CrunchBase Daily: Kabam, 1006.tv, Resy, Mujin, Vakast, Wonder Technologies, Roll-2-Roll Technologies, BookNow - August 1, 2014

August 01, 2014 Kabam, a mobile gaming company based in San Francisco, has raised $120 million in a strategic investment made by Alibaba. The deal values Kabam, a developer of free-to-play core games for mobile devices with users in more than 150 countries, at over $1 billion. Founded in 2006, Kabam will launch 10 games through Alibaba in the next three years and plans to use the new cash to fund acquisitions in Asia, further content diversification and geographic expansion.   1006.tv, a Chinese mobile game media company, has raised $10 million in a Series B round led by Sequoia Capital with participation from ClearVue Partners. 1006.tv is a media evaluation service for mobile games, providing rankings, news and reviews of mobile game-related products. Founded in 2009, 1006.tv currently has 36 million registered users and around 1.7 daily active users.   Resy, a mobile app for restaurant reservations, has raised $2 million in a seed round led by Vayner/RSE and Lerer Ventures with participation from Panarea Capital, A-Grade Holdings, Slow Ventures, and Ken Austin. Resy lets users pay an extra fee to book a reservation at a selected time and restaurant to avoid waiting in line for a table. Resy is launching in New York at an initial batch of 20 restaurants and will use the new funding to back expansion and continued product development.   Since the last email, CrunchBase captured more than 38 rounds and $289 million in fundings... and the data keeps rolling in. Share With:   Top Funding Rounds Kabam Kabam is a mobile gaming company developing free-to-play ... $120MM / Series E Founders — Holly Liu Kevin Chou Mike Li Wayne Chan Investors — Alibaba 1006.tv 1006.TV develops mobile games, platforms, and related ... $10MM / Series B Investors — Sequoia Capital Resy Network Resy is a mobile app for people who love eating at great ... $2.0MM / Seed Founders — Ben Leventhal Gary Vaynerchuk Investors — Lerer Ventures Slow Ventures A-Grade Investments Vayner/RSE Panarea Capital Ken Austin MUJIN MUJIN develops automation solutions for industrial robots ... $6.0MM / Series B Investors — Jafco Ventures UTEC Vakast Vacation Rentals Marketplace - Online Travel Agency $1.3MM / Seed Founders — Huan Truong Tam Nguyen Investors — Ken Pansuria Chinh Chu Wonder Technologies Unforgettable Gift Cards. Choose from local favorites and ... $796K / Seed Founders — Gerry Goldstein Lalit Singh Paige Cattano Investors — Tech Coast Angels K5 Ventures K5Ventures Texas Halo Fund David Perry Michael Margolies Bril Flint Rui Pereira Roll-2-Roll Technologies Roll-2-Roll Technologies LLC is a start-up company located ... $520K / Seed Founders — Aravind Seshadri Investors — i2E SeedStep Angels group Oklahoma Seed Capital Fund BookNow booknow.co.ke is a bus aggregator service targeting East ... $75K / Seed Investors — 88mph.ac Mahendra K.D Shah Ravi Shah Ritesh Doshi BidAway.com BidAway.com allows users to bid for holiday packages, ... $950K / Seed Founders — Albert Valentí Vidal Brian Reichle Luca Carlucci More Fundings (30)   Top Acquisitions Trunk Club acquired by Nordstrom for $350MM Propeller acquired by Palantir Technologies Mitro acquired by Twitter More Acquisitions (6)   Did we miss anything? Since our last email, 25409 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