Skoden Ventures

Co-founder Kelly Holmes relies on her cultural roots to succeed in the #creativeindustry. What is the driving force behind your entrepreneurship? #nativemaxmagazine #skodenventures #creativesindigenous #venturecapital #investment #impactinvesting #bipocentrepreneurs #bipoc #womenowned #indigenousbusiness #nativeentrepreneurs #nativeamerican #lakota #inspirednatives

IN THE PRESS: Co-founder Kelly Holmes featured on the cover of New Mexico Economic Development Magazine. As the Lead Faculty for Creatives Indigenous, hear how she is disrupting the creative market with an Indigenous point of view. Photo Credit: ?Journal Communications/Sergio Salvador ? READ the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gWBUcDws #skodenventures #creativesindigenous #venturecapital #investment #impactinvesting #bipocentrepreneurs #bipoc #womenowned #indigenousbusiness #nativeentrepreneurs

Relevance Ventures and Skoden Ventures have announced the launch of the Native American Capital and Investment Alliance "NACIA" to bridge the gap between Native American founders and capital providers. “NACIA will widen access to capital for Native founders by providing entree to venture, debt, and alternative investment capital, bring Native faces to seemingly faceless boardrooms, and help drive substantial change for our communities.”

Event Rewind: Co-founder Kelly Holmes featured in A Tribe Called Geek article about her time at CxSF last month. https://lnkd.in/gan3R4FH

#ICYMI: As we continue to honor the significance of #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth throughout the year, our latest #StartupsEverywhere series features Kelly Holmes, Founder of Skoden Ventures—a VC firm amplifying marginalized voices in entrepreneurship. From her roots founding Native Max magazine to the launch of Skoden Ventures, Kelly's journey is one of resilience and empowerment. Despite facing challenges, Kelly is breaking barriers, championing Indigenous, Black, brown, and women founders, and creating opportunities for the next generation of underrepresented entrepreneurs. As we continue to uplift Native American entrepreneurs year-round, join us in celebrating Kelly's invaluable contributions to the startup ecosystem and her unwavering dedication to fostering diversity and inclusion through entrepreneurship. Skoden Ventures is on a mission to advance a more equitable and creative economy, making a lasting impact. https://bit.ly/46L6DM7 #entrepreneurs #diversityandinclusion #underrepresentedfounders #equitableeconomy #empowerentrepreneurs #innovation #nativeamericanheritagemonth #VCforchange #trailblazers #skodenventures #impactinvesting #inclusivebusiness #creativeeconomy #successstories #amplifyvoices #businessleadership #supportinnovation #celebratingentrepreneurs #buildingcommunities

Today’s VC Spotlight ?? Skoden Ventures is a boutique venture fund specializing in #earlystage startups led by Indigenous, Black, Brown, and Women founders. Committed to amplifying underfunded entrepreneurs, this VC allocates pre-seed capital to fuel high-growth creative companies. Prioritizing businesses catering to Gen Z and Millennial audiences, Skoden Ventures supports ventures offering entertainment, edutainment, and creative goods that authentically represent diverse backgrounds ???? Founded on Indigenous values, the impact-driven fund aims to generate financial returns while bolstering cultural assets and fostering social, human, and natural capital in communities. Led by Founding Partners Kelly Holmes, Mnicoujou Lakota, and Alice Loy, Skoden Ventures champions the investment in undercapitalized entrepreneurs. They seeks to elevate #startups meeting the demand for diverse products, services, and experiences. The fund has an impressive track record ? including 121 startups, 54% women founders, 52% BIPOC founders, $200+ million annual revenue, $315 million capital raised, and hundreds of small businesses supported, establishing a leadership role in the creative economy and entrepreneurship landscape. #venturecapital #VCfund #diversityandinclusion #diversefunding https://lnkd.in/gFGMVcUt

Great news, Dean Newton Kelly Holmes and Valerie Red-Horse Mohl! 'Relevance Ventures and Skoden Ventures have announced the launch of the?Native American Capital and Investment Alliance?to bridge the gap between Native American founders and capital providers. ... Native American entrepreneurs and founders are essential to building regenerative economies and ecosystems, yet face genuine and unique challenges in building successful organizations. Jump Scale reported?that Native entrepreneurs are often denied loans, and the approved loans are usually far too small. Moreover, Native Americans have been almost completely locked out of access to equity investments, leaving them to resort to bootstrapping, investing large amounts of personal savings into their businesses. They also face discrimination at nearly all phases of business growth.' https://lnkd.in/dd8hiRxr #FundIndigenousFounders

IN THE PRESS: “On Friday, two venture firms whose founders come from Indigenous roots announced the launch of the Native American Capital and Investment Alliance (NACIA), a non profit that aims to help bridge the gap between Native American founders, their businesses and providers of equity and debt capital,” writes Venture Capital Journal. ?? READ the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gF4UPE-9 #venturecapital #venturecapitalist #bipoc #creatives #investment #investors

Skoden Ventures Co-Founder Kelly Holmes will be a featured speaker at this year’s CxSF next week! CxSF is a transformative gathering hosted by Creative Startups and General Creativity that invites participants to imagine a new world by reshaping the existing norms of Capitalism. Through the exploration of new technologies (think digital twinning, smarter cities, the AI frontier) and investment innovation, we will dismantle outdated structures and rebuild our social, economic, political and physical surroundings. Click below to learn more about CxSF: https://lnkd.in/gcZ5Zk8P