Brave Software, Inc in a few pages, for writers, partners and anyone curious: the facts, the people, the money, the products and the news. Put together by ToolGPA, not by Brave Software, Inc.
Brave is made by Brave Software, Inc., a privately held company that also runs Brave Search. It earns money from private ads that users can opt into, with a share paid to them in BAT, from paid extras such as Search Premium and Leo Premium, and from its Search API for businesses.
Founded
2015
Based in
San Francisco
Chief executive
Brendan Eich
Latest round
Token sale (ICO), $35 million
Ownership
Privately held
Unofficial. Put together by ToolGPA from Brave Software, Inc’s own pages, news reports and our own grades, read Oct 18, 2026. Not made, paid for or approved by Brave Software, Inc. toolgpa.com
Part 01 · Company
The company
Who they are, the facts in one place, and the people who run it
2015
The year Brave Software, Inc was founded, in San Francisco
In a sentence
Brave is made by Brave Software, Inc., a privately held company that also runs Brave Search. It earns money from private ads that users can opt into, with a share paid to them in BAT, from paid extras such as Search Premium and Leo Premium, and from its Search API for businesses.
In a paragraph
Brave Software, Inc was founded in 2015 and is based in San Francisco, California, with an office in London and staff around the world. Brendan Eich is its founder & CEO; Brian Bondy is a co-founder.
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Fact sheet
Company
Brave Software, Inc
Founded
2015
Based in
San Francisco, California, with an office in London and staff around the world
Website
brave.com
Products we list
Brave
Ownership: Privately held
Privately held and venture-backed: TechCrunch named Founders Fund's FF Angel, Propel Venture Partners, Pantera Capital, Foundation Capital and Digital Currency Group as investors in its 2016 seed round, and its own pages name no parent company.
Leadership
BE
Brendan Eich
Founder & CEO
BB
Brian Bondy
Founder & CTO
BE
Bill Engles
Chief Financial Officer
BB
Brian Brown
Chief Business Officer
Hiring
10 open roles: 4 in business development, 2 in engineering, 2 in research and 2 in sales.
Part 02 · Funding
The money
Every announced round, who put money in, and what it was last valued at
Raised $4.5 million in seed funding in August 2016, bringing its total from investors to $7 million at the time, according to TechCrunch. In 2017 it raised $35 million by selling its Basic Attention Token (BAT), which its own About page lists among its key dates.
Announced rounds, oldest first. Bar heights are to scale.
Every announced round
May 31, 2017Token sale (ICO)$35 milliontechcrunch.com
Aug 1, 2016Seed$4.5 millionWith Founders Fund's FF Angel, Propel Venture Partners, Pantera Capital, Foundation Capital, Digital Currency Group. techcrunch.com
Investors named
Digital Currency Group
Foundation Capital
Founders Fund's FF Angel
Pantera Capital
Propel Venture Partners
Filled: led at least one round. As each announcement names them.
What they make
Brave, as ToolGPA grades it: five subjects, a letter for each, and a GPA.
Brave
Open-source browser that blocks ads and trackers by default
#2 of 16 browsersFrom $3.00 per month, or $29.99 per yearFree plan4.8 on the App Store
3.8GPA
Our pick for people who want ads and trackers blocked by default. Brave is the browser for people who are sick of ads.
BValue
AFree
AFeatures
AEase
APlatforms
What reviewers praise: Ad blocking that is built in and works from the start is a reason given again and again for choosing it, by reviewers and commenters alike. Reviewers and commenters describe it as quick, with several saying pages feel faster than in the browser they used before.
Brave’s grade as a badge for its own site, free: it updates itself and links to the review. Code at toolgpa.com/badges.
Part 04 · News
News and contacts
What they have announced lately, and every official channel
This media kit is ToolGPA’s own summary of what Brave Software, Inc’s pages, news reports, investors’ announcements and public filings said on the dates shown, with our own grades. It is not made, paid for or approved by Brave Software, Inc, and Brave Software, Inc’s names and logos are trademarks of their owner. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. ToolGPA uses affiliate links and may earn a commission from them, and it works with sponsors; no one can pay for a grade. Product pictures are Brave Software, Inc’s own, from its website and app-store listings.
