Joaquin Engel, CEO of Groupalia, Spain's leading group buying site is joining as guest speaker. Joaquin is not only the CEO of Groupalia but also one of the initial seed investors in the company. Prior to Groupalia Joaquin has been he has been a Strategy and M&A project manager at Agrolimen, an Associate at Rothschild, and an Analyst at Bain&Company.
About Groupalia
Groupalia is know as the leading site in Spain and become very dominant in the southern European and Latin American markets. It is now know as the largest group buying site in southern Europe. Groupalia received very early funding from various angels including Nauta Capital, Caixa Capital Risc, Insight Venture Partners and Index Ventures. Last summer Groupalia secured another $26 million in financing, bringing total capital raised to roughly $63 million, after landing a $15 million capital injection earlier 2011.
