About

Founded

2013

Headquarters

Remote

Industry

Consumer

Company Description

Discourse is a powerful community platform that enhances online communication by combining the power of long-form discussion with real-time chat. Our all-in-one platform includes moderation controls, custom user privileges, powerful reporting, and over 60 official plugins to make each Discourse site a unique experience.

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Funding

Total Raised

$20 million

Valuation

Undisclosed

Significant Investors

First Round Capital, Pace Capital

Company Traction

As of May 2023, Discourse has 30,000 customers, including Atlassian, Asana, Figma, Samsung, Zoom, OpenAI, Nubank, Motley Fool, MetaMask, and GitLab.

As of May 2023, 50 new Discourse forums are created daily.

In March 2023, 5.3 million posts and 527 million page views were served on Discourse’s hosting.

Leadership Team

Sam Saffron: Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Discourse. Former Senior Developer at Stack Overflow.

Sarah Hawk: Co-CEO of Discourse. Former Community Strategist at UX Mastery.

Press

Discourse Blog (August 27, 2021): Discourse Announces $20m Series A Investment by Pace Capital and First Round Capital

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