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Guilded
Websiteurl
guilded.gg
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Private
Founded yearint
2017
Descriptiontext

Guilded, founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, operates a chat and communication platform purpose-built for gaming communities. Its single core product, the Guilded application, delivers real-time messaging, voice channels, and community management features and is distributed as a desktop client for MacOS and Windows and as mobile apps on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. The platform is positioned as an alternative to general-purpose communication tools, addressing the fragmented communication and lack of gaming-specific tooling that gaming teams, esports organizations, and community groups typically face. The company employs 51-100 people and operates under founder Eli Brown, supported by an engineering manager and chief of staff.

The business model is product-led: Guilded is acquired and consumed by users through self-serve downloads and app store installation, with no publicly disclosed pricing tiers and no enterprise sales motion visible in the source data. No revenue figures, paying customer logos, API/SDK offerings, or AI features are disclosed. The company has raised approximately $10.2M in venture funding across three rounds from 2017 to 2021, led at various stages by Y Combinator and affiliated angels (seed, 2017), Initialized Capital and Susa Ventures (seed co-lead), and Matrix (Series 2, 2020), with participation from Sterling.VC, Susa Ventures, DTRIBE Capital, Fuel Capital, FundersClub, Liquid 2 Ventures, SV Angel, Trifecta Capital, and ZhenFund.

Guilded's strategic posture reflects an early-stage consumer infrastructure company in a competitive market segment adjacent to Discord and other general-purpose team chat tools. Without disclosed monetization, recurring revenue signals, or a published AI/automation roadmap, the company's commercial trajectory is currently undifferentiated from a revenue-mix standpoint, and its differentiation rests entirely on vertical focus (gaming) and cross-platform distribution. The most recent confirmed capital event is a 2021 financing round, and post-2021 operating signals are absent from the available data.

Short descriptiontext

Guilded is a San Francisco-based chat and communication platform designed for gaming communities, teams, and esports groups, distributed via MacOS, Windows, iOS, and Android apps under a product-led, self-serve model.

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Operating
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51–100
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HeadquartersSan Francisco, United States
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San Francisco
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United States
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North America
Markets served

Serves global market

Keyword5 values
gaming communication, team chat, community messaging, voice chat, esports platform
Industry2 codes
1Community Communications & Voice/Chat Platforms (Discord-like, in-game comms)
CodeMPAFAIAEPrimaryYes
2Gaming Social Networks & Community Platforms (profiles, guilds, forums, discovery)
CodeMPAFAIADPrimaryNo
Product category
Gaming Communication Platform
Social media profiles3 records
GTM motion1 record

Each record includes

Type, Description, Source

Distribution channels3 records

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Title, Type, Scope, Target buyer, Description, Source

Cost components5 values
Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales
GTM typeB2C
B2C
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Software
Core offering1 text field

Guilded operates a unified chat and communication platform purpose-built for gaming communities. The product provides real-time messaging, voice channels, and community management tools accessible across MacOS, Windows, iOS, and Android. It serves as a central hub for gamers, clans, esports teams, and gaming groups to coordinate, communicate, and manage community activities.

Differentiator
Functional benefit
Problem solved
Product overview1 text field

Guilded is a single, unified chat platform for gaming communities. The core offering is the Guilded application, available as desktop clients for MacOS and Windows, as well as mobile applications for iOS (App Store) and Android (Play Store). The product provides real-time chat and community communication tools tailored for gaming groups, clans, and teams. No additional modules, add-ons, or sub-products are referenced in available source material.

Recent move5 records

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Date, Type, Title, Description, Source

Expansion highlight3 records

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Type, Description

Peers7 records
1Mumble
TypeDirect peer
Description

Open-source, low-latency voice chat software widely adopted by gaming clans and competitive communities for in-game voice. Comparable as a dedicated gaming-community voice platform, though text/community features are minimal relative to Guilded.

