Bravado
Bravado operates a hiring platform that matches sales professionals with companies seeking full-time or fractional sales talent. It has built a community of over 400,000 sales professionals globally and raised $38M in funding, most recently a Series B in May 2022.
The growth story
Bravado grew from 122 to 131 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $38M along the way, most recently a Series B in May 2022.
About
Bravado connects sales professionals with companies looking to hire them, either full-time or on a fractional basis. It also hosts the War Room, an online community for sales professionals that has grown to over 400,000 members worldwide.
The company has raised $38M in funding, including a Series B round in May 2022 led by investors like Freestyle Capital and Kindred Ventures. With 131 employees, Bravado has established itself as a significant player in the sales talent marketplace.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Operations 52 (-5% YoY), Sales 12 (-8% YoY), Business Development 10 (-23% YoY), Marketing 8 (+14% YoY), Engineering 5 (-55% YoY), Customer Success and Support 5 (0% YoY).
Talent flow
Bravado's employees frequently come from major tech companies like Salesforce, Oracle, and Apple. Alumni often move to startups such as Wander, Hyperbound, and Common Room.
Most common previous employers of Bravado staff: Salesforce (4), RevsUp (3), Kojo (2), Oracle (2), Apple (2), Gartner (2). Former Bravado employees most often moved to Wander (3), Hyperbound (2), Osmo Studio (2), Common Room (2), Brex (2), Corporate Bro (1).
Alumni worth knowing
The Bravado mafia
Bravado alumni have founded 12 companies, including Parlour, Pintopay - Crypto Cards, and habilitar.me. These ventures typically have small teams, with most employing between 5 and 12 staff members.
13shaan chagan, was Mentor until 2020Guntis Siugals, was Engineering Manager until 2023Varley Silva, was Engineering Manager, Growth until 2022Chris He, was Co-Founder, CTO until 2021Oleksandr Shevenionov, was Director of Design until 2025Samraaj Singh Bath, was Product Manager until 2020
Dima Kazarov, was Product Designer until 2023
Mor Assouline, was Sales Mentor until 2020
Alexa Ramirez, was Fractional GTM until 2024
Olivia Leavengood (Gulsvig), was Head of Sales Talent until 2022
Emil Huovinen, was Senior Product Manager until 2022
Dmitrii Kriaklin, was Lead Frontend Developer, Engineering Manager until 2022
Karthik Varma K, was Sales Consultant until 2024Web traffic
Traffic mix: 46% direct, 41% search, 4% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Bravado: Sales (50), Business Development (38), Leadership (38), Customer Service (34), Software as a Service (SaaS) (33), Social Media (33), Lead Generation (33), Sales Management (29).
Where the team actually sits
Bravado people are concentrated in California, United States (5), New York, United States (5), Ontario, Canada (4), United States (3).
Search footprint
Bravado attracts about 55 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $2K a month if bought through ads. It gained 25 ranking keywords and lost 35 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.50 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 4.40 / 5
- Senior management
- 4.20 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 4.20 / 5
Frequently asked
Bravado has 131 employees as of September 2026.
Bravado has raised $38M in total, most recently a Series B round in May 2022.
The most common previous employers of current Bravado staff are Salesforce (4 people), RevsUp (3 people), Kojo (2 people).
Former Bravado employees most often move to Wander (3), Hyperbound (2), Osmo Studio (2).
At least 12 companies have a founder who previously worked at Bravado, including Parlour, Pintopay - Crypto Cards, habilitar.me.
Bravado attracts about 55 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $2K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Bravado staff are Sales, Business Development, Leadership, Customer Service, Software as a Service (SaaS).
Bravado staff are concentrated in California, United States (5), New York, United States (5), Ontario, Canada (4).
Bravado has about 52 people in Operations, down 5% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Bravado has about 12 people in Sales, down 8% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 58 current and 168 former Bravado profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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