What BIGBrave does

BIGBrave is a South African strategic design and digital innovation firm headquartered in Bryanston, Gauteng, operating across two engines: Strategic Intelligence (workshops, ideation, Lightning Decision Jams) and Build + Innovation (content design, games, events, web solutions). Its Service Design Model follows Define, Design, Decide, Deliver stages, positioning the firm upstream of execution to ensure clarity before building. The company also operates a sub-brand called Boominar, a production studio for audio, video, and content creation with both subscription and one-off pricing in South African Rand.

The firm has productized seven proprietary Ready-to-Use platforms designed for specific industry pain points: Fuel Insights (IoT fuel tank monitoring with ATG/FMS integration), EVA Story (film/TV production logging), Brave Games (event gaming activations), Brave Connect (community messaging app), Brave Bid (online auctions), KEGTracker (beverage keg tracking), and Indaba Today (event ticketing and management). These platforms represent licensable IP layered on top of the firm's core consulting practice. The company maintains a close partnership with Shine Interactive for game mechanics and has delivered integrated experiences on Multichoice's DSTV VIA channel.

BIGBrave generates revenue primarily through professional services: project-based strategic consulting engagements and design/development work delivered via Design Sprints and Development Sprints. Secondary revenue comes from Boominar studio subscriptions (R1,500-R3,750/month) and one-off bookings (R5,500-R9,900), plus licensing of Ready-to-Use platforms. The customer base is enterprise-led and horizontally segmented across financial services (FirstRand, Absa, FNB, Standard Bank), industrial (BME, Komatsu, Barloworld), agriculture (Tru-Cape), beverage/FMCG (Castle Lager, Budweiser, Burger King), healthcare (Fresenius Kabi, Zimmer Biomet), entertainment (Nike, Red Bull), and automotive (Toyota). No public revenue, funding, or employee count is disclosed.

Name

BIGBrave

Legal name

BIGBrave

Website

https://bigbrave.digital

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

BIGBrave is a South African strategic design and digital innovation firm serving enterprise clients across financial services, industrial, agriculture, healthcare, and entertainment with consulting-led design sprints and seven proprietary ready-to-deploy platforms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Strategic Design & Digital Innovation Services

NAICS

Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416), Graphic Design Services (541430)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Creative & Experience Design Agencies (Web/App/UX) (MPAAAAAD)

Keywords

• Strategic design services
• Digital innovation consulting
• Ux ui design
• Mobile app development
• Interactive experiences

Headquarters

HQ city

Gauteng

HQ country

South Africa

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - Strategic Consulting: Revenue generated from strategic workshops, ideation sessions, insights workshops, Lightning Decision Jams, and strategic advisory engagements. These are typically time-boxed consulting engagements with defined outcomes.
2. Design & Development Services: Project-based revenue from UX/UI design, web/app/game development, AR experiences, event technology, and digital product creation. Typically delivered through Design Sprints and Development Sprints methodology.
3. Boominar Studio Subscriptions: Monthly subscription tiers for studio access (R1,500-3,750/month) and one-time bookings (R5,500/day) for content creation, video production, and audio recording. Additional revenue from equipment hire and production services.
4. Ready-to-Deploy Solutions: Licensing and deployment revenue from proprietary platforms including Fuel Insights, EVA Story, Brave Games, Brave Connect, Brave Bid, KEGTracker, and Indaba Today.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

BIGBrave is a strategic problem-solving and digital innovation firm that combines human-centered design thinking with technical implementation. It sells professional consulting, design, and development services (strategic workshops, UX/UI, web and mobile app development, game design, AR experiences, event activations) alongside a portfolio of proprietary ready-to-deploy platforms (Brave Games, Brave Connect, Brave Bid, KEGTracker, Fuel Insights, EVA Story, Indaba Today) and a production studio brand (Boominar).

Product overview

BIGBrave is a Strategic Problem-Solving & Digital Innovation partner offering a portfolio of professional services and ready-to-deploy technology solutions. The company operates three core engines: Strategic Intelligence (workshops and ideation), Build + Innovation (content, games, events, web solutions), and Ready-to-Use Solutions (pre-built platforms). The Ready-to-Use Solutions include Brave Games (event gaming activations), Brave Connect (community messaging), Brave Bid (online auctions), KEGTracker (keg tracking), Fuel Insights (IoT fuel monitoring), EVA Story (film production logging), and Indaba Today (event ticketing). Services span strategic workshops, content design, game development, AR experiences, events management, and web/app development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Boominar: A production studio offering audio, video, sound, and visual production services, including content creation, dry-hire studio rates, and full production support.
• Brave Games
• Brave Connect
• Brave Bid
• KEGTracker
• Fuel Insights
• EVA Story
• Indaba Today

