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EUVCSV | E502 | Joe Schorge, Isomer Capital — Unlocking European Liquidity, Secondaries as a Catalyst & Why Predictive Power is a MythIn this episode, David Cruz e Silva sits down with Joe Schorge, founder of Isomer Capital, one of Europe’s most thoughtful and active LPs—backing funds, co-investing with top GPs, and increasingly leaning into secondaries.From deep dives into the maturing European tech ecosystem, to the reality of what “liquidity” means today, Joe shares what it takes to build long-term portfolios and navigate cycles with wisdom (and a little humor).Who should listen:LPs thinking through secondary exposure and portfolio liquidityGPs raising new funds with legacy tailwinds (or baggage)Founders and angels curious about how liqu...2025-06-2518 min
The European VCJoe Schorge, Isomer Capital — Unlocking European Liquidity, Secondaries as a Catalyst & Why Predictive Power is a MythIn this episode, David Cruz e Silva sits down with Joe Schorge, founder of Isomer Capital, one of Europe’s most thoughtful and active LPs—backing funds, co-investing with top GPs, and increasingly leaning into secondaries.From deep dives into the maturing European tech ecosystem to the reality of what “liquidity” means today, Joe shares what it takes to build long-term portfolios and navigate cycles with wisdom (and a little humor).Who should listen:* LPs thinking through secondary exposure and portfolio liquidity* GPs raising new funds with legacy tailwinds (or baggage)* F...2025-06-2518 min
EUVCE340 | EUVC | Webinar VC:LP Roundtable on Data Driven Portfolio ModellingFor today’s episode of the EUVC podcast, we have prepared a panel discussion on Data Driven Portfolio Modelling, and we brought together:Joel Larsson, Founding GP of Pale blue dotJon Coker, Founding GP of Eka VenturesJoe Schorge, Founding GP of Isomer CapitalAnubhav Srivastava, Founder & CEO of Tactyc.Together, we discuss portfolio modeling, fund forecasting, and portfolio construction, emphasizing the importance of maintaining a current fund forecast and making adjustments based on real-world market conditions.Go to eu.vc for our core learnings and the full video interview 👀Chapters:08:29 Best Practices in Po...2024-08-011h 33
The European VCSeedcamp's Carlos Espinal on the 10 most important changes in the European VC LandscapeWe sat down with one of the founding partners of the Firm of The Year-winner at this year’s EUVC Awards: Seedcamp’s Carlos Eduardo Espinal 🥳 Carlos Eduardo Espinal is a Managing Partner at Seedcamp, Europe's seed fund, first launched in 2007 to support European entrepreneurs truly compete on a global scale. With investments in over 460 companies including publicly listed Romanian-founded, UiPath, Wise and unicorns Revolut, wefox and Pleo. Carlos is a published author, fellow podcaster and has been on the Forbes Midas List as one of the most influential VCs in Europe for more or less as long as European...2024-07-091h 26
The European VCFirm of The Year Finalist: Xavier Lazarus of Elaia Partners on the rise of AI in venture capital and future trendsCelebrating a new finalist in the Firm of The Year category at this year’s European VC Awards, this episode dives deep with Xavier Lazarus, Partner at Elaia Partners.We’re very excited to have this conversation with Xavier because, as you already know, Elaia has achieved many things in +20 years of activity. Elaia is a French venture capital firm focused on European digital and deep tech startups, from early stage to growth development.Together with Xavier, we’re gonna tackle the following topics: * Generative AI & how it has been shaping venture capital...2024-06-011h 03
The European VCFirm of The Year Finalist: IQ Capital's Max Bautin on why Deep Tech is on the rise and how to manage the full life cycle of fundsCelebrating a new finalist in the Firm of The Year category at this year’s European VC Awards, this episode dives deep with Max Bautin, co-founder & Managing Partner of IQ Capital.IQ Capital is investing out of a 185 m€ Fund 4 and also has a 150 m€ Growth Opportunities fund and has an established portfolio of over 60 companies and notable investments, including Thought Machine, Paragraf, and Nyobolt.IQ Capital at a glance* $1B AUM* $2B co-investment into IQC portfolio, +$10B of enterprise value created* +20 exits to date & +200 equity rounds invested* A...2024-05-311h 22
