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Report: Discord is preparing to go public

Report: Discord is preparing to go public

Communication app Discord is looking to go public. 

That's according to Bloomberg, which reports that the is seeking to float as early as this year.  As always, these plans are subject to change. Discord is being assisted by Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan Chase in its efforts go to public. 

The future of Discord has been up in the air for some time now; back in 2021, a number of companies, including Microsoft, were apparently looking to buy the communication app. Later that same year, Discord was seemingly targeting a $15 billion valuation in another fundraising round. 

In 2022, there were rumblings that Discord was looking to go public, but the company was seemingly going to achieve this via a direct listing rather than an initial public offering. Last year, CEO Jason Citron said that his company would "probably go public" at some point. 


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Alex Calvin is a freelance journalist who writes about the business of games. He started out at UK trade paper MCV in 2013 and left as deputy editor over three years later. In June 2017, he joined Steel Media as the editor for new site PCGamesInsider.biz. In October 2019 he left this full-time position at the company but still contributes to the site on a daily basis. He has also written for GamesIndustry.biz, VGC, Games London, The Observer/Guardian and Esquire UK.