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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/6Sa3Xj… #hfss #health #obesity

@atomico published their brilliant State of European Tech report this week. We've summarised the main takeaways for impact investors in our weekly newsletter. #impact #technology ekavc.substack.com/p/ekas-weekly-…

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-weekly-…

"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/2MSVPV… #insurance

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-w…

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.

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.

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-w…

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.

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 .

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/8c4a18…

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.

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: