Harvard startup Mark43 lands $1.95m for policing technology.

Mark43, a startup coming out of Harvard University, has raised $1.95m in seed funding from backers including Spark Capital and General Catalyst Partners.

Other backers of the Boston-based firm include Lowercase Capital, SV Angel, Launchpad LA, and Rough Draft Ventures.

The company plans to use the funding to further develop its policing app, which collects intelligence from social networks to help police combat gang violence, drugs and other offences.

Mark43, previously known as Nucleik, recently won $70,000 in the Harvard…