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Groupon is selling about $700 million worth of stock in its IPO, making the daily-deals company the biggest tech IPO of its kind since Google's stock-market debut.


团购网站Groupon在首次公开募股(IPO)中计划出售价值大约7亿美元的股票,这使得Groupon成为谷歌公司(Google)上市以来IPO规模最大的一家科技公司。



According to data provider Capital IQ, the amount of money Groupon is raising makes it the second-biggest-ever U.S. IPO in the Internet software an d services sector.


数据提供商Capital IQ透露,Groupon准备募集的资金量使其成为美国互联网软件和服务业有史以来第二大IPO。



Just for some context: Google's 2004 IPO -- which at the time seemed like a bit of bungle, much like Groupon's much derided leadup to its IPO -- ended up raising $1.67 billion. The offering valued Google at $23 billion, a dollar figure The Wall Street Journal pointed out was almost equal to the then-market value of General Motors. Groupon's IPO will value the company at $12.7 billion.


补充一下背景信息:2004年谷歌公司的IPO最终募集资金16.7亿美元。当年谷歌的IPO也曾遭人嘲笑,就像Groupon此次IPO之前的情况那样。当年谷歌IPO时公司估值为230亿美元,《华尔街日报》曾指出这一数字大致相当于当年通用汽车(General Motors)的市值。Groupon此次IPO的估值为127亿美元。



Seven years after its IPO, Google is one of the biggest companies in the country with a market value of of nearly $200 billion. Will Groupon be the next Google, or more like the next NorthPoint Communications, which had a big IPO during the dotcom boom? (Today, NorthPoint is out of business.)


IPO七年过后,谷歌已经是美国最大的上市公司之一,其市值接近2,000亿美元。Groupon是会成为下一个谷歌,还是更有可能成为下一个NorthPoint Communications?NorthPoint曾在互联网泡沫时期进行大规模IPO,如今已倒闭。



Here is the top-10 list of U.S. Internet software and services IPOs, according to Capital IQ. We've taken the liberty of slotting Groupon into its rightful place.


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1) Google/Aug. 2004 -- raised $1.67 billion


以下是根据Capital IQ提供的数据整理出的美国互联网软件和服务业前十大IPO名单,我们根据Groupon预计募集资金的数量将其排在第二位:



2) Groupon/Nov. 2011 -- $700 million


1) Google/2004年8月,募资数量:16.7亿美元;



3) LinkedIn/May 2011 -- $352.8 million


2) Groupon/2011年11月,募资数量:7亿美元;



4) Bankrate/June 2011 -- $300 million


3) LinkedIn/2011年5月,募资数量:3.528亿美元;



5) Spark Networks/Feb. 2006 -- $258.8 million


4) Bankrate/2011年6月,募资数量:3亿美元;



6) Limelight Networks/June 2007 -- $240 million


5) Spark Networks/2006年2月,募资数量:2.588亿美元;



7) Equinix/Aug. 2000 -- $240 million


6) Limelight Networks/2007年6月,募资数量:2.4亿美元;



8) Akamai Technologies/Oct. 1999 -- $234 million


7) Equinix/2000年8月,募资数量:2.4亿美元;



9) Dice Holdings, July 2007, $217.1 million


8) Akamai Technologies/1999年10月,募资数量:2.34亿美元;



10) Internap Network Services, September 1999, $190 million


9) Dice Holdings/2007年6月,募资数量:2.171亿美元;



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10) Internap Network Services/1999年9月,募资数量:1.9亿美元。