Chat app for online communities, including games – attracts $500 million in investment
Discord is an online voice, video, and text communication platform designed for creating communities.
You can easily access the service with just a nickname without creating an account, and it has achieved explosive growth by providing high-quality, free voice and video chat services without ads.
'20 monthly active users exceeded 140 million and recorded $130 million in sales, including subscription services, and Microsoft rejected a $10 billion acquisition offer
Discord operates as a voice, video, and text communication service to talk and hang out with friends and communities. It was originally created for people who loved to play games, but these passionate people realized it could be enjoyed for more purposes. Discord is now used by everyone from local hiking clubs, to art communities, to study groups.
General Information
- Headquarters : San Francisco, CA
- Founders : Jason Citron, Stanislav ishnevskiy
- Categories : Communities, Messaging, Social Network, Software, Video Chat
- Founded : 2015
- Contact : jason@hammerandchisel.com
Funding
- Investors : Baillie Gifford, Coatue, Dragoneer Investment Group, Fidelity Management and Research Company, Franklin Templeton, Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Funding Rounds (14) - $982.6M
- Sep 16, 2021 Series H / $500M
- Jul 20, 2021 Secondary Market
- Feb 1, 2021 Secondary Market / $3.3M
- Dec 17, 2020 Series H / $100M
- Sep 29, 2020 Secondary Market
- Jun 30, 2020 Series G / $100M
- Dec 21, 2018 Series F / $150M
- Apr 19, 2018 Series E / $50M
- Jan 1, 2017 Series D / $50M
- Jan 26, 2016 Series C / $20M
- Feb 10, 2015 Series B
- Nov 21, 2013 Series A / $8.2M
- Jul 11, 2012 Angel Round
- Jul 11, 2012 Seed Round / $1.1M
Source: Discord
👉• Web: https://www.discord.com/
👉• Video: Discord
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