Brendan Iribe
Managing Partner
Description:
Brendan Iribe is one of the video game industry’s most successful entrepreneurs.  He was the CEO and co-founder of Oculus VR, the Irvine-based developer of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset.  Oculus VR recently made worldwide headlines when on March 26, 2014, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) announced that it was acquiring Oculus VR in a deal worth approximately $3 billion. The two companies are joining forces to create the best virtual reality platform in the world. In 2012, Brendan and his team launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the creation of Oculus Rift development kit. With the support of 9,522 backers, they exceeded their original goal of $250,000 and ended up raising over $2.4 million. The campaign remains one of the top 20 most-funded campaigns in Kickstarter history. Before Oculus, Brendan served as Chief Product Officer of Gaikai, another innovative Orange County success story. In July of 2012, Sony Computer Entertainment (NYSE: SNE) acquired Gaikai for $380m. Prior to Gaikai, Brendan spent a decade as co-founder and CEO of Scaleform, the #1 user interface technology provider in the video game market, which Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK) acquired in 2011. Earlier in his career, Brendan worked as a game programmer and helped the Firaxis team develop the user interface for Civilization IV, a game that went on to sell millions of units and win multiple awards.
Summary:
Brendan Iribe is one of the video game industry’s most successful entrepreneurs.  He was the CEO and co-founder of Oculus VR, the Irvine-bas...
Number of Registered Investments:6
Contact Details:
- Address: Palo Alto, California, United States
- No email is provided
Location:Palo Alto, California, United States
Email is Not Provided
Phone Number:Palo Alto, California, United States
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