Bubble and Speak

Voice SMS specialist Bubble Motion has secured $14 million (7 million) in additional funding from existing investors Sequoia Capital US and Sequoia Capital India, as well as new investors Comcast Interactive Capital and NCD Investors.
The company says the additional funding will allow it to further develop and expand its award-winning BubbleTALK platform, and will also enable the company to focus on securing additional operator partnerships around the world.
Over 135 million consumers currently use the BubbleTALK service, which provides a click, talk, and send short voice messaging service that works on any mobile phone. Operators have been implementing the BubbleTALK service because it gives them a fun and easy-to-use new service that increases ARPU without the need for any additional network infrastructure.
Bubble Motion has continued to impress us with their developments over the past year and a half, says Gaurav Garg from Sequoia Capital US. With a solid track record of success, a seasoned and experienced leadership team in place, and some phenomenal usage statistics, it is not surprising that the company received so much interest from the VC community.
Bubble Motion CEO Tom Clayton says the new capital will enable the company to accelerate even more aggressively on its global expansion goals. He says:
With the upcoming new product releases and phenomenal traffic growth, we look forward to some very exciting times ahead. Im very pleased that both our new investors and our existing investors share that vision.
As part of the financing, Deepak Sindwani, Principal at Comcast Interactive Capital, has joined Bubble Motions Board of Directors. 
We are impressed by the viral subscriber and traffic growth of the BubbleTALK service globally and excited by its potential as a new communication and media-oriented service,” says Sindwani. Comcast has a strong interest in developing leading-edge, multi-platform communications technologies.