Comcast

Comcast Corporation, headquartered in Philadelphia, is a global media and technology company with two main divisions: Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable provides video, high-speed internet, phone, wireless security, and automation services to residential and business customers under the XFINITY brand. NBCUniversal operates news, entertainment, and sports cable networks, broadcast networks NBC and Telemundo, television production operations, station groups, Universal Pictures, and Universal Parks and Resorts. Comcast Ventures, established in 1999, is the venture capital affiliate of Comcast Corporation, investing in transformative consumer and enterprise companies across various sectors, typically from seed to late-stage growth, with initial investments ranging from $2 million to $25 million.

Kim Armor

Managing Partner

Amy Banse

Managing Partner

Gil Beyda

Managing Partner

Kai Bond

Partner

Jeff Buzzelli

Senior Vice President, Florida Region

Michelle Chang

Partner

Andrew Cleland

General Partner

Cong Ding

Investor

Christian Ebersol

Associate

Ricky Frazier

Senior Vice President Keystone Region

Rocky Gupta

EVP - Treasurer

Samir Gupte

Senior Associate

Teddy Himler

Associate

Fatima Husain

Principal

Sheena Jindal

Principal

Broderick D. Johnson

EVP Of Public Policy and Digital Equity

Gorav Khanna

Associate

Callum King

Principal

Sam Landman

Managing Partner

Ryan Lee

Investor

Sophia Marshall

Senior Vice President, Division Communications

Shivani Mathur

Associate

Rick Prostko

Managing Partner

Marc Silberman

Partner

Adam Spivack

Principal

Louis Toth

Managing Director

Dalila Wilson-Scott

EVP, Chief Diversity Officer and President, Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation

Past deals in Television

tvScientific

Series A in 2022
tvScientific is a platform that makes TV advertising accessible and measurable for brands and apps of all sizes. It leverages data to prove the value of TV ads, simplifies buying and optimization processes, and provides real-time reporting. Its Always-On Incrementality testing feature offers insights into the incremental value of CTV campaigns.

Sky UK

Acquisition in 2018
Sky UK is Europe's leading entertainment company, serving over 22 million customers across satellite, OTT, and broadband in five countries. It offers a wide range of content, market-leading customer service, and innovative technology for enhanced TV experiences.

Cheddar

Series D in 2018
Cheddar is a media and entertainment company that operates live news networks aimed at delivering fresh perspectives on business, technology, culture, and innovation. With a monthly viewership exceeding 6.5 million, Cheddar broadcasts its content across various platforms, including SlingTV, Hulu Live, YouTube TV, and social media channels such as Facebook and Twitter. The company runs two primary networks: Cheddar, which focuses on business news highlighting innovative executives and technologies, and Cheddar Big News, a general news network catering to a younger audience. Broadcasting from notable locations, including the New York Stock Exchange and a street-level studio in New York's Flatiron Building, Cheddar seeks to provide an authentic voice that reflects the diverse interests and intellectual curiosity of its viewers, enabling them to access live and on-demand news. Founded by Jon Steinberg, Cheddar aims to redefine news consumption in a post-cable era.

Wilco Electronic Systems - cable TV Business

Acquisition in 2018
Wilco Electronic Systems - cable TV Business provides cable services.

GameCake

Seed Round in 2017
GameCake is a game development company focused on creating engaging party games specifically designed for Connected TV devices. The company emphasizes the importance of in-person interaction, believing that the living room serves as an ideal environment for socializing with friends and family. By developing games that foster face-to-face engagement, GameCake aims to provide thrilling experiences that enhance group play, allowing players to enjoy computer games together in a communal setting.

Cheddar

Series C in 2017
Cheddar is a media and entertainment company that operates live news networks aimed at delivering fresh perspectives on business, technology, culture, and innovation. With a monthly viewership exceeding 6.5 million, Cheddar broadcasts its content across various platforms, including SlingTV, Hulu Live, YouTube TV, and social media channels such as Facebook and Twitter. The company runs two primary networks: Cheddar, which focuses on business news highlighting innovative executives and technologies, and Cheddar Big News, a general news network catering to a younger audience. Broadcasting from notable locations, including the New York Stock Exchange and a street-level studio in New York's Flatiron Building, Cheddar seeks to provide an authentic voice that reflects the diverse interests and intellectual curiosity of its viewers, enabling them to access live and on-demand news. Founded by Jon Steinberg, Cheddar aims to redefine news consumption in a post-cable era.

