An email encryption company founded by a former NSA engineer had just secured $37.5 in a round led by ICONIQ Capital
Virtru uses technology invented by Will Ackerly, the company's CTO, while he was working at the NSA. The company plans to use the money to expand beyond email and into services that store data in the cloud. Virtru, a data privacy company founded by a former NSA engineer, has raised $37.5 million in a series B preferred stock financing round led by ICONIQ Capital, the firm most famous for managing Mark Zuckerberg's wealth fund.