Amazon and existing backer Comcast both invested in a round that boosted lifestyle media platform Tastemade's total funding to $115m.

US-based digital media platform Tastemade has secured $35m in a funding round featuring e-commerce firm Amazon and mass media group Comcast, the Wall Street Journal has reported.

Investment banking firm Goldman Sachs co-led the round through its Growth Equity unit, and Raine Ventures, Redpoint Ventures and the state-mandated Cool Japan Fund also took part. Comcast invested through its corporate venture capital arm, Comcast Ventures.

Tastemade runs an online media platform that publishes short-form videos focused on food. It claims its…

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Robert Lavine is special features editor for Global Venturing.