Sym, a novel platform designed to streamline the integration of security and privacy procedures into developers’ workflows, today announced the successful completion of a $9 million Series A funding round. This round was spearheaded by Amplify Partners. Previously, the company secured a $3 million seed round earlier this year, with leadership from Andy McLoughlin of Uncork Capital and Robin Vasan of Mango Capital. Notable angel investors contributing to Sym’s growth include former Google CISO Gerhard Eschelbeck, Atlassian CTO Sri Viswanath, and Jason Warner, the current CTO of GitHub.

Yasyf Mohamedali, Sym’s co-founder, previously served as the CTO of health technology firm Karuna Health for several years. During his time there, he gained significant experience navigating the complexities of highly regulated industries, including vendor assessments and security audits. To enhance the efficiency of these processes, his team developed a series of internal tools, leading him to recognize a widespread need for similar solutions across the industry.

“It’s a common frustration for engineers to repeatedly construct the same solutions,” Mohamedali shared. “I envisioned a unified platform that would eliminate this redundancy – a single source for essential tools. Initially, my focus was on HIPAA compliance, with the idea of creating a comprehensive, open-source toolkit. However, I soon realized this approach was too narrow.”

He discovered that while organizations share fundamental security and governance requirements, they also possess unique operational variations. Consequently, Sym now provides a core set of tools, empowering companies to customize their workflows using a developer-focused collection of resources.

“Our platform consists of workflow templates and foundational components that address the common 80% of needs, alongside integrations that enable users to tailor these templates to their specific environments and services,” Mohamedali clarified.

A key aspect of Sym’s approach is its Python SDK, which allows developers to build and integrate these workflows with minimal code. This reflects the company’s commitment to restoring engineers’ control over security, mirroring how DevOps empowered them to manage infrastructure and quality assurance. “DevOps has become standard practice, and now DevSecOps must follow suit. We aim to empower security teams and provide the tools to achieve that,” he stated.

Mohamedali emphasized that this funding round was strategically timed and will not immediately alter the company’s existing plans. However, with commitments made to growing customer base, securing funding now was a logical step, particularly with the involvement of ideal investment partners. This will primarily facilitate the expansion of the engineering team, with future plans to grow the sales and marketing departments. The product will remain in private beta until approximately mid-next year, at which point a self-service version of the platform will be launched.