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Groupon, Inc. funding, valuation and investors
Daily-deal and local-commerce marketplace; went public on NASDAQ in 2011.
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Funding, valuation & investors
Answer-first snapshotLatest funding
Series D
$950M · January 2011
Latest known valuation
Not publicly disclosed
Total disclosed equity funding
$950M
Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.
Current status
public
public · Chicago, Illinois
Investors in latest funding
Other: Andreessen Horowitz , Kleiner Perkins , New Enterprise Associates
Overview
Groupon pioneered the daily-deal model — offering discounted local experiences and goods through email and mobile. The company went public in 2011 (NASDAQ: GRPN) after hypergrowth and has since pivoted toward local marketplace and experiences.
Why Groupon, Inc. is interesting
Andrew Mason's local-commerce experiment became the fastest company to $1B — a16z joined the 2011 Series D before a rocky IPO and strategic pivot.
Product & use cases
Groupon operates a local-commerce marketplace offering discounted deals on experiences, goods, and services — pioneering the daily-deal email model.
- Local deal discovery for consumers
- Merchant customer acquisition via discounted offers
- Travel and experience bookings
Key facts
- Seed/Series B (2008–2009): NEA (/fund/new-enterprise-associates) and Accel among early backers (Forbes, TechCrunch)
- Series D (Jan 2011): $950M with a16z (/fund/andreessen-horowitz) and Kleiner Perkins (/fund/kleiner-perkins) (Tracxn)
- IPO (Nov 2011): NASDAQ: GRPN
Funding history (newest first)
Investors in our directory
Funds linked from Groupon, Inc.'s profile — open a fund page for stage focus and related deal articles.
Competitive landscape
Edge: First mover in daily deals — fastest company to $1B revenue; now pivoting to local marketplace.
Daily-deal hype peaked 2010-2011; Groupon's post-IPO struggles became a cautionary tale. Still public (GRPN) with pivoted local-commerce model.
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LivingSocial direct
Daily-deal competitor; largely defunct post-2010s.
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Yelp adjacent
Local business discovery without deal focus.
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Amazon Local adjacent
Discontinued; Groupon survived daily-deal bust.
Notable stories
- Fastest company to reach $1B revenue — landmark of 2010-2011 daily-deal craze.
- IPO November 2011 (NASDAQ: GRPN) after $950M Series D.
Industries
Market / IPO context
Ticker: GRPN (NASDAQ)
IPO status: public
IPO date: 2011-11-04
Editorial / static context — not a live quote.
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