Tech Company Financing Transactions

Brave Software Funding Round

Digital Currency Group, FF Angel and Foundation Capital participated in a $4.5 million Seed funding round for Brave Software. The financing closed on 8/3/2016.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
8/3/2016
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$4,500,000
Round
Seed
Proceeds Purpose
This round of funding will be allocated towards platform development and growth. This brings the total amount of funding to date to $7 million with previous angel funding from private investors.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Internet & IoT
Mailing Address
512 Second St. 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94107
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
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.
Profile
Brave Software LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Brave Software Company Twitter Account
Company News
Brave Software News
Facebook
Brave Software on Facebook
YouTube
Brave Software on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Brendan Eich
  Brendan Eich LinkedIn Profile  Brendan Eich Twitter Account  Brendan Eich News  Brendan Eich on Facebook
Chief Information Officer
Yan Zhu
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Chief Scientific Officer
Ben Livshits
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Chief Technical Officer
Brian Bondy
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VP - Bus. Development
Brian Brown
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VP - Product Management
David Temkin
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