What Ship2B Ventures does

Ship2B Ventures is a Barcelona-based, impact-focused venture capital firm founded in 2020 that invests in early and growth-stage startups addressing social and environmental challenges. The firm pursues a triple-bottom-line thesis targeting startups that improve outcomes for vulnerable populations, contribute to decarbonization, and support ecosystem regeneration, organized around three explicit investment pillars: Climate, Aging, and Children. Ship2B operates a lean team of 1–10 employees and positions itself as the leading dedicated social impact investor in Spain.

The firm's business model is that of a fund manager: Ship2B raises capital from limited partners and deploys it into equity investments in portfolio companies, earning returns through exits such as IPOs and acquisitions while charging management fees on assets under management. Its flagship vehicle is BSocial Impact Fund II, which announced a first close of €65 million in November 2025 and is positioned as Spain's largest social impact venture capital fund. The firm has also extended its reach beyond Spain by jointly launching the New BSocial LatAm Fund with Mexico's New Ventures Capital, enabling cross-border impact investing between Europe and Latin America. Recent portfolio activity includes co-leading a €20 million round in construction-technology company 011h (October 2025), participating in a €5 million seed round in aerothermal platform Nido (February 2025), a €3 million seed in circular-economy platform COCOLI (October 2024), a €1.2 million seed in waste-infrastructure AI SaaS provider Humara (May 2026), and a funding round in German digital-therapy company Vivira (June 2026).

Ship2B distributes its funds through direct relationships with institutional investors, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals, and supplements this with co-investment structures alongside strategic and financial partners such as Iberdrola, Banc Sabadell, CDTI, IBB Capital, and Bonventure. The firm is SFDR-compliant, reinforcing its positioning for European institutional capital seeking ESG-aligned exposure. While Ship2B is registered as a private limited entity in Spain, its operating footprint effectively spans Spain, broader Europe (with portfolio activity in Germany), and Latin America via the New BSocial LatAm Fund.

Name

Ship2B Ventures

Legal name

Ship2B Ventures

Website

https://ship2bventures.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Ship2B Ventures is a Barcelona-based impact venture capital firm investing in early and growth-stage startups addressing vulnerable populations, decarbonization, and ecosystem regeneration. The firm manages BSocial Impact Fund II, Spain's largest social impact fund, with €65M first close.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Impact Venture Capital

akta.pro primary industry

Business Services (B2B) Growth Equity (FSANACAD)

Keywords

• Impact venture capital
• Social impact investing
• Early-stage funding
• ESG fund management
• Climate impact investing

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Venture Capital Fund Management: Ship2B Ventures generates returns through equity investments in early and growth-stage impact startups. The firm manages venture capital funds and earns returns through portfolio company exits, including IPOs and acquisitions.

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Ship2B Ventures is a Spain-based venture capital firm that manages impact-focused funds and invests equity capital in early and growth-stage startups addressing social and environmental challenges. The firm raises capital from institutional investors, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals, and deploys it across thematic areas including Climate, Aging, and Children, targeting measurable social, environmental, and financial outcomes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• BSocial Impact Fund II
• New BSocial LatAm Fund

Quantifiable outcome

• BSocial Impact Fund II achieving €65 million first close

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• New Ventures Capital (Mexico)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 November 2025Ship2B Ventures jointly launched the New BSocial LatAm Fund with Mexico's New Ventures Capital, expanding impact investing reach to Latin America.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves1 record

Direct peers

• Lightrock: Global impact-focused growth investor backed by the Pratt family/LGT; competes directly with Ship2B for European impact mandates and LP capital, and invests at growth stage across climate and social themes.
• Extantia: Berlin-based impact-first venture and growth investor focused on climate and circular economy; mirrors Ship2B's early-to-growth European impact thesis and competes for similar founders and LPs.
• Kawi Ventures: European impact VC that invests across climate, health and inclusion; similar fund size band and impact-first mandate put it in direct competition with Ship2B's BSocial II for deals and co-investors.
• Norrsken VC: Sweden-based early-stage impact investor (Norrsken Foundation-backed) investing across Europe and Africa in climate and health; directly comparable to Ship2B as an early-stage impact VC fund manager.
• Ananda Impact Ventures: European pan-regional impact VC; shares Ship2B's thesis of backing startups with measurable social/environmental impact in sectors such as health and sustainability.
• Pale Blue Dot: European early-stage fund investing in climate and social-impact startups; comparable stage and ticket size to Ship2B's participation rounds.
• Cycle Capital: North-American/Quebec-based climate-tech impact fund manager; shares the climate/cleantech impact thesis that drives a large part of Ship2B's portfolio allocation.
• Mustard Seed Maze: European impact VC focused on social and environmental impact startups, with a similar fund-size band and impact-first mandate.

Broad incumbents

• Demeter Partners: Larger European private-equity manager focused on the energy and environmental transition; overlaps with Ship2B's climate/decarbonization thesis but operates at later stages and greater scale.

Emerging players

• 2150 (Urban Sustainability VC): European early-stage VC focused on urban sustainability and built-environment tech; directly comparable to Ship2B's involvement in 011h (construction tech).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments24 records

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