Two projects with University of Navarra DNA triumph in CEIN's InÍciate 2025 Awards for their technological and social impact
The projects, Diabyuda and Pribait, are promoted by an alumni and a student of the University, respectively.
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The eleventh edition of the InÍciate Awards, promoted by the Government of Navarra through CEIN (European Business and Innovation Center of Navarra), has recognized two projects deeply linked to the University of Navarra for their ability to transform society through scientific and technological entrepreneurship: Diabyuda and Pribait.
Both have been awarded as best scientific-technological business idea and best university scientific-technological business idea, respectively. The first, promoted within the framework of the University of Navarra Incubator, which promotes startups in the biosanitary field with the support of the Clínica Universidad de Navarraand the second, created from the entrepreneurship training programs that the University promotes among its students. Proposals born from different environments, but united by the same purpose: to solve real challenges from knowledge.
In the general category, the jury awarded the prize to Diabyuda, a clinical decision support system that makes it possible to personalize the treatment of diabetes and associated diseases. The initiative is co-founded by Joaquín de Carlos Artajo, medical student at the University of Navarra, doctor at the University Hospital of Navarra and researcher at Navarrabiomed, and Francisco Javier Escalada San Martín, endocrinologist at the Clínica Universidad de Navarra and also co-founder of the project. Both profiles bring an integral vision to the project from clinical experience, research and commitment to the patient.
In the university category, the award went to Pribait, a cybersecurity solution that acts directly on the Username 's device to prevent phishing and data leakage in SMEs, mitigating human error as the main risk factor. The project is co-led by Xabier Hernández Moreno, student of ADE School of Economics, together with Íñigo Alkorta Díaz, from the Public University of Navarra.
The projects will receive a financial aid of 6,000 euros, access to sectoral acceleration programs managed by CEIN and six months of free stay in its Innovation Incubator. A commitment to convert talent into tangible impact.
During the awards submission , the Minister of University, Innovation and Digital Transformation, Juan Luis García, stressed the importance of supporting entrepreneurs "to promote the social and economic development of Navarra". For her part, the General Manager of CEIN, Uxue Itoiz, highlighted the fact that 58% of the projects awarded in previous editions have become real companies.
Innovation Factory, the entrepreneurship center of the University of Navarra, is especially celebrating this milestone:
"These awards recognize not only two great ideas, but also a public-private partnership model that works. Universities, research centers, hospitals and government, working together for life-changing innovation. Seeing how our current students and alumni are driving real impact solutions shows that the present and future of entrepreneurship are deeply connected to the university," concludes Belén Goñi, director of the Innovation Factory, Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Navarra.
