One-liner: an impact-venture builder + capital arm (Zubi Group / Zubi Capital) that co-creates ventures from the ideation phase, then invests and accompanies them toward "triple impact" — social, environmental and economic returns together. Tagline: "A better world is possible — and profitable. Let's build it together."
What a founder gets
- Co-founder recruitment route — rather than only writing checks to existing teams, Zubi Labs recruits co-founders to lead purpose-driven startups it originates itself; a founder can join as an operating co-founder of a venture Zubi has already validated, not just pitch an existing idea.
- Full venture-building support ecosystem: a global network of contacts, solid and profitable investment capital, and strategic resources to generate impact — positioned as more than a fund, an integrated builder.
- Structured 3-phase methodology (homepage framing):
- Dual-lens research (Profit & Impact) — bottom-up and top-down analysis of global challenges from a local perspective, to source venture ideas.
- Business-model validation — once a challenge is identified, validate the model against impact potential, scalability and business potential.
- Rapid impact-strategy execution — validate hypotheses via theory-of-change design and impact measurement, executed "in record time."
- Funding size (new 2026-07-05, from /co-founders page): Zubi Labs describes a 5-step venture-builder process (ideation → independence) with up to €1M in funding across pre-seed, seed, and Series A stages — the first concrete funding figure captured for this org. Co-founders are said to retain majority equity through early rounds (Zubi's stake stays minority even as it deploys up to €1M).
- Two co-founder candidate profiles sought: (1) first-time founders passionate about impact; (2) experienced entrepreneurs meeting bars like €1M+ revenue, €2M+ raised, or 10+ employees — i.e. seasoned operators, not only first-timers. Remote work available across Spain in addition to the three physical offices.
- Sector focus areas (as listed on-site, partially overlapping across two site sections): climate change,
circular economy, prop-tech, education, deeptech, diversity & inclusion — broader than the wiki's current
nichetags of social-economy/cleantech capture; worth widening if a future ingest confirms deeptech/prop-tech/education deal flow. #status/verify
Who it's for
- Entrepreneurs, investors and corporates who want to build or back triple-impact ventures — the site explicitly invites all three groups ("si buscáis cambiar el mundo, ¡hagámoslo ahora!").
- Idea-to-seed stage founders most directly, since Zubi participates "from the ideation phase" — but also runs an investor-facing track ("¿Te sumas a la inversión de impacto?") for capital partners.
- Best fit: climate, circular-economy, prop-tech, education and deeptech ventures with a genuine impact thesis, not impact-washing.
How to engage
- Entrepreneurs wanting to lead a venture: "Súmate como Co-Founder" / "Empieza ahora" flow at zubilabs.com.
- Investors: "Quiero unirme" / "Contáctanos" — investment-side contact route on the same site.
- General/careers: "Súmate al equipo" section for joining the Zubi team directly; "Contacto" for general enquiries.
- Portfolio visibility: "VER PORTFOLIO" section showcases current ventures (e.g. "We tried").
Key facts
- Structure: Zubi Group (parent) with Zubi Capital as the investment arm and Zubi Labs as the venture- building brand — private ownership throughout, cost to founders/ventures is equity (Zubi takes a stake in return for building support + capital).
- Offices: Valencia (C. de la Travesía, 46024), Madrid (C/ Velázquez 80, 2ºD, 28001), Barcelona (Utopicus – Plaça de Gal·la Placídia 1, 3, 08006) — a three-city Spanish footprint, not Valencia-only.
- Key people: Javier Megías — COO of Zubi Group; also a Board Member of Startup Valencia and a documented super-connector (~25K followers). Pablo Lara — Managing Partner at Zubi Labs; background leading Grupo Planeta's Education division (launched Aulaplaneta, a digital content platform reaching 1.5M student users in Spain and 50,000 in Latin America); active mentor in the Endeavor network and Advisory Board Member of Norrsken Club.
- Positioning: describes a "triple-impact unicorn" as a company with major returns and global social/ environmental repercussions — explicit rejection of impact-as-tradeoff framing.
Relations
- Partners with: Startup Valencia
- See also: Social Economy (niche)
- See also: Cleantech (niche)