Ville Heikkinen

Ville Heikkinen is a Partner at Butterfly Ventures and a strategic advisor through HT Growth Partners Oy based in Finland. He brings over 20 years of operational experience guiding technology, service, and financial companies through international growth, fundraising, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance. Heikkinen holds a Master of Laws and a Master of Science in Economics, and he completed additional future technologies coursework at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In his primary role at the Nordic seed-stage venture capital firm, he invests in early-stage technology startups and actively supports portfolio companies from inception through their eventual exit. Alongside his investment activities, he serves as an active board member and lecturer on corporate financing. His current focus centers on venture capital deployment, enterprise strategy, and board-level governance for emerging automation and IT solutions businesses.