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Groupon, Inc.
Daily-deal and local-commerce marketplace; went public on NASDAQ in 2011.
Stage
public
Status
public
Coverage
full
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.
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
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Industries
Consumer Marketplaces
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Market / IPO context
Ticker: GRPN (NASDAQ)
IPO status: public
IPO date: 2011-11-04
Editorial / static context — not a live quote.
Related funding articles
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FAQs about Groupon, Inc.
Funding context and why this company shows up in venture coverage.
Groupon operates a local-commerce marketplace offering discounted deals on experiences, goods, and services. It pioneered the daily-deal email model and has since pivoted toward local marketplace and travel.
New Enterprise Associates (/fund/new-enterprise-associates) and Accel were early backers. Andreessen Horowitz (/fund/andreessen-horowitz) and Kleiner Perkins (/fund/kleiner-perkins) joined the $950M Series D (2011) before the IPO.
Groupon went public in November 2011 (NASDAQ: GRPN) after raising $950M in its Series D earlier that year.
Groupon was the fastest company to reach $1B in revenue — a landmark of the 2010–2011 daily-deal craze. Its rocky post-IPO trajectory became a cautionary tale for hypergrowth marketplaces.
Yes. Groupon trades on NASDAQ under ticker GRPN, having gone public in November 2011.
Last updated: 2026-07-24