Groupon Clones Are Still A Thing … Outside The US

When Groupon started gaining popularity in the US, the market quickly flooded with clones trying to ride the popularity of the “daily deals” model. Internationally, similar companies were popping up continuously, with many of them being acquired by Groupon itself as it expanded internationally or acquired by other larger e-commerce players. Many deals services died off as the market became saturated. When we look at Groupon, we can see how the company’s acquisition activity petered out once daily-deals momentum faded:

The majority of the 44 disclosed acquisitions Groupon made between 2010 and 2014 were of other daily-deal sites including Twangoo, Qpod, and Darberry. In Asia, some of the larger players like Alibaba launched their own daily-deals site like Juhuasuan. Other similar services in Asia, including 55tuan, have gone public. Below is a list of still-private Groupon clones around the world, limited to companies focused on group buying or daily deal offerings that also have raised money.

Clones	Country	Total Disclosed Funding	Select Investors
	Japan	$7.8M	Global Venture Capital, DIT Partners, Rebate Networks
	Turkey	Undisclosed	Intel Capital
	Russia	$6M	Len Blavatnik
	Morocco	$1.6M	Hummingbird Ventures, MENA Venture Investments
	Indonesia	Undisclosed	Valuein Technology Indonesia
	China	$1060M	Sequoia Capital China, Alibaba Group, General Atlantic
	India	$17M	Norwest Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, Intel Capital
	Brazil	Undisclosed	Mangrove Capital Partners, Mosaico
	India	$1M	India Angel Network
	Spain	$51M	Index Ventures, Insight Venture Partners

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