# Discourse funding: rounds and investors

> Discourse has raised $20M across 2 rounds since 2012. Investors include SV Angel and First Round Capital. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/discourse (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United States · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Discourse*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 2 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$20M** raised across 2 rounds since 2012, from 2 sources

- **Latest round:** Series A, $20M Aug 2021
- **Investors:** 2

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2014 2016 2018 2020

**?** Seed

**$20M** Series A

- **First round:** Seed
- **Biggest round:** $20M
- **Between rounds:** 8.8 years

## The rounds

- **Aug 2021** Series A **$20M** *1 new* *1 returning* [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital) Source recorded
- **Nov 2012** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) From a historical funding record

## Founders and team

From Discourse's own website: 1 founder, 38 on the team.

**Sam Saffron** Co-founder, CEO

- **New Zealand** CEO
- **Sarah Hawk** CEO
- **Glenn Toh** CFO
- **Andrew Schleifer** Infrastructure Team Lead
- **Bas van Leeuwen** Customer Success Manager
- **Bianca Nenciu** Software Engineer - Infrastructure
- **Bryce Huhtala** Designer
- **Charlie Poiters** Designer
- **Chevaun Tarrach** General Counsel
- **Constanza Abarca** Migrations Team Lead
- **Daniela Bogazzi** Support Lead
- **Danielle Lloyd** Customer Success Manager
- **David McClure** Director of Product
- **Flavia Sasaki** Customer Success Manager
- **Ginevra Brown** Senior Accounting Specialist
- **Guo Xiang Tan** Software Engineering Team Lead
- **Jake Goldsborough** Software Engineer - Infrastructure
- **Jamie Wilson** Director of Customer Projects

And 20 more on the team.

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Seed** 2012 **Series A** 2021 [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital)

## Everyone who backed them

[SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) VC firm **2** rounds

[First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital) VC firm **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=discourse).

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Discourse as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Vault Innovation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vault-innovation) Venture studio Per its own site

## Quick answers about Discourse

### Who invested in Discourse?

Discourse's investors include SV Angel and First Round Capital.

### How much has Discourse raised?

Discourse has raised $20M across 2 rounds since 2012. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Discourse last raise?

Discourse's most recent round was a Series A of $20M in Aug 2021.

### What was Discourse's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $20M in Aug 2021, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Discourse first?

Discourse's first round on record, in Nov 2012, was backed by SV Angel.

### What stage is Discourse at?

Discourse's latest named round is a Series A, in Aug 2021.

### Where is Discourse based?

Discourse is based in the United States.

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