The European VCFirm of The Year Finalist: Stephen Chandler on Building Notion & Raising an oversubscribed Fund VCelebrating one of the finalists in the Firm of The Year-category at this year’s European VC Awards, this episodes dives deep with Stephen Chandler, Co-founder & Managing Partner of Notion Capital. With 1.1 bn€ under management and 5 flagship funds under their belt, Notion is one of Europe’s absolute top firms and in this episode, Stephen dives into a level of detail rarely seen discussing everything from the guiding principles building Notion to the process and learnings from raising their latest fund. I highly encourage you to read Stephen’s notes below and tune in for this epi...2024-05-071h 23
EUVCE307 | EUVC Awards | Stephen Chandler on Building Notion & Raising an oversubscribed Fund VCelebrating one of the finalists in the Firm of The Year-category at this year’s European VC Awards, this episodes dives deep with Stephen Chandler, Co-founder & Managing Partner of Notion Capital. With 1.1 bn€ under management and 5 flagship funds under their belt, Notion is one of Europe’s absolute top firms and in this episode, Stephen dives into a level of detail rarely seen discussing everything from the guiding principles building Notion to the process and learnings from raising their latest fund. I highly encourage you to read Stephen’s notes below and tune in for this episode. I truly think this is...2024-05-071h 23
The European VCThe deep dive on Isomer's 100M€ Secondaries Fund with Joe Schorge and Omalade AdebisiThe landscape of venture capital is evolving, and Isomer Capital is at the forefront with its new fund designed to meet the dynamic needs of the European venture capital market.We sat down with Joe Schorge and Omolade Adebisi from Isomer to talk through the market, the strategy and the future. Well-worth a watch as we open up the deck that raised the fund and tap the brains that incept and run it. But let’s get the headline numbers in place: * 100 M€ Fund dedicated to secondaries exclusively.* 65-75% of dedicated to a...2024-04-261h 00
EUVCE302 | EUVC | The deep dive on Isomer's 100M€ Secondaries Fund with Joe Schorge and Omalade AdebisiThe landscape of venture capital is evolving, and Isomer Capital is at the forefront with its new fund designed to meet the dynamic needs of the European venture capital market.We sat down with Joe Schorge and Omolade Adebisi from Isomer to talk through the market, the strategy and the future. Well-worth a watch as we open up the deck that raised the fund and tap the brains that incept and run it. But let’s get the headline numbers in place:100 M€ Fund dedicated to secondaries exclusively.65-75% of dedicated to acquiring Limited Partner (LP) interests in existing VC f...2024-04-261h 00
EUVCGP/LP Roundtable on The State of European VC Fundraising | E297In this roundtable, we pull the curtain back on some of the core insights from our upcoming State of European VC Fundraising-report and dive deep on the impact of the tech reset for fundraising managers, discuss GP/LP dynamics and uncover how VCs best navigate the current fundraising environment. For the conversation, we brought together some of the most respected investors in our ecosystem:Daniel Keiper-Knorr, Founding GP at SpeedinvestJoe Schorge, Founding GP at Isomer CapitalEkaterina Almasque, General Partner at OpenOceanChristian Hjort Pedersen, VC Fund Investor at IIP Denmark..And to moderate the whole thing; Tom Hughes Ellis & eu...2024-04-111h 33
The European VCGP/LP Roundtable on The State of European VC FundraisingIn this roundtable, we pull the curtain back on some of the core insights from our upcoming State of European VC Fundraising-report and dive deep on the impact of the tech reset for fundraising managers, discuss GP/LP dynamics and uncover how VCs best navigate the current fundraising environment. For the conversation, we brought together some of the most respected investors in our ecosystem: Daniel Keiper-Knorr, Founding GP at SpeedinvestJoe Schorge, Founding GP at Isomer CapitalEkaterina Almasque, General Partner at OpenOceanChristian Hjort Pedersen, VC Fund Investor...2024-04-111h 33
Ventures in WealthTechExploring Europe’s Venture Capital Landscape with Joe Schorge of Isomer CapitalJoin host Marshall Smith in an engaging episode of "Ventures in WealthTech" as he delves into the dynamic world of European Fintech and startups with guest, Joe Schorge. From Dartmouth connections to a transatlantic move, Schorge shares his journey, exploring the European VC landscape and the perfect storm that catalyzed its growth. Discover the diverse hubs shaping Europe's startup scene, from London to Berlin, and gain insights into the historical challenges of scaling products across the continent. Joe shares his journey and experiences founding Isomer Capital and sheds light on their three-fold approach, involving early-stage fund investments, c...2024-03-0736 min
