# Groupon, Inc.

> Daily-deal and local-commerce marketplace; went public on NASDAQ in 2011.

## Why it 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.

## Profile

- **Stage:** public
- **Status:** public
- **Industries:** consumer, marketplace
- **Coverage:** full
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-24

## 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

## Investors in our directory

- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz
- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates
- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/kleiner-perkins

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- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/2026-a16z-hot-portfolio-companies

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