Marc Silberman, partner at Comcast Ventures, is one of our top 50 Emerging Leaders in corporate venturing for 2025.
Marc Silberman has been a partner at Comcast Ventures for nearly three years, but this is not his first time in corporate VC. He spent two years at Time Warner Investments, before moving on to executive roles at startups and then head of corporate development for venture firm FirstMark. But coming back to CVC has been a seamless transition.
“For a number of reasons, I realised corporate venture is where I found a home,” he says, citing the ability to be part of a large organisation engaged in a range of areas where it can have an impact. He also gets to spend a lot of time with experts in various fields.
“Comcast is a Fortune 30 company and I spend a lot of time in areas such as cybersecurity and AI, getting the chance to collaborate with our chief information security officer or head of AI, spending time with them, understanding what they are facing. It helps me be a better investor and a better partner to them.”
“For a number of reasons, I realised corporate venture is where I found a home”
The team spends a lot of time focusing on Comcast’s growth areas and how they can be supported by startup investments. This means Silberman has to be keyed into what is happening across the company, which involves spending time building relationships across the business to share what he is seeing and understand the challenges that executives are facing.
Silberman says that one of the most important things he has learned in his career is the importance of working with the right people – former Time Warner Investments head Allison Goldberg, now managing partner of Comcast Ventures, hired him for his latest role.
For now, Silberman is interested in how AI can help improve customer relationships and cybersecurity.
“Comcast is an incredible company that has been innovating for more than 60 years and that is shaping a range of industries, including media and more,” he says. “Getting the chance to put my stamp on that journey is fulfilling.”
See the full list of Emerging Leaders 2025 here.
