Where does Ville Heikkinen work?

Ville Heikkinen is Partner at Butterfly Ventures.

What companies has Ville Heikkinen invested in?

Investments tracked here include Brightplus, CadFaster, Cooliblade.

Where did Ville Heikkinen go to school?

Ville Heikkinen studied at Turun yliopisto - University of Turku (Technology Foresight - Futures Studies); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Entrepreneurship); University of Oulu (M.Sc (Accounting and Business Administration), Accounting; Financing; e-commerce).

Ville Heikkinen

Investor

Partner at Butterfly Ventures

Finland

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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.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

ville@butterfly.vc

Experience

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

Skills & more

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

+2 more

Contract LawCorporate Law

From Ville's professional profile.

Investments

Investor

BrightplusCadFasterCooliblade

Per curated public sources.

Colleagues at Butterfly Ventures

Adam Waglay

CEO, Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Butterfly

Anette Nordvall

Venture Partner at Butterfly Ventures

Anti Kodar

Investor at Butterfly Ventures

Dustin Beck

Director at Butterfly Ventures

Jenny Goh

Operational Lead – Singapore at 1982 Ventures

Juho Risku

Co-founder, Partner at Butterfly Ventures

Liina Lehtonen

Principal at Butterfly Ventures

Matti Kanninen

Co-Founder, Managing Partner at Butterfly Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Ville Heikkinen?: 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.
Where does Ville Heikkinen work?: Ville Heikkinen is Partner at Butterfly Ventures.
What companies has Ville Heikkinen invested in?: Investments tracked here include Brightplus, CadFaster, Cooliblade.
Where did Ville Heikkinen go to school?: Ville Heikkinen studied at Turun yliopisto - University of Turku (Technology Foresight - Futures Studies); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Entrepreneurship); University of Oulu (M.Sc (Accounting and Business Administration), Accounting; Financing; e-commerce).