Eka Ventures closed £80m second fund: Jon Coker, Founding Partner at Eka Ventures

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Runner exit to Strava validates Eka's non-consensus founder assessment

2026-04-13 · 3 company · 3 thematic

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jon coker

Co-founded Eka Ventures, an early-stage impact VC fund focused on health, well-being, and sustainability with £80M Fund II; previously invested at a generalist VC firm backing companies like Gousto; built proprietary data platform sourcing 50% of deals.

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“Our first exit from fund one, Runner, came through that platform... Dom had an experience set that would be a classic venture backable founder... whereas Ben didn't have that classic venture backable profile. He was a run trainer.”

—jon coker

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