This one's for the builders. It's Norrsken's take on a hackathon: team up, use AI, and build working prototypes or actionable solutions to real-world challenges that desperately need fixing. Happening over 3 days from Oct 13–15. This event is being championed by partners such as Spotify, Lovable, NVIDIA, Advandia and others. 32+ hours, a room full of determined people, and one mission to move the Paris Agreement from commitment to action. The Fixathon is Norrsken's take on the hackathon. Apply now!

Most people see crises; climate, energy, broken systems, geopolitical instability; and look away. Some see the most important work of their generation. The next economy will be built by the founders who chose the hard problems, and the funders who had the conviction to back them early. Impact/Week gathers the world's foremost founders, funders, thinkers and doers for a two-day conference dedicated to accelerating solutions for people and planet. // This event is highly curated. Apply to attend.

Ask most companies who owns sustainability, and you'll get a vague answer: a manager who reports up separately, a report filed once a year, a function disconnected from how the business actually decides things. This session argues for a different model: su

Investor and Founder Day. A series of interactive sessions bringing together Ship2B Ventures investors and the founders of its portfolio companies, starting with a panel discussion featuring two special guests, moderated by Ship2B Ventures co-founder and general partner Xavi Pont. [Invite-only]

2nd edition of the Systemic Summit, the transformative social innovation lab where leaders of the impact economy and key actors (business, government, academia, civil society) mobilize around systemic challenges to build collective responses.

A session that will explore how to design and promote systemic pilots against unwanted loneliness that generate a long-term impact. We will share approaches and insights to make initiatives more equitable, sustainable, and replicable, incorporating collaboration among actors, impact assessment, and strategies to facilitate their scalability to other contexts and territories.

We are celebrating a decade of driving purposeful projects, valuable connections, and new ways to generate social impact. A gathering to discover everything B-Value has achieved over these ten years, learn about inspiring success stories, and explore how innovation, capital, and collaboration can continue to accelerate transformative solutions.

A working session with public, private, and investor actors to explore how to activate territorial projects capable of generating collective impact and systemic transformation. The gathering will focus on new opportunities to value local resources, promote sustainable business models, and scale solutions linked to bioeconomy, forest management, and regenerative agriculture.

A space designed to bring impact investment closer to the social economy through real-world cases, financing instruments, and established experiences. The session will bring together impact investment funds, asset managers, investors, social economy entities, and ecosystem stakeholders to explore how capital can contribute to the growth and strengthening of projects with social impact.

A pioneering space to open a practical conversation in Spain on new ways to finance and support high-impact projects. A gathering to connect with foundations, investors, family offices, social entities, and support actors, and to explore how to combine patient capital, strategic support, impact measurement, and mission alignment to strengthen projects with transformative potential.

Abordará el papel de la financiación de impacto ante los retos sociales y medioambientales, combinando una conversación sobre instrumentos y actores con casos concretos que muestran su capacidad transformadora.

See where plastic waste will become new nylon. Join Epoch for an exclusive tour of our newly acquired production plant, where AI-designed enzymes meet industrial-scale polymerisation. Short remarks from our leadership, followed by a networking reception.

2026 Theme: Unlocking Systemic Impact: Capital, Leadership & Technology. Over recent editions, the Ship2B Impact Forum has driven a shared journey to understand how the impact economy can better respond to major social and environmental challenges. After a decade of mobilising capital, talent and impact-driven solutions, in 2025 we took a further step: moving from individual impact to collective impact, focusing on the need to connect stakeholders, learnings and resources in order to generate deeper, longer-lasting transformations. In 2026, this new edition will focus on how to unlock the necessary capital, activate new models of leadership and harness technology as an accelerator to drive projects and partnerships capable of generating systemic impact. [Invite-only]

Promoting Entrepreneurship is the platform that connects researchers, entrepreneurs, innovation managers and investors to discuss and explore how entrepreneurship research can drive successful high-quality business ventures and innovation.

Landscapes that hold water don't just prevent drought, fire and floods — they cool communities, improve biodiversity and water security. Discover real-life examples, meet the organisations making it happen, and explore opportunities for collaboration.

​The night before Impact/Week 2026, ​the Norrsken sister funds – Norrsken Evolve, Norrsken Launcher, and Norrsken VC – are hosting a warm welcome ahead of the flagship event for portfolio founders and operators.

Pitching of projects and entrepreneurial ideas in agritech and foodtech verticals. neetworking event with IRTA & Agriculture Department of Catalan Government.

Esade Alumni Entreprenuership reúne a emprendedores, inversores, startups y miembros del ecosistema de innovación para explorar cómo estamos construyendo las soluciones que darán forma al futuro. Creating Tomorrow’s Impact Day será una mañana dedicada a conectar emprendimiento, innovación e inversión, con experiencias y conversaciones que ponen el foco en quienes están transformando ideas en proyectos con impacto.

A guided morning walk through Barcelona's Gothic Quarter. No panels, no pitches. A relaxed start to the day and real conversation among founders, investors and operators across climate, energy and impact. The route starts at D Origen Coffee Roasters and ends at Norrsken House Bacelona (La Barceloneta).

International development and humanitarian organizations face the challenge of increasing their impact in a context of increasingly limited resources. This session will bring together experts, NGOs, public institutions, social economy organizations, and impact investors to explore new financing models, innovative partnerships, and impact investment approaches. An opportunity to discover inspiring experiences, identify new collaboration opportunities, and rethink the long-term sustainability of the sector.