2TeamSpeak
TypeDirect peer
Description

Long-standing VoIP communication software historically used by competitive gaming teams, esports clans, and online gaming communities. Highly comparable as a gaming-focused real-time voice/chat tool, though it lacks Guilded's modern text and community management breadth.

3Slack
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Mass-market horizontal team chat and collaboration platform from Salesforce. While not gaming-specific, Slack competes for the same use case of organized group communication and is occasionally adopted by esports organizations and game studios for internal coordination.

4Discord
TypeDirect peer
Description

The dominant chat and community platform purpose-built for gamers, offering voice channels, servers, and community features that directly overlap with Guilded's core offering. Discord is the primary direct competitor Guilded must displace to grow share.

5Telegram
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Widely used cross-platform messaging app that has become a default community/announcement channel for many gaming groups, esports teams, and content creators. Comparable as a community messaging tool even though it is not gaming-specific.

6Steam Chat (Valve)
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Valve's integrated chat, voice, and community features inside the Steam gaming client serve PC gamers with group messaging, voice chat, and community hubs. Overlaps with Guilded on gaming-community communication, bundled into the broader Steam platform.

7CurseForge (Twitch)
TypeDirect peer
Description

Gaming-focused community and modding platform under Twitch/Amazon, historically offering voice (Curse Voice) and community features for gamers. Comparable as a gaming-community infrastructure peer with overlapping real-time communication history.

Market position
Strengths4 records

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Weaknesses4 records

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Competitive moat3 records

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Key risks5 records

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Key highlights5 records

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Segment1 record

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Ideal customer profile1 record

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Profile, Firmographic size, Sales motion, Sales cycle length, Buying structure, Purchase trigger, Buyer persona, Geography, Industry vertical, Primary use case, Description, Pain points, Evidence proof points, Target buyer

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Yes
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No

Docs URL, Description

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Number of profiles
Profiles3 records

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Name, Designation, Designation category, Overview, Profile commentary, Source

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Funding overview

Funding stage, Last funding date, Total funding USD

Funding rounds3 records

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Round, Amount USD, Date, Pre money valuation, Total investors, Investors, News

Investors12 records

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Name, Type, Date of entry, Rounds participated, Website

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

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Name, Acquisition type, Announced date, Completed date, Status, Website, News

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M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Guilded

Gaming Communication Platformguilded.gg

Guilded is a San Francisco-based chat and communication platform designed for gaming communities, teams, and esports groups, distributed via MacOS, Windows, iOS, and Android apps under a product-led, self-serve model.

What Guilded does

Guilded, founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, operates a chat and communication platform purpose-built for gaming communities. Its single core product, the Guilded application, delivers real-time messaging, voice channels, and community management features and is distributed as a desktop client for MacOS and Windows and as mobile apps on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. The platform is positioned as an alternative to general-purpose communication tools, addressing the fragmented communication and lack of gaming-specific tooling that gaming teams, esports organizations, and community groups typically face. The company employs 51-100 people and operates under founder Eli Brown, supported by an engineering manager and chief of staff.

The business model is product-led: Guilded is acquired and consumed by users through self-serve downloads and app store installation, with no publicly disclosed pricing tiers and no enterprise sales motion visible in the source data. No revenue figures, paying customer logos, API/SDK offerings, or AI features are disclosed. The company has raised approximately $10.2M in venture funding across three rounds from 2017 to 2021, led at various stages by Y Combinator and affiliated angels (seed, 2017), Initialized Capital and Susa Ventures (seed co-lead), and Matrix (Series 2, 2020), with participation from Sterling.VC, Susa Ventures, DTRIBE Capital, Fuel Capital, FundersClub, Liquid 2 Ventures, SV Angel, Trifecta Capital, and ZhenFund.

Guilded's strategic posture reflects an early-stage consumer infrastructure company in a competitive market segment adjacent to Discord and other general-purpose team chat tools. Without disclosed monetization, recurring revenue signals, or a published AI/automation roadmap, the company's commercial trajectory is currently undifferentiated from a revenue-mix standpoint, and its differentiation rests entirely on vertical focus (gaming) and cross-platform distribution. The most recent confirmed capital event is a 2021 financing round, and post-2021 operating signals are absent from the available data.

