Liberty Media's Israel Venture Fund was among the contributors to a series A round that will be used by the cybersecurity startup to support geographical growth and R&D.

Israel-based cybersecurity software provider Secret Double Octopus closed a $6m series A round on Tuesday featuring media group Liberty Media, which invested through its Israel Venture Fund.

Venture capital firms Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), Iris Capital and Benhamou Global Ventures also participated in the round along with angel investor Yaniv Tal.

Secret Double Octopus designs technology that facilitates keyless connectivity, authentication and data protection for cloud, mobile and internet-of-things devices.

The company graduated from JVP’s Cyber Labs incubator in 2015…