Eneka Iribarren, CEO of Nexi Health, Honored with ASPEGI’s Gipuzkoa Ekintzailea Award

Recognizing young entrepreneurship

On May 12, 2026, our CEO and co-founder, Eneka Iribarren, received the Young Female Entrepreneur Award at the second edition of the Gipuzkoa Ekintzailea Awards, organized by ASPEGI.

This recognition highlights women’s entrepreneurial talent in Gipuzkoa and their ability to create ventures with a real impact in the region.

What is ASPEGI?

ASPEGI is the Association of Businesswomen and Women Executives of Gipuzkoa. Founded to raise the visibility of and strengthen women’s leadership in the region’s business community, it organizes the Gipuzkoa Ekintzailea Awards each year to recognize women entrepreneurs who are making a real impact in Gipuzkoa.

In its second edition, the jury highlighted ventures that combine innovation, purpose, and scalability. Nexi Health was recognized in the Young Female Entrepreneur category.

Innovating in mental health

At Nexi Health, we work to transform mental health support, diagnosis, and treatment through technology.

Our goal is clear: to help healthcare professionals make faster, better-informed decisions while improving the patient experience.

The vision behind Nexi Health

Nexi Health was founded with a very specific mission: to bring a new layer of intelligence and support to clinical work in mental health.

We are developing a solution that combines a conversational virtual assistant with clinical software capable of structuring and analyzing information gathered during appointments, making patient follow-up and decision-making easier.

Technology that serves professionals. And people.

“Entrepreneurship knows no age”

During the award ceremony, Eneka emphasized the importance of continuing to champion female role models in the entrepreneurial ecosystem:

“Thank you to ASPEGI for giving more women in entrepreneurship a voice and helping them continue to establish themselves. There is still a long way to go, but it is important to keep moving forward.”

“It is very important to keep creating role models, both for those of us here now and for those who will come after us. Entrepreneurship is not about age, but about the desire to transform and create a better world.”

A boost to keep building the future

This recognition reinforces our vision and inspires us to keep working on what drives us every day: improving mental health through technology.

One more step on a journey where innovation is not just a tool, but a way to provide better care.

Moving forward

At Nexi Health, we continue to build our product, team, and vision with a clear goal: to transform mental health care with solutions that truly help those on the front lines.

This award is a recognition, but above all, a reminder of why we started.

And of everything we still have left to build.