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Butterfly Ventures

Apex Member Partner — Oulu & Helsinki, Finland

Apex Business Group Worldwide presents Butterfly Ventures — Butterfly Ventures is the first Nordic micro-VC focused on hardware and deep tech startups. Founded in 2012 with offices in Oulu, Helsinki, Stockholm, Tallinn, and Copenhagen, the firm backs pre-reven... Connecting visionary founders with the global Apex ecosystem across 80+ countries.

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Butterfly Ventures

Butterfly Ventures is the first Nordic micro-VC focused on hardware and deep tech startups. Founded in 2012 with offices in Oulu, Helsinki, Stockholm, Tallinn, and Copenhagen, the firm backs pre-revenue companies and helps them reach commercialisation fast.

With 80% of portfolio companies having no revenue at entry, Butterfly takes genuine early-stage risk on deep tech founders. The firm has been one of the most active early-stage VCs in the region, recently becoming Europe's first carbon-neutral VC fund according to Forbes.

Butterfly's Oulu roots connect it to Finland's wireless communications and hardware heritage (Nokia's birthplace), giving the firm unique insight into deep tech, electronics, and manufacturing-adjacent startups.

Mission: We are the first Nordic micro-VC for hardware and deep tech — backing pre-revenue founders to fast commercialisation from Oulu and Helsinki.
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Oulu & Helsinki, Finland
Key Figures
€100K–€1M
Ticket Size
Seed (Pre-Revenue)
Investment Focus
Nordics & Baltics
Geographic Focus
Hardware
Core Theme
Deep Tech
Core Theme
Micro-VC
Investment Vehicle
Carbon Neutral
ESG Pioneer
Invited
Apex Role

"First Nordic hardware and deep tech micro-VC — 80% pre-revenue at entry, Europe's first carbon-neutral VC. Oulu to the world."

— Butterfly Ventures
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1. Founder & Company Information
Basic information about you and your startup.
Describe what your company does in one sentence.
"Nordic hardware micro-VC — pre-revenue OK, deep tech, Oulu and Helsinki. Europe's first carbon-neutral VC." — Butterfly
What draws you to Butterfly's hardware focus, pre-revenue comfort, and Nokia-heritage Oulu deep tech ecosystem?
2. Problem & Technology
What are you building and why does it matter?
What is the problem, why is it important, and who suffers from it?
"€100K–€1M investments. Seed stage. Hardware, deep tech. 80% pre-revenue at entry." — Butterfly
Butterfly backs pre-revenue hardware. Describe your deep tech product, hardware development stage, and path to commercialisation.
3. Market & Traction
How big is the opportunity and what have you achieved so far?
Users, revenue, partnerships, pilots, LOIs, notable milestones.
4. Funding & Investment
Butterfly invests €100K–€1M at seed stage in pre-revenue hardware and deep tech startups across the Nordics and Baltics.
"Oulu heritage. Nokia ecosystem. Hardware to market. Carbon neutral investing." — Butterfly
What draws you to Butterfly's hardware focus, pre-revenue comfort, and Nokia-heritage Oulu deep tech ecosystem?
5. Additional Information
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