Francisco Javier López Somoza

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📍 Spain🔄 Updated September 2026💼 2 investments📅 10 years investing🗓 Last invested Jul 2020
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Seed Investor
Jul 2020
We are a Spanish startup with the strong conviction that we can provide an innovative and disruptive solution that solves current needs in terms of monitoring the quality of surface water. Currently, to know the physicochemical and biological parameters of water, two types of methods are used (mainly), either by taking a manual sample of the water and analyzing it in a laboratory, or using multiparametric probes or specific sensors that allow each parameter to be individually determined. Both are intrusive methods that require direct contact with water and have high costs, both in maintenance, as in equipment and calibration. We are willing to change the rules of the game and we have given current technology a twist; combining Internet of Things, Computer Vision and Spectroscopy, we offer a Deep Tech solution that allows efficiently and effectively, the continuous monitoring of the parameters that mark the first level of water quality, through its exterior images. It is a unique and novel platform for the remote monitoring in real time and non-intrusive of the state of the water, and its physicochemical and biological parameters (Color, Turbidity, Conductivity, pH, Dissolved Oxygen, Solids in Suspension, COD, BOD, Carbon or Ammonium). Our vision is to democratize water monitoring, offering a cost-efficient measurement and maintenance tool, easy to use and easy to maintain, allowing real-time measurements and a greater number of control points. We want to help in the sustainability of river and maritime ecosystems by improving water quality.
Seed Investor
Feb 2016
Nostoc Biotech es una empresa creada por profesionales con amplia experiencia en el sector agrícola. Nuestra misión es transformar la agricultura tradicional, sobrecargada de químicos, en una actividad más sostenible. Para ello desarrollamos soluciones naturales de fertilización y protección para todos los cultivos. Nuestro equipo se caracteriza por una combinación entre experiencia y juventud, así como por una pasión y vocación total por nuestro trabajo.
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2025
Director of Portfolio Oversight (Board Representation & Monitoring)
Oct 2025
La Sociedad Española para la Transformación Tecnológica es una entidad público empresarial que gestiona y coordina las inversiones en tecnologías avanzadas transformadoras. La SETT dispone de tres fondos o instrumentos financieros para potenciar el ecosistema empresarial tecnológico: PERTE Chip, dedicado a la microelectrónica y los semiconductores; Next Tech, cuyo objetivo es incentivar la inversión privada y mejorar el acceso a la financiación en los sectores estratégicos españoles vinculados a la transición digital; y Spain Audiovisual Hub, que impulsa la digitalización del sector audiovisual.
2020
Seed Investor
Jul 2020
We are a Spanish startup with the strong conviction that we can provide an innovative and disruptive solution that solves current needs in terms of monitoring the quality of surface water. Currently, to know the physicochemical and biological parameters of water, two types of methods are used (mainly), either by taking a manual sample of the water and analyzing it in a laboratory, or using multiparametric probes or specific sensors that allow each parameter to be individually determined. Both are intrusive methods that require direct contact with water and have high costs, both in maintenance, as in equipment and calibration. We are willing to change the rules of the game and we have given current technology a twist; combining Internet of Things, Computer Vision and Spectroscopy, we offer a Deep Tech solution that allows efficiently and effectively, the continuous monitoring of the parameters that mark the first level of water quality, through its exterior images. It is a unique and novel platform for the remote monitoring in real time and non-intrusive of the state of the water, and its physicochemical and biological parameters (Color, Turbidity, Conductivity, pH, Dissolved Oxygen, Solids in Suspension, COD, BOD, Carbon or Ammonium). Our vision is to democratize water monitoring, offering a cost-efficient measurement and maintenance tool, easy to use and easy to maintain, allowing real-time measurements and a greater number of control points. We want to help in the sustainability of river and maritime ecosystems by improving water quality.
2016
Quantitative, Analytics & Real Estate
Partner
Jul 2016
Seed Investor
Feb 2016
Nostoc Biotech es una empresa creada por profesionales con amplia experiencia en el sector agrícola. Nuestra misión es transformar la agricultura tradicional, sobrecargada de químicos, en una actividad más sostenible. Para ello desarrollamos soluciones naturales de fertilización y protección para todos los cultivos. Nuestro equipo se caracteriza por una combinación entre experiencia y juventud, así como por una pasión y vocación total por nuestro trabajo.
2014
CFO
Jun 2014
More than 300 employees in Europe and Mexico make up the Euro-Funding team. For more than 25 years we have been working with our clients to define tailor-made financing strategies. Our collaboration extends to the widest range of company projects, from the strategic ones that will mark the company’s sustainability in the coming years, to the smaller budget initiatives that are equally necessary to remain competitive. Our more than 10 offices work not only with large companies and industrial groups, but also with the entire business and knowledge generation network, including SMEs, startups, technology centers, universities, etc., which allows us to better manage opportunities. For more than two decades we have been building a network of international collaborators that allows us to have a philosophy based on customer orientation, accompanying our clients wherever their projects may be.