Dasient was an internet security company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. It was founded in 2008[1] and launched its first product in June 2009.[2][3] Dasient was acquired by Twitter in January 2012.[4]
Dasient provides cloud-based anti-malware services for protecting businesses against web-based malware and malvertising.[5][6]
The company was founded by former Google personnel Neil Daswani and Shariq Rizvi, and former McKinsey strategy consultant Ameet Ranadive.[8]
Dasient was named by Network World as one of ten startups to watch in 2010.[9]
The company received seed funding from Mike Maples, ex-Verisign CEO Stratton Sclavos, and ex-3Com/Palm chairman Eric Benhamou.[10] In February 2011, it was announced that Google Ventures invested in Dasient.[11]
Dasient was acquired by Twitter in January 2012 for $19.1 million.[12][13][14][15]
