Rob Fry

Engineering, Product & Cybersecurity Leader

📍 Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 4 investments📅 6 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2021
VC🌍 United States
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Board Advisor and Investor
2021
At Macrometa, we enhance web and app performance with our AI-powered PhotonIQ platform and Global Data Network. With over 175 global edge locations, we optimize real-time content delivery, improve user experiences, and support instant scaling for businesses. Our solutions drive conversions and ensure speed and security for enterprises across industries like eCommerce, gaming, and finance.
Board Advisor and Investor
2020
Symmetry is the Data+AI Security Company. We safeguard data at scale, detect threats, ensure compliance & reduce AI risks, so you can Innovate with Confidence. Industry Recognition: Top 5 Startup - Cloud Security Alliance AI Summit (pitchapalooza) 2023 Data Solution of the Year - Data Breakthrough Awards AWS Security Competency Partner, Data Protection 2022 Gartner Cool Vendor™ Symmetry at a glance: Our platform is engineered specifically to address modern data security and privacy challenges at scale from the data out, providing organizations the ability to innovate with confidence. With total visibility into what data you have, where it lives, who can access it, and how its being used, Symmetry safeguards your organizations data from misuse, insider threats, and cybercriminals, as well as unintended exposure of sensitive IP and personal information through use of generative AI technologies. How Symmetry is different: Symmetry works with structured and unstructured data in all major clouds (AWS, GCP, Azure), SaaS storage services (e.g. OneDrive), and on-premise databases, and data lakes. It is deployable in the most strictly regulated environments; as a read-only service, it inherits all your security and compliance controls (e.g. FedRamp). That’s why the most innovative and security conscious Fortune 50 financial service providers, manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, and federal agencies rely on Symmetry to protect their crown jewel data. https://www.symmetry-systems.com/why-symmetry/ Why your business needs Symmetry: Symmetry doesn’t just find challenging problems, it helps solve the problems for customers with ease. Powered by best-in-class AI, Symmetry provides organizations with the necessary toolkit to minimize data posture risks, demonstrate compliance, and react to threats and policy violations in real time.
Board Member (Independent)
2020
Are you a 5-8 figure brand looking to grow profitably on Amazon? 📈 We help 5-8 figure physical product brands achieve profitable Amazon Growth while controlling ACOS. We take you from poor-performing or non-existent campaigns to profitable growth through our managed Amazon Growth service. Unlike other agencies that make a few PPC adjustments and call it good, we take a holistic growth approach (success is more than just PPC!) Heres our simple, proven process: 1. Ad Account Audit 2. PPC Campaign Optimization 3. CVR Optimization 4. Sponsored Video & Sponsored Brand Twin-Targeting Blast 5. Ranking Boost Campaigns 6. Ad Scaling Interested? All you need to do is schedule your free account audit by getting in touch. During this audit, we will review your Amazon account and recommend a personalized growth strategy. So What Are You Waiting For Contact Us Now!
Board Advisor and Investor
2020
Query is a federated search platform delivering a single search bar to access all your security-relevant data, wherever it is stored. The Query Federated Search Platform unlocks access to and value from cybersecurity data wherever it is stored (in the cloud, third-party SaaS, or on-prem), regardless of vendor or technology, and without requiring centralization. This leads to massive cost savings, more efficient security operations across real-time and historical data sources, and reduced security analyst ramp-up time.
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2023
Co-Founder / ProdEng
2023
AKA Identity simplifies manual and inefficient identity and access management decisions with visibility, intelligence, and action.
2021
Board Advisor and Investor
2021
At Macrometa, we enhance web and app performance with our AI-powered PhotonIQ platform and Global Data Network. With over 175 global edge locations, we optimize real-time content delivery, improve user experiences, and support instant scaling for businesses. Our solutions drive conversions and ensure speed and security for enterprises across industries like eCommerce, gaming, and finance.
2020
Board Advisor and Investor
2020
Symmetry is the Data+AI Security Company. We safeguard data at scale, detect threats, ensure compliance & reduce AI risks, so you can Innovate with Confidence. Industry Recognition: Top 5 Startup - Cloud Security Alliance AI Summit (pitchapalooza) 2023 Data Solution of the Year - Data Breakthrough Awards AWS Security Competency Partner, Data Protection 2022 Gartner Cool Vendor™ Symmetry at a glance: Our platform is engineered specifically to address modern data security and privacy challenges at scale from the data out, providing organizations the ability to innovate with confidence. With total visibility into what data you have, where it lives, who can access it, and how its being used, Symmetry safeguards your organizations data from misuse, insider threats, and cybercriminals, as well as unintended exposure of sensitive IP and personal information through use of generative AI technologies. How Symmetry is different: Symmetry works with structured and unstructured data in all major clouds (AWS, GCP, Azure), SaaS storage services (e.g. OneDrive), and on-premise databases, and data lakes. It is deployable in the most strictly regulated environments; as a read-only service, it inherits all your security and compliance controls (e.g. FedRamp). That’s why the most innovative and security conscious Fortune 50 financial service providers, manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, and federal agencies rely on Symmetry to protect their crown jewel data. https://www.symmetry-systems.com/why-symmetry/ Why your business needs Symmetry: Symmetry doesn’t just find challenging problems, it helps solve the problems for customers with ease. Powered by best-in-class AI, Symmetry provides organizations with the necessary toolkit to minimize data posture risks, demonstrate compliance, and react to threats and policy violations in real time.
Venture Advisor
2020
DNX Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley and Tokyo investing in B2B Startups. The US fund invests to fuel category-defining B2B startups in Deeptech, Cybersecurity, Enterprise SaaS/Cloud, Retail Tech, and Sustainability. For Japanese corporations trying to innovate and create new business through startup partnerships, check out out blog DNX for Corporates: https://note.com/dnx_for_corps/
Board Member (Independent)
2020
Are you a 5-8 figure brand looking to grow profitably on Amazon? 📈 We help 5-8 figure physical product brands achieve profitable Amazon Growth while controlling ACOS. We take you from poor-performing or non-existent campaigns to profitable growth through our managed Amazon Growth service. Unlike other agencies that make a few PPC adjustments and call it good, we take a holistic growth approach (success is more than just PPC!) Heres our simple, proven process: 1. Ad Account Audit 2. PPC Campaign Optimization 3. CVR Optimization 4. Sponsored Video & Sponsored Brand Twin-Targeting Blast 5. Ranking Boost Campaigns 6. Ad Scaling Interested? All you need to do is schedule your free account audit by getting in touch. During this audit, we will review your Amazon account and recommend a personalized growth strategy. So What Are You Waiting For Contact Us Now!
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