- Daily deals website Groupon could be valued at as much as $25 billion in an initial public offering, Bloomberg reported, citing two people with knowledge of the company’s discussions with banks.
The offering may happen this year and would likely value Groupon at a minimum of $15 billion, the sources told Bloomberg.
Groupon declined to comment on the report.
Groupon founder and Chief Executive Andrew Mason said in January that the company was considering a public offering and was in talks with bankers, but had had yet made a decision about whether to proceed.
A source said in January that a Groupon offering would be “meaningfully sized.”
The two-year-old start-up rebuffed a $6 billion advance from Google late last year, according to media reports.
Over the course of 2010 it grew to 50 million users, from 3 million, in 500 cities in 40 countries.