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According to foreign media reports, sources said, the United States buy site Groupon will choose this year, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley as an initial public offering (IPO) the main underwriters.
The source said, Groupon in IPO valuation is expected to reach 150-200 billion. The valuation was carried out or will be according to the time of IPO market conditions change.
The source also revealed that, JP Morgan will bear the Groupon IPO co-managers role. In addition, the other two banks also will be part of the joint underwriters.
Groupon have not yet decided from the initial public offering in the amount of money raised, but sources say the figure may reach 10 billion U.S. dollars. It is said that Groupon IPO will likely be in the third quarter.
Groupon spokesman did not respond to this message.
Analysts said the industry Groupon IPO is the most talked about events this year, the company or will be the largest IPO this year, the company. National Venture Capital Association based on (National Venture Capital Association) and the data analysis done by Thomson Reuters, the first quarter of 2011, the U.S. venture backed IPO average size of listed companies reached 98.3 million U.S. dollars.
Groupon was established in November 2008, Groupon currently available, including Lightbank, Andreessen Horowitz, Battery and Russia DST, and many venture investments. Groupon Google last year rejected the planned acquisition of $ 6,000,000,000, and in the subsequent success of financing raised $ 950,000,000. Worldwide company with 6,000 employees in 500 global regional markets to sell off 60 million registered users of goods and services.
Although Groupon innovative services by users, but Groupon also face challenges from competitors such LivingSocial. Fierce market competition will bring the risk to investors concerns.
Since January this year, many investment banks have started to develop Groupon IPO plans. Including U.S. banks, including Merrill Lynch, the five main cast line to join the fray.