Venture Capital Job – Data Scientist and Investment Associate – Eka Ventures

About Eka: Eka Ventures is an early-stage VC firm that invests in consumer technology companies building towards a more healthy, sustainable, and inclusive economy. We lead pre-seed and seed rounds with investments of $1-4m. We have $165m AUM and are on a mission to prove that backing companies driving positive system change delivers outlier investor returns.

The Role (~50% building / ~50% investing): We are looking to hire a Data Scientist and Investment Associate to take our proprietary data platform, which has sourced ~50% of our investments, to the next level. This person must have a genuine passion for both building with data and investing. The role will be split roughly 50:50 between developing the platform and contributing to investment work, with full integration into the investment team.

Building Responsibilities:

1. Design and ship data engineering + ML pipelines that surface high-fit companies aligned to Eka’s impact thesis.
2. Develop internal tools that improve investment decisions (company/founder/market signals) and automate admin.
3. Research, prototype, and productionise the latest LLMs, APIs, and data sources.

Investing Responsibilities:

1. Find and qualify companies (often via the platform you’ve built).
2. Speak with founders, run research and analysis, and work closely with partners on IC materials and due diligence.
3. Build your and Eka’s network with other VCs and technology leaders.

What we’re looking for:

1. A deep interest in how technology can reshape business models and industries.
2. 1-2 years in data science, analytics engineering, or ML engineering (or equivalent proof of shipping production systems).
3. Strong Python + SQL skills on large datasets, confident with APIs and cloud data tooling.
4. Experience building, tuning, and evaluating ML models; curiosity about applying LLMs to VC.
5. Interest in venture and measurable impact; ability to reason about business models.
6. High autonomy, collaborative, and generous with knowledge.

Compensation & Setup:

1. Competitive salary, bonus, and carry participation.
2. £1,000 annual health & wellbeing budget.
3. At least 3 days/week in our London office in Soho.

Application Deadline: Applications close at 18:00 GMT on November 2nd.

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