Watchwith

Acquisition in 2017
Watchwith is a provider of a data-driven advertising platform that specializes in native digital video advertising for TV networks and premium video publishers. The company has developed a sync-to-broadcast content management platform and syndication network that allows video publishers to effectively monetize their audiences through in-program contextual advertising. Watchwith's innovative approach includes various ad formats, such as interactive promotions, brand advertisements, e-commerce events, and branded bonus content, all designed to enhance viewer engagement. By offering unmatched viewability and superior brand recall, Watchwith's advertising solutions cater particularly well to young audiences who are increasingly adept at ignoring traditional interruptive ad breaks.

Cheddar

Series B in 2016
Cheddar is a media and entertainment company that operates live news networks aimed at delivering fresh perspectives on business, technology, culture, and innovation. With a monthly viewership exceeding 6.5 million, Cheddar broadcasts its content across various platforms, including SlingTV, Hulu Live, YouTube TV, and social media channels such as Facebook and Twitter. The company runs two primary networks: Cheddar, which focuses on business news highlighting innovative executives and technologies, and Cheddar Big News, a general news network catering to a younger audience. Broadcasting from notable locations, including the New York Stock Exchange and a street-level studio in New York's Flatiron Building, Cheddar seeks to provide an authentic voice that reflects the diverse interests and intellectual curiosity of its viewers, enabling them to access live and on-demand news. Founded by Jon Steinberg, Cheddar aims to redefine news consumption in a post-cable era.

Visible World

Acquisition in 2015
Visible World, Inc. is a provider of cloud-based television advertising solutions, specializing in automated tools for targeting, selling, and managing impression-based TV ad campaigns. The company offers a comprehensive suite of services through its HighYield platform, which includes features for creative versioning, sales proposal generation, ad scheduling, and performance measurement using data from smart TVs. Additionally, it provides services like Adtag and Adcopy for tagging TV ads with specific information and AudienceXpress for the buying and selling of TV ad inventory. Visible World serves a diverse clientele, including advertisers, marketers, media companies, and networks across the United States. Established in 2000 and headquartered in New York, the company enhances ad relevance and engagement by allowing real-time targeting based on various data-driven conditions.

AudienceXpress

Acquisition in 2015
AudienceXpress, the leading programmatic TV sales platform, automates the planning, audience buying, optimization, and daily reporting for TV campaigns across a national footprint. AudienceXpress optimizes media buying based on the efficiency of reaching aspecific audience, using connected TV and leading 3rd party data and analytics to deliver clear, quick results. Since its launch in 2013, AudienceXpress has delivered hundreds of advertiser campaigns across all major verticals, and billions of TV audience impressions. - See more at: http://www.audiencexpress.com/about/#sthash.1JOuMUyP.dpuf

Spectrum

Acquisition in 2014
Spectrum is a cable telecommunications company that provides a diverse array of home entertainment and information services. Its offerings include video on-demand, digital video recording, high-speed internet access, and various communication tools, as well as home automation and monitoring services. In addition to residential services, Spectrum also caters to business clients with data and network services, video programming, and music services. Established in 1989 and headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, Spectrum operates in multiple regions, including New York State, the Carolinas, Ohio, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Southern California, and Texas. The company has grown to serve approximately 15 million customers.

NBCUniversal

Acquisition in 2011
NBCUniversal is a global media and entertainment company that develops, produces, and markets entertainment, news, and information. Its portfolio includes broadcast and cable networks, film studios, theme parks, and digital properties.

