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Bitwarden

Bitwarden is made by Bitwarden, Inc., a privately held company in Santa Barbara, California, that publishes its code as open source. It earns money from paid business and personal plans next to a free plan, and says it serves over 80,000 businesses and more than 15 million users.

bitwarden.comRead on Oct 18, 2026 from the company’s own pages and from news reports.

Bitwarden at a glance

Chief executive
Michael Sullivan
Founded
2016
Based in
Santa Barbara, California, with employees in the U.S. and around the world
Latest round
Growth investment, $100 million
Sep 6, 2022
Ownership
Privately held

Bitwarden's CEO and founders

The people Bitwarden names itself, or a news report about it names, with the job given there. Their accounts are the ones its own pages link to.

Bitwarden funding

Announced a $100 million growth investment led by PSG on 6 September 2022, with existing investor Battery Ventures taking part, according to its own blog. TechCrunch called it the first fully disclosed outside funding and reported an undisclosed Series A in 2019. bitwarden.comtechcrunch.com

WhenRoundAmountInvestors
Sep 6, 2022Growth investment$100 millionLed by PSG. With Battery Ventures. bitwarden.com

Every investor named

  • PSG · led a round
  • Battery Ventures

Company details

Ownership
Privately held. In September 2022 PSG took a minority position and a seat on the board, with existing investor Battery Ventures also taking part, according to its own blog. Bitwarden, Inc. is the parent company of 8bit Solutions LLC. bitwarden.com
Founded
2016 bitwarden.com
Based in
Santa Barbara, California, with employees in the U.S. and around the world bitwarden.com
Hiring
39 open roles on its job board, read Oct 18, 2026 job-boards.greenhouse.io
Reseller program
Reseller program for companies that resell Bitwarden to other organizations. The page does not publish margins or other terms; partners apply through the site. bitwarden.com
Partner program
Managed Service Provider program with a customer portal for managing client licenses and organizations, and tiered discounts as the provider grows. The discount rates are not published. bitwarden.com

Jobs at Bitwarden

Bitwarden has 39 open roles, most in Engineering (21), Sales (9) and Product (5). Pick one to read it and apply on Bitwarden’s own site.

See all 39 jobs at BitwardenCareers page

Read from Bitwarden’s job board on Greenhouse on Oct 18, 2026 and checked every day. Applications go to Bitwarden, not to us.

Bitwarden on social media and the web

Only accounts Bitwarden links to from its own site, so you know they are its own.

How to contact Bitwarden

The ways Bitwarden publishes for reaching it. We don’t list personal email addresses, guessed or otherwise.

Bitwarden news and launches

Media kit

The Bitwarden media kit

Everything on this page as a designed PDF to keep or pass on: the facts, the people, the funding with a chart of every round, the products with their grades and pictures, the news and every official channel. Put together by ToolGPA, not by Bitwarden.

Download the media kitRead it here

Questions about Bitwarden the company

Who is the CEO of Bitwarden?

Michael Sullivan is Bitwarden's chief Executive Officer, according to bitwarden.com, as read on Oct 18, 2026.

Who founded Bitwarden?

Kyle Spearrin is named as a founder of Bitwarden, which was founded in 2016.

How much funding has Bitwarden raised?

Announced a $100 million growth investment led by PSG on 6 September 2022, with existing investor Battery Ventures taking part, according to its own blog. TechCrunch called it the first fully disclosed outside funding and reported an undisclosed Series A in 2019.

Who are Bitwarden's investors?

The announcements name PSG and Battery Ventures. PSG led a round.

When did Bitwarden last raise money?

The most recent round announced was in Sep 6, 2022: Growth investment, $100 million, led by PSG.

What is Bitwarden's valuation?

No valuation was found in Bitwarden's announcements or in news reports, as read on Oct 18, 2026. Private companies usually do not publish one.

Who owns Bitwarden?

Privately held. In September 2022 PSG took a minority position and a seat on the board, with existing investor Battery Ventures also taking part, according to its own blog. Bitwarden, Inc. is the parent company of 8bit Solutions LLC.

Where is Bitwarden based?

Bitwarden gives its base as Santa Barbara, California, with employees in the U.S. and around the world.

Is Bitwarden hiring?

Yes. Bitwarden’s job board listed 39 open roles on Oct 18, 2026, most in Engineering (21), Sales (9) and Product (5). You apply on its own site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/bitwarden

Is Bitwarden on social media?

Bitwarden links to its own accounts on X (Twitter), LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Reddit and GitHub. The links are on this page, taken from Bitwarden's own site.

Where this comes from

Read on Oct 18, 2026. Facts come from Bitwarden’s own pages, news reports and investors’ own announcements; nothing from paid data sites. What no page states is left out. If something here is out of date, the company can send a correction through the vendor page.

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