Bravado Network
San Francisco, US · Founded 2017 · Delaware corporation · 5 known investors
Bravado is a San Francisco professional network and talent marketplace for B2B sales professionals.
Also known as Bravado · Bravado Network, Inc. · BRAVADO NETWORK, INC.
Founders & leadership
Bravado Network was founded in 2017 by Sahil Mansuri.
Investors · 5
Also in the syndicate · 4
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$11.7M disclosed across 3 of 5 rounds · 2017–2022
▶$8.3MraisedJul 2019 · 9 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Christopher HeDirector
- Alex BardDirector
- Sahil MansuriExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- Offering amount
- $8.5M
- Amount sold
- $8.3M
- First sale
- May 2019
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2017
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$2.9MraisedApr 2018 · 13 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Sahil MansuriExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- Offering amount
- $3.1M
- Amount sold
- $2.9M
- First sale
- Apr 2018
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2017
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$550KraisedJun 2017 · 3 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Sahil MansuriExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- Offering amount
- $600K
- Amount sold
- $550K
- First sale
- May 2017
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2017
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Bravado (legal name Bravado Network, Inc.) operates an online professional community and career platform exclusively for B2B sales professionals. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Its stated aim is to give salespeople peer advice, professional development resources and job opportunities rather than another sales-enablement software tool.
The platform is organized around three main products: a private community (the "War Room"), where members discuss deals, compensation and selling practices pseudonymously; a Seller Portfolio, where salespeople document industry expertise, products sold, customers worked with and testimonials as a public professional identity; and a talent marketplace (Bravado Jobs, launched at the end of 2021) for finding roles and comparing compensation. Earlier descriptions of the platform also cite a "Bravado Credibility Score" derived from customer testimonials recorded on a member profile, plus in-person networking events, workshops and a sales mentorship program that provided curricula and job placement for students.
Membership grew from roughly 10,000 users in January 2021 to more than 200,000 members across 72 countries by May 2022, spanning sales professionals from over 30,000 technology companies including Salesforce, Google, Facebook, Adobe, Slack, Uber, Dropbox and Apple. A separate network for sales leadership had more than 20,000 VPs of Sales and Chief Revenue Officers as of May 2022.
Founding story
Sahil Mansuri, previously a sales practitioner, started Bravado in 2017 to bring sales professionals together in an online community for exchanging advice and experiences, with the stated goal of improving how the profession is perceived and practiced rather than simply making individual sellers more productive. Sources variously credit Mansuri as founder/CEO and Christopher He as co-founder/CTO.
Business model
Bravado offers free community and career resources to individual sales professionals and monetizes through employers. Its Talent Marketplace charges employers a fee of 20% of base salary for each hire placed, and charges employers a platform fee for access to the technology. Third-party profiles classify the company as B2B.
Placement fees equal to 20% of a hire's base salary, plus platform fees paid by employers to access the marketplace. The company reported scaling from $0 to $4 million in annual recurring revenue in the first seven months after launching Bravado Jobs, and stated it was not yet profitable as of May 2022.
Traction
Membership rose from about 10,000 users in January 2021 (reached roughly four years after founding) to more than 200,000 members across 72 countries by May 2022. An earlier profile cited 50,000 members and 1,000 sales teams. Bravado Jobs was supporting 40+ technology companies in hiring and generated $4 million in ARR within seven months of launch.
Latest developments
In May 2022 Bravado announced a $26 million Series B led by Tiger Global, with participation from 250 CROs and VPs of Sales and angel investors including Mark Pincus, Lenny Rachitsky, Packy McCormick and Sahil Bloom, alongside existing investors Redpoint Ventures, XYZ Ventures, Freestyle Capital and Precursor. Concurrently it acquired CompGauge, a salary-data, company-review and interview-insight platform, to expand its Talent Marketplace. A third-party aggregator listed the company as active with 157 employees as of an August 2026 update.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies
Market position
Positioned as a professional network for B2B sales, explicitly framed by the company as an alternative to LinkedIn for candid, sales-specific discussion, and by its Series B lead investor as the first professional community addressing the specific needs of salespeople. One aggregator ranks it among San Francisco sales and CRM startups.
