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Disco raised a $5M seed round with Shopify and Solana angels

Candice Faktor · Disco Helps Hundreds of Customers Facilitate Live Learning, Can They Beat Hopin? · Mar 18, 2022 · at 6:19

Candice Faktor, co-founder of live learning operating system Disco, details the company's seed round fundraising to Nathan Latka.

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“In our last round we raised five million US and we have incredible angels as well. Lots of interesting folks from Shopify Lambda School, Solana, Endeavor, very interesting people who are participating.”

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Disco raised a $5 million seed round with participation from angel investors from Shopify, Lambda School, Solana, and Endeavor.

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Assessment

The claim bundles the funding amount and specific angel investor affiliations across rounds. In Disco's March 24, 2021 seed round announcement, the company raised $4.75 million USD (approx. $5 million USD total raised including pre-seed), with confirmed angel participation from individuals affiliated with Shopify (Brandon Chu, Satish Kanwar, Farhan Thawar, Arati Sharma), Lambda School (Matt Wyndowe), and Endeavor (Tarun Sachdeva). However, angel investors affiliated with Solana were not part of the seed round; they participated in Disco's subsequent $15 million USD Series A round announced on March 1, 2022.

Disco PR Newswire / Canada Newswire release (March 24, 2021) confirming a $4.75 million USD ($6 million CAD) seed round with angels from Shopify, Lambda School, and Endeavor.
BetaKit reporting (March 24, 2021) noting Disco's total funding reached approximately $5 million USD.
BetaKit and EdTechReview reporting (March 1, 2022) confirming angel investors from Solana participated in Disco's Series A round, rather than the seed round.

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[1] newswire.ca [2] prnewswire.com [3] betakit.com [4] getlatka.com [5] betakit.com [6] edtechreview.in [7] uwo.ca [8] xprize.org

Disco edtech funding 5 million Shopify Lambda Solana Endeavor Disco Candice Faktor seed round 5 million OR 4.75 million Shopify Solana Lambda Endeavor Disco funding Candice Faktor 5 million seed Shopify Lambda Solana Endeavor

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