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October 30, 2023

This Indigenous-led venture fund targets diverse ‘creative’ entrepreneurs across the US

By Jacob Maranda - Colorado Inno There's a big gap when it comes to venture capital flowing to companies founded by Indigenous people. Only 0.004% of the approximately $330 billion in venture capital invested in 2021 went to Indigenous founders, according to data from the VC website Crunchbase.

September 18, 2023

Team Up on the Tide— Moving from Service to Collaboration with Diverse Entrepreneurs

By Skoden Ventures, via Medium Let’s be real: diverse entrepreneurs have not been “underserved.” Service is the wrong word. And I know I’m not the only one who feels this way. I recently visited with my friends Maacah Davis and Cindy Willard to discuss how venture capital can better collaborate with Indigenous, queer, Black, Brown, and women founders.

September 12, 2023

This Indigenous-led venture fund targets ‘creative’ entrepreneurs across the Southwest

By Jacob Maranda - New Mexico Inno Reporter There’s a big gap when it comes to venture capital flowing to companies founded by Indigenous people. Specifically, only 0.004% of the approximately $330 billion in venture capital invested in 2021 went to Indigenous founders, according to data from the VC website Crunchbase.

July 24, 2023

Creative Startups launches Native American-led venture fund

First-of-its-kind “impact” fund to invest in minority-run startups

By Kevin Robinson-Avila - Albuquerque Journal Native American entrepreneur Kelly Holmes launched the world’s first Native fashion magazine in 2012 and has since expanded it into a thriving digital media platform that highlights indigenous art, culture and entertainment.

July 24, 2023

New Ad-Ventures

A venture capital firm made specifically for Indigenous, Black, Brown and women creatives kicks off in New Mexico

By Evan Chandler - Santa Fe Reporter As a Miniconjou Lakota from the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota, Holmes founded Native Max Magazine 10 years ago. The first Native fashion magazine of its kind blossomed into a full-blown multimedia company that publishes positive stories about Indigenous people across print, digital and social media platforms. And if that wasn’t enough, Holmes now wants to go even further in supporting her community.

June 7, 2023

Greed is out — Resilience & Collective Empowerment are in

Skoden Ventures founding partner Kelly Holmes describes the Machiavellian narcissism rampant in hyper-capitalism and where we go from here

By Skoden Ventures, via Medium My mother had a saying: “you don’t see us on our knees.” This is a Lakota value my mom learned growing up in South Dakota and passed down to me. What it means is that we identify what people need, and we try to meet their needs before they ask. We look out for each other. We don’t exploit other’s weaknesses for our self-gain.

April 27, 2023

The Overlooked $10 Trillion Opportunity

By Skoden Ventures, via Medium It’s not hard to find the sky falling. Whether it’s the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank or the gloom bells of recession, doom and worry seems to be the tone of current economic news. The United Nations says we’re in a “code red” moment for humanity, and gross domestic product (GDP) growth continues to shrink across the globe.

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