Patrick Collins: Ledger

Stories naming Patrick Collins. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

Role	Organisation	Sources
CEO · Founder	Dam Secure	Startup Daily, Forbes Australia, SmartCompany
Chief Product and Technology Officer (former)	Zip Payments	Forbes Australia
Executive (former)	Zip Co	Startup Daily, SmartCompany
Executive (former)	Secure Code Warrior	Startup Daily, SmartCompany

Seed $6.1m

Dam Secure raises $6.1 million to tackle AI code security risks

AI code security startup Dam Secure has closed an oversubscribed $6.1 million seed round led by Paladin Capital Group, with several tech executives investing, to grow its Australian R&D team and build a US sales presence.

SmartCompany 21 Jan 2026 Dam Secure Claude Cursor Innovation Bay RecordPoint Secure Code Warrior Tyro Payments Zip Co Paladin Capital Group Anthony Woodward Phaedon Stough Pieter Danhieux Steen Andersson Mourad Yesayan Patrick Collins Simon Harloff

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Dam Secure raises $6.1 million to tackle AI code security risks