Location: London, UK
Sector: Consumer
Eka Ventures invests in early-stage UK companies which leverage consumer technology to enable positive system change. Within this strategy, they focus on two themes: Consumer Health and Sustainable Consumption, defined as:
Consumer Health: companies which enable the shift from a treatment driven healthcare system to a holistic and preventative system that improves access to the determinants of health, improves population level health and reduces health inequality.
Sustainable Consumption: companies which enable the transition from linear supply chains to efficient, circular, decarbonised supply chains across each consumer industry.
Impact is tightly integrated across sourcing, diligence, and portfolio management.
Sourcing is underpinned by data, research and network. Eka’s internal Data Platform screened 75,000 companies in 2024 and identifies those that fit within the two impact themes outlined above. Research enables Eka to conduct thematic deep dives on impact topic areas like Health x AI, Climate x Insurance, and Consumer x Impact. Their network is amplified through impact-specific events aimed at investors, founders, and angels.
Impact is integrated throughout the diligence process, using a combination of expert calls, financial modelling, and impact assessment. This allows Eka to create a Shared Value framework for each company which demonstrates how impact and commercial growth occur in lockstep.
The portfolio management stage involves automated reporting of impact key performance indicators, reported on a quarterly basis through Quarterly Investor Reports as well as on an annual basis, through Eka’s Impact Report, in greater depth. These KPIs are then aggregated across their portfolio companies to roll into broader fund-level impact goals.
Taken from our FY25 Sustainability Report. Read more here.