美國應用程序提供商Coupa Software公司，主要幫助公司處理財務事務，據知情人士在周四透露，該公司已聘請投資銀行負責首次公開募股，預計將在今年晚些時候上市。

Coupa可能是今年在美國上市的最大規模軟件公司之一。由于市場波動，今年的美國科技公司IPO數量較少。通信軟件開發商Twilio在上個月上市。

位于加州圣馬特奧的Coupa公司，在去年表示，其在一輪私人融資中的估值達到10億美元。知情人士稱，該公司已經在美國證券交易委員會秘密登記IPO，可能在今年秋季提交招股說明書。

根據美國聯邦法律《創業企業融資法案》，收入低于10億美元的初創公司，可以向美國證監會申請IPO，不需要立即披露公司詳情。

知情人士稱，Coupa已聘請摩根士丹作為IPO的主承銷商，還同時聘請了摩根大通、巴克萊銀行和加拿大皇家銀行等投資銀行。由于計劃屬于機密，因此知情人士要求匿名。

Coupa與銀行的代表均拒絕置評。

2016年的大部分時間，市場緊張情緒和科技股的糟糕表現，使得Coupa等增長型科技公司均暫停了上市計劃。

該公司為賽諾菲（Sanofi）、Salesforce（以及加拿大皇家銀行和法國巴黎銀行（BNP Paribas）等客戶提供“節省即服務”軟件。公司基于云的訂閱軟件負責監控公司開支，競爭對手為Ariba。Ariba于2012年被SAP以45億美元的價格收購。

Coupa在去年宣布了上一輪融資，從T. Rowe Price Associates和Iconiq Capital融得8,000萬美元。Iconiq Capital是一家財富管理公司，客戶包括Facebook首席執行官馬克·扎克伯格等億萬富翁。Coupa由原甲骨文公司（Oracle， ORCL?0.00%）高管于2007年成立，到目前為止已融資1.65億美元。

另外一家軟件公司Talend在上個月提交了招股說明書，計劃融資8,625萬美元，在納斯達克上市。

《華爾街日報》曾在去年12月份報道稱，Coupa正在向投資銀行咨詢IPO的相關事宜。 （財富中文網）

譯者：劉進龍/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.