EUVCEUVC #252: Fred Destin on his decision to pause on venture in honest conversation with Joe SchorgeWe always hear from new VCs entering the market, but rarely do we ever hear from giants leaving the market. Today, we bring you such a conversation.Honoring the gravity of the situation and the commitment by Fred Destin to share so openly, we invited Joe Schorge, founding partner of Isomer Capital and one of Europe’s most important LP voices, to lead the conversation.We hope you enjoy listening in as much as we did 💞 watch it in full on eu.vc 👀Chapters:00:00:00 - The EUVC podcast with Joe Schorge and Fred Des...2023-12-0148 min
The European VCFred Destin on his decision to pause on venture in honest conversation with Joe SchorgeHonoring the gravity of the situation and the commitment by Fred Destin to share so openly, we invited Joe Schorge, founding partner of Isomer Capital and one of Europe’s most important LP voices, to lead the conversation.We hope you enjoy listening in as much as we did 💞 Chapters:00:00:00 - The EUVC podcast with Joe Schorge and Fred Destin00:02:54 - The Decision to Pause00:04:59 - Journey of Personal Interrogation00:07:08 - Motivation and the Next Iteration00:09:20 - Stepping out of the Noise00:11:19 - The Challenges of Running a Firm and Raising Funds00:13:16 - Investor Reactions to Fu...2023-12-0148 min
EUVCE246 | EUVC | Key Insights on The State of the Secondaries Market & How To WinIf there's any market that's not slowing down, it's the secondaries market. And it’s a buyer’s market. But how do you win? We convened some of Europe's best secondaries investors to discuss the current market and how to build your investment strategy, evaluate opportunities and negotiate deals.Expert Secondaries Panelists:- Joe Schorge, Founding Partner of Isomer Capital- Kemper Ahl, Vice President of Industry Ventures- Martijn de Wever, CEO & Founder of FlowwGo to eu.vc for the write up of our key learnings and as well as the vide...2023-11-151h 04
The European VCKey Insights on The State of the Secondaries Market & How To WinIf there's any market that's not slowing down, it's the secondaries market. And it’s a buyer’s market. But how do you win? We convened some of Europe's best secondaries investors to discuss the current market and how to build your investment strategy, evaluate opportunities and negotiate deals. Here’s the write up of our key learnings as well as the recording 👀Expert Secondaries Panelists:- Joe Schorge, Founding Partner of Isomer Capital- Kemper Ahl, Vice President of Industry Ventures- Martijn de Wever, CEO & Founder of FlowwAnd remember, as always, you can also listen on...2023-11-151h 04
Alt Goes Mainstream🎙Why now is Europe's time, according to Joe Schorge, Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Isomer Capital, one of Europe's most active VC fund-of-fundsWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.Today, we travel to London to talk with someone who has seen the evolution of the European tech ecosystem up close.We discuss the rise of Europe with Isomer Capital’s Co-Founder and Managing Partner Joe Schorge. Isomer is a pan-European fund-of-funds, co-investment, and secondaries platform that is on its way to €1B AUM. They’ve invested in 70 VC funds, including the likes of Seedcamp, Hoxton Ventures, Atlantic Labs, and leading European companies like Sorare, Refurbed, Zenjob, and more.Joe has a fascinating perspective on the Eu...2023-10-111h 06
Alt Goes Mainstream: The Latest on Alternative Investments, WealthTech, & Private MarketsWhy now is Europe's time according to Joe Schorge, Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Isomer Capital, one of Europe's most active VC fund-of-fundsWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.Today, we travel to London to talk with someone who has seen the evolution of the European tech ecosystem up close.We discuss the rise of Europe with Isomer Capital’s Co-Founder and Managing Partner Joe Schorge. Isomer is a pan-European fund-of-funds, co-investment, and secondaries platform that is on its way to €1B AUM. They’ve invested in 70 VC funds, including the likes of Seedcamp, Hoxton Ventures, Atlantic Labs, and leading European companies like Sorare, Refurbed, Zenjob, and more.Joe has a fascinating perspective on Europe...2023-10-111h 06
