that was national banks karen davies. coming up, this week's power player, comcast ventures' amy banse says there is a silver lining of high valuations. amy: there's no question that valuations are high across the spectrum. again, we see that as an opportunity. ♪ lisa: i'm lisa abramowicz. this is "bloomberg money undercover." time for power player, a look at the notable names in private markets. we talk about the mega deals being done with mega funds like softbank attracting a lot of attention. perhaps because of this, some funds are increasingly looking at the smallest startups for better value. i spoke about this with head of funds at comcast ventures. amy: our investment analysis looks very much like the investment in analysis i imagine of the standalone fund. the first thing we ask ourselves is how good is the team, that is critically important. then we look at the product, is it a compelling product? and ultimately, you ask is their product to market fit that will result in profitable growth? we do go one step furth

karen bass. with that, ma tam chair, i want to yield to representative danny davis from illinois. mr. davis: here i am in the back. but let me just first of all commend and congratulate you on the tremendous leadership that you have been providing to those of us who are concerned about historically black colleges and universities, as well as education in general. and i certainly thank you for being able to share this moment as we talk about the importance of these very viable, valuable institutions. i represent a congressional district that has some of the most outstanding educational institutions in the world. without a doubt. but we don't have an hbcu in my district. but i was fortunate, as were so many members of my family, on 16th birthday, to enroll in arkansas college with no money. as a matter of fact, on credit. i had $20. $20 when i got there. in my shirt pocket. but we had a president at the time, dr. lawrence arnett davis, that all of us just simply called protectiony. kind of saying that he was -- prexy. kind of saying that he was a father surrogate and a father figure for