Disqus
Company

Last deal

$10M

Amount

Series B

Stage

04.05.2011

Date

3

all rounds

$10.5M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
Disqus is an online discussion platform that connects communities, making it easier to discover and discuss new topics.

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Sector :

Subsector :

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founded date

05.05.2007

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Series B

IPO status

Private

Description

With over 2.5 million registered communities and 100 million active commenter profiles, Disqus offers a networked comment system that fosters engagement and connects audiences from around the web. Commenters can build reputation and carry their contributions from one website to the next, while bloggers and publishers can expect higher quality conversations using the discussion platform. Founded in 2007, Disqus provides a comment system and hosted service to increase engagement, build audiences, and earn revenue for publishers and bloggers.
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Daniel Ha
Daniel Ha

Daniel Ha

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XX
XX

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Daniel Ha

Jason Yan
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Jason Yan is the CTO and Co-Founder of Disqus.

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Disqus

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Jason Yan

Employee Profiles
63

Daniel Matteson

Back end developer

Steven Stein

Steven Stein

President & GM

Harrison Gottlieb

Back end developer

Lauren Maruschak

Product analyst

Andrew Sutton

Frontend software developer

Michael Son

Michael Son

VP, Strategic Partnerships

Sam Parker

Sam Parker

VP, Product

Jason Yan

Jason Yan

CTO, Co-Founder

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