BRITE ’24 SPEAKERS: JENNA KURATH

JENNA KURATH

Vice President of Startup Development and Head of SportsTech, Comcast NBCU

Jenna Kurath is the Vice President of Startup Development and Head of Comcast NBCU SportsTech, which finds, funds, and fast-tracks startups working at the intersection of sports and technology. In that role, she is responsible for leading the strategy for the accelerator fund, defining the investment thesis, and managing key industry partnerships.

Jenna is also responsible for managing key industry partnerships, including the SportsTech Partner Consortium, comprised of Comcast NBCUniversal’s sports brands – NBC Sports, SkySports, Comcast Spectacor, and Golf – alongside Premier League, NASCAR, PGA TOUR, WWE, and three US Olympic sports organizations.

Before joining Comcast, Jenna held various business development, sales strategy, and communication roles at startups, pre-IPO organizations, to Fortune 500 companies, including Symantec and Concentric Networks.