• BuyWithMe Buys Chicago Daily Deal Site DealADayOnline

    Robin Wauters

    Robin Wauters is the European Editor of tech blog The Next Web and lead editor of Virtualization.com. He was a senior staff writer at TechCrunch until his departure in February 2012. Aside from his professional blogging activities, he’s an entrepreneur, event organizer, occasional board adviser and angel investor but most importantly an all-round startup champion. Wauters lives and works in... → Learn More

    Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011

    Groupon rival BuyWithMe has acquired a daily deal site in the former’s home turf, Chicago, in order to expand its regional offering.

    With the acquisition of the group buying site, DealADayOnline (DADO), BuyWithMe will offer daily deals in 13 major cities across the United States.

    The company says it is expecting to double that footprint over the course of 2011.

    Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

    BuyWithMe launched in May 2009 and currently operates in Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington D.C. The company has raised $21.5 million to date.

    BuyWithMe, recently appointed a new CEO, former President and CEO of Turbine Jim Crowley, after its former chief executive (Cheryl Rosner) abruptly left the company in December 2010 after only 8 months on the job.

    Company: BuyWithMe
    Website: buywithme.com
    Launch Date: March 2009
    Funding: $36.5M

    BuyWithMe is the premier group buying website where leading local merchants offer exclusive limited time offers to members of the BuyWithMe community. Through the power of its numbers, BuyWithMe negotiates handpicked group discounts for its customers to access at spas, restaurants, health clubs, bars and other local activities in their city. BuyWithMe currently publishes daily deals in 12 major DMAs, including Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Phoenix, New York, and San Diego. BuyWithMe is...

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