EUVCEUVC #217 LP Roundtable - Raising in a bear market with David Dana, Joe Schorge, Christian Roehle & Michael SidgmoreWelcome to today’s roundtable on raising in a bear market. We have some of Europe’s best and most active LPs with us to discuss the following three topics: LP views on the state of the current market and when you see the light at the end of the tunnel?The most important considerations the panel sees managers having today and the tactics they employ to be successfulAdvice from the panel to managers thinking about embarking on the raise of their first fund today.Speakers:David Dana - Head of VC Investments at EIFJoe Schorge - Foun...2023-09-131h 11
The European VCEUVC #213 LP Deep Dive on The Nordics with Joe Schorge & Chloe Dagnell from Isomer Capital & Benjamin Rej Notlev of TechBBQToday is a special one as we dive deep on the process and learnings from Isomer Capital’s hot-off-the-press deep dive on the Nordics. Joining us from Isomer Capital, we have with us founding partner Joe Schorge and Principal Chloe Dagnell and Benjamin Rej Notlev, CCO and CIO at TechBBQ, the leading tech conference in the Nordics🔥. Get your scrolling finger ready, ‘cos this is a long and thorough one (meme-fied for your pleasure as always though). Hope you’ll learn something and that you’ll share it if you do! Oh! but before we let you get...2023-09-0546 min
EUVCE213 | EUVC | LP Deep Dive on Scandinavia with Isomer (Joe Schorge + Chloe Dagnell + Benjamin Rej Notlev)Today is a special one as we have three guests with us, Joe Schorge and Chloe Dagnell from Isomer Capital (Europe’s hands-down best Fund of Fund — full disclaimer, we’re VP at Isomer! lol) and Benjamin Notlev, COO and CIO at TechBBQ, the leading tech conference in the Nordics - and also (announcement alert!), EUVC’s Country Ambassador in Denmark 🚀.As anyone would expect, EUVC is a community play and part of that is being super close with the best people in each ecosystem and Benjamin is one of the best around in Denmark, so we were super excit...2023-09-0546 min
The European VCEUVC #190 A GP/LP discussion of Join Capital's journey, thesis and ambassador program with Tobias Schirmer & Joe Schorge of Isomer CapitalToday’s episode is a special one as we’re diving deep on Join Capital not only with Founding Partner Tobias Schirmer, but also with one of their core LPs, ‘The Architect’ Joe Schorge, Founding Partner of Isomer Capital. Recorded as their raise for Fund II is coming to a close, we dive into the story and strategy of Join from both the GP and LP angle, uncovering perspectives rarely shared publicly. Join Capital's Founding StoryFirst, let’s get the basics settled: Join Capital is a €150M early-stage venture capital investor in European tec...2023-07-0543 min
EUVCE190 | EUVC | Tobias Schirmer from Join Capital & Joe Schorge from Isomer CapitalToday we are happy to have Tobias Schirmer with us, Founding Partner of Join Capital, a 150m€ early stage venture capital investor in European technology startups providing access to industrial companies.Join Capital has an established portfolio of 20 companies and notable investments including Flexciton, Valispace, Opteran Technologies, Digital Spine, Frenetic.Joining Tobias as a guest on this episode we have someone who'll need little introduction to all of you: Joe Schorge, founding and managing partner of Isomer Capital, one of Europe’s absolute strongest Fund of Funds.2023-06-3043 min
The European VCEUVC #181: Isomer Capital defies industry headwinds with an early first close of new €250m fund, Isomer Capital IIIEarlier-than-expected first close of Isomer Capital’s third flagship fund continues proven strategy of investing in Europe’s best venture capital funds and their breakout companiesThe TL:DR* Isomer Capital’s track record and reputation as a ‘partnership’ investor has enabled the firm’s third flagship fund to reach a substantial first close ahead of schedule, despite headwinds in the macro-environment.* Since inception, Isomer Capital has invested in more than 70 early-stage venture capital (VC) firms across Europe, gaining exposure to 29 unicorns to date, including the likes of UiPath in Romania, Tractable, Deliveroo, Oyster in th...2023-06-0746 min
EUVCE181 | EUVC | Isomer Capital defies industry headwinds with an early first close of new €250m fund III with Joe Schorge & Chris WadeEarlier-than-expected first close of Isomer Capital’s third flagship fund continues proven strategy of investing in Europe’s best venture capital funds and their breakout companiesThe TL:DRIsomer Capital’s track record and reputation as a ‘partnership’ investor has enabled the firm’s third flagship fund to reach a substantial first close ahead of schedule, despite headwinds in the macro-environment.Since inception, Isomer Capital has invested in more than 70 early-stage venture capital (VC) firms across Europe, gaining exposure to 29 unicorns to date, including the likes of UiPath in Romania, Tractable, Deliveroo, Oyster in the UK, ManoMano, Sorare in Fr...2023-06-0746 min
