Dam Secure, a Sydney, Australia–based AI security startup, has raised $4 million in a seed funding round.
Investors
The round was led by Paladin Capital Group, a global venture capital and private equity firm headquartered in Washington, D.C. Founded in 2001, Paladin’s core strength is identifying, supporting, and investing in innovative companies that develop promising early-stage technologies to address critical cyber and advanced technological needs for both commercial and government customers. With offices in Washington, D.C., New York, London, Luxembourg, and Silicon Valley, Paladin has invested in over 85 companies since its inception.
Paladin Capital Managing Director Mourad Yesayan will join Dam Secure’s board.
Dam Secure Use of Funds
The company will use the proceeds to accelerate product development and expand its go-to-market efforts through 2026.
About Dam Secure
Founded by Patrick Collins and Simon Harloff, Dam Secure is building an AI-native application security platform designed to protect enterprises from vulnerabilities introduced by AI-generated code. Its platform allows enterprises to define security requirements in plain English and automatically enforce them across large codebases, addressing logic flaws that traditional application security tools often fail to detect in AI-generated code. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Dam Secure aims to address the security risks created by AI-generated code entering production at scale.
Funding Details
Company: Dam Secure
Raised: $4.0M
Round: Seed
Funding Date: 2025
Lead Investor: Paladin Capital Group
Additional Investors:
Company Website: https://damsecure.ai/
Software Category: AI Security / Application Security
Source: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260120488094/en/