Discord
Founded in 2015, Discord is a voice, video and text app that helps friends and communities come together to hang out and explore their interests - from artists and activists, to study groups, sneakerheads, plant parents, and more. With 150 million monthly users across 19 million active communities, called servers, Discord has grown to become one of the most popular communications services in the world. Discord was built without selling ads or user data and instead, offers a premium subscription called Nitro that gives users special perks like higher quality streams and fun customizations. And we're hiring! If this strikes a chord with you, come build belonging with us: https://discordapp.com/jobs for openings.
Founding Year
2015
Headquarters
San Francisco
,
United States
Sector(s)
SaaS
Funding State
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Exited
Total Funding Amount
$971.99M
Funds that Investested
IVP
IVP grows breakout companies into enduring market leaders.
They are engaged VC partners, but their guidance is focused on when and where it counts. It’s about expertise in moments that matter, answering your call as a counselor and confidant. It’s about bolstering the functions that make or break a business to ensure we make yours a success. It’s about being your compass on the winding path to market leadership. And about celebrating the milestones along the way.
While IVP's investment track record is four decades strong, their focus is on the horizon. From emerging to enduring market leadership, they look out so you can look ahead. Undaunted.
They are engaged VC partners, but their guidance is focused on when and where it counts. It’s about expertise in moments that matter, answering your call as a counselor and confidant. It’s about bolstering the functions that make or break a business to ensure we make yours a success. It’s about being your compass on the winding path to market leadership. And about celebrating the milestones along the way.
While IVP's investment track record is four decades strong, their focus is on the horizon. From emerging to enduring market leadership, they look out so you can look ahead. Undaunted.
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
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Coatue
Privately owned hedge fund founded in 1999 investing across different sectors.
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
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Greylock
Invests in entrepreneurs that focus on consumer, crypto, and enterprise software companies across all stages.
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
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FirstMark
NYC-Focused VC that accelerates startup founders with access, top-tier talent, & largest community in venture.
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
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Benchmark
Focuses on early-stage venture investing in mobile, marketplaces, social, infrastructure, and enterprise software.
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
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Spark Capital
Invests in products we love, people, crazy, dreams, design, details, brains, reality, unreality, reinvention, new markets, weird stuff, guts, independence, hustle, distinction, art, humanness, idealists, oddities, optimism, communities, creation, surprises, technologists with the heart of an artist, each other.
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
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Index Ventures
Fund based in London, San Francisco and Geneva, helping entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into transformative international businesses. Index covers every investment stage, from earliest seed through to explosive growth.
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
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Greenoaks
VC firm founded in 2012 that makes concentrated, long-term investments in technology-enabled businesses globally.
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
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Toy Ventures
Toy Ventures is an operator led early stage venture fund.
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
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Investors that Investested
Niko Bonatsos
Managing Director, General Catalyst
General Catalyst companies he's involved with include Audius, Brighter (acquired by Cigna), ClassDojo, Collective, Cover, Discord, Dubsmash (acquired by Reddit), Hive, Livongo Health (acquired by Teladoc, NYSE: TDOC), Microverse, Remote, Sleeper, Snap (NYSE: SNAP), and Wag! Graduated from Stanford (MS in Management Science and Engineering as a Fulbright Scholar), the University of Cambridge (M.Phil. in Manufacturing Engineering and Management), and the National Technical University of Athens (Dipl.-Ing in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) Worked in Tokyo at the R&D headquarters for Yokogawa Electric Corporation
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Jenny Lefcourt
General Partner, Freestyle Capital
Investments include Airtable, Intercom, Patreon, BetterUp, Snapdocs, Digit, and many others. Jenny is also a founding member and Board Member of All Raise, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing diversity in tech. Prior to Freestyle, Jenny cofounded WeddingChannel.com (acquired by The Knot) and Bella Pictures (acquired by CPI). She also has made angel investment in and advised companies such as Discord, MainStreetHub, and Minted.
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Mitch Lasky
Partner, Benchmark
Prior to Benchmark, Mitch is an entrepreneur and video game executive. He is also the Co-Owner of the Los Angeles Football Club.
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Talia Goldberg
Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
She is especially passionate about networks and platforms that create new categories and progress the way we live and work. She partners with ambitious entrepreneurs building radically better products with unique distribution models. Talia joined Bessemer in 2013 and later became the youngest elected partner in firm history.
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
David Sze
General Partner, Greylock
David invests in consumer media, gaming and social platforms that have the potential to connect millions of people.
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Chris Farmer
Founder and CEO, SignalFire
Prior to founding SignalFire, Chris was a Venture Partner with General Catalyst Partners (2010–13), where he played a significant role in establishing the California office. He led GC’s successful seed investment program including seed investments in Alation, ClassDojo, Coinbase, Discord, Fivetran, Game Closure/PlayCo, Getaround, Stripe, Venmo, and Zapier. Chris was previously a Vice President with Bessemer Venture Partners (2005–09) where he led investments in digital media and mobile companies. Prior to Bessemer, Chris was a Consultant with Bain & Company where he advised on technology buyouts. Chris began his career on Wall Street in the private equity group of Cowen & Company.
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Nabeel Hyatt
General Partner, Spark Capital
General partner at Spark who partners with ambitious founders out to build amazing things. Worked at scrappy small scale, in hyper-growth mode, and at large public company scale several times over the last couple decades as a CEO, COO, and head of product.
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
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