ArcticStartup Podcasts

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/

Vessla co-founder Carl and Caml co-founder Tommi practised the night before Polar Bear Pitching at Tuira beach in Oulu.

We tested SoundShade – the soothing nature and noise background sound system – at our office. Here's a sample of one sound combination that we do miss during the Scandinavian winter: Nordic midsummer by the lake.

Meet Gisges, A Helsinki-based Startup enabling one to send small and personalized surprises to your close ones. In this interview, the co-founder of Gisges Antti Kaihlanen and the product lead Sabrina Viitasaari tell about their concept – And how they're making physical experiences possible through digital platform.

We met with Solu Founder Kristoffer Lawson to have an hands on preview on the world's smallest personal computer – which is also the world's first computer as a service. Solu is now live on Kickstarter – Listen how Lawson with his team are getting ready to change the world of personal computing.

At Stockholm Tech Fest, we asked eight companies to give us one minute pitches so we could introduce as many Swedish companies after the event as possible.

In this episode of Sidetrack, The co-founder of IRC-Galleria, Jari Jaanto, tells about the impact of Finland's first social media service. Music in this episode: T.H.E. – Soul Instrumental Otso – Seeking

In this episode of Sidetrack, The co-founder of Heimo, Jarno Alastalo, tells about his side project – that includes an interview with a cat. Music in this episode: T.H.E. – Soul Instrumental Otso – Seeking Sounds in this episode: El_Wilk – Turning Pages and Flipping through Pages Cameron – Cat Meow

This weeks Sidetrack is a special interview from Arctic15. We had a chance to get to know Ádám Somlai-Fischer, the co-founder of Prezi, who shared his thoughts about being an entrepreneur. Music in this episode: T.H.E. – Soul Instrumental

In this episode of Sidetrack, Elias Pietilä – the product lead of Wolt – tells about his several side projects ranging from games to perfect circles. One of his projects actually got the Apple design award few years back... Music in this episode: T.H.E. – Soul Instrumental Otso – BBWLATYWB Otso – Slow Motion Pony Ride

In this episode of Sidetrack, Eemeli Aro tells about his side project of bringing Worldcon to Helsinki in 2017. You'll find more information of the project at http://www.helsinkiin2017.org/ Music in this episode: T.H.E. – Soul Instrumental Scatha – Don't Stop The Mysticism Sami Häppäri – a–Maa Sounds in this episode: Leandros.Ntounis – Crowd in a bar

In the first episode of Sidetrack, ArcticStartup CEO Dmitri Sarle tells about his side project in oil business. Music in this episode: T.H.E. – Soul Instrumental Otso – BBWLATYWB Otso – Slow Motion Pony Ride

Atari founder Nolan Bushnell on happiness by ArcticStartup