Eric Budin

Private Equity Investor at Touchdown Ventures, Inc.

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Eric Budin joined Touchdown Ventures in 2016 and is responsible for managing multiple funds as well as running Touchdown’s analyst program.
Eric spent the previous 13 years as an executive at Comcast and Liberty Global, the largest cable companies in the US and Europe, respectively.
At both companies, his focus was innovation and new business opportunities.
At Comcast, he was VP of Business Development, and helped launch Xfinity Home, their next-gen home security business.
He also led the company’s efforts in the SVOD, advertising, and video conferencing spaces, and worked closely with Comcast Ventures to identify and invest in VC backed partners.
While living in Amsterdam, he was Liberty Global’s VP of Product Strategy and Incubation, and helped launch their advanced advertising business.
Prior to Comcast, Eric worked in Silicon Valley for venture backed companies, including more.com which he co-founded.
More.com was a top 10 e-commerce company and had filed to go public in 2000, before being sold.
More.com was Eric’s first taste of corporate venturing, as more.com backers included Bergen Brunswig and Phar-mor.
Earlier in his career, Eric worked for McKinsey & Co. Eric has a B.A.
from The University of Michigan in psychology and economics, with high honors, and an M.B.A.
from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.
He lives outside Philadelphia with his wife and two daughters.

Eric Budin active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Touchdown Ventures, Inc. Touchdown Ventures, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Touchdown Ventures, Inc. (Touchdown Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by David B. Horowitz, Scott Lenet and Rich M. Grant. The firm is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.	Private Equity Investor	01/03/2020
Xite Networks Holding BV Xite Networks Holding BV Telecommunications EquipmentElectronic Technology Xite Networks Holding BV operates an interactive music channel. It services include interactive music video network which provides services through internet, mobile and digital television. The company is headquartered in Nieuw-Vennep, the Netherlands.	Consultant / Advisor	01/07/2016

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Former positions of Eric Budin

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Liberty Global Content Netherlands BV Liberty Global Content Netherlands BV BroadcastingConsumer Services Part of Liberty Global Plc, Liberty Global Content Netherlands BV offers fixed, mobile, and integrated communication and entertainment services to consumers and businesses. The company is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. VodafoneZiggo customers are located throughout the Netherlands, including major cities such as Rotterdam, Utrecht, The Hague, Amsterdam, and Maastricht. All of its networks are upgraded to two-way capability, and all of its cable homes are served by a network with a...	Corporate Officer/Principal	01/08/2016
Comcast Ventures LLC Comcast Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Comcast Ventures LLC is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Comcast Corp founded in the year 2011 by Sam H Schwartz and Julian A Brodsky. The firm headquartered in Philadelphia.	Corporate Officer/Principal	01/12/2012
Onlive! Technologies, Inc.	Corporate Officer/Principal	01/06/1997
WORLDS INC.	Corporate Officer/Principal	01/02/1996
McKinsey & Co., Inc. McKinsey & Co., Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.	Private Equity Analyst	01/07/1992

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Stanford University	Graduate Degree
University of Michigan	Undergraduate Degree

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WORLDS INC.	Technology Services

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McKinsey & Co., Inc. McKinsey & Co., Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.	Commercial Services
Xite Networks Holding BV Xite Networks Holding BV Telecommunications EquipmentElectronic Technology Xite Networks Holding BV operates an interactive music channel. It services include interactive music video network which provides services through internet, mobile and digital television. The company is headquartered in Nieuw-Vennep, the Netherlands.	Electronic Technology
Comcast Ventures LLC Comcast Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Comcast Ventures LLC is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Comcast Corp founded in the year 2011 by Sam H Schwartz and Julian A Brodsky. The firm headquartered in Philadelphia.	Finance
Touchdown Ventures, Inc. Touchdown Ventures, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Touchdown Ventures, Inc. (Touchdown Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by David B. Horowitz, Scott Lenet and Rich M. Grant. The firm is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.	Finance
Liberty Global Content Netherlands BV Liberty Global Content Netherlands BV BroadcastingConsumer Services Part of Liberty Global Plc, Liberty Global Content Netherlands BV offers fixed, mobile, and integrated communication and entertainment services to consumers and businesses. The company is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. VodafoneZiggo customers are located throughout the Netherlands, including major cities such as Rotterdam, Utrecht, The Hague, Amsterdam, and Maastricht. All of its networks are upgraded to two-way capability, and all of its cable homes are served by a network with a...	Consumer Services
Onlive! Technologies, Inc.

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