Top 10 Web Browser startups

Updated: Jan 05, 2026
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These startups develop alternative web-browsers for business and professionals - more private, fast and secure.
1
Island
Country: USA | Funding: $810M
Island builds online browsers that are designed for enterprises and are meant to be more secure than traditional commercial search engines.
2
The Browser Company
Country: USA | Funding: $68M
The Browser Company is a software platform that enables users to get a better way of using the internet.
3
Brave
Country: USA | Funding: $42.3M
Brave Software focuses on increasing browsing speed and safety for users, while growing ad revenue share for content creators.
4
Beam
Country: France | Funding: $9.5M
Beam is building a web browser that gathers knowledge from your web activity
5
Maxthon
Country: China
Maxthon is a global software company developing web browsers that give users a seamless browsing experience across multiple platforms.
6
Vivaldi
Country: Norway
Vivaldi is an ultra flexible browser for power users
7
Sidekick
Country: USA | Funding: $2M
Sidekick is a revolutionary new work OS based on the Chromium browser. Designed to be the ultimate online work experience, it brings together your team and every web tool you use – all in one interface
8
Waterfox
Country: UK
Waterfox is a high performance browser based on the Mozilla Gecko platform. Acquired by System1
9
Pale Moon
Country: Sweden
Pale Moon is an open source, Goanna-based web browser available for Microsoft Windows and Linux.
10
Mighty
Country: USA
Mighty is a new browser that lets you have more tabs while taking 10x less memory. Built for speed, Mighty streams your browser from a powerful computer in the cloud.
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Fernando Lopez is a senior editor for SaaStartups. He joined the company after having previously spent over three years at ReadWriteWeb. Prior to his work as a reporter, Fernando worked in I.T. across a number of industries, including banking, retail and software. Fernando graduated from the University of Buenos Aires (Computer Science). He is more-than-averagely interested in photography and can often be found with a camera slung over his shoulder. He wrote a book about pitching startups to investors. You can contact Fernando at fernandolopez(at)saastartups(dot)com