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Disco

Platform for building and selling educational courses

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21-100 employees
  • B2B
  • Education
  • Content
  • Learning
Ontario, Canada

Company mission

To power thousands of learning communities.

Led by a woman

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

-6% employee growth in 12 months

Our take

The internet provides an excellent platform for creators and organizations to host educational content, with many people selling courses, online workshops, or providing educational videos. However, whilst there are plenty of platforms to host such content, it is far more difficult to find ways to engage audiences in similar ways to in-person educational scenarios.

Disco provides an end-to-end platform for the building, marketing, scaling, and selling of online educational content, providing a range of specialized features such as communication tools, custom branding pages, and membership systems. In addition to providing its platform to creators, it also partners creators with Disco Studios, curating live learning experiences within its educational community.

Whilst many virtual education platforms have appeared since the social restrictions of COVID-19, Disco has taken a unique position by focusing on providing an all-in-one toolkit for creators. Furthermore, the company has taken an accessible approach to pricing by making the platform free for small creators with a 10% commission fee, whilst Pro and Organization pricing tiers are commission-free but subscription-based.

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Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Benefits

  • Lifelong learning budget to take courses to grow and develop
  • Remote office setup bonus - work in a way you can thrive
  • New state of the art laptop
  • Competitive health and wellness benefits
  • Annual company summit and retreat in Costa Rica

Company values

  • People First: We put people first - our team, our customers, our community. We strive to create a sense of belonging and inclusion. We create a remote-first culture that gives our team the space to be their best selves. We build products with deep empathy for the people who use them
  • Create a Better World: We want our impact to be net positive in the world. We are intentional with how our learning platform, culture, and choices impact people and the planet
  • Growth Mindset: We value a growth mindset and are all lifelong learners. We learn by doing: test, iterate, reflect, learn
  • Pursuit of Excellence: We humbly pursue our own excellence in all we do and collectively are committed to building a world-class platform for our customers
  • Embrace the Journey: We strive to make work enjoyable and meaningful for our people. We recognize that the journey to success is not easy and we embrace doing hard things as it creates tremendous growth and learning for all. We embrace transparency, simplicity, and speed
  • Resourceful: We solve problems with creativity and curiosity to unlock solutions to the challenges we face. We strive to do more with less. We recognize our customers need to do the same and we build products that help them be resourceful too

Funding (2 rounds)

Mar 2022

$15m

SERIES A

Mar 2021

$4.3m

EARLY VC

Total funding: $19.3m

Leadership

Candice Faktor

(Co-founder & Co-CEO)

Experience as Global GM and Head of Business for Wattpad from 2012 to 2016. Managing Partner of Gamechanger since 2016.

Chris Sukornyk

(Co-founder)

Experience as Founder & CEO of Chango from 2008 to 2015. Venture Partner of Mantella Venture Partners since 2018.

Jobs (2)

All locations

Software Engineering

Sales & Account Management