- Start-up provides technology to websites enabling users to post locations online and search for other things nearby
- Terms of deal not disclosed
- Hyperpublic CEO says "select" members of his 10-person team will join Groupon as employees
Posted by John Letzing of Dow Jones Newswires at The Wall Street Journal: SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)--Groupon Inc. (GRPN) has acquired Hyperpublic Inc., snapping up the two-year-old location-based technology start-up amid a growth spurt at the daily deals service.
"It's a great outcome for everybody," Hyperpublic Chief Executive and co-founder Jordan Cooper [pictured], said in an interview Friday. "We built our relationship with Groupon over a number of months, and it just continued to strengthen." More...
