At the end of December, when news of Groupon’s $950 round of funding began to spread, I wrote a post on who Groupon were and why they were receiving so much funding.

The $950 million Sereis G round of funding increased the company’s post-money valuation to between $6.4 and $7.8 billion. Recently, a concise infogrpahic was developed by Ricky Lynn and OnlineMBA – I think it’s a very helpful visual representation of the company’s history.

What’s interesting about this infographic is that it mentions the potential for Groupon’s crash, which it says may be “inevitable”. Here are a few stats that I found particularly interesting:

• Groupon was worth over $1 billion after just 16 months of business, second only to YouTube – which reached the pivotal figure in 12 months
• the site has over 35 million registered users
• Groupon current serves more than 150 markets in North America
• there are over 200 Groupon copycat sites in the US and over 500 million in China
• But I think what I find most astonishing is the fact that Groupon has so little expenses – they have no physical inventory and daily deals just keep increasing in both number and value

Check out the infographic below:

What do you think about the infographic above? Are you surprised by any of the stats? Do you expect Groupon may experience a downfall?