Episode 55
Kiva Dickinson – Breaking Down The Basics of Investing + What a VC Fund Does
#55: In this episode, Jordan and I are chatting with Kiva Dickinson, the founder and Managing Partner of Selva Ventures.
Selva Ventures invests in brands making consumers’ lives better, and they happen to be a handful of our favorites.
A preview of what we dive into in today’s episode:
- Taking the leap from his full-time job to start Selva Ventures
- Why he wanted to start his own VC fund
- How we are making investing space more approachable
- What it has been like fundraising money for Selva
- What a VC fund does and the basics of a venture capital fund
- The importance of open dialogue in the investing space
- Why a brand actually needs money from investors
- What an LP, GP and all these crazy abbreviations mean
- How to spot the trends in the industry
- How to know if a brand is worth investing in
- Where the space is going with food trends
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