The beauty product subscription service has now raised almost $72m after adding Comcast's corporate venturing subsidiary to its backers.

US-based beauty e-commerce company Birchbox has closed a $60m series B round featuring Comcast Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of media and communications company Comcast.

The round was led by Viking Global Investors and also included First Round Capital, Accel Partners, Aspect Partners, Glynn Capital, Sam Lessin, Consigliere Brand Capital, Slow Ventures, Red Swan Ventures and TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp.

Birchbox previously raised $10.5m in an Accel-led series A round in 2011, and $1.4m from a 2010 seed round.…