Mike Martin (pictured), previously senior investment manager at UK-based media group Sky’s corporate venturing unit, Sky Ventures, has been promoted to head of investments.
Sky Ventures falls under Comcast Ventures after the UK parent company was acquired and the team has been rejigged in the past year with James McClurg being promoted from head of investments to director, investments and partnerships.
Martin started at Sky Ventures as an investment manager in 2013 and over the past six years his deals have included Drone Racing League, Caavo, Molotov, TRX, FuboTV, InCrowd Sports, DataXu, TV4 Entertainment, Whistle Sports, Pluto.TV, Sharethrough and Roku, with exits for Elemental Technologies (acquired by Amazon), 1Mainstream (bought by Cisco) and Beamly (sold to Coty).
– Image courtesy of LinkedIn
