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Brendan Iribe

Building products people love

San Francisco, California

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $5,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $50,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $25,000.00

Skills

Game Development
Start-ups
Video Games
Online Gaming
Game Design
Computer Graphics

Work Experience

Something new

2023

  • CEO and co-founder

    2023

BIG Ventures

2005

  • Managing Partner

    2005

    Early stage investments in disruptive technology.

2012 - 2018

  • CEO and co-founder

    2012 - 2018

    Kickstarted VR from dev kits to Rift and Quest. Our mission was to enable people to experience anything, with anyone. We built magical products and a brand people loved. Backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Spark, Matrix, Formation 8, Founders Fund, and BIG.

2011 - 2012

  • Chief Product Officer (CPO)

    2011 - 2012

    We built the first GPU cloud streaming platform, which launched on websites and IPTVs, including Facebook, YouTube, LG and Samsung. Backed by Benchmark, NEA, Rustic Canyon, Qualcomm, Intel, and BIG. In August 2012 Gaikai became part of Sony.

2011 - 2011

  • Scaleform, Media & Entertainment

    2011 - 2011

    Led the successful merger with Autodesk and supported the team through the integration process.

Scaleform

1999 - 2011

  • CEO and co-founder

    1999 - 2011

    Scaleform grew to be the premier video game UI technology provider. Our SDK’s were used in thousands of titles, including hundreds of AAA games that shipped on multiple platforms including mobile, PC, Nintendo, Microsoft Xbox, and Sony PlayStation. In March 2011 Scaleform became part of Autodesk.