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Role	Organisation	Sources
CPTO	Dam Secure	Forbes Australia
Executive (former)	Zip Co	SmartCompany
Executive (former)	Secure Code Warrior	Forbes Australia, SmartCompany
Senior Product Manager (Product Security) (former)	Zip Payments	Forbes Australia

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