Nota, a software spin-out of Kyoto University, has secured $2m in its series A funding round. Kyoto University’s investment fund Mizako Capital participated in the round which was led by Opt and also included Yahoo Japan’s subsidiary firm YJ Capital.
The company, launched in 2011, previously raised $500,000 in seed funding from a range of angel investors.
Nota is marketing a screenshot application, Gyazo, which lets users upload the screenshots to the cloud and share them via custom URLs. It…
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