Navarra startups win first DS Awards at Bilbao decarbonisation fair
What's the deal? Two Navarra startups, UraphexDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → and Nawattia, won startup-category DS Awards at the inaugural DS (Decarbonized & Sustainable) Industry fair, held November 3 to 5 at the Bilbao Exhibition Centre. The prizes were handed out at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. Uraphex took the Circular Industry and Cleantech category; Nawattia won for Decarbonisation and Energy Efficiency.
What they do: Uraphex develops chemical-free industrial-water regeneration and has featured in national climate-tech and CEIN programmes. Nawattia, recognised for decarbonisation and energy efficiency, is taking part in CEIN's Green ScaleUp programme.
Why now? The awards arrive as Navarra builds out its clean-tech base. In September the region announced a Net Zero Tech Valley, with plans for 3,000 hectares of clean-technology manufacturing and a €150 million industrial decarbonisation programme for 2027–30.
What's the context? DS Industry drew 2,210 professionals from 16 countries and more than 100 exhibitors. Organisers framed the event as a forum to turn industrial decarbonisation into "a lever for competitiveness, innovation and economic development" (translated from Spanish). The DS Awards recognised cases with "demonstrated impact in industrial environments."
Nawattia welcomed the win. "What joy and what emotion to take this recognition home," the company said. "A recognition that fills us with pride and gives us even more momentum to keep working for a more sustainable industry" (translated from Spanish).
The signal: The recognition adds visibility and potential industrial connections for two early-stage Navarra firms, slotting into a regional strategy to scale clean tech. But the awards are not evidence of new funding, contracts, or proven commercial traction on their own.
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