Rather than selling sales-enablement software, Bravado focuses on community, transparency around pay and employer quality, and portable professional identity for salespeople whose deal history is otherwise locked inside employer CRM systems. The vetting of employers and the addition of CompGauge salary data are presented as means of ensuring compensation transparency.
Technology
A web-based community and profile platform combining a pseudonymous discussion forum, seller portfolio profiles, a credibility scoring mechanism based on customer testimonials, and a job/compensation marketplace incorporating salary data acquired with CompGauge.
Go-to-market
The company built a large free user base of sales professionals over several years before introducing monetization, then layered an employer-paid job marketplace on top of that audience. Employers are vetted and personally screened by the CEO before being admitted to the marketplace; screening criteria cited include product-market fit, venture backing, sales culture, seasoned sales leadership and achievable quotas/OTEs. Earlier growth channels included in-person events, workshops and a mentorship program.
Individual B2B sales professionals (SDRs, AEs, CSMs and sales leadership) as members, and technology employers hiring sales staff as paying customers.
Geography
Headquartered in San Francisco, California (address on SEC filings: c/o Expa, 535 Mission St, Fl 11, San Francisco, CA 94105), with members in 72 countries as of May 2022.
History
Founded in 2017 in San Francisco, the company filed a $550,000 debt Form D in June 2017 and a $2.92 million equity Form D in April 2018. In July 2019 it filed a Form D reporting $8.27 million sold from an $8.5 million offering, reported elsewhere as a Series A led by Redpoint Ventures' Alex Bard with Annie Kadavy. Revenue began at the end of 2021 with the launch of the Bravado Jobs marketplace. In May 2022 the company announced a $26 million Series B led by Tiger Global and its first acquisition, CompGauge, bringing reported total funding to $41 million.
Risks & controversies
TechCrunch noted that Bravado is heavily reliant on its marketplace for monetization, exposing it to demand risk during a market downturn, since sales and customer success roles were among the most affected in early COVID-19 tech layoffs. The company was not profitable as of May 2022, and the CEO said the Series B was accepted at a valuation roughly 20% below other term sheets on offer. Public sources also disagree on founding attribution, total funding and round labels.
Compiled by commissioned research from 6 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 6
launches, deals, and filingsBravado completed its first acquisition, buying CompGauge, a platform providing sales compensation/salary data, company reviews and interview insights, to be folded into Bravado's Talent Marketplace.
Bravado announced a $26 million Series B led by Tiger Global, with participation from 250 CROs/VPs of Sales and angels including Mark Pincus, Lenny Rachitsky, the Airbnb alumni syndicate, Packy McCormick and Sahil Bloom, plus existing investors Redpoint Ventures, XYZ Ventures, Freestyle Capital and Precursor. Total raised reported at $41 million.
$26M source ↗
Bravado launched its job marketplace at the end of 2021 to connect sales professionals with vetted employers; the company reported it began generating its first revenue around this time.
Bravado Network, Inc. reported $8,270,147 sold in an equity-only Form D filing, from an offering of $8.5 million; characterized as a Venture - Series Unknown round.
$8.3M source ↗
New equity-only Form D filing reporting $2,922,798 sold.
$2.9M source ↗
New debt-only Form D filing reporting $550,000 sold.
$550K source ↗
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
Legal entities · 1
corporate structure▸Research sources · 6
primary sources listed
- BRAVADO NETWORK, INC. $8.27 Million funding round 2019-07-23fundz.net · web
6 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Bravado Network do?
- Bravado is a San Francisco professional network and talent marketplace for B2B sales professionals.
- Who founded Bravado Network?
- Bravado Network was founded by Sahil Mansuri in 2017.
- Who are Bravado Network's investors?
- Bravado Network's investors include Redpoint Ventures.
- How much funding has Bravado Network raised?
- Bravado Network has disclosed $11.7M raised across 3 of its 5 known rounds.
- Where is Bravado Network headquartered?
- Bravado Network is headquartered in San Francisco, US.