Guilded firmographics

Firmographics
Name
Guilded
Website
https://guilded.gg
Company type
Private
Founded year
2017
Operating status
Operating
Headcount range
51–100 employees
Short description
Guilded is a San Francisco-based chat and communication platform designed for gaming communities, teams, and esports groups, distributed via MacOS, Windows, iOS, and Android apps under a product-led, self-serve model.
Ownership category
akta.pro rank

Guilded industry classification

Industry
Product category
Gaming Communication Platform
akta.pro primary industry
Community Communications & Voice/Chat Platforms (Discord-like, in-game comms) (MPAFAIAE)
akta.pro secondary industry
Gaming Social Networks & Community Platforms (profiles, guilds, forums, discovery) (MPAFAIAD)

Keywords

  • Gaming communication
  • Team chat
  • Community messaging
  • Voice chat
  • Esports platform

Where Guilded is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city
San Francisco
HQ country
United States
HQ region
North America

Markets served

Guilded business model

Business model
GTM type
B2C
Offering type
Software
Cost components
Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Guilded product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Guilded operates a unified chat and communication platform purpose-built for gaming communities. The product provides real-time messaging, voice channels, and community management tools accessible across MacOS, Windows, iOS, and Android. It serves as a central hub for gamers, clans, esports teams, and gaming groups to coordinate, communicate, and manage community activities.

Product overview

Guilded is a single, unified chat platform for gaming communities. The core offering is the Guilded application, available as desktop clients for MacOS and Windows, as well as mobile applications for iOS (App Store) and Android (Play Store). The product provides real-time chat and community communication tools tailored for gaming groups, clans, and teams. No additional modules, add-ons, or sub-products are referenced in available source material.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Companies that use Guilded

Customer profile

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Guilded technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API
No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Guilded partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Guilded competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

  • Mumble: Open-source, low-latency voice chat software widely adopted by gaming clans and competitive communities for in-game voice. Comparable as a dedicated gaming-community voice platform, though text/community features are minimal relative to Guilded.
  • TeamSpeak: Long-standing VoIP communication software historically used by competitive gaming teams, esports clans, and online gaming communities. Highly comparable as a gaming-focused real-time voice/chat tool, though it lacks Guilded's modern text and community management breadth.
  • Discord: The dominant chat and community platform purpose-built for gamers, offering voice channels, servers, and community features that directly overlap with Guilded's core offering. Discord is the primary direct competitor Guilded must displace to grow share.
  • CurseForge (Twitch): Gaming-focused community and modding platform under Twitch/Amazon, historically offering voice (Curse Voice) and community features for gamers. Comparable as a gaming-community infrastructure peer with overlapping real-time communication history.

Broad incumbents

  • Slack: Mass-market horizontal team chat and collaboration platform from Salesforce. While not gaming-specific, Slack competes for the same use case of organized group communication and is occasionally adopted by esports organizations and game studios for internal coordination.
  • Telegram: Widely used cross-platform messaging app that has become a default community/announcement channel for many gaming groups, esports teams, and content creators. Comparable as a community messaging tool even though it is not gaming-specific.
  • Steam Chat (Valve): Valve's integrated chat, voice, and community features inside the Steam gaming client serve PC gamers with group messaging, voice chat, and community hubs. Overlaps with Guilded on gaming-community communication, bundled into the broader Steam platform.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Guilded social profiles

Digital presence

Guilded financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Guilded leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Guilded funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors12 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Guilded M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Guilded

What does Guilded do?

Guilded operates a unified chat and communication platform purpose-built for gaming communities. The product provides real-time messaging, voice channels, and community management tools accessible across MacOS, Windows, iOS, and Android. It serves as a central hub for gamers, clans, esports teams, and gaming groups to coordinate, communicate, and manage community activities.

When was Guilded founded?

Guilded was founded in 2017. It employs 51 to 100 people.

