LivingSocial

company

About

LivingSocial provides an online local marketplace to buy and share things.

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Details

Last Funding Type
Series E
Last Funding Money Raised
$400M
Industries
Advertising,E-Commerce,Marketing,Marketplace,Online Auctions
Founded date
Jan 1, 2007
Number Of Employee
1001 - 5000
Operating Status
Active

LivingSocial operates an online local marketplace to buy and share things to do. It deals in various categories, such as restaurants, events and activities, sports and fitness, health and beauty, and services, travel, shop that includes beauty, fashion, gadgets, home, jewelry, learning, wellness, and coupons, gifts for housewarming, congratulations, thank you, birthday, wedding, and anniversary, and coupons.

LivingSocial serves various businesses, such as local merchants, national brands, merchant centers, and affiliates. Aaron Batalion, Eddie Frederick, Tim O'Shaughnessy, and Val Aleksenko founded Hungry Machine in 2007 that later became LivingSocial.

LivingSocial has its headquarters in the District of Columbia. It operates as a subsidiary of Groupon as of October 31, 2016.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
4
$869M
LivingSocial has raised a total of $869M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Feb 20, 2013 from a Series Unknown round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Feb 20, 2013 Series Unknown $110M 1 Detail
Nov 18, 2011 Series F $176M 1 Detail
Apr 4, 2011 Series E $400M 1 Detail
Dec 2, 2010 Series D $183M 1 Amazon Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
1
1
LivingSocial is funded by 1 investors. Amazon are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Amazon Series Unknown

Acquisition

LivingSocial has acquired 1 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was TMON on Aug 2, 2011. They acquired TMON for 0.

Date Company Name
Industry Acquisition Type Price
Aug 2, 2011 TMON
E-Commerce acquisition Detail