Daniel Ha

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Antigravity Capital · 1 appearance on the record.

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Daniel Ha co-founded the online commenting and engagement platform Disqus out of Y Combinator in 2007, serving as CEO through its 2017 acquisition by Zeta Global. He subsequently moved into venture investing and co-founded Antigravity Capital to fund seed-stage, AI-native software companies.

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Everything Daniel Ha said on Top Founders that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

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Ha: Advertising makes up 80% of Disqus revenue
“So advertising and software are two businesses and advertising makes up 80% of our business.”
Daniel Ha Apr 10, 2018 ▶ 6:25 990 How Commenting App Disqus Makes $20m+ Annually
Disclosure
Ha: Disqus is profitable and makes over $20M in annual revenue
“So discuss has been a profitable. We are in the 20 plus million dollar annual mark.”
Daniel Ha Apr 10, 2018 ▶ 12:31 990 How Commenting App Disqus Makes $20m+ Annually
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Ha: Media Businesses Typically Get Only 1x to 2x Revenue Multiples
“Media businesses typically don't have, you know, one, maybe two X multiple off their top.”
Daniel Ha Apr 10, 2018 ▶ 17:10 990 How Commenting App Disqus Makes $20m+ Annually
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Ha: Disqus Operates at 70%+ Gross Operating Margins
“Yeah, gross gross operating margins. We're in the 70 plus percent range.”
Daniel Ha Apr 10, 2018 ▶ 17:55 990 How Commenting App Disqus Makes $20m+ Annually
Disclosure
Ha: Disqus raised less than $30M total over 10 years
“We've raised less than thirty million.”
Daniel Ha Apr 10, 2018 ▶ 7:54 990 How Commenting App Disqus Makes $20m+ Annually
Disclosure
Ha: Disqus maintains a team of under 100 employees
“And team is under a hundred people.”
Daniel Ha Apr 10, 2018 ▶ 8:08 990 How Commenting App Disqus Makes $20m+ Annually

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990 How Commenting App Disqus Makes $20m+ Annually Apr 10, 2018 12m
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