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Top 100 Australian Startups 2026

Australia's most-funded private companies — from Sydney's Fintech corridor to Melbourne's health tech and deep tech ecosystem.

Known total funding for 100 of 100 ranked companies: $15.1B.

Showing top 100 matching companies · Ranked by total funding raised

Use company data through the API.
Example request
curl "https://indexed.vc/api/v1/companies?countries=Australia&operatingStatus=active&sort=total_funding_raised&order=desc&limit=100" -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

The API has no company type filter, so public companies can appear; this list counts private companies only.

The API cannot leave out companies whose latest round is a grant, private equity or debt financing; this list does.

Data from Indexed.vcUpdated

Methodology: up to 100 active companies matching this list's filters are ordered by disclosed total funding in USD. Companies whose latest round is one of: Grant, Private Equity, Debt Financing are excluded. Totals include recorded grants and other qualifying funding, not just equity. Open a company profile for its funding summary and available detail. How this data is built.

1
Firmus

Firmus designs and operates energy-efficient AI factories, combining proprietary cooling, grid or...

Launceston, Australia51–200Artificial Intelligence, Cloud
Venture RoundTotal funding$2.8BAug 2026
2
Airwallex

Airwallex is a financial technology company that offers integrated solutions to businesses for cr...

Australia1001–5000Fintech, SaaS
Series G+Total funding$1.8BJun 2026
3
TEG

TEG (Ticketek Entertainment Group) is an Australian live entertainment and ticketing company cove...

Sydney, Australia1001–5000E-Commerce
Growth EquityTotal funding$1.1BDec 2023
4
Gilmour Space

Developer of low-cost hybrid rockets designed to launch small satellites into space. The company'...

Gold Coast, Australia51–200Aerospace, Defense Tech
Venture RoundTotal funding$590.0MMar 2026
5
AdvanCell

AdvanCell develops targeted alpha radiopharmaceutical therapies, using its vertically integrated ...

Sydney, Australia11–50Biotech, Healthcare
Venture RoundTotal funding$427.0MJul 2026
6
Culture Amp

Culture Amp is an employee experience platform that combines people analytics, employee engagemen...

Melbourne, Australia501–1000Analytics, HR Tech
Series G+Total funding$415.0MJun 2023
7
Canva

Canva is a visual communication platform that lets individuals and teams create, collaborate on, ...

Sydney, Australia5001–10000Design Tools, SaaS
Series FTotal funding$362.0MSep 2021
8
Immutable

Australian blockchain gaming company developing Immutable X, an Ethereum Layer-2 NFT platform, an...

Sydney, Australia201–500Gaming, Crypto & Web3
Series CTotal funding$320.0MMar 2022
9
Harrison.ai

Clinician-led company building AI diagnostic and workflow tools for radiology and pathology, serv...

Sydney, Australia201–500Artificial Intelligence, Diagnostics
Series CTotal funding$285.1MFeb 2025
10
Novotech Holdings

Novotech is a full-service CRO with integrated labs providing clinical drug development services ...

Singapore, Australia1001–5000Biotech, Healthcare
Growth EquityTotal funding$255.0MMar 2025
11
SafetyCulture

SafetyCulture provides a digital operations platform that helps frontline teams complete inspecti...

Townsville, Australia501–1000SaaS
Series DTotal funding$243.2MSep 2024
12
Cover Genius

Embedded insurance for the world's largest digital platforms

Sydney, Australia501–1000Fintech, Insurance
Series ETotal funding$223.0MMay 2024
13
Octopus Deploy

Octopus Deploy automates software release management, deployment, and runbook operations for DevO...

Brisbane, Australia201–500DevOps, Developer Tools
Series BTotal funding$220.1MOct 2025
14
Heidi Health

Heidi is an AI care partner that supports clinicians from documentation through evidence, helping...

Melbourne, Australia51–200Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare
Venture RoundTotal funding$214.6MSep 2026
15
Samsara Eco

Enzymatic recycling technology company using AI-designed enzymes to break down plastics and texti...

Canberra, Australia51–200Biotech, Climate Tech
Series ATotal funding$208.8MJun 2024
16
Pembroke Resources

Pembroke Olive Downs develops premium steelmaking coal assets, including the world-class Olive Do...

AustraliaEnergy, Oil & Gas
Venture RoundTotal funding$200.0MMay 2014
17
Morse Micro

Fabless semiconductor company designing Wi-Fi HaLow (IEEE 802.11ah) chips delivering long-range, ...

Surry Hills, Australia51–200Developer Tools
Series CTotal funding$199.0MSep 2025
18
Neara

Neara builds a physics-enabled digital twin of electricity grids and infrastructure networks, hel...

Sydney, Australia51–200Energy, SaaS
Series DTotal funding$196.3MFeb 2026
19
Advanced Navigation

Advanced Navigation delivers inertial navigation systems to industries, using software-enhanced h...

Sydney, Australia201–500Artificial Intelligence, Defense Tech
Series CTotal funding$191.0MMar 2026
20
Stacked Farm

Stacked Farm operates automated vertical farms that grow produce without pesticides or herbicides...

Arundel, Australia51–200Agtech, Food & Beverage
Venture RoundTotal funding$190.0MJan 2025
21
Deputy

Workforce management platform providing scheduling, time tracking, HR, payroll and AI forecasting...

Sydney, Australia201–500Analytics, HR Tech
Series BTotal funding$173.0MMar 2024
22
Q-CTRL

Builds AI-powered infrastructure software that improves quantum computing and quantum sensing per...

Sydney, Australia51–200Artificial Intelligence, Defense Tech
Venture RoundTotal funding$168.3MApr 2026
23
Linktree

Linktree is a link-in-bio platform founded in 2016 by Alex Zaccaria, Anthony Zaccaria, and Nick H...

Melbourne, Australia201–500SaaS, Social Media
Series CTotal funding$165.7MMar 2022
24
Fleet Space Technologies

Builds space-enabled sensing and AI analytics to deliver decision-ready mineral exploration data ...

Adelaide, Australia51–200Artificial Intelligence, Data & Analytics
Series DTotal funding$159.4MDec 2024
25
v2food

v2food creates plant protein products with rich flavours, allowing people to enjoy plant protein ...

Canberra, Australia51–200Biotech
Extension RoundTotal funding$143.3MAug 2021