Discord, the Tencent and Time Warner-backed developer of a chat platform for gamers, closed the round in January at a $725m valuation pre-money.
Discord, a US-based messaging tool developer backed by internet group Tencent, has raised about $50m in a funding round led by venture capital firm Index Ventures, TechCrunch reported yesterday.
The round closed in January this year at a pre-money valuation of $725m, and included IVP, Spark Capital, Greylock Partners and Benchmark, according to sources, who added that the company may seek to raise additional funds soon.
Discord began life in 2012 as a game developer called Phoenix Guild, and later…
