Company presentation on Discord

1. By: Eric Wu (ehwu)

2. Problem and Product

4. Persona
Charlie, 15 Years Old
Enjoys playing games
online with friends
Desires a way to
communicate during the
games as well as make
plans to play

5. Financials
2016 2018 2019 2020
100
75
50
25
0
Monthly Active Users (millions)

6. More Financials
Currently valued at $3.5 billion
$380 million total in funding

7. Business Model
Free to use with no in-app
advertisements
Subscription Service: Discord Nitro
$9.99 per month / $99.99 per year
Merchandising

8. History
2011 - Jason Citron sells OpenFeint to GREE for $104
million
2012 - Citron founds Hammer and Chisel Inc. (later
Discord, Inc.)
2014 - Hammer and Chisel releases Fates Forever

9. 2015 - Discord released
2018 - Raises $150 million in funding at $2 billion
valuation
2018 - Xbox live support released
June 2020 - Motto changed from "Chat for Gamers"
to "Chat for Communities and Friends"

10. Leadership
Jason Citron, Co-Founder/CEO Stan Vishnevskiy, Co-Founder/CTO

11. What's Hot
New mainstream focus
Capacity and reliability
improvements
Improved safety/moderation
Past controversies

12. Secret Sauce
Relative ease of use
Lightweight nature
Marketing

13. Free
Competition
*
User-Friendly UI
Low Bandwith Usage
Voice Chat Rooms

14. Prediction
Continued Success
Potential Sale

15. https://www.businessofapps.com/data/discord-statistics/
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/discord/company_financials
https://discord.com/nitro
https://www.feedough.com/how-does-discord-make-money-discord-business-
model/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discord_(software)
https://www.thegamer.com/discord-shifting-focus-from-gaming-centric-
platform/
https://www.gamingscan.com/discord-vs-skype-for-gaming/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/svishnevskiy/
https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/7/17660308/white-supremacists-
charlottesville-rally-discord-plan

16. Questions?