When was Brace founded?

Brace was founded in 2012 and raised its 1st funding round within a year of its incorporation.

Where is Brace located?

Brace is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.

How many employees does Brace have?

As of Jul 01, 2024, the latest employee count at Brace is 1 - 10.

Is Brace a funded company?

Brace is a funded company, having raised a total of $***** in its 1st and only funding round, a Seed round on 2012.

When was the latest funding round of Brace?

Brace's latest funding was a $***** Seed round on 2012, with participation from 1 investor. Its primary sector is PaaS. In United States, the PaaS sector has seen $1.41B in funding in 2026 to date.

Where does Brace rank among its competitors?

Brace ranks 80th amongst 98 active competitors, of which 18 are funded. It stands 8th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Modal, which secured $355M in May, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of Brace?

Brace's top competitors include Netlify, Modal and Amazon Web Services. Among them, Modal secured the most recent funding round in May, 2026.

Brace - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Brace provides designers to host static websites from dropbox. Initially started as backlift, a backend as a service for websites, it pivoted to brace, for hosting websites. Brace is aimed at web designers who can use it to push their work onto a live site without the need to know about setting up and managing servers. Can only upload files to a designated dropbox folder and Brace will sync it with AWS servers to host the site. It provides two versions of the hosted website, a Draft version and a Production version. The Draft is for iteration and collaboration. The Production version is optimized for performance and scale. Acquired by squarespace in 2014.

Website: brace.io
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Founded Year

2012

Location

San Francisco, United States

Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

$120K in 1 round

Latest Funding Round

Seed, 2012, $*****

Investors

Y Combinator

Ranked

80^th among 98 active competitors

Employee Count

1 - 10 as on Jul 01, 2024

Similar Companies

Netlify & 148 more

Exit Details

Acquired by Squarespace (Nov 17, 2014)

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Brace got acquired by Squarespace on Nov 17, 2014.

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Brace has raised a total funding of $120K over 1 round. Its latest funding round was a Seed round on 2012 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Brace has 1 institutional investor.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Brace:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
2012	4707	Seed	3142	4706	4969	6989

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The founders of Brace is Cole Krumbholz.

Here are the details of Brace's key team members:

Cole Krumbholz: Founder of Brace and founder of 2 other companies, Formspree and Koduco Games.

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Brace's employee count trend

Brace has 1 - 10 employees as of Jul 24. Here is Brace's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Brace include Netlify, Modal and Amazon Web Services. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Brace, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Netlify 2013, San Francisco (United States), Series D	Provider of a platform for web application development and deployment	$212M	Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners ... & 21 others	85/100
2nd	Modal 2021, New York City (United States), Series C	Provider of serverless platform for developing and deploying AI applications	$466M	Redpoint Ventures, General Catalyst & 13 others	70/100
3rd	Amazon Web Services 2006, Seattle (United States), Funding Raised	Provider of cloud computing services, including infrastructure, AI, and data solutions	-	Hackquarters, Tigerlabs & 4 others	65/100
4th	Pivotal Software 2013, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Enterprise platform as a service	$1.7B	Ford, EMC & 6 others	60/100
5th	Microsoft Azure 2010, Redmond (United States), Unfunded	Provider of cloud computing services, databases, AI, and application development	-	-	54/100
6th	Robin Systems 2013, San Jose (United States), Acquired	Platform offering container storage software	$86M	Clear Ventures, USAA & 11 others	52/100
7th	Hosting 1997, United States, Acquired	Global hosting platform providing reliable, secure, and high-performance solutions	$2M	Ares Capital Corporation, Pamlico Capital ... & 3 others	48/100
8th	Engine Yard 2006, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	PaaS solution simplifying application deployment and management on AWS with support	$37.6M	New Enterprise Associates, Benchmark & 8 others	46/100
9th	Taikun 2018, Prague (Czech Republic), Acquired	Platform offering cloud based kubernetes application deployment solution	-	Nation 1, Impulse Ventures & 1 others	45/100
10th	MedStack 2015, Waterloo (Canada), Seed	Cloud based platform for the development of healthcare apps	$5.5M	TELUS Ventures, Blu Venture Investors & 16 others	45/100
80th	Brace 2012, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Host static websites from Dropbox	$120K	Y Combinator	19/100