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Brave

Building a fast, privacy-oriented web browser

Brave logo
201-500 employees
  • B2C
  • Security
  • Deep Tech
  • SaaS
  • Advertising
  • Blockchain
South Park, San Francisco, CA

Company mission

To fix the web by giving users a safer, faster and better browsing experience.

Top investors

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

9% employee growth in 12 months

Our take

Brave, with a reputation as one of the more secure browsers on the market, is a free web browser that stands out for focusing on privacy-first features like ad- and tracker-blocking, but it also gives out rewards to users who choose to opt in to ads.

The company has gained popularity in recent years as it is constantly solving the irritating problems faced when browsing the web, finding new solutions to improve the web-surfing experience, such as recently blocking cookie consent notice popups.

Its momentum can be attributed to the fact, it claims, that it runs three times faster than Google Chrome and is widely available on different platforms, from Windows, Mac and Linux computers to Android and iOS mobile devices. Further growth is inevitable following recent funding, so it'll be intriguing to see what it does next.

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Freddie

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Benefits

  • Fully remote team (no office, no commute)
  • Welcoming, humble, ridiculously smart teammates, and a truly flat org structure
  • Oh, and did we mention Brendan, our CEO & co-founder, invented JavaScript?
  • Industry-leader in privacy, with a research and engineering team that’s innovating everyday to keep people safer online and beat Big Tech
  • Opportunity to get in early at a hyper-growth company, and revolutionize the web
  • Generous home-office stipends

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

May 2019

$30m

SERIES A

Aug 2016

$4.5m

EARLY VC

Total funding: $37m

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Leadership

Previously acted as CEO for Mozilla and has experience as a Software Engineer for MicroUnity and Silicon Graphics.

Previously co-founded VisionWorks Solutions and has experience as Senior Software Engineer for Mozilla and as Software Developer Lead for Khan Academy.

Jobs (2)

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