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Ville Heikkinen

Investor

Partner at Butterfly Ventures

Finland

About

Transaction and fund management specialist with 15 years of experience in entrepreneurship, VC financing, M&A and technology management; holds an LLM and M.Sc. in Economics and has been a partner at Butterfly Ventures since 2014, with deep expertise in business agreements and networking.

Experience

  1. Butterfly VenturesPartnercurrent2014 — present
  2. ZennizChairman of the Boardcurrent2026 — present
  3. CeLLife Technologies Ltd.Board Observercurrent2026 — present
  4. BrightplusBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
  5. CooliBladeBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
  6. HT Growth PartnersBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
  7. Pine CapitalChairman of the Boardcurrent2011 — present
  8. Summa Defence PlcBoard Membercurrent2026 — present
  9. CreoirBoard Member2023 — 2026
  10. Caritas-SäätiöManaging Director2021 — 2024
  11. BusinessOuluVenture Finance Specialist2011 — 2014
  12. Ernst & YoungSenior Legal Counsel2011
  13. Fondia OyArea Manager and Legal Counsel2008 — 2011
  14. EBVisiting lawyer2008 — 2010
  15. Sullivan & Worcester LLPIntern2010
  16. Roschier, Attorneys Ltd.Senior Associate, Attorney-at-law2003 — 2008

Education

  1. Turun yliopisto - University of TurkuTechnology Foresight - Futures Studies2019 — 2020
  2. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyEntrepreneurship2014
  3. University of OuluM.Sc (Accounting and Business Administration), Accounting; Financing; e-commerce2001 — 2008
  4. University of LaplandLL.M, commercial law1998 — 2002

Skills & more

Mergers28Venture Capital69Contract Negotiation29IT law12Software Licensing8Cross-border Transactions14Licensing Agreements2Intellectual Property25Corporate Governance36Technology Transfer8Business Development2Business Strategy3
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