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Dathena Science is a technology company.
Dathena Science delivers an artificial intelligence-powered platform for data protection and privacy management. Its core offering, an AI-driven solution for data discovery and classification, enables holistic data security. The company develops software that intelligently identifies, categorizes, and protects sensitive data, safeguarding organizations against data loss via automation.
Christopher Muffat founded Dathena in 2016, leveraging his background in information security risk management. His insight originated from the Swiss Leaks investigation, where he saw a critical need for advanced tools to secure sensitive information at scale. This experience directly informed Dathena’s innovative, AI-centric approach to data protection.
The company serves enterprises seeking robust data security and compliance. Its vision focuses on establishing a universal layer for end-to-end data protection, ensuring comprehensive data privacy across digital environments. Dathena empowers organizations to maintain stringent control over their digital assets, fostering a secure and compliant operational future.
Dathena Science has raised $12.0M across 1 funding round.
Dathena Science has raised $12.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Dathena Science is a Singapore-based deep-tech company that developed an AI-powered data governance platform for discovering, classifying, detecting, and protecting sensitive data to ensure privacy and security compliance.[1][2][3] It serves enterprises managing large data volumes across sectors, solving challenges like regulatory compliance (e.g., GDPR), sensitive data protection, and cloud access security by automating data discovery, risk analysis, and anomaly detection.[1][2] The platform raised $12M before being acquired by Proofpoint in January 2022, integrating its capabilities into Proofpoint's Intelligent Classification and Protection for real-time, enterprise-scale data visibility and automated protection.[1][6]
Dathena Science was founded in 2016 in Singapore by Christopher Muffat, who serves as CEO, with additional offices in Switzerland.[1][2][3] Emerging amid rising data privacy regulations and exponential data growth, the company addressed the core issue: "You can’t protect what you don’t know," by building AI tools for end-to-end data protection.[2] Early traction came from its modular products—Dathena Discovery for mapping personal data and risks, Classify for live labeling, Protect for policy enforcement, and Detect for behavioral anomaly alerts—gaining recognition in ASEAN's advanced tech ecosystem.[2][3] This culminated in its 2022 acquisition by Proofpoint, marking a pivotal validation of its innovation in AI-driven data security.[1][6]
Dathena rides the data explosion and privacy regulation wave, including GDPR and emerging ASEAN laws, where enterprises face fast-growing, hybrid-cloud data amid rising breaches.[1][2][6] Timing aligns with AI's maturation for security, enabling automated governance over manual methods, as competitors like Securiti and TrustArc also target multi-cloud compliance.[1] It influences the ecosystem by pioneering "universal layers" of protection, now scaled via Proofpoint to protect against careless or malicious insiders, boosting cybersecurity's shift toward proactive, AI-native defenses in a $10B+ data security market.[1][2][6]
Post-acquisition, Dathena's tech evolves within Proofpoint as core to AI-powered classification, prioritizing real-time protection amid escalating data volumes and AI threats.[6] Trends like zero-trust architectures, quantum risks, and global privacy harmonization will amplify its role, potentially expanding to generative AI data governance. Its legacy humanizes data security—starting from unknown risks to enterprise empowerment—positioning it to shape resilient info frameworks as regulations tighten.
Dathena Science has raised $12.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Dathena Science's investors include Jungle Ventures, Indus Valley Capital, Khosla Ventures, Kompas VC, MS&AD Ventures, Multicoin Capital, Openspace Ventures, WorkLife Ventures, James Beshara, Kyle York, Varun Srinivasan, François Santi.
Dathena Science has raised $12.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $12.0M Series A in May 2020.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2020 | $12.0M Series A | Jungle Ventures | Indus Valley Capital, Khosla Ventures, Kompas VC, MS&AD Ventures, Multicoin Capital, Openspace Ventures, WorkLife Ventures, James Beshara, Kyle York, Varun Srinivasan, François Santi, CerraCap Ventures, SEEDS Capital |