BlackArrow

Series C in 2010
BlackArrow is a provider of advanced television advertising and data solutions, specializing in the pay-TV industry. The company reaches over 37 million homes and collaborates with major service providers, including Comcast and Time Warner Cable. BlackArrow's integrated suite of products enables clients to monetize video content delivered across various screens, enhancing revenue through more effective sales and marketing strategies. Additionally, the company's technology addresses the complexities of on-demand advertising, allowing clients to deploy and optimize their multiscreen advertising efforts. BlackArrow also offers real-time audience insights and measurement tools, empowering its clients to make informed decisions in a rapidly evolving media landscape.

GridNetworks

Series B in 2008
[GridNetworks](http://www.gridnetworks.com)' GridNetworks powers Internet television; getting Internet video content onto TVs and computers—with no additional hardware, while keeping content owners in control of their brand, content, and revenue model.

Visible World

Series C in 2008
Visible World, Inc. is a provider of cloud-based television advertising solutions, specializing in automated tools for targeting, selling, and managing impression-based TV ad campaigns. The company offers a comprehensive suite of services through its HighYield platform, which includes features for creative versioning, sales proposal generation, ad scheduling, and performance measurement using data from smart TVs. Additionally, it provides services like Adtag and Adcopy for tagging TV ads with specific information and AudienceXpress for the buying and selling of TV ad inventory. Visible World serves a diverse clientele, including advertisers, marketers, media companies, and networks across the United States. Established in 2000 and headquartered in New York, the company enhances ad relevance and engagement by allowing real-time targeting based on various data-driven conditions.

Move Networks

Series C in 2008
Move Networks offers a comprehensive platform for delivering live, multi-channel television over the internet. It integrates middleware, content management, subscription packaging, billing, and digital rights management, enabling telecommunications providers and media companies to generate revenue through subscriptions and enhanced advertising.

GridNetworks

Series A in 2007
[GridNetworks](http://www.gridnetworks.com)' GridNetworks powers Internet television; getting Internet video content onto TVs and computers—with no additional hardware, while keeping content owners in control of their brand, content, and revenue model.

BlackArrow

Series B in 2007
BlackArrow is a provider of advanced television advertising and data solutions, specializing in the pay-TV industry. The company reaches over 37 million homes and collaborates with major service providers, including Comcast and Time Warner Cable. BlackArrow's integrated suite of products enables clients to monetize video content delivered across various screens, enhancing revenue through more effective sales and marketing strategies. Additionally, the company's technology addresses the complexities of on-demand advertising, allowing clients to deploy and optimize their multiscreen advertising efforts. BlackArrow also offers real-time audience insights and measurement tools, empowering its clients to make informed decisions in a rapidly evolving media landscape.

BuddyTV

Acquisition in 2007
BuddyTV is an independent entertainment platform that caters to television enthusiasts by facilitating the discovery of must-see TV content. The website attracts millions of unique visitors each month, offering a space for fans to connect, engage, and share their passion for popular shows and actors. BuddyTV provides users with the latest news, interviews, and features related to their favorite programs, enhancing their viewing experience. Additionally, the BuddyTVGuide app, which has surpassed 550,000 downloads on iOS with an impressive average rating of 4.5 stars, further enriches the ways consumers enjoy television, making it easier to stay informed and interact within the fan community.

Adelphia Communications

Acquisition in 2006
Adelphia Communications is a cable television company based in Coudersport, Pennsylvania. The company emphasizes technological innovation as a key component in delivering high-quality services and ensuring customer satisfaction. By focusing on advancements in technology, Adelphia aims to enhance its offerings and maintain a competitive edge in the cable industry.

Broadbus Technologies

Series C in 2005
Broadbus Technologies was a pioneering developer of memory-based systems for delivering video content, specializing in on-demand software solutions for communications service providers. The company focused on enabling the deployment of various on-demand television services, including video on-demand, time-shifted television, network-based digital video recording, and on-demand advertisement insertion. Broadbus Technologies was recognized for its innovative contributions to the video delivery landscape before being acquired by Motorola in July 2006 for $181 million.