The European VC#78 Joe Schorge, Isomer CapitalBreaking news: First time Isomer Capital talks openly about their emerging manager cornerstone program. For our in-person interview with Joe Schorge, founding and managing partner of Isomer Capital, at TEDxAthens, Joe Schorge revealed yet undisclosed details about their cornerstone program for emerging managers. In this episode you'll learn: - How Joe thinks about being an optimist in the current market- What advice he gives to managers - A first-ever lift of the curtain for a sneak peak into Isomer’s extremely selective cornerstone program for emerging managers We also want to give a...2022-05-3132 min
EUVCE78 | EUVC | Joe Schorge, Isomer CapitalBreaking news: First time Isomer Capital talks openly about their emerging manager cornerstone program. For our in-person interview with Joe Schorge, founding and managing partner of Isomer Capital, at TEDxAthens, Joe Schorge revealed yet undisclosed details about their cornerstone program for emerging managers. In this episode you'll learn: - How Joe thinks about being an optimist in the current market- What advice he gives to managers - A first-ever lift of the curtain for a sneak peak into Isomer’s extremely selective cornerstone program for emerging managers We also want to give a...2022-05-3132 min
CUTalks by CUTECJoe Schorge - Isomer CapitalThis week on CUTalks we are talking to Joe Schorge, the founder and managing partner of Isomer Capital, one of Europe’s leading Fund-of-Funds based in London UK. Isomer has a broad portfolio underlying more than 1,300 companies from start-ups to unicorns and including 6 IPOs, such as Darktrace, Deliveroo and Acast. Having worked as LP, GP, Angel Investor and Technology Operations Executive in the US and Europe over the last 25 years - Joe holds an impressive career trajectory in VC and private investing with distinguished accomplishments. In this episode, we spoke about Joe’s experience of founding Isomer, his path to VC a...2022-04-1542 min
The European VC#18 Joe Schorge, Isomer Capital, pt 2Joe Schorge is the founding and managing partner of Isomer Capital, one of the most formative Fund of Funds in the European ecosystem. This is the second part of a two-part episode and this episode focuses on Joe’s views on disruption in the VC space, the current state of The European ecosystem and how he assesses emerging managers. To top it off, Joe also left us with some clues of what’s coming next for him and for Isomer Capital.In this episode you’ll learn:- What it takes to start a VC firm and get in...2021-07-1219 min
EUVCE18 | EUVC | Joe Schorge, Isomer Capital, part 2Joe Schorge is the founding and managing partner of Isomer Capital, one of the most formative Fund of Funds in the European ecosystem. This is the second part of a two-part episode and this episode focuses on Joe’s views on disruption in the VC space, the current state of The European ecosystem and how he assesses emerging managers. To top it off, Joe also left us with some clues of what’s coming next for him and for Isomer Capital.In this episode you’ll learn:- What it takes to start a VC firm and get in...2021-07-1219 min
The European VC#17 Joe Schorge, Isomer Capital, pt 1Joe Schorge is the founding and managing partner of Isomer Capital, one of Europe's absolute strongest Fund of Funds. Joe started his career in technology management positions that got him up close with M&A which led Joe to a whole string of accomplishments in PE and VC doing direct as well as fund investments. To top it off, Joe has also made Angel investments. In this first part of a two-part episode we're truly talking to one of the greats as we dive deep on the origin story of Isomer Capital, Joe's investment thesis and what it takes to...2021-07-0225 min
EUVCE17 | EUVC | Joe Schorge, Isomer Capital, part 1Joe Schorge is the founding and managing partner of Isomer Capital, one of Europe's absolute strongest Fund of Funds. Joe started his career in technology management positions that got him up close with M&A which led Joe to a whole string of accomplishments in PE and VC doing direct as well as fund investments. To top it off, Joe has also made Angel investments. In this first part of a two-part episode we're truly talking to one of the greats as we dive deep on the origin story of Isomer Capital, Joe's investment thesis and what it takes to...2021-07-0225 min
ArcticStartup PodcastsArctic15 Podcast - Joe Schorge - Episode 3In 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!2018-03-2700 min