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Symmetry Systems, a US-headquartered data security technology developer spun out of University of Texas at Austin’s Spark Lab, raised $15m in series A funding yesterday from investors including consulting firm Accenture’s corporate venture capital unit, Accenture Ventures. The round was co-led by Prefix Capital and ForgePoint Capital and backed by multiple angel investors, and it follows a $3m seed round co-led by ForgePoint Capital and Prefix Capital announced when Symmetry emerged from stealth in August 2020.
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Robert Lavine

Robert Lavine is special features editor for Global Venturing.