Where is Guilded based?

Guilded is headquartered in San Francisco, United States, in the North America region.

Who are Guilded's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are Mumble, TeamSpeak, Discord and CurseForge (Twitch). Broad incumbents are Slack, Telegram and Steam Chat (Valve).

Does Guilded have an API?

No public API is recorded for Guilded.

What industry is Guilded in?

Guilded's product category is Gaming Communication Platform. Its primary akta.pro industry code is MPAFAIAE, Community Communications & Voice/Chat Platforms (Discord-like, in-game comms), with a secondary code of MPAFAIAD, Gaming Social Networks & Community Platforms (profiles, guilds, forums, discovery).

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Pocket Gamer.bizUpdated: Roblox acquires online communities platform Guilded for $90 millionRoblox has acquired the online communities platform Guilded for $90 million, as revealed in its Q2 2021 financials. Following the acquisition, Guilded will continue to operate as an independent product while integrating with Roblox's ecosystem to enhance gaming community interactions.BenzingaRoblox Acquires Gaming Community Platform Guilded: What Investors Should Know - Roblox (NYSE:RBLX)Roblox Corp. announced the acquisition of gaming community platform Guilded, which will operate as an independent product group within Roblox. This strategic move aims to diversify Roblox's offerings and strengthen its tools for connecting gaming communities beyond its core platform. The announcement follows recent financial reports showing significant revenue growth but a slight dip in daily active users.WebrazziRoblox, Discord rakibi iletişim platformu Guilded'ı satın aldıRoblox, oyun dünyasında Discord'a rakip olan iletişim platformu Guilded'ı satın aldığını duyurdu. Anlaşmanın finansal detayları açıklanmazken, 2017 yılında kurulan ve 10,2 milyon dolar yatırım alan Guilded bağımsız bir ürün grubu olarak faaliyetlerine devam edecek.TechCrunchRoblox acquires Discord competitor GuildedRoblox announced the acquisition of Guilded, a gaming chat platform provider that competes with Discord, in a deal where Guilded will operate independently. The platform's features include community organization around events and support for hundreds of games, with existing users able to continue using it as before.Pulse 2.0Gaming Community Chat Service Guilded Raises $7 MillionGuilded raised $7 million in Series A financing led by Matrix Partners, with participation from Initialized Capital, Susa Ventures, and Sterling.VC. The funds will expand its team, build features, and create partnerships with game publishers and esports teams. Guilded will launch its Tournaments feature in June.TechCrunchGuilded raises $7 million for its competitive gaming-focused chat appGuilded raised $7 million in Series A funding led by Matrix Partners, with Initialized Capital, Susa Ventures, and Sterling.VC participating. The startup's competitive gaming chat app differentiates itself from Discord with scheduling and calendar integration, supporting over 400 titles. It plans to launch a tournaments feature in coming months.FinSMEsGuilded Secures $7M in Series A FundingGuilded, a gaming chat platform, raised $7M in Series A financing led by Matrix Partners. The company will use the funds to expand its team, build features, and create partnerships with publishers and esports teams. It will launch a Tournaments feature in June.VC News DailyGuilded Pulls In $7M Series A FinancingGuilded has raised $7 million in Series A financing led by Matrix Partners, with participation from Initialized Capital, Susa Ventures, and Sterling.VC. The funding will be used to expand the company's team, develop new features, and establish strategic partnerships with game publishers, developers, and esports organizations. The company plans to launch its Tournaments feature in June, integrating its collaborative tools into esports leagues and tournament management.TechCrunchLooking for group? Guilded wants to be your gaming guild’s headquartersGuilded, a gaming guild platform startup backed by Y Combinator, offers lightweight tools for gaming teams including discussion boards, calendars, recruiting systems, and document hosting. The platform's standout feature, Insights, uses machine learning to analyze Overwatch player data from Blizzard to suggest optimal team compositions and role assignments. Guilded integrates with Discord for notifications and operates on a free model with potential monetization through ads and premium features.