TechTV

Acquisition in 2004
TechTV was a 24-hour cable and satellite television channel based in San Francisco, California, dedicated to providing news and programming focused on computers, technology, and the Internet. Founded in 1998 as ZDTV by Ziff-Davis, the channel aimed to cater to tech enthusiasts with a range of factual programming and shows. In 2004, TechTV merged with the G4 gaming channel, which ultimately led to the dissolution of its original programming. The channel was later owned by Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures before its programming and brand were phased out.

Broadbus Technologies

Series B in 2004
Broadbus Technologies was a pioneering developer of memory-based systems for delivering video content, specializing in on-demand software solutions for communications service providers. The company focused on enabling the deployment of various on-demand television services, including video on-demand, time-shifted television, network-based digital video recording, and on-demand advertisement insertion. Broadbus Technologies was recognized for its innovative contributions to the video delivery landscape before being acquired by Motorola in July 2006 for $181 million.

Visible World

Series B in 2003
Visible World, Inc. is a provider of cloud-based television advertising solutions, specializing in automated tools for targeting, selling, and managing impression-based TV ad campaigns. The company offers a comprehensive suite of services through its HighYield platform, which includes features for creative versioning, sales proposal generation, ad scheduling, and performance measurement using data from smart TVs. Additionally, it provides services like Adtag and Adcopy for tagging TV ads with specific information and AudienceXpress for the buying and selling of TV ad inventory. Visible World serves a diverse clientele, including advertisers, marketers, media companies, and networks across the United States. Established in 2000 and headquartered in New York, the company enhances ad relevance and engagement by allowing real-time targeting based on various data-driven conditions.

Broadbus Technologies

Series A in 2002
Broadbus Technologies was a pioneering developer of memory-based systems for delivering video content, specializing in on-demand software solutions for communications service providers. The company focused on enabling the deployment of various on-demand television services, including video on-demand, time-shifted television, network-based digital video recording, and on-demand advertisement insertion. Broadbus Technologies was recognized for its innovative contributions to the video delivery landscape before being acquired by Motorola in July 2006 for $181 million.

MetaTV

Series D in 2002
MetaTV was founded in 1999 to define technology and services which would forever change the way people look at television.

MetaTV

Series B in 2001
MetaTV was founded in 1999 to define technology and services which would forever change the way people look at television.

SeaChange International

Post in 2000
SeaChange International, Inc. is a provider of digital video systems, catering to television service providers, telecommunications companies, satellite operators, and media companies globally. The company operates through three main segments: Software, Servers and Storage, and Media Services. The Software segment focuses on developing and supporting applications for advertising, video on demand (VOD), and broadcast functionalities, along with offering professional services such as training and technical support. The Servers and Storage segment designs VOD and broadcast servers, also providing related services. The Media Services segment specializes in the aggregation and distribution of media content, including video and advertising, primarily for cable operators and telecommunications providers in Europe. SeaChange's solutions enable the management and distribution of video and advertising content, with revenue generated from hardware, software, and service sales. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Acton, Massachusetts, the company derives approximately half of its revenue from the United States, with the remainder coming from markets in Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America.

RespondTV

Venture Round in 2000
RespondTV has a potent blend of proven vision and real-world success. They offer operators, programmers and advertisers the most comprehensive enhanced TV infrastructure and services available: from hosting, serving and reporting to off the shelf applications. Let RespondTV guide you through the exciting possibilities that enhanced TV brings, and discover how to make the riches of this untapped marketing potential a reality - Today. Their capabilities and experience offer their clients and partners compelling reasons for investing in enhanced TV.

Lenfest Communications

Acquisition in 1999
Lenfest Communications is a diversified entertainment and communications company. Its principal subsidiary, Suburban Cable, serves more than 1.1 million customers in southeastern and central Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and northern Delaware. Other subsidiaries encompassed in this transaction include cable advertising firm Radius Communications and news programmer Tri-State Media.

Jones Intercable

Acquisition in 1999
Jones Intercable operates and manages cable television systems across the United States. It owns and manages 39 systems, focusing on acquisition, development, and management.

Greater Philadelphia Cablevision

Acquisition in 1999
Greater Philadelphia Cablevision
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