The TechCrunch Barcelona meetup will be an informal networking event over drinks for technology startups. **** The event is FREE. But you need a ticket to come so please RSVP by getting a ticket on this site. *** Senior editor Mike Butcher from TechCrunch will be available to talk about TechCrunch and make contacts for future editorial coverage. If you would like to sponsor the event, and be promoted on TechCrunch as a sponsor, then please contact him on mike[@]mbites.com Event: On the terrace of a 4-star boutique hotel on one of Barcelona's nicest streets. What's included: Free wine and cava (Spanish champagne) from 8:30 to 10PM, plus chips. Location: In the very center of Barcelona city. From the Fair Grounds, it should be a 10-15 minute cab ride max. Granados 83 C/ Enric Granados, 83 Barcelona 08008, Tel: +34 93 492 96 70. Map 1: http://www.derbyhotels.com/page.php?id=470 Map 2: http://realtravel.com/h-142424-barcelona_hotel-hotel_granados_83 Directions: In Barcelona, head down the Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes for 4 Km, then turn left at Aribau and after 600 m turn right onto Carrer de Rosselló. After about 150 m you will arrive at Carrer Enric Granados where the Hotel Granados 83 is located. A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR KEY SPONSORS (If you would like to sponsor the event, and be promoted on TechCrunch as a sponsor, then please contact him on mike[@]mbites.com) Nuroa.es http://www.nuroa.es/ nuroa, a property search engine operates in Spain and Germany. Users can find property ads from disparate websites in one location, where they can also review supplemental information such as video guides, relevant background information on neighborhoods, real estate blogs, etc. It's run by migoa (Goa Internet Services), a Barcelona-based start-up founded by Gary Stewart and Oriol Blasco. Current angel investors include Albert Armengol (founder of eConozco, a Spanish business networking site later acquired by Xing), Dennis Bemmann (co-founder of StudiVZ, Germany's largest social networking site, which was sold to Holtzbrinck Ventures for upwards of €50 million) and Didac Giribets (a local Catalan investor). The Company is in the process of closing its Series A round. Migoa has been consistently regarded as one of Europe's most innovative companies in conferences such as Innovate Europe, Red Herring and Essential Web. The team's 18 employees hail from 11 different countries. Highgrowth Partners http://www.highgrowth.net Highgrowth Partners is an independent financial company that invests in innovative companies with growth potential and offers them support, advice and guidance. Founded in 2001, the Barcelona-based company seeks to invest between €0,3 and €3 million per portfolio company. Past investments include Archivel Farma, Baolab Microsystems, Futurlink, NTR Global, Solostocks and VozTelecom. Complementing the company's venture capital activity, Highgrowth also places its experience in finance at the disposal of its clients, providing advice on key matters such as the purchase and sale of companies, feasibility studies for investment projects, diagnoses of the most suitable financial structures, design and management of financing schemes for investment projects.

Granados 83
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