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Ir and Pt thickness dependences of the interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (iDMI), the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA), and the damping in Co-based systems grown by sputtering on Si substrates, using Ir or Pt under or overlayer of variable thickness ($0\ensuremath{\le}{t}_{\mathrm{Pt}}\ensuremath{\le}3.5\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}\mathrm{nm}$ and $0\ensuremath{\le}{t}_{\mathrm{Ir}}\ensuremath{\le}1.5\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}\mathrm{nm}$), were investigated using Brillouin light scattering. Vibrating sample magnetometry measurements revealed a significant decrease of the areal magnetic moment at saturation as the thickness ${t}_{\mathrm{Pt}}$ or ${t}_{\mathrm{Ir}}$ of the overlayer increases, most likely due to the increasing intermixing. The intermixing, found to be negligible for Ir and Pt underlayers, is stronger for Ir than Pt overlayers. Damping measurements for Pt-based systems allowed us to conclude with the strong spin-pumping contribution. The analysis of the ${t}_{\mathrm{Pt}}$ dependence of damping, within the spin-pumping model, allowed us to determine the spin-diffusion length of Pt, found to be greater when Pt is used as an underlayer. The ${t}_{\mathrm{Pt}}$ dependence of the effective PMA and iDMI constants, for which similar trends to that of damping were observed, were qualitatively analyzed to separate the contribution of each interface with Co. It was found that these constants are stronger when Co is grown on Pt, most probably due to weaker intermixing at the Pt/Co interface. Linear dependence of damping vs the PMA effective constant was evidenced, confirming their relationship with spin-orbit coupling (SOC). A linear variation of the PMA effective constant vs the iDMI constant was observed in systems using Pt underlayer, whereas quadratic or linear correlations are possible when Pt is used as an overlayer, probably due to change of the interface SOC by the strong intermixing at the Co/Pt interface. The qualitative analysis of the Ir thickness dependence of iDMI and PMA constants revealed a significant (weak) contribution of the Ir/Co interface to PMA (iDMI). The surface iDMI constant of the Co/Ir interface was estimated to be 0.4 \ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{} 0.1 pJ/m, which confirms the similar iDMI sign of Co/Ir and Co/Pt interfaces.