<p>Collaboration software company Nitro has raised $3.1 million in new funding from Starfish Ventures, the company has revealed to VatorNews. When combined with the $3.5 million the company raised last year, also from Starfish Ventures, this brings the company's total amount raised to $6.6 million.</p><p>The company will mostly be used for international expansion, Sam Chandler, founder and CEO of Nitro, told me in an interview, specially by opening offices in Asia early next year and out its growing Australian office. The company is opening its European headquarters this month too.</p><p>The money will also go toward ramping up the sales, marketing, and customer service support teams in its San Francisco headquarters. The company currently has 120 employees worldwide, and will hire another 20 at least before the end of this year. Next year Chandler says that it will probably be adding at least another 50 employees, which would bring it to 210 altogether.</p><p>"We have 8 million users per month in 200 countries around the world," Chandler said. "That requires a considerable platform."</p><p><a href="http://vator.tv/news/2013-10-09-collaboration-software-company-nitro-raises-31m">Keep reading...</a></p>