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Founded in 2012, Butterfly Ventures is a venture capital firm based in the Nordics, with offices in Oulu and Helsinki (Finland), Stockholm (Sweden), Tallinn (Estonia), and Copenhagen (Denmark). The firm specializes in seed-stage investments, focusing on deep tech startups primarily from Finland, Sweden, and other Nordic and Baltic countries. Butterfly Ventures has a significant capacity for follow-on investments and emphasizes a cooperative approach with founders.
Butterfly Ventures invests in seed-stage startups, particularly in deep tech, hardware, and hardware interfacing software that have social or environmental impacts. Approximately 80% of their portfolio companies do not have revenue at the time of investment, and the firm aims to help these companies start generating revenue within six months of their first investment.
Notable portfolio companies include Zenniz, which develops a smart tennis court system; SpinDrive, focused on reducing industrial energy waste through magnetic levitation bearings; Geyser Batteries, providing high-density energy storage solutions; Surgify, innovating in bone surgery; Cerenion, offering brain function measurement solutions for intensive care; Naava, addressing significant health problems; KNL Networks, providing alternatives to satellite communications; and Valossa, developing advanced multi-modal video AI technology.
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Yes, Butterfly Ventures often leads seed-stage investment rounds, particularly in deep tech startups.
The firm has a significant capacity for follow-on investments, supporting portfolio companies as they grow.
Specific fund size details are not disclosed, but the firm focuses on seed-stage investments across the Nordic and Baltic regions.
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