Brave Stock
Open-Source Web Browser
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Brave Software develops a free and open-source web browser, Brave. Brave Browser is based on the Chromium open-source web project. Brave Browser prioritizes user privacy and by default blocks online advertisements and website trackers. Users have the option to turn on ads in return for compensation via Basic Attention Tokens (BAT), a cryptocurrency developed by Brave Software. Brave Browser also offers users services including video calls and crypto-wallets.
Brave Software was founded in 2015 by Brendan Eich and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. Notable investors include Abstract Ventures, Foundation Capital, and R/GA Ventures.
Investors
Abstract Ventures
Ripple, Hippo Insurance, Solana, Petal, Brave, CloudTrucks, Snackpass, Osaro, ChartHop, WorkOS
DHVC (Danhua Capital)
Wish, Branch, Cohesity, Lime, Figure, MoneyLion, TigerGraph, Brave, Optimizely, Barefoot Networks
Digital Currency Group
Circle, Chainalysis, Blockchain.com, eToro, Figure, Brave, Axoni, Kraken Digital Asset Exchange, BitPay, Kraken
E-Merge
Foundation Capital
Rappi, Fair, Cerebras Systems, Graphcore, Cohesity, Bolt Threads, OpenSea, Current, Kiavi, States Title
Founders Fund
Lyft, SpaceX, Spotify, Airbnb, Stripe, Anduril Industries, Flexport, Palantir Technologies, Wish, Compass
Propel Venture Partners
R/GA Ventures
Rising Tide
Funding History
| November 2015 | $2.5M |
|---|---|
| November 2015 | $11.6M |
| March 2019 | $50.0M |
| March 2019 | $6.6M |
| March 2019 | $1.4M |
| May 2020 | $21.3M |
| December 2020 | $73.6M |
| February 2021 | $34.5M |
Management
Chief Executive Officer
Brendan Eich
Chief Financial Officer
Bill Engles
Chief Technology Officer
Brian Bondy
Press
zd - Jan, 6 2022
Google Chrome rival Brave reports another big jump in userstrib - Jan, 5 2022
Crypto Browser Brave Passes 50M Monthly Active Userstheregister - Dec, 13 2021
Brave bets on the decentralized web with IPFS browser support for a more peer-to-peer approachcybernews - Nov, 29 2021
Brave CEO Brendan Eich: users can move markets towards privacy-preserving techdlvr - Nov, 18 2021
Brave browser now features a native crypto wallet without the need for extensionsnews - Nov, 10 2021
Brave Browser to Integrate Solana Supporttheregister - Nov, 6 2021
Brave takes step closer to sensible business model by building subscription VPN into the iOS version of its browserapple - Oct, 20 2021
Brave chief scientist Ben Livshits joins Zilliqa as CEObit - Oct, 19 2021
Brave Removes Google as its Default Search Engineubergizmo - Sep, 23 2021
Brave Launches A Privacy Focused Alternative To Zoomtcrn - Sep, 22 2021
Brave’s non-tracking, browser-based video conferencing tool is out of betaground - Aug, 31 2021
Brave and Gemini partner to provide an integrated custodial wallet for Brave Rewards usersknowtechie - Jun, 23 2021
Brave just launched a Google Search competitor that doesn’t track you across websitesTechCrunch - Jun, 22 2021
Brave’s non-tracking search engine is now in betadlvr - Mar, 29 2021
Brave Search, the future search engine that respects your privacytheregister - Mar, 4 2021
Brave buys a search engine, promises no tracking, no profiling – and may even offer a paid-for, no-ad versiontrib - Mar, 4 2021
Brave Battles Google Amid Growing Demand For Privacycointelegraph - Feb, 24 2021
Brave unveils plans for DEX aggregator and NFT wallet in next browsersecurityaffairs - Feb, 19 2021
A privacy bug in the Brave Browser caused the leak of the Tor onion URL addresses visited in the Tor mode by the users.btcmanager - Feb, 3 2021
Brave Browser Records More Than 25 Million Monthly Userseu-startups - Jan, 28 2021
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