Products and services

• Brave Games Interactive gaming activations for events, enabling brand engagement through gamified experiences; targeted at marketing and brand teams running live events.
• Brave Connect Community messaging app designed to address challenges of remote work and limited physical engagement; suitable for distributed teams and communities.
• Brave Bid Web-based online auction platform providing a seamless auction experience for participants; designed for organisations running online auctions.
• KEGTracker Keg tracking app and dashboard providing data needed for better business decisions in beverage inventory management; targeted at beverage operators.
• Fuel Insights IoT cloud-powered fuel monitoring and liquid inventory management solution for bulk liquids, providing real-time visibility into fuel levels, usage, and supply chain operations with ATG and FMS integration.
• EVA Story Production logging tool designed to seamlessly merge pre- and post-production into one fluid workflow, featuring issue flagging, broadcast timecode stamps, story logging, real-time notes, and shoot-day scheduling; for film and television production teams.
• Indaba Today All-in-one ticketing and event management platform bringing together everything event organisers need; targeted at event organisers.
• Workshops & Ideation Strategic workshops including Discovery Workshop, Lightning Decision Jam, Insights Workshop, Strategic Design Workshop, and BIGUP leadership programme to drive innovation and clarity for enterprise leadership teams.
• Content Design Visual and narrative content services including Graphic Design, Motion Graphics, Video production, and UX/UI design for brands and enterprise teams.
• Games & Experiences Interactive and immersive experiences including Game Design, Game Development, Activations, Augmented Reality, and Game Shows for brands and media organisations.
• Events & Activations Event technology and activation services covering pre/during/post engagement, digital enablement, real-time data, management, and interactive experiences for live brand events.
• Web Solutions Website and web application development including responsive Websites, Web + Native Apps, and E-Commerce solutions for enterprise and brand clients.
• Boominar Studio Full production studio offering professional audio, video, sound, and visual production with content creation, dry-hire rates, and full production support; targeted at content creators, podcasters, agencies, and event producers.
• Fruit-Full 3 Mobile Game Educational mobile game for agricultural brand engagement; teaches consumers about apple and pear farming through interactive gameplay, also extended into a TV game show and social media community for Tru-Cape.

Quantifiable outcome

• Improved speed, accuracy, and confidence in blast design decisions for BME engineers
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Shine InteractivecoreTechnology or IntegrationBIGBrave has a close partnership with Shine Interactive for building game mechanics and interactive experiences. They have developed solutions for channels such as VIA on Multichoice's DSTV platform, integrating real-time HD graphics for cost-effective streamlined productions with reduced turnaround to broadcast.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Hellocomputer: Award-winning South African digital creative agency serving enterprise brands with digital, content and brand experience work — directly comparable in market, customer base and creative offering.
• Clockwork Media: South African digital agency offering web, app, content and design services to enterprise clients — directly comparable in geography, target market, and service mix to BIGBrave.
• Mirum Africa: Pan-African digital agency (part of WPP) offering digital strategy, design, development and campaign work — directly comparable in regional enterprise focus and service mix.

Direct peers

• Work & Co: Digital product studio delivering strategy, design and technology for major brands (e.g., Google, Facebook) — comparable in motion and offering mix to BIGBrave's consulting-led, build-and-ship model.
• Ustwo: Global digital product studio combining strategy, design and engineering for enterprise clients, with productised apps and games — directly comparable to BIGBrave's service design + ready-to-deploy platform model.

Broad incumbents

• Publicis Groupe Africa: Global advertising/communications network with a substantial African presence delivering digital, creative and technology services to enterprise — competes with BIGBrave for the same blue-chip SA enterprise budget.
• Huge: Digital experience agency providing strategy, design, marketing and technology for enterprise brands — comparable in offering breadth and consultative engagement model to BIGBrave's enterprise work.
• IDEO: Pioneering global design and innovation consultancy applying human-centred design to enterprise strategy and product challenges — the canonical reference point for BIGBrave's human-centred design methodology.
• Frog (frog design): Global design and innovation consultancy that pairs human-centred design with technology implementation for enterprise — closely aligned with BIGBrave's Define/Design/Decide/Deliver methodology and IDEO-school lineage.
• R/GA: Large global digital agency with strategy, design, content and product capabilities across enterprise accounts — overlaps with BIGBrave's full-service digital innovation offering but at significantly greater scale and geographic reach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/bigbravedigital
• Facebookfacebook.com/BigBraveDigital
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/big-brave-digital

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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