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PublicNasdaq:GRPN
Date11/11
Post IPO Valuation$12.8B
Acquired byCrowdmass
Date4/11

General Information

Websitegroupon.com
Bloggroupon.com/blog
Twitter@groupon
CategoryConsumer Web
Phone7707886505
Email
Employees10,000
Founded11/08
DescriptionLocal Daily Deals

Offices

HQ
600 W. Chicago Ave
Suite 620
Chicago, IL, 60654
USA

People

Founder/CEO
COO
CFO
Chief Data Officer
Chief Technology Officer
SVP Engineering
VP Product Development
Board Member
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Former People

Board Member
Board Member
President and COO
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Acquisitions

Total$10.3M
FeeFighters, 3/12
Uptake, 2/12
Hyperpublic, 2/12
Kima Labs, 2/12
Hyperpublic, 2/12
Adku, 2/12
Mertado, 1/12
Campfire Labs, 12/11
OpenCal, 9/11
Darberry, 8/11
Obtiva, 8/11
Zappedy, 7/11 $10.3M
Pelago, 4/11
Disdus.com, 4/11
Ludic Labs, 12/10
ClanDescuento, 6/10
Mob.ly, 5/10
Citydeal.de, 5/10
SoSasta.com, 1/10

Investments

Jump On It 11/10

Funding

Competitors

Service Providers

legal
Branding / Experience Design

Tags

Groupon

Groupon features a daily deal on the best stuff to do, see, eat, and buy in more than 565 cities around the world. By promising businesses a minimum number of customers, Groupon can offer deals that aren’t available elsewhere.

Groupon brings buyers and sellers together in a fun and collaborative way that offers the consumer an unbeatable deal, and businesses a large number of new customers. To date, it has saved consumers more than $300 million and claims it has generated millions in revenue for the businesses it features.

Groupon originated the concept of using collective buying to get a daily deal on local goods and services, and is an outgrowth of ThePoint.com, an online community launched in 2007 for organizing all forms of group action and fund-raising around a “tipping point” of required participants.

Milestones

Videos

Above:

The Web 2.0 Show: Episode 59 - Groupon.com / Andrew Mason

Added: 1/24/10
Above:

What Is Groupon?

Added: 7/9/10

Screenshots

Groupon screenshot
Above: Home Page
Uploaded: 7/18/10

Stock Price

Traffic Analytics

Quantcast

Livegraph

Compete

Groupon

Sources

  1. Crowdmass acquired by Groupon Australia (newsocean.com) [edit]
  2. Groupon Acquires FeeFighters, The BillShrink For Business Services (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  3. In its third acquisition this month, Groupon buys Uptake (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  4. Groupon Buys Local Database-Maker Hyperpublic (fis.dowjones.com) [edit]
  5. Groupon On A Shopping Spree: Buys Mobile Payment Specialist Kima Labs (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  6. Groupon Acquires NYC-Based Startup Hyperpublic (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  7. Groupon Buys eCommerce Data Targeting Startup Adku (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  8. Groupon Buys Social Shopping Platform Mertado To Bolster Groupon Goods (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  9. Groupon Acquires Stealth Silicon Valley Startup Campfire Labs (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  10. Groupon Buys OpenCal, Launches Online Appointment Booking Service ‘Scheduler’ (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  11. Groupon Makes Leap Into Japan and Russia With Latest Acquisitions (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  12. Comment 3 inShare100 Groupon Buys Software Development Startup Obtiva (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  13. Zappedy Acquired By Groupon. What’s Zappedy? (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  14. Groupon Acquires Pelago (groupon.com) [edit]
  15. Groupon Acquires Indonesian Group Buying Site Disdus (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  16. Groupon Acquires Local Marketing Services Startup Ludic Labs, Expands Some More (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  17. Groupon Buys Chile’s ClanDescuento.com, Opens ClubeUrbano In Brazil (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  18. Groupon Buys Mob.ly, Opens Silicon Valley Office (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  19. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  20. Updated: GroupOn Enters India By Acquiring SoSasta.com: Report (medianama.com) [edit]
  21. LivingSocial Spends $5M On Controlling Stake In Social Shopping Site JumpOnIt (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  22. Company Communication [edit]
  23. The Point Raises $4.8 Million in Funding (bin.thepoint.com) [edit]
  24. techcrunch.com [edit]
  25. techcrunch.com [edit]
  26. Groupon Completes $950M Financing Round (finsmes.com) [edit]
  27. Groupon Files SEC Form For Another $16.2 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  28. Groupon Makes A Big Hire, Rob Solomon Joins As President (techcrunch.com) [edit]
    Lead411 launches "Hottest Companies in the Midwest" awards (lead411.com) [edit]
    Groupon Launches $60,000 Grouspawn Scholarship And Dating Service (techcrunch.com) [edit]
    Amazon Vet Jason Child Joins Groupon As CFO (techcrunch.com) [edit]
    Groupon Closing $950 Million Round, Valued At $4.75 Billion (techcrunch.com) [edit]
    Groupon buys Superbowl ad. $3 million for 30 seconds. (businessinsider.com) [edit]
    Groupon Is A Deal At $6 Billion (techcrunch.com) [edit]
    Groupon Files For IPO To Raise $750 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
    Groupon Buys OpenCal, Launches Online Appointment Booking Service ‘Scheduler’ (techcrunch.com) [edit]
    Groupon Acquires Social Recommendation App Ditto.me (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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