Overview

Number of Portfolio Companies 4
Number of Founded Organizations 4
  • Investor Type  Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed

Jason Citron is the Co-Founder and CEO of Discord, one of the largest chat platforms for gamers with over 150 million users. Jason pivoted from game development in 2015 and launched Discord with the goal of bringing players together around the games they love. It has evolved into a top communications tool used by gamers for everything from small

groups of friends to large game, developer and stream communities. Before Discord, Jason was the founder and CEO of OpenFeint, the biggest social mobile gaming platform, which sold to GREE in 2011 for $104 million.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments 5
Jason Citron has made 5 investments. Their latest investment was Series A - Campus on May 1, 2023, when Campus raised
$29M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
May 1, 2023
Campus
Yes
Series A - Campus
$29M
Feb 23, 2022
Backbone
Series A - Backbone
$40M
Aug 4, 2021
Superhuman
Series C - Superhuman
$75M
Oct 30, 2019
Campus
Seed Round - Campus
$3.6M
Jan 31, 2012
ClassDojo
Seed Round - ClassDojo
$1.6M

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs 1
Number of Past Jobs 3
Jason Citron is the Co-Founder and CEO at Discord. Additionally, Jason Citron has had 3 past jobs including Founder at Fates Forever.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Fates Forever
Founder
Aurora Feint
Founder & CEO
OpenFeint
Developer & Founder

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Education

Jason Citron studied at Full Sail University.

Events

Number of Events 2
Jason Citron has participated in 2 events. They most recently attended, or will attend, TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2018 on Sep 5, 2018.

Recent News and Activity

Number of News Articles 101
Funding RoundMay 1, 2023
Campus raised $29,000,000 / Series A from AirAngels and 12 other investors
Funding RoundFeb 23, 2022
Backbone raised $40,000,000 / Series A from BoxGroup and 10 other investors
Funding RoundAug 4, 2021
Superhuman raised $75,000,000 / Series C from Arianna Huffington and 12 other investors
NewsDec 17, 2020
Funding RoundOct 30, 2019
Campus raised $3,600,000 / Seed from Betaworks and 8 other investors