What Oceandiva does

Oceandiva is a Dutch privately held company, founded in 2003 and headquartered in Amsterdam, that operates a fleet of three multi-level ships as floating event venues. Its vessels — Oceandiva Original (capacity 100–1,500 guests), Oceandiva Futura (100–600 guests), and Oceandiva Nova (the 100% electrically-powered flagship launched in May 2025) — function as mobile 'blank canvas' venues configurable for any event design, with on-board kitchens, bars, sound/lighting, and accessibility infrastructure. The fleet can dock at more than 100 locations across the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium, including major cities such as Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Antwerp, Brussels, and Mainz, allowing events in city hearts or unique waterfront settings inaccessible to fixed venues.

The core technology revolves around purpose-built event ships with flexible interior configurations and sustainability features including 100% electric propulsion (Nova), shore power connectivity, and HVO100 biofuel operations under the company's "The Green Wave" sustainability program. Oceandiva Nova became the first event ship worldwide to receive Green Award Platinum certification and won the Silver Technology Leader Award at ESG Shipping Awards International 2025. The company's proprietary asset base consists of the vessels themselves, which represent a high fixed-cost, capital-intensive platform that would be difficult and time-consuming for competitors to replicate.

The business model is full-service event venue rental and event organization. Ships are booked exclusively (not partially), available 7 days a week, 12 months a year, with pricing quote-based per event and tied to ship selection, date, duration, and guest count. Oceandiva sells primarily to enterprise and corporate clients — including Steve Madden, Rituals, ASUS, Adecco, MINI, Porsche, Samsung, FC Mainz 05, Sunweb, Specsavers, and HP — across diverse industries for company parties, product launches, conferences, galas, and brand experiences. The company operates a direct sales motion (website inquiry and phone/email) supplemented by partnerships with event agencies such as Event Republic and Medivents, which bring recurring corporate clients. Offices are maintained in Amsterdam (HQ), Düsseldorf (German regional HQ), and Antwerp (Belgium operations), with wholly-owned subsidiary OCEAN DIVA GMBH supporting German operations.

Name

Oceandiva

Legal name

OCEAN DIVA B.V.

Website

https://oceandiva.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Oceandiva operates three multi-level event ships serving as mobile, customizable venues for corporate events across the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Amsterdam, the company provides full-service event organization with a sustainability focus for enterprise clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Floating Event Venue Services

NAICS

Deep Sea Passenger Transportation (483112)

SIC

Water Transportation (4400)

akta.pro primary industry

Private Yacht & Luxury Boat Charters (With Crew) (THAJALAE)

Keywords

• Floating event venues
• Corporate event hosting
• Customizable event ships
• Sustainable event venues
• Full-service event organization

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Event Venue Rental and Full-Service Event Organization: Full-service event venue rental including complete event organization in collaboration with preferred partners. Ships are booked exclusively (not partially), 7 days a week, 12 months a year. Revenue generated from hosting corporate events including parties, product launches, conferences, congresses, and galas.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Oceandiva rents its fleet of three customizable multi-level ships (Oceandiva Original, Oceandiva Nova, and Oceandiva Futura) as exclusive full-service floating event venues for corporate events such as company parties, product launches, conferences, congresses, galas, end-of-year celebrations, and premium private events. Ships are booked entirely (never partially) on a year-round basis across more than 100 dockage locations in the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium, with complete event organization delivered in collaboration with preferred partners. The flagship Oceandiva Nova is a 100% electrically-powered ship — the first event ship worldwide to receive Green Award Platinum certification.

Product overview

Oceandiva operates as a floating event venue company offering three distinct multi-level ships for corporate events. The fleet consists of the Oceandiva Original (largest vessel, 100-1,500 guests), Oceandiva Nova (flagship 100% electrically-powered ship, Green Award Platinum), and Oceandiva Futura (mid-size, 100-600 guests). The company provides full-service event organization including catering, entertainment, and event design. The Green Wave sustainability programme underpins all operations, incorporating 100% HVO100 biofuel, shore power usage, and sustainable supplier partnerships. Ships operate across the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium, docking at hundreds of destinations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Green Wave: Oceandiva's sustainability program that guides environmentally conscious choices in operations
• Oceandiva Nova
• Oceandiva Original
• Oceandiva Futura

