Dasient sells a Web anti malware technology and has deep ties to Google. Co-founders Neil Daswani and Shariq Rizvi both worked for the search giant. Dasient said that it will use Google s investment which the company declined to disclose to expand research and development as well as sales and marketing. Previously, Dasient has raised $2m from an assortment of venture firms and angel investors, including Maples Investment, Radar Partners, Stratton Sclavos and Eric Benhamou.
Source: https://threatpost.com/google-funds-web-anti-malware-startup-dasient-020711/74915/