- notes
- {"status": "Acquired; independent operations ceased", "acquirer": "Groupon", "announcement_date": "2012-01-20", "acquisition_date_variants": [{"date": "2012-01-20", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2012/01/20/groupon-buys-social-shopping-platform-mertado-to-bolster-groupon-goods/"]}, {"date": "2012-01-21", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/mertado/__ytUjfahJA5S2E5Cq1EHdj0M86nwAHquRcbESM_ZJ1fY"]}, {"date": "2012-01-22", "source_urls": ["https://www.finsmes.com/2012/01/mertado-acquired-groupon.html"]}], "purchase_price_usd": null, "purchase_price_notes": "Terms not disclosed per TechCrunch, AllThingsD, and Inc.com.", "service_shutdown_date": "2012-02-28", "post_acquisition": "Founders Mehul Shah, Rajiv Bhat, and Vijay Chittoor joined Groupon; Mertado integrated into Groupon Goods initiative; customers directed to groupon.com/goods.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2012/01/20/groupon-buys-social-shopping-platform-mertado-to-bolster-groupon-goods/", "https://allthingsd.com/20120120/groupon-acquires-mertado-for-its-social-commerce-expertise/", "https://www.inc.com/courtney-rubin/mertado-acquired-by-groupon.html", "https://www.finsmes.com/2012/01/mertado-acquired-groupon.html", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/mertado"]}
- source urls
- ["https://allthingsd.com/20120120/groupon-acquires-mertado-for-its-social-commerce-expertise/", "https://techcrunch.com/2012/01/20/groupon-buys-social-shopping-platform-mertado-to-bolster-groupon-goods/", "https://www.finsmes.com/2012/01/mertado-acquired-groupon.html", "https://www.inc.com/courtney-rubin/mertado-acquired-by-groupon.html", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/mertado"]