BRD

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BRD is one of the largest non-custodial wallets with 8 million users across 170 countries around the world bringing true financial sovereignty to individuals. The mission of BRD is summed up with “move your money forward’ which is done by enabling all users to maintain direct ownership of their funds. BRD features holding, sending, receiving, as well as trading, buying, and selling. It’s a wallet that has grown to be one of the largest and simplest onramps to crypto.

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Overview

Location

Switzerland

Employees

51-200

Total raised

$47M

Investors 2

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	Block Ventures	block.ventures

Funding Rounds 2

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May 25, 2018	Funding round	$32M

Mentions in press and media 28

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Nov 24, 2021	Coinbase acqui-hires team behind BRD crypto wallet	As crypto proponents look to onboard a new generation of users, one of the major consumer onramps has been a host of consumer wallet apps with slick interfaces. Today, Coinbase announced that it is bringing on the team from BRD — a crypto w...
Oct 8, 2021	BRD Adds Litecoin as Ideal Cryptocurrency for Payments as Wallet Users Surpass 10 Million	We continue to see an increase in transacting users in India, Africa, and Latin America as people are using BRD for actual payments whether it be as compensation for remote workers or paying for goods and services. SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB) Oct...
Jul 23, 2021	BRD's new crypto wallet integration makes sending and receiving assets even easier	Thanks to integration with Unstoppable Domains, sending crypto is safer than ever When sending and receiving cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, one of the biggest headaches is having to copy and waste the wallet addresses. These wallet addresse...
Jul 23, 2021	BRD Integrates Unstoppable Domains to Make Sending Cryptocurrency as Easy as Sending Email	BRD simplifies cryptocurrency transactions with Unstoppable Domains integration BRD, the most secure mobile cryptocurrency wallet trusted by more than 8 million users worldwide, announced a new integration with Unstoppable Domains. Through ...
Jul 21, 2021	BRD Integrates Unstoppable Domains to Make Sending Cryptocurrency as Easy as Sending Email	Empowering BRD’s 8 million plus users with an easy and direct means for cryptocurrency transactions through Unstoppable Domains makes using cryptocurrencies even easier than transferring money between banks in the traditional financial syst...
May 17, 2021	Digital Asset Platform Blockset Previews Wallet-as-a-Service Amid Increased Customer Growth	“Blockset is the clear industry leader in offering enterprise-grade SLAs that we require to guarantee high scalability, uptime, and data integrity across multiple blockchains.” SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB) May 17, 2021 Blockset, the leading enterp...
May 13, 2021	BRD’s Blockset unveils its white-label cryptocurrency wallet for banks and other enterprise clients	Blockset, the blockchain infrastructure platform for enterprises by BRD, announced early access to its wallet-as-a-service today. The white-label solution gives clients, like financial institutions, the ability to launch wallets that have t...
Mar 17, 2021	GMO Trust has partnered with BRD to release two new stablecoins	The new coins are based on the Japanese Yen and the US dollar Image: BRD BRD, a crypto app that keeps everything directly on the blockchain, has announced that it has partnered with GMO Trust to help bring its two new stablecoins to market....
Mar 17, 2021	GMO Trust Selects BRD Wallet to Launch Stablecoins GYEN and ZUSD	The collaboration between BRD and GMO Trust represents an important development in the support and integration of trading and payment methods with stablecoin and blockchain infrastructure SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB) March 17, 2021 BRD, the most s...
Feb 17, 2021	Leading Crypto Wallet BRD Enables First-Ever Staking Offering with Addition of Tezos	Now we are introducing a simple way for the long-term investors on our platform to earn rewards while securing their cryptocurrency. SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB) February 17, 2021 BRD, the most secure mobile cryptocurrency wallet trusted by more t...
Feb 17, 2021	Crypto wallet BRD is now supporting staking, with Tezos being announced first	XTZ holders will be able to almost instantly offer the digital currency for staking through the app Image: BRD BRD, a crypto wallet that maintains everything on the blockchain, has announced that it is now looking at adding staking function...
Oct 7, 2020	U.S.-based Crypto Wallet BRD Milestone: Surpasses Six Million Users	BRD, a U.S.-based cryptocurrency mobile wallet, announced earlier this week it has surpassed six million users globally, with a monthly active user counting also surpassing at the beginning of July 2020. Founded in 2015, BRD claims it is on...
Oct 6, 2020	Cryptocurrency wallet BRD reaches 6 million users, driven by growth in Latin America and India	Mobile cryptocurrency wallet BRD announced today that it now has more than six million users worldwide, thanks to strong growth in India and Latin America. With this momentum, the company expects to reach 10 million users by early 2021. Fou...
