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Yes, there are several independent sites where you can find all the information needed to verify. Here you can check how much Ether (ETH) was raised on two different block explorers (both not affiliated with the DAO): http://etherscan.io/address/0xbb9bc244d798123fde783fcc1c72d3... https://etherchain.org/account/0xbb9bc244d798123fde783fcc1c7...

..and to convert that to USD or whatever you can even use https://duckduckgo.com/?q=1+ETH+in+USD&ia=cryptocurrency or check the price directly at one of the exchanges that trades ETH/USD, like https://www.kraken.com/charts.

nop, there is no certainty that any company (including slock.it) will get any money from the DAO. Slock.it (like everyone else) can submit a proposal for a well defined project to the DAO and the DAO Token holder (people who put the money in the DAO) will vote on that proposal. If the don't see any benefit for the DAO/them-self in a proposal they will not vote for it and it won't get funded.