Products and services

• Oceandiva Original The largest ship in the fleet, with 2,500 m² of space across 4 areas, measuring 85.5m in length and 16.7m in width. Features 6 bars, air conditioning, an elevator, flatscreens, a kitchen, light and sound set, cloakroom, and 35 toilets. Capacity for 100-1,500 guests (corporate parties), 100-500 (seated dinners), and 100-600 (congress events). Used as a full-service blank-canvas floating event venue for corporate events across the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium.
• Oceandiva Nova 100% electrically-powered flagship events ship, the first event vessel worldwide to receive the Green Award Platinum label and winner of the 2025 ESG Shipping Awards International Silver Technology Leader Award. Equipped with CCTV surveillance and used as a sustainable floating event venue for zero direct-emission corporate events.
• Oceandiva Futura Multi-level event vessel with capacity for 100-600 guests. Features flexible interior design and multifunctional spaces that can be fully customized as a blank canvas for tailored corporate and private events.
• Full-Service Event Organization Complete event organization service delivered alongside the venue rental, including coordination with preferred partner agencies, caterers, and entertainment providers. Handles all aspects of corporate parties, product launches, conferences, congresses, galas, and private events from inquiry to execution, year-round, 7 days a week.

Quantifiable outcome

• First event ship worldwide with Green Award Platinum certification
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Event RepubliccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEvent agency that organized Rituals' 25th anniversary and Christmas party aboard Oceandiva Original, transforming the ship into a branded 'world apart' experience for 1,000 guests. Regular collaborative partner for corporate event execution.
• MediventscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEvent agency that collaborated on a 2,000-guest business summer festival, utilizing both the Oceandiva Original and the quayside. Agency handles event conceptualization and coordination while Oceandiva provides the unique floating venue.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Beurs van Berlage: Iconic Amsterdam event venue hosting corporate conferences, product launches and galas. Comparable because it competes for the same corporate event budget in Oceandiva's home market with a unique, brandable interior — the principal fixed-venue alternative to Oceandiva's floating experience.
• Hotel New York Rotterdam: Iconic Rotterdam waterfront hotel and event venue hosting corporate parties, launches and private dinners. Comparable as a competing premium, waterfront-anchored event venue in Oceandiva's core Dutch market targeting the same enterprise hospitality buyers.
• Ahoy Rotterdam: Major Rotterdam convention and event complex hosting large-scale corporate events, product launches and consumer shows. Comparable as a competing large-capacity event venue used by some of the same enterprise buyers (e.g., MINI, ASUS) for adjacent activations across the Benelux market.
• A-ROSA: German river cruise line (Rhine/Danube) operating small-to-mid-sized vessels with crewed, charterable experiences. Comparable because it offers private/chartered small-ship experiences on European inland waterways to corporate and leisure clients, directly overlapping Oceandiva's geography and crewed-vessel value proposition.

Emerging players

• Zoku: Hybrid hotel/coworking/event concept founded in Amsterdam with locations across Europe. Comparable as an emerging alternative for corporate offsites, launches and events targeting the same 'design-led, flexible, brandable' buyer profile that Oceandiva serves, though as fixed urban venues rather than floating ships.

Broad incumbents

• De Boer: Dutch provider of event structures, tented venues and temporary event solutions for large-scale corporate events across Europe. Comparable as an alternative event-infrastructure supplier competing for the same enterprise event budget, though without Oceandiva's waterfront/city-centre mobility.
• Crystal Cruises: Luxury cruise brand offering full-ship private charters for corporate and incentive events. Comparable because it sells whole-vessel luxury charter experiences to enterprise clients — a direct substitute for Oceandiva's whole-ship event model, though for ocean voyages rather than inland-waterway city events.
• Avalon Waterways: River cruise operator with European itineraries including the Rhine and Dutch/Belgian waterways. Comparable as a substitute for small-ship, crewed corporate charters in Oceandiva's geography, though primarily leisure-oriented with limited event customisation.
• Hapag-Lloyd Cruises: German luxury cruise line operating small premium ships and yachts, including expedition and private-charter options. Comparable because it can host private corporate events and luxury charters on small ships with crew — overlapping Oceandiva's premium segment but on a much larger, ocean-going scale.
• Viking Cruises: Global river and ocean cruise operator with strong presence on European rivers (Rhine, Danube). Comparable as a large incumbent offering small-ship, crewed experiences with charter/event potential that can substitute for Oceandiva on river itineraries, though at a larger scale and more leisure-oriented.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@OCEANDIVAGROUP
• Facebookfacebook.com/OCEANDIVAevents
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/oceandiva
• Instagraminstagram.com/oceandiva_
• Xx.com/oceandiva_nl

Compliance3 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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