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美国应用程序提供商Coupa Software公司，主要帮助公司处理财务事务，据知情人士在周四透露，该公司已聘请投资银行负责首次公开募股，预计将在今年晚些时候上市。

Coupa可能是今年在美国上市的最大规模软件公司之一。由于市场波动，今年的美国科技公司IPO数量较少。通信软件开发商Twilio在上个月上市。

位于加州圣马特奥的Coupa公司，在去年表示，其在一轮私人融资中的估值达到10亿美元。知情人士称，该公司已经在美国证券交易委员会秘密登记IPO，可能在今年秋季提交招股说明书。

根据美国联邦法律《创业企业融资法案》，收入低于10亿美元的初创公司，可以向美国证监会申请IPO，不需要立即披露公司详情。

知情人士称，Coupa已聘请摩根士丹作为IPO的主承销商，还同时聘请了摩根大通、巴克莱银行和加拿大皇家银行等投资银行。由于计划属于机密，因此知情人士要求匿名。

Coupa与银行的代表均拒绝置评。

2016年的大部分时间，市场紧张情绪和科技股的糟糕表现，使得Coupa等增长型科技公司均暂停了上市计划。

该公司为赛诺菲（Sanofi）、Salesforce（以及加拿大皇家银行和法国巴黎银行（BNP Paribas）等客户提供“节省即服务”软件。公司基于云的订阅软件负责监控公司开支，竞争对手为Ariba。Ariba于2012年被SAP以45亿美元的价格收购。

Coupa在去年宣布了上一轮融资，从T. Rowe Price Associates和Iconiq Capital融得8,000万美元。Iconiq Capital是一家财富管理公司，客户包括Facebook首席执行官马克·扎克伯格等亿万富翁。Coupa由原甲骨文公司（Oracle， ORCL 0.00%）高管于2007年成立，到目前为止已融资1.65亿美元。

另外一家软件公司Talend在上个月提交了招股说明书，计划融资8,625万美元，在纳斯达克上市。

《华尔街日报》曾在去年12月份报道称，Coupa正在向投资银行咨询IPO的相关事宜。 （财富中文网）

译者：刘进龙/汪皓

Coupa Software, a U.S. provider of applications that help companies run their financial affairs, has hired investment banks for an initial public offering that could come later this year, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

Coupa would be one of the largest software companies looking to float on the U.S. stock market this year, which has seen few IPOs due to market volatility. It would come on the heels of an offering by communications software maker Twilio  , which went public last month.

San Mateo, Calif.-based Coupa, which said last year it was valued at $1 billion in a private funding round, has already registered for an IPO confidentially with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and could file its IPO prospectus publicly in the fall, the people said.

Under a federal law, “Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act,” young companies that generate less than $1 billion in revenue can file for IPOs with the SEC without immediately disclosing details.

Coupa has hired Morgan Stanley to be the lead underwriter on the IPO, along with investment banks J.P. Morgan Chase , Barclays , and Royal Bank of Canada, according to the people, who asked not to be named because the plans are private.

Representatives for Coupa and the banks declined to comment.

For most of 2016, market jitters and poor performance by technology stocks had kept growth-oriented technology companies such as Coupa on the sidelines of the public markets.

The company offers “savings as a service” software to its customers including Sanofi, Salesforce   0.33% , and banks such as Royal Bank of Canada, and BNP Paribas. Its cloud-based subscription software, which monitors expenses for companies, competes with Ariba, which was acquired by SAP for $4.5 billion in 2012.

Coupa’s last funding round was announced a year ago when it raised $80 million from T. Rowe Price Associates and Iconiq Capital, a wealth manager for billionaires such as Facebook   -0.73%  Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg. It was founded in 2007 by former Oracle   0.00%  executives and has raised $165 million to date.

Another software firm, Talend, filed an IPO prospectus last month, looking to raise $86.25 million and list on the Nasdaq.

The Wall Street Journal had reported last December that Coupa was interviewing banks for an IPO.