Rick Prostko's roster of deals at Comcast included Identified (acquired by Workday), Dollar Shave Club (acquired by Unilever) and Instacart (now valued at $13.7bn).
Rick Prostko, former managing director at US cable group Comcast’s corporate venturing unit, has left to join Canada-based pension fund Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) for its North American innovation platform.
Prostko is Teachers’ Innovation Platform’s first US-based hire having been set up 18 months ago to manage growth-stage investments.
His roster of deals at Comcast included Identified (acquired by Workday), Dollar Shave Club (acquired by Unilever), Instacart (now valued at $13.7bn), Raw Pressery, Hollar, Hired, Bunker, B8ta, Madison Reed,…
