Brud is a virtual-character and community-owned media studio co-founded by Trevor McFedries and Sara DeCou, known for creating the digitally rendered characters Miquela, Bermuda, and Blawko. Brud's Twitter Score is 17 out of 1000 as of September 2026, ranking #57,284 among 486,860 tracked accounts.
Brud was acquired by Dapper Labs in October 2021, with the purchase price undisclosed. Following the acquisition, the Brud team joined Dapper Labs and the combined effort formed Dapper Collectives, focused on developing DAO tooling and community ownership infrastructure on the Flow blockchain, beginning with Lil Miquela. Trevor McFedries led Dapper Collectives as CEO. Brud's documented blockchain association was with the Flow ecosystem and planned DAO products, with no separately identified native token on record.
Brud had previously been backed by Sequoia Capital, which noted its partnership with Brud began in 2017, as well as Spark Capital, BoxGroup, and SV Angel. Brud has 2,322 followers as of September 2026 and has published 63 posts. Brud has been mentioned by 17 accounts, with 20 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Brud include 62 founders, 27 angel investors, 14 influencers and 2 VCs. Among them are Vance Spencer, Jesse Walden, Ali Yahya, Soby, Cuy Sheffield and Jane Lippencott.