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▶ 14:17 · Private Markets · Impact investing must deliver commercial no-brainer logic to survive sentiment cycles
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Scaling Europe

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

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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Proprietary data platform sources 50% of deals and enables non-consensus investing
Eka's data platform combines paid and custom data sources with a differentiated thesis to surface overlooked founders, yielding 70% non-competitive term sheets and top-decile returns withou…
Venture Capitaltailwindscore 8/10jon coker
Founder capacity to develop assessed via outlier achievements beats pedigree
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Private Marketstailwindscore 7/10jon coker
Impact investing must deliver commercial no-brainer logic to survive sentiment cycles
Eka ignores impact hype cycles by only backing companies where sustainability drives core customer value and unit economics, ensuring the portfolio performs regardless of whether climate te…