<article>Kunal Nayyar, the Indian-origin actor of popular TV series “The Big Bang Theory” and seed-stage investor <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://realventures.com/" target="_blank">Real Ventures</a> have invested $1.5 million in photo sharing app <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://shoto.com/" target="_blank">Shoto</a>.
The funding details were disclosed at the launch of Shoto by its Indian-origin founder and entrepreneur Sachin Dev Duggal in San Francisco on Friday.</article>

Kunal Nayyar, the Indian-origin actor of popular TV series “The Big Bang Theory” and seed-stage investor <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://realventures.com/" target="_blank">Real Ventures</a> have invested $1.5 million in photo sharing app <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://shoto.com/" target="_blank">Shoto</a>.
The funding details were disclosed at the launch of Shoto by its Indian-origin founder and entrepreneur Sachin Dev Duggal in San Francisco on Friday.
Shoto, which was in beta mode till Friday, cost the founder $1.2 mn in development. It was founded in 2013 with the intent to solve the inefficiencies often attributed with sharing photos.
“A trillion pictures were taken on a smartphone in the last one year which goes to show the engagement by users. Users are now more interested in photos which were clicked by others but curation always has been a problem. Shoto makes getting photos clicked by friends on various occasions easier,” Duggal told IANS.
Shoto tells you how many photos were taken with friends or family members from times spent together and easily lets users share photos and create private or public albums.
“It collects metadata from the phone and asks the user if he or she wants to share the photos, so the privacy issue is also taken care of,” Duggal added.
The app is available on the App Store and Google Play Store, and can be downloaded in over 120 countries with local language support. Among the languages available are Hindi, Spanish, French and Mandarin.
Shoto is also a partner of the UN Foundation since June 26, 2015.
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