Recent press releases about us and our portfolio companies.
- 4.4.2012: Butterfly Ventures Announces the First Investments
Butterfly Ventures announces the first investments of Northern Startup Fund into three innovative startups: FilmMe Group, NWG Tools and MyPose. The companies are all based in Oulu, Finland. With Butterfly Ventures investing in them, the companies will speed up their market-entry and accelerate their business growth…. read more
- 20.9.2012: Butterfly Ventures Starts Investing
Butterfly Ventures has completed the first closing of Northern Startup Fund and starts investing. Northern Startup Fund is the first asymmetric venture capital fund in Finland. It will focus on early stage startup companies that have at least some operations in the Oulu region… read more
- 16.5.2012: Butterfly Ventures selected to establish Northern Startup Fund
The City of Oulu has selected Butterfly Ventures to manage the Northern Startup Fund that will be established in Oulu. The fund will invest in startup companies that have operations within Oulu region. The goal is to gather approximately 35 million euro of investment capital. The Northern Startup Fund is the first so called asymmetric fund in Finland. The fund intends to make its first investments already before the end of 2012… read more