
Brave Software focuses on increasing browsing speed and safety for users, while growing ad revenue share for content creators. Brave aims to transform the online ad ecosystem with micropayments and a new revenue-sharing solution to give users and publishers a better deal, where fast, safe browsing is the path to a brighter future for the open web.

Brave Software focuses on increasing browsing speed and safety for users, while growing ad revenue share for content creators. Brave aims to transform the online ad ecosystem with micropayments and a new revenue-sharing solution to give users and publishers a better deal, where fast, safe browsing is the path to a brighter future for the open web.
Core product: Brave browser and Brave Search (privacy-first browser and search)
Founding: Founded 2015 by Brendan Eich and Brian Bondy
Users: 100+ million monthly active users; 42 million daily active users
Funding (reported): $42.25M total funding; notable 2017 BAT ICO ~$35M
Privacy-focused web browsing and alternative advertising/search ecosystem
2015
Internet / Software
$4.5M
Seed round reported in August 2016; investors included Founders Fund's FF Angel, Propel Venture Partners, Pantera Capital, Foundation Capital, and Digital Currency Group.
$35M
Basic Attention Token (BAT) sale raised approximately $35M in Ether.