Matti Kanninen is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Butterfly Ventures. See sector focus and contact routes.
Matti Kanninen is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Butterfly Ventures, a Helsinki-based venture firm he established in 2012 with Juho Risku after over 15 years in senior management at IPR-intensive technology companies. He leads an early-stage investment thesis focused on pre-seed and seed deep tech and hardware ventures, particularly those with social or environmental impact, across the Nordic and Baltic regions. The firm typically invests $100K to $1.0M per deal and often engages with companies before they generate revenue. Notable portfolio companies include Cerenion, Surgify, Revonte, and Valossa, which span medical technologies, AI, and sustainability-focused hardware. Kanninen has not published distinctive public writing or a unique point of view that is widely cited in available sources. His background includes roles as a Product Manager at Pechiney SA and Director of Investor Relations at QPR Software Oyj, alongside an undergraduate degree from Aalto University.
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