Chegg, the startup that began as an analog online book rental service and has itself transformed into a multifaceted digital hub for students, has filed publicly for an initial public offering to raise about $150 million.
Chegg起初是一個(gè)模擬在線租書服務(wù)網(wǎng)站，現(xiàn)已轉(zhuǎn)變成為一個(gè)以學(xué)生為服務(wù)對(duì)象的多元數(shù)字中心，并首次公開招股，募集約1.5億美元資金。

The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company has already been working with the Securities and Exchange Commission, doing what is called a “secret filing.” That means that Chegg used the 2012 law, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, that allows any private company that has less than $1 billion in annual revenue to work confidentially with regulatory agencies ahead of the public IPO announcement. Both Workday and Trulia filed successfully in this manner.
位于加州圣克拉拉的Chegg公司正與美國證券交易委員會(huì)合作一起“秘密文件”，這意味著Chegg實(shí)行的是2012創(chuàng)業(yè)企業(yè)融資法案，這條法案允許年收入少于10億美元的私人公司在公開上市公告之前秘密與管理機(jī)構(gòu)合作。

This speeds up the offering process, getting regulatory issues resolved quietly and also keeping the IPO shielded from scrutiny at the start. It also allows companies such as Chegg to make initial contact with potential investors, and sources said that Chegg has done so.
實(shí)行該法案加速了招股過程，使得監(jiān)管問題能安靜地被解決，并使首次公開招股得到起初就接受詳細(xì)監(jiān)察的保護(hù)。這使得例如Chegg之類的公司能與潛在的投資方獲得初步聯(lián)系，有消息稱Chegg也確實(shí)這樣做過。

Now it will be three weeks before the company can start its official road show to sell itself to Wall Street, which will then be followed by the IPO itself. The most recent valuation of the company was $800 million, but its public market value is likely to be much higher.
從現(xiàn)在起的三個(gè)星期內(nèi)，Chegg就要開始正式會(huì)向華爾街推銷自己了，在那之后便要進(jìn)行首次公開招股。最新的公司估值是8億美元，但Chegg的公開市場價(jià)值可能更高。

Chegg will use the money it is raising to expand its offerings. The company is not without competitors, which have had varying degrees of success, including BookRenter, Kno and, perhaps most significantly, Amazon.
Chegg將會(huì)使用募得的資金去擴(kuò)張自己提供的服務(wù)項(xiàng)目。該公司并不是沒有對(duì)手的，它的競爭者包括：BookRenter，Kno以及可能最重要的對(duì)手亞馬遜，這些都已經(jīng)取得了不同程度的成功。

Chegg was founded in 2005 at Iowa State University as a hyper-local classifieds directory, and the business evolved two years later into a textbook-rental service. It now has a variety of offerings centered on students from high school onward to many thousands of educational institutions.
Chegg作為一個(gè)超本地化分類指南，于2005年在愛荷華州立大學(xué)成立，兩年后變成一個(gè)教科書租賃服務(wù)平臺(tái)。如今Chegg已經(jīng)發(fā)展為以高中和眾多教育機(jī)構(gòu)的學(xué)生為服務(wù)對(duì)象的平臺(tái)。

It has raised $195 million from a variety of venture firms and investors, including Kleiner Perkins, Pinnacle Ventures and Insight Venture Partners.
Chegg已經(jīng)從很多投資公司和投資者處獲得1.95億美元的資金，投資者包括克萊恩那·帕爾金斯風(fēng)險(xiǎn)投資、尖峰創(chuàng)投和紐約風(fēng)險(xiǎn)投資公司Insight Venture Partners。