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Why Sahar Saidi Launched a New Product for People with Curly Hair

Sahar Saidi

Sahar Saidi launched LUS for the women who struggled to find a simpler routine for their naturally curly hair Sahar Saidi has what some would consider a “non-traditional” journey into her role as founder and entrepreneur. She dropped out of college after the first year to build her consulting career. Twelve years later, she went back Why Sahar Saidi Launched a New Product for People with Curly Hair

Empowering Restaurants with Data to Elevate the Dining Experience

Joel Montaniel

Joel Montaniel shares how SevenRooms improves the restaurant experience for everyone by focusing on the operators After graduating from Georgetown University, Joel Montaniel worked 100+ hours a week at an NYC investment bank. In his rare free time, he and his friends enjoyed dining at trendy restaurants but were frequently turned away for not having Empowering Restaurants with Data to Elevate the Dining Experience

Transitioning from Product and Growth to Venture Capital

Fatima Husain

Get to know Fatima Husain, one of our newest investors Exceptional builders from unicorn startups are known to disperse onto new adventures. Fatima Husain is one of them. Fatima joins the Comcast Ventures team as one of our newest Principals. As a senior Growth Product Manager and early team member at Airbnb, Fatima led teams, Transitioning from Product and Growth to Venture Capital

How a Serial Entrepreneur Turned a $50K Award into the Largest Marketplace for SMB Loans

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Brock Blake built Lendio to help small business owners navigate the complex web of business lending Brock Blake is a lifetime entrepreneur and current CEO of Lendio, the country’s largest marketplace for small business loans. His entrepreneurial spirit began to blossom when he took on a paper route as a young boy. From there he moved How a Serial Entrepreneur Turned a $50K Award into the Largest Marketplace for SMB Loans

Comcast Ventures Case Study: Hippo Partners with Xfinity to Expand Reach Across the U.S.

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Hippo Partners with Xfinity to Expand Reach Across the U.S. Comcast Ventures invests resources into portfolio companies by providing access to innovative partnership opportunities Traditional home insurance carriers often provide overpriced coverage that is difficult to buy and becomes outdated quickly. This is not because of the well-meaning people driving the industry, but because of the Comcast Ventures Case Study: Hippo Partners with Xfinity to Expand Reach Across the U.S.

goTenna, Mesh Networks & the Future of IoT

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goTenna, Mesh Networks, and the Future of IoT At Comcast Ventures, we think a lot about how technology can empower people in environments where lack of connectivity once limited who they could reach, where they could go, and what they could do. As an engineer and entrepreneur, I see many companies pushing boundaries but goTenna is actually goTenna, Mesh Networks & the Future of IoT