travel across the globe in search of the unexpected leader.

Every week, it is our job to deconstruct the Billion Dollar Moves of unicorn founders & funders; many of them, underestimated, long before they became iconic.

Many of them, unexpected leaders, just like you.

This show is about unfiltered conversations about success, failure, fear, and courage in the pursuit of the next big thing in tech and venture.

--

FOLLOW Nathaniel: linkedin.com/in/nathanielharding/

Cortado Ventures

PODCAST INFO:

Podcast website: https://sarah-chen.com/billion-dollar...

Watch on Youtube : tinyurl.com/sarahchenglobal

Join the community



FOLLOW SARAH:

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/sarahchenglobal

Instagram: instagram.com/sarahchenglobal

Twitter: twitter.com/sarahchenglobal