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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (2) Follow Reuters Facebook Twitter RSS YouTube Read Alleged Weiner nude photo released by radio hosts 12:55am EDT Obama holds big 2012 lead over Republicans 08 Jun 2011 Americans rated most hilarious in global poll 07 Jun 2011 Apple's Jobs shows off "spaceship" headquarters plan 08 Jun 2011 Pimco's Gross says there will be no QE3 08 Jun 2011 Discussed 74 ”The world is getting warmer”: Romney 70 Moody’s sounds alarm over U.S. debt limit and deficits 64 U.S. debt default unimaginable, creditors say Watched Obama leads Republican rivals in Presidential poll 4:30am EDT Bodypainters apply their skill Mon, Jul 19 2010 OPEC talks collapse with no deal Wed, Jun 8 2011 small business Talent search favors tech giants Recruiters say the Web 2.0 hiring boom, which counters nationwide unemployment above 9 percent, shows no sign of abating. And startups are having to be very creative to lure potential hires away from Google and other tech giants. Full Article Silicon Valley recruiter: "Everyone's desperate" 5 reasons to join a startup after graduating Coupons.com raises $200 million in private round Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Bankrate's IPO seen valuing co at about $1.6 billion Mon, Jun 6 2011 The real deal? Groupon files for public offering Thu, Jun 2 2011 May auto sales dip as price strategy backfires Wed, Jun 1 2011 Google takes wraps off pay-by-phone system Thu, May 26 2011 Freescale shares rise in NYSE debut Thu, May 26 2011 Analysis & Opinion Groupon regret: How great deals make you spend more How effectively does Groupon leverage its size? Related Topics Technology » Small Business » By Sarah McBride and Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO | Thu Jun 9, 2011 12:09am EDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Digital-coupon business Coupons.com said it had raised $200 million from institutional investors, underscoring the tremendous investor appetite for businesses that help consumers find bargains using the Internet. That amount of cash places Coupons.com among a fairly elite group of privately held companies, including Groupon, the deal-a-day service aiming to go public later this year. About half of the new money will go to Coupons.com's expansion, covering costs such as strategic acquisitions and marketing, Chief Executive Steven Boal told Reuters on Monday. The rest will be used to buy shares from existing investors, including employees. Boal declined to identify the investors or the company's financial details. A person familiar with the situation said on Monday that the new investment round valued the company at $1 billion, with revenue of $100 million projected for this year. The company gets paid based on the number of coupons printed or saved by consumers, not on how many are actually redeemed, Boal said. In December, social networking and message company Twitter raised $200 million, giving it a valuation of $3.7 billion. Earlier this month, online-deals company Groupon filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to raise up to $750 million in an initial public offering. Those deals are much larger than some recent transactions. Earlier this week, Canada's Intertainment Media spent $700,000 to buy DealFrenzy.com, an online deal site that will launch later this summer. Australia's CatchOfTheDay said last month that it had raised an undisclosed amount that valued the company at about $80 million. Canada's Dealfind raised $31 million last month in a round led by Insight Venture Partners. In April, more than 38 million people visited coupon websites, according to data from research firm ComScore. Coupons.com, founded in 1998, was the category leader until sometime within the last year, ComScore analyst Andrew Lipsman said. With about 6.5 million unique visitors in April, Mountain View, Calif.-based Coupons.com trails Groupon, with 10.8 million visitors in the same time frame, and LivingSocial, with 8.8 million visitors. Lipsman said the newer companies are making consumers all the more eager for online deals, helping the sector overall. "I see us getting along very well with Groupon, LivingSocial, and others," Boal told Reuters. He pointed out his coupons carry no costs for consumers until they decide to purchase the item attached to them, be it shampoo or new clothing. Sites like Groupon require the consumer to pay up front. The reach of the Internet allows more vendors to easily offer coupons, Boal said. Many smaller, local manufacturers get locked out of newspapers, still the leading area where consumers find coupons, because of exclusivity arrangements for various categories or because it is too expensive to place coupons there. Coupons.com plans to add around 100 people to its 300-person staff this year, Boal said. The company has offices in Silicon Valley and London, and is opening offices in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. Technology Small Business Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. Comments (2) justuhvoter wrote: Wonder why the economy is collapsing and the jobless rate is so high? Its because investors are putting $200 MILLION into another internet company which hardly employs anyone, instead of where its needed which is factories, and manufacturing plants which hire workers, which are paid wages, and who buy things to keep the economy moving. Thats why the economy is collapsing – a quick buck on the newest fade, instead of building REAL business. The “investors” are the low life who brought on the last dot-com bubble, the financial industry collapse in 2008, and are continuing to destroy our society. Jun 09, 2011 1:55am EDT -- Report as abuse justuhvoter wrote: Wow – 300 people get $200 million. That should really help unemployment and our balance of trade. 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