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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Runner's founding duo combined a classic VC-backable CEO with a non-traditional brand builder, demonstrating Eka's thesis that outlier founder capacity to develop matters more than pedigree.
Eka's proprietary data platform sources half of all deals and identifies non-consensus founders, enabling a portfolio where 70% of investments had no competing term sheet while delivering top 5% vintage returns.
Backing Gousto when founders were packing boxes proved that founder-led businesses outperform in venture, but only if founders have exceptional capacity to develop across scaling stages.