Sep 22, 2020	BRD Is Breaking Into the Crypto Compliance Game	The BRD team is spearheading a new initiative: Blockset, a business-to-business blockchain technology stack with a bent towards compliance, surveillance and security for cryptocurrency companies and government agencies. After its 2014 launc...
Jul 25, 2020	From Enron to Wirecard: How Blockchain Tech Could Have Helped	Adam Traidman is CEO of BRD, a mobile cryptocurrency wallet. If a global company can successfully hide billions of dollars overnight, we have a problem. If it is rigorously audited by a leading accounting firm and regulated by one of the mo...
Jul 1, 2020	A vulnerability in some bitcoin wallets leads to double spend attacks and inflated balance	ZenGo, a startup that is building a mobile cryptocurrency wallet, has discovered a vulnerability in some of the most popular cryptocurrency wallets, such as hardware wallet Ledger, BRD and Edge. Named BigSpender, the vulnerability might lea...
Jan 29, 2019	Japan’s SBI Holdings arm invests $15m in Swiss crypto wallet BRD	Premium SBI Crypto Investment, a subsidiary of Tokyo-based financial services company SBI Holdings, has invested $15 million in a Series B financing of Switzerland-based crypto currency wallet, BRD, according to an announcement. Continue re...
Jan 28, 2019	Term Sheet — Monday, January 28	FEMALE FOUNDER FUNDING Good morning, Term Sheet readers. Paid Content Securing the enterprise without boundaries From ExtraHop That’s the lead of my colleague Emma Hinchliffe’s report on the state of female founder funding. She reports that...
Jan 28, 2019	Daily funding roundup - January 28th, 2019	Renewal Mill raised $2.5M; Obo raised $8.2M; Kuali raised $12M; BRD raised $15M Renewal Mill: Renewal Mill is a next generation ingredients company that upcycles byproducts from food manufacturing into high-quality ingredients. Renewal Mill...
Jan 28, 2019	BRD Raises $15M in Series B Funding	BRD, a Zurich, Switzerland-based secure cryptocurrency mobile wallet, raised $15m in Series B financing. The funds came from SBI Crypto Investment, a wholly owned subsidiary of SBI Holdings, based in Tokyo, Japan. The company intends to use...
Jan 25, 2019	Crypto wallet BRD raises $15M for Asian expansion	Mobile cryptocurrency wallet BRD is announcing that it has raised $15 million in Series B funding. The funding comes from SBI Crypto Investment, a subsidiary of Japanese financial services company SBI Holdings (formerly a subsidiary of Soft...
Aug 1, 2018	Techmeme introduces contextual ads tied to news topics	Tech news aggregator Techmeme is trying out a new way to make money — ad units that are directly tied to the stories on the front page. The idea is that advertisers can specify company names or news categories that they want to target, then...
May 25, 2018	Term Sheet — Friday, May 25	THE PET WARS Good morning, Term Sheet readers. Paid Content You can't secure what you can't see From ExtraHop UP AGAINST SOFTBANK: Rover, the pet-sitting and pet-walking company, is raising $125 million in funding, along with $30 million of...
May 25, 2018	Crypto Platform BRD Raises $32M in Funding	BRD, a Zurich (Switzerland)-based secure bitcoin and cryptocurrency mobile wallet, raised $32m in funding. The round included a combination of venture capital funding, with existing investor East Ventures involved the round, and a crowdsale...
	What a crypto executive wishes investors knew before buying bitcoin for the first time	Bitcoin is trending upward again, with the cryptocurrency briefly topping the $60,000 mark for the first time ever on Saturday. As recently as September 2020, one bitcoin was worth just over $10,000, and the recent rally has prompted more i...
	Why this crypto CEO uses a simple and traditional investment strategy to build his bitcoin holdings	Bitcoin has had a whirlwind few months, surpassing the $60,000 mark for the first time ever in March before promptly tumbling down near $30,000 in less than three months. The volatility, stemming from a wide range of factors including Elon ...
	Dogecoin up 12,000% since January — here’s how much money you’d have if you invested $1,000 at the beginning of 2021	Dogecoin briefly surged to an all-time high of 69 cents Wednesday morning, capping a roller-coaster run for the meme-based cryptocurrency that has skyrocketed in value in recent months. The latest rally has come in the lead-up to Tesla CEO ...

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FAQ about BRD

How much funding has BRD raised?

BRD has raised $47M in total across 2 funding rounds.

What funding rounds has BRD raised?

Parsers VC lists 2 funding rounds of BRD, among them a funding round of $32M on May 25, 2018.

Who has invested in BRD?

Parsers VC lists 2 investors of BRD, among them Block Ventures.

What has the press written about BRD?

Parsers VC has collected 28 articles mentioning BRD, among them “Coinbase acqui-hires team behind BRD crypto wallet” (Nov 24, 2021) and “BRD Adds Litecoin as Ideal Cryptocurrency for Payments as Wallet Users Surpass 10 Million” (Oct 8, 2021).

Is BRD still active?

Yes, BRD is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Nov 30, 2021.