Stories

Our Team is Growing By Sue Kwon, Head of Marketing and Communications We’re dusting off our Medium publication with a plan to unleash stories and announcements about our team, founders, and topics that are so interesting, you’ll come back for more. Let’s start off with this straightforward bit of news. Comcast Ventures is growing. We’re looking to … We Are Growing

Congratulations to two of our companies, Away and Zola, for making it onto Fast Company’s 50 Most Innovative Companies in the World!

Stop obsessing over features and start thinking about your user’s needs. Photo credit: Juyoung Ryu Investing in technology companies is a privilege — I have the opportunity to meet people smarter than me, every day. Prior to this, I was building internet and software companies and managing teams of startups on the innovation frontier. I regularly spent time disseminating … To Design Great Products, Become a Student of Human Psychology

At Comcast Ventures, we spend a ton of time thinking about, and investing in, consumer marketplaces. To sift through the noise and spot the next OfferUp or NextDoor, we apply a set of benchmarks around transaction frequency, take-rates and trading liquidity to assess the overall health and potential of the businesses we see. Though if I had to … Leading MealPal’s $15M Series A Round of Funding

Seven years ago, Comcast Ventures invested in a company called EdgeConneX because we saw an exceptionally strong team with a plan to accelerate building fiber to cell sites, then office buildings. As Comcast Ventures and Comcast actively engaged with EdgeConneX, we identified a new direction that had far greater potential. The EdgeConneX team embraced our guidance … Bringing Content Closer to the Consumer: EdgeConneX

In January, Comcast Ventures led a $20M financing round for College Ave Student Loans, a company created to simplify the college loans process. I sat down with Joe DePaulo, co-founder, chairman, and CEO of College Ave Student Loans at their offices in Wilmington, Delaware to hear about the student-lending space, their experience working with us and the future … College Ave Student Loans: The future of the student-lending marketplace