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.

How much is Brace worth?

The last known valuation of Brace was $***** as of Jan 01, 2012.

When was the latest funding round of Brace?

Brace's latest funding was a $***** Seed round on 2012, with participation from 1 investor.

Where does Brace rank among its competitors?

Brace ranks 82nd amongst 119 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 $750M in Oct, 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 October, 2026.

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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, $*****

Last Known Valuation

$***** as on Jan 01, 2012

Investors

Y Combinator

Ranked

82^nd among 119 active competitors

Employee Count

1 - 10 as on Jul 01, 2024

Similar Companies

Netlify & 169 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	4195	Seed	9094	2499	6948	9728

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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	EQT, Kleiner Perkins & 21 others	85/100
2nd	Modal 2021, New York City (United States), Series D	Provider of serverless platform for developing and deploying AI applications	$1.22B	Redpoint Ventures, Lux Capital & 15 others	71/100
3rd	Amazon Web Services 2006, Seattle (United States), Funding Raised	Provider of cloud computing services, including infrastructure, AI, and data solutions	-	Startupmoldova, Tigerlabs & 6 others	65/100
4th	Pivotal Software 2013, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Enterprise platform as a service	$1.7B	Ford, EMC & 6 others	57/100
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 & 13 others	50/100
7th	Hosting 1997, United States, Acquired	Global hosting platform providing reliable, secure, and high-performance solutions	$2M	Ares Capital Corporation, Pamlico Capital ... & 3 others	49/100
8th	Acorn Labs 2022, Cupertino (United States), Funding Raised	Platform offering application deployment frameworks	-	Intellyx, Nexus Venture Partners	49/100
9th	Stratoscale 2013, Sunnyvale (United States), Deadpooled	Multi-cloud hybrid platform	$70M	Intel, Qualcomm Ventures & 5 others	45/100
10th	Engine Yard 2006, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	PaaS solution simplifying application deployment and management on AWS with support	$37.6M	Benchmark, DAG Ventures & 8 others	44/100
82nd	Brace 2012, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Host static websites from Dropbox	$120K	Y Combinator	19/100