Get Ready for Groupon's IPO Feeding Frenzy

Financials show explosive revenue growth curbed by losses

Get ready for a public market circus. Groupon, the fastest growing company in history, filed its S-1 Thursday, and if the feeding frenzy that was the LinkedIn IPO is any precedent, it's safe to assume this one will get nuts.

The Chicago-based daily deals company, which will take the ticker symbol GRPN, will raise $750 million in an IPO underwritten by Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Credit Suisse. Groupon's valuation wasn’t revealed in the filing; it’s been estimated in reports and on secondary markets to be as high as $25 billion.

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