# BIG Ventures

> BIG Ventures is a VC fund backing Health Care and Information Technology. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.brendaniribegroup.com

BIG Ventures is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Health Care and Information Technology. The Brendan Iribe Group (BIG) focuses on early-stage venture investing in disruptive technology.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 2 | 33% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 33% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 33% |
| AgTech | 1 | 17% |
| PC Games | 1 | 17% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 50% |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Indonesia | 2 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 17% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brendan Iribe | Managing Partner | 13 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brendan-iribe |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2weeks | 2weeks is a team of experienced professionals from the games industry, known for their expertise in prototyping and development. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Aug 01, 2024 |  |
| Sesame | Sesame AI develops advanced artificial intelligence systems that mimic human-like interactions and sensory perceptions. It focuses on technologies such as natural language processing, machine learning, and computer vision to create applications like personal assistants, healthcare solutions, and customer service chatbots. The company engages inresearch and development, collaborating with institutions to advance AI responsibly while addressing ethical considerations. Its goal is to improve accessibility and productivity through intelligent systems that adapt to human needs. | $47.5M | Series A | Nov 01, 2023 |  |
| PrimaKu | Indonesia’s first paediatric health monitoring system for children |  | Seed | Aug 24, 2023 |  |
| Kirontech | Each year, the healthcare insurance industry loses nearly half a trillion dollars due to Fraud, Waste and Abuse.With our state-of-the-art artificial intelligence solutions, fraud, waste and abuse are identified at source and inefficiencies are reduced across the board. KironAI is the most advanced and specialized AI solution in the healthcareinsurance market, and our proprietary algorithms allow the platform to handle millions of complex claims with ease.By combining the techniques of AI and our extensive industry knowledge of medical claims data, Kirontech will change the way health insurance works for good.There is a growing consensus that AI technology has a vital role to play in the future of health insurance, in the elimination of fraud, waste and abuse, the streamlining and reinforcing of risk assessment processes, and in network optimization. But how?Kirontech works with extensive medical claims data, using machine learning AI to improve the bottom line of insurers, third party administrators and reinsurers, and increase quality of care through better monitoring and management of providers.KironAI uses dynamic “graph–based” learning, which means it discovers rules and patterns from within the data, rather than simply scanning for pre-specified ones; it observes, learns and adapts to new relevant patterns too complicated for the human eye to pick up. The system is ultra-fast and resilient, designed to learn even from scarce data.Kirontech is based in Cambridge, an internationally recognized technology hub. With a presence in London, the largest centre for underwriting commercial and specialty risk in the world, Kirontech is perfectly positioned to make use of its top technical and domain expertise to address the serious issues which impede the health insurance business today.But more than anything else, Kirontech is about its people. With its unique combination of skills and expertise, our team works to innovate the healthcare industry through the application of new technology that has already proved its value across many other domains. |  | Series A | Jan 31, 2023 |  |
| Eratani | Eratani is an Agri-tech company is to focus on building a agricultural ecosystem and seeks to provide farmers with easy access to technology to increase the productivity and welfare of the agricultural ecosystem. | $3.8M | Seed | Dec 13, 2022 |  |
| TipTip | TipTip enables content creators to earn revenue from creating personalized video sessions, selling digital content, and interacting with their followers. It provides on-platform tipping features, such as integration with payment providers. | $13M | Series A | Nov 27, 2022 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [A16Z GAMES Speedrun](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a16z-games) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AgFunder](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agfunder) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Anorak Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anorak-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AppWorks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/appworks-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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## FAQ

### What does BIG Ventures invest in?

BIG Ventures invests primarily in Health Care, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Indonesia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact BIG Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at BIG Ventures?

The team at BIG Ventures includes Brendan Iribe (Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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