Customs organisations and government departments worldwide are using our Threat Detection Products to protect people and infrastructure 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Symetrica products include Radiation Detection Systems and Port Security Solutions. These products integrate new and legacy threat detection systems into a single integrated operational environment. We manufactures a complete range of products including handhelds (RIIDS), backpacks, mobiles, portals. Our software products integrate multiple detection assets including Radiation detection, X-ray inspection, CCTV monitoring, ANPR white lists, Backscatter X-ray inspection from any vendor into a single user interface. Founded on innovation, our Discovery Technology® brings together everything we know about detection, into overarching solutions that ‘just work’.
Our goal is simple – to provide the very best integrated threat detection and identification solutions.
Symetrica provides world-leading performance and low through-life costs to Customs, Military and Homeland Security markets
Symetrica products include Radiation Detection Systems and Port Security Solutions. These products integrate new and legacy threat detection systems into a single integrated operational environment. We manufactures a complete range of products including handhelds (RIIDS), backpacks, mobiles, portals. Our software products integrate multiple detection assets including Radiation detection, X-ray inspection, CCTV monitoring, ANPR white lists, Backscatter X-ray inspection from any vendor into a single user interface. Founded on innovation, our Discovery Technology® brings together everything we know about detection, into overarching solutions that ‘just work’.
Our goal is simple – to provide the very best integrated threat detection and identification solutions.
Symetrica provides world-leading performance and low through-life costs to Customs, Military and Homeland Security markets
Location: United Kingdom, England, Test Valley
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $9.41M
Founded date: 2002
Investors 3
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 30.07.2020 | - | $5.25M | - |
| 18.06.2019 | - | $4.16M | - |
Mentions in press and media 13
| Date | Title | Description |
| 27.05.2025 | UK Border Force Looks to Increase Use of AI | The UK Border Force is aiming to expand its use of AI to enhance the searching and screening of freight at UK seaports. The agency is seeking to automate the detection of anomalies in x-ray images, as manual analysis is both time-consuming ... |
| 23.01.2025 | 100 fastest-growing tech companies in Britain revealed – The Times | The Times’ 100 fastest-growing tech companies list, in partnership with Beauhurst, features four Parkwalk portfolio companies – Evolito Ltd, Mind Foundry, BibliU and Symetrica. Nu Quantum and Xampla were also listed as female-led companies ... |
| 01.03.2023 | Parkwalk – Meet the Portfolio series | As part of our annual Portfolio Showcase in 2022, we had the opportunity to sit down with some of our portfolio companies to speak to them about their experiences. We have showcased these in our ‘Meet the Portfolio’ series of videos below.... |
| 30.07.2020 | Symetrica Raises £4M in Funding | Symetrica, a Southampton, UK-based radiation detection company, raised £4m in funding. The round was led by Parkwalk, with participation from other existing Investors and the management team – and includes a provision for a further £2m comm... |
| 18.06.2019 | Symetrica Raises £3M in Growth Funding | Symetrica, a Southampton, UK-based global leader in radiation detection and identification, secured further £3m in growth funding. The round, which brought total funding raised to date to £10m, was co-led by Parkwalk and Nesta with particip... |
| 18.06.2019 | Facebook Takes the Wraps Off Its Secretive Libra Project: Term Sheet | INTRODUCING LIBRA Facebook published its white paper and took the wraps off of its secretive Project Libra. Paid Content Securing the enterprise without boundaries From ExtraHop Facebook did not provide specifics about exactly when and how ... |
| 18.06.2019 | UK-based radiation detection company Symetrica lands £3 million | Southampton-based radiation detection and identification hardware company Symetrica has raised £3 million to support its expansion in the US. Parkwalk and Nesta led the round, which also included follow-on investments from Tennants Ventures... |
| - | Fund Managers Comments | UK Technology Companies Financings Background There has been a strong UK IPO market in 2013 according to Dealogic who state that 44 companies have gone through a successful IPO on the London Exchange (Full List and AIM) in the first nine mo... |
| - | Symetrica – closes investment round | Symetrica, a manufacturer of radiation detection products for military and homeland security applications, has closed a £4 million funding round. The round was led by Parkwalk, the leading investor in startups spun out of UK universities – ... |
| - | EIS: more than financial returns | As institutional investors increasingly regard ESG as an important element of their investment decision, Tom Hopkins, of Parkwalk, wonders whether this element of EIS investment should form part of the client conversation. |
Show more