Join us bright and early before Norrsken Impact Week starts, from 8:30am-10:00am to connect with familiar faces, meet fellow investors, swap stories, and get inspired over delicious coffee.

An experiential workshop to explore how to transform sustainability challenges into innovation opportunities. Through systemic thinking and co-creation, participants identify levers for change and design missions to drive collective action.

Maximize your Impact Week experience with real connection that moves the needle. Meet other women supporting women to create greater impact. Matchmaking and memories. If you invest, build, or back women who do, this room is yours.

La cultura és un motor econòmic que genera valor i retorn social: el 2025, la inversió pública en cultura va arribar als 1.517 M€. La despesa de les llars en oci i cultura va assolir els 6.659 M€ el 2024, evidenciant el pes i el dinamisme del sector.

AI is transforming climate action, but it has its own footprint. Panel with founders, ESG professionals, and technologists on using AI responsibly for the planet. Free to attend, with networking after.

El evento reunirá a estudiantes, profesionales y representantes de startups, empresas, fondos, y organizaciones sociales. Su objetivo es ayudar a personas que deberán tomar una decisión profesional a comprender mejor las diferentes rutas de carrera vinculadas al impacto. El programa, que se desarrollará principalmente en inglés, incluirá: • Reverse Pitches, con una mirada directa sobre cómo se trabaja y qué capacidades se necesitan en diferentes tipos de organizaciones. • Career Roundtables, en grupos reducidos de un máximo de ocho personas. • Career Labs, con herramientas prácticas para navegar decisiones profesionales. • Un espacio final de intercambio y conexión con profesionales y organizaciones del ecosistema.

​Norrsken Evolve invites you to an intimate breakfast for women in the Impact VC space, operators, founders, and investors alike. ​Enjoy a delicious breakfast and interesting conversations with women shaping the impact ecosystem.

Women Evolution genera impacto económico en Barcelona, porque actúa como un ecosistema de actividad, atracción de talento y dinamización empresarial. Women Evolution conecta empresas, startups, instituciones y profesionales, generando nuevas colaboraciones. 8va edición impulsando el talento femenino y el liderazgo transformador. El congreso conecta innovación, IA, salud, bienestar y sostenibilidad para inspirar, generar alianzas y promover organizaciones más inclusivas, innovadoras y preparadas para el futuro

Llega a Barcelona WAS circulamos es un punto de encuentro entre el mundo universitario y el mundo empresarial. Es un programa que conecta a estudiantes universitarios con directivas expertas en sostenibilidad y resuelven retos de economía circular

We use supermarkets as a relatable case to explore circular economy and nature-inspired design. Assess where the system falls short, learn practical redesign tools, and create feasible solutions — tools you can apply to any system you want to reimagine.

8va edición impulsando el talento femenino y el liderazgo transformador. El congreso conecta innovación, IA, salud, bienestar y sostenibilidad para inspirar, generar alianzas y promover organizaciones más inclusivas, innovadoras y preparadas para el futuro

We explore Barcelona's tourism through the lens of living systems and permaculture, to imagine other possibilities and turn them into concrete actions applicable to any project.

An exclusive screening of two of this year's most celebrated documentaries, on the two forces reshaping the century: a warming planet and the arrival of AI. Open to ticket-holders of the Impact/Week conference by Norrsken Foundation.

Este taller ofrece una metodología transferible para detectar dónde la actividad económica actual choca con la resiliencia a largo plazo, y convertirlo en modelos de negocio más sostenibles, future-fit y capaces de prosperar.

Europe's climate transition depends on scaling transformative companies, not just breakthrough technologies. This event brings together leading climate investors and founders to explore how collaboration can accelerate European systemic change

Connect with startups and impact-driven organizations to exchange ideas, expand your network and discover how collaborating with international talent can drive innovation, support growth and create lasting positive impact across Barcelona's ecosystem.

Ideal for impact & climate friends, this is a morning beach walk along the Barcelona coastline, with an optional short guided meditation by the water. A calmer, more intentional format for decompressing and connecting after an intense Day: smaller-group energy, real conversation.

​We will convene for a day of novel insights, reflection, exchange, and collaboration dedicated to advancing meaningful impact in times of complexity. This year’s program will focus on some of the most urgent questions shaping the social impact field today. Designed for academics, practitioners, policymakers, partners, students, and leaders across the social impact ecosystem.

Invest In Nature brings together companies, investors and ecosystem leaders in Catalonia, connecting capital, expertise and opportunities to transform knowledge into action, driving natural capital regeneration and the transition to a regenerative economy.

In this session, we explore the holistic systems design approach of permaculture, beyond growing food, and how it can equip us to deal effectively with complexity in a rapidly changing world. The event will be followed by dinner together (optional).

The session aims to explore how to identify, measure, and communicate the social value of the organizations and companies working toward the labor inclusion of people with disabilities. They generate employment, personal autonomy, wellbeing, social cohesion, returns for public administrations, and value for society as a whole. This session is part of the "Sí, i millor" ("Yes, and better") Fair, organized for the past 10 years by FECETC (Catalan Federation of Special Employment Centers), running from October 19 to 22 with various activities, including sessions on the impact of AI and robotics on the labor market for people with disabilities, and a lunch discussion on New policies for inclusion in mainstream companies with the Hon. Miquel Sàmper, Minister for Business and Labour.