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Overview:
Comcast Interactive Capital (CIC) is a venture capital fund focused on broadband, interactive and enterprise businesses. CIC is affiliated with Comcast Corporation, a diversified global leader in cable, broadband services, communications, media, and entertainment. CIC's primary goal is to generate superior financial returns from venture capital investments in early and growth-stage technology, consumer and services businesses. To achieve this goal, CIC works to enable the success of its portfolio companies by applying the unique resources, contacts, experience, and insight of both CIC and the Comcast family of companies.
With over $500 million under management, CIC represents a new breed of strategic investor as a true partner in innovation and technology development. CIC leverages its unique partnership with Comcast to explore cutting-edge developing trends in areas strategic to Comcast while also working as a thought leader to explore and place Comcast at the forefront of external trends and developments. By combining the best characteristics of traditional venture funds together with the technical insight, scale and experience that a strategic investor can provide, CIC strives to create a best-in-class value proposition for entrepreneurs, portfolio companies, partnering investors, and the Comcast family of companies.
In addition, CIC is affiliated with Genacast Ventures and works closely with that entity in exploring early-stage seed fund opportunities in digital media, advertising, Internet, and communications technologies. Genacast is a seed fund that invests up to $750,000 in technology-centric Internet start-ups in the northeastern US. Genacast is a refreshingly traditional fund founded on the principles of “old school” venture capital: find and nurture passionate entrepreneurs with innovative ideas for game-changing businesses in undiscovered markets. Additional information on Genacast Ventures may be found at www.genacast.com.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
CIC was founded in January 1999 as a dedicated group making venture capital investments in technology start-ups. Since its inception, the fund has maintained its dual roles of generating solid financial returns as well as acting as a catalyst for innovation at Comcast. CIC has effectively combined their industry experience through their Comcast relationship with the insights that we have developed as technology investment professionals to fulfill both parts of this mandate. CIC uses its unique position to invest in pioneering new companies in the Internet, communications, media, and wireless domains. Early successful investments include About.com, Arroyo Video Solutions, Broadbus Technologies, CitySearch, Half.com, LinkShare, TiVo, and VeriSign.
The investment professionals at CIC also work to enable the development of new products and services at Comcast. The team actively seeks opportunities for their portfolio companies to partner with Comcast and through these relationships we help foster a culture of technology innovation. We believe that by partnering with dynamic start-ups and strong management teams, Comcast will be able to remain at the leading edge of new entertainment and communications services for its customers and build/expand into new businesses. |
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