CrunchBase Daily: Flipkart, Spire, Kurbo Health, Bright Computing, BaubleBar, Knoa Software, Cubic Telecom, Coub - July 29, 2014

July 29, 2014 Flipkart, India's largest e-commerce site, has raised $1 billion in a new round of funding co-led by Tiger Global and Naspers with participation from Accel Partners, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Sofina of Belgium and Singapore's wealth fund GIC. Flipkart offers more than 70 categories of goods and services, and its online shopping site sees over 4 million daily visits and 22 million registered users. Founded in 2007, Flipkart has raised $1.8 billion to date and will use the new funds to continue to expand in the $3 billion Indian e-commerce market.   Spire, a microsatellite company formerly known as NanoSatisfi, has raised $25 million in a Series A round led by RRE Ventures with participation from Moose Capital, Qihoo and Mitsui & Co. Global Investment. Spire is building a fleet of small, cheap satellites that work with a remote-sensing platform to collect better data from areas like weather to fishing and global trade. Founded in 2012, Spire has offices in Singapore and San Francisco and will use the new funding to continue building out technology and launching new satellites.   Kurbo Health, a mobile subscription-based weight loss program, has raised $5.8 million in a Series A round from Signia Venture Partners, Data Collective, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Promus Ventures, along with angels Susan Wojcicki and Greg Badros. Kurbo utilizes food diaries and live coaching through its iOS app to work with children, teens, and their families to combat childhood obesity. Founded last year, Kurbo will launch an Android version of the app in September and plans to use the latest cash to hire additional coaches and marketing staff.   Since the last email, CrunchBase captured more than 41 rounds and $1.19 billion in fundings... and the data keeps rolling in. Share With:   Top Funding Rounds Flipkart Flipkart is an online shopping destination for electronics, ... $1.0B / Series G Founders — Binny Bansal Sachin Bansal Investors — Accel Partners Tiger Global Management Naspers DST Global Spire Spire is made up of people that understand the complex ... $25MM / Series A Founders — Jeroen Cappaert Joel Spark Peter Platzer Investors — RRE Ventures Mitsui & Co Qihoo 360 Technology Moose Capital Kurbo Health Kurbo Health provides a safe, effective, data-driven ... $5.8MM / Series A Founders — Joanna Strober Mark Vershel Thea Runyan Investors — Bessemer Venture Partners Data Collective Signia Venture Partners Promus Ventures Greg Badros Susan Wojcicki Bright Computing Bright Computing develops management software for clusters, ... $14MM / Series B Founders — Matthijs van Leeuwen Investors — DFJ Esprit Prime Ventures ING Corporate Investments BaubleBar BaubleBar is a one-stop retailer for affordable, on-trend ... $10MM / Series B Founders — Amy Jain Daniella Yacobovsky Investors — Accel Partners Greycroft Partners Comcast Ventures TriplePoint Capital Aspect Ventures Burch Creative Capital Knoa Software Knoa is the leading provider of enterprise and cloud ... $5.1MM / Series B Investors — Advantage Capital Partners Ascent Venture Partners Gefinor Capital Rand Capital Cubic Telecom Cubic Telecom is a global connectivity solutions provider ... $5.0MM / Series B Investors — Qualcomm Sierra Wireless Coub Coub is an online portal that enables users to create high ... $2.5MM / Series B Founders — Anton Gladkoborodov Investors — Vaizra Investments OmPrompt OmPrompt offers a range of automated message integration ... 2.5MM GBP / Venture Investors — Albion Ventures Shackleton Ventures OBMedical OBMedical Company, a Delaware corporation, is a medical ... $2.1MM / Venture Founders — Neil R. Euliano Weaver H. Gaines Investors — Upstate Carolina Angel Network Atlanta Technology Angels Angel Investor Management Group Admedo Ltd Admedo is a self-serve online advertising platform that ... $2.0MM / Series A Founders — Laura Bowen Nick Moutter Investors — Kima Ventures Playfair Capital Sussex Place Ventures Encore Capital Roamer Roamer is a mobile app that links regular mobile numbers to ... $1.3MM / Seed Founders — Aleksandrs Kregers Artjoms Krizanovskis Nick Ustinov Petr Antropov Investors — Richard Frank Thinknum A powerful web platform to value companies $1.0MM / Seed Founders — Gregory Ugwi Justin Zhen Investors — 500 Startups Pejman Mar Ventures Signature Capital Green Visor Capital 645 Ventures HKB Capital Bobby Yazdani More Fundings (29)   Top Acquisitions Swell acquired by Apple for $30MM Visualase acquired by Medtronic for $105MM More Acquisitions (3)   Did we miss anything? Since our last email, 3925 CrunchBase profiles were updated. Sometimes that isn't enough to catch everything that goes on, so please add your contributions and help us make CrunchBase more awesome! Contribute to CrunchBase   If you would no longer like to receive email from CrunchBase, you can unsubscribe with one click here.   410 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107 © 2014 AOL Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy Terms of Service