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We invest in founders creating positive system change.

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Our portfolio founder Anthony Fletcher was interviewed on the @ridingunicorns_ podcast about his journey and taking the junk out of junk food: open.spotify.com/episode/6Sa… #hfss #health #obesity

Anthony Fletcher, Founder & CEO @ Believe In Science

Riding Unicorns: Venture Capital | Entrepreneurship | Technology · Episode

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In this week's newsletter, we provide a brief summary on the growing NHS backlogs. If you're building technology to help alleviate this, please get in touch via our website. #nhscrisis #nhs #technology ekavc.substack.com/p/ekas-we…
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"It's all about having a vision of the world... that you want to make true. I was driven by the insurance industry is crap, I've had personal bad experiences and I just want to make this not true anymore." Jimmy of @MyUrbanJ on being a founder. open.spotify.com/episode/2MS… #insurance

Jimmy Williams, Co-Founder & CEO @ Urban Jungle

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The agenda for the penultimate day at @COP26 was “Cities, Regions and Built Environment: Advancing action in the places we live, from communities, through to cities and regions.” Read below for our summary and our interview with @carbon_re founder, @sherifea.
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6. The UK pledged £27.5m of new funding towards the Urban Climate Action Programme (UCAP) which supports cities around the world targeting net zero through projects like low-emission public transport, renewable energy generation and new climate-smart building codes.
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7. @carbon_re is one such company looking to help reduce the carbon impact associated with the built environment. Their first product reduces the fuel emissions in cement production by 20%. Read more in our interview with @sherifea medium.com/eka-ventures-writ…

An Interview With Sherif Elsayed-Ali, CEO and Co-Founder of CarbonRe

As part of Eka VC’s coverage of COP26, we are interviewing founders of cutting-edge climate tech companies on topics that are relevant to…

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The @COP26 agenda for Wednesday was about driving the global transition to zero emission transport. Read below for our summary of the day’s proceedings and to find out more about our investment in zero emissions delivery business @HivedHQ .
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5. 33 nations and 11 carmakers signed a declaration committing to working towards 100% zero emission vehicle sales by 2035 at the latest in leading markets and by 2040 globally. However, the declaration was not signed by #China , #USA , #Germany or many of the large automakers.
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6. Today’s COP26 agenda is something we’re particularly passionate about at Eka, having invested in @HivedHQ, a zero emissions delivery business, to help accelerate this change and reduce air and noise pollution. Read more here: medium.com/eka-ventures-writ…

Why we invested in Hived

Hived is a parcel delivery company that is using a combination of software, data science and model innovation to build a zero-emission, low…

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Yesterday’s @COP26 agenda was bifold: progressing gender equality and the full participation of women and girls in climate action, along with demonstrating that science and innovation can deliver climate solutions to meet, and accelerate, increased ambition. Daily summary below:
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7. The launch of Gender Equity Diversity Investments was announced, which is a $100-$500m venture capital firm that will invest in line with the SDGs and has a 200 person network of senior figures and experts.
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8. A global deal to end new car emissions by 2040 is struggling to get support from the largest carmakers and governments only days before it is expected to be announced at COP26. Read more here: ft.com/content/8c4a1809-902f…

COP26: Deal to end car emissions by 2040 idles as motor giants refuse to sign

Holdouts of US, China and Germany from COP26 deal deters VW, BMW and others joining

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