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Chat service Discord has raised $150M USD in its latest funding round.

Discord is now valued at $2.05B, having just surpassed $1B in value in April.

The company recently launched its own digital PC games store, and will use its new capital to support that launch.

On Friday, leading esports and gaming chat platform Discord announced its latest funding round of $150M, bringing the company’s total value to $2.05B. The round was led by Greenoaks Capital with support from Firstmark, Tencent , IVP, Index Ventures, and Technology Opportunity Partners.

Recently, Discord expanded its services beyond chat and messaging to include an online PC games store. The store is particularly attractive to developers due to its 90/10 revenue split in favor of the game maker. By comparison, the leading digital store for PC games, Steam, offers developers a 70/30 split. According to the announcement, Discord will use its new capital to support the launch of its new store, while continuing to improve its core communications technologies.

Last month, the company expanded its store and subscription service resources by acquiring competitive gaming companion app makers Blitz Esports.

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In April, Discord reached $1.65B in value with the closing of a $50M round joining the so-called Unicorn Club of billion-dollar startups.

The ubiquitous nature of Discord in gaming communities makes it a respectable challenger to Steam’s stranglehold on the PC game store market. The platform reportedly has 200M registered users, and is utilized throughout the esports industry for fan engagement, planning, and is the preferred chat service of many players.