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In this episode we talk with Joe Schorge, Founder and Manager Partner at Isomer Capital about the relationships between investors and their LPS. Joe has served as an LP, GP and technology operations executive, so he knows first hand what these relations are all about. Tune in!

We met Reshma Sohoni, co-founder of Seedcamp at Arctic15 and asked her why investors are so hyped about the early-stage startups, and what the early-stage startups should do to maximise their chances for success. Tune in!

Our today’s guest is a 4th Generation venture capitalist. He has driven investments in companies like Robinhood, Laurel & Wolf, Tempo Automation, Samba TV among others. He worked in operations at Facebook and was listed in the Forbes' '30 Under 30' List for Venture Capital in 2016.

Welcome Billy Draper from Draper Associates! We asked Billy what does he think about fundraising and what are the biggest mistakes that entrepreneurs have in relation to that?

“When talking about great exits, people tend to think rare B2C unicorns. Not many talks about enterprise SW or more in general B2B, but the number of exits on that front is actually quite promising.”

The full article here: arcticstartup.com/article/finnish-ecosystem-exits/

“Exits do happen in Finland, it’s just their monetary value is not high enough. We didn’t have mega exits except for Supercell, and that affects our position when it comes to statistics.”

The full article here: http://arcticstartup.com/article/finnish-ecosystem-exits/

"We are on the right path – companies are able to raise bigger rounds. Wolt raised $11 million earlier this year, Enevo received $15 million, and Kiosked raised $30 million in Series B funding. Plus, the amount of external funding to Finnish companies has grown in the last few years. To me, those are clearly good signs of a growing ecosystem"
The full article here: http://arcticstartup.com/article/finnish-ecosystem-exits/