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Best Air Pollution Management Tech Companies in Australia

The 68 best Air Pollution Management Tech companies in Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Ryzo.

68companies tracked
$151.1Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
24have raised
Sources & further reading
  • ResearchAndMarkets.com
  • futuremarketinsights.com

Ranked: Best Air Pollution Management Tech companies in Australia

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageEmployeesFoundedFounderPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Ryzo
Carbon farming platform simplifying regenerative agriculture for farmers and project developers
14Talent top 38%Product top 46%Funding top 48%Tech bottom 43%
All 6 signals ▾
Talenttop 38%
Producttop 46%
Fundingtop 48%
Techbottom 43%
Globalbottom 25%
Marketbottom 21%
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Product: 1 published app · Company stage: Series B
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 14/100
$50M50 mo agoSeries B92018Philip Mulvey
Co-Founder & CEO
2Pathzero
Provider of solutions to calculate carbon emission
$12M42 mo agoSeries A502020Charbel Ayoub
Co-Founder & CTO
3Jupiter Ionics
Provider of green ammonia
$11M27 mo agoSeries A72021Douglas Macfarlane
Founder
4Tasman Environmental
Provider of carbon offset solutions and carbon project development and investment
$9M79 mo agoSeries A432014Peter Castellas
Co-Founder & CEO
5FLINTpro
Provider of solutions to calculate carbon emissions
$9M37 mo agoSeries A322014Rob Waterworth
CEO
6Chargefox
Electric vehicle charging network
$8M92 mo agoAcquired2120171 launch
7GTL Energy
Provider of solution to remove moisture from coal
$8M155 mo agoDeadpooled2000Fred Schulte
CEO
41 patents
Efficient drying, densification, and water-resistant production of solid biofuel briquettes.
8Sumday
Software-based platform for reducing business carbon emissions
$7M26 mo agoSeed162021Jessica Richmond
Co - Founder & CEO
1 partnership
9KC8 Capture Technologies
Developer of affordable and sustainable carbon capture technology.
$7M23 mo agoSeries A92010Barry Hooper
Founder
15 patents
Design and operation of specialized chemical reactors and solvent processing systems.
10Senseand
Software platform for aggregating data from farm fields and data analytics
$6M35 mo agoSeed182016Peter Moulton
Co-founder & CEO
11MCi Carbon
Provider of carbon capture and utility solutions
$5M16 mo agoSeries A2013Geoff Brent
Co-Founder & Chief Scientist
12Mineral Carbonation International
Provider of carbon capture and sequestration solutions
$5M38 mo agoSeries A192013Marcus Dawe
Co-Founder & CEO
65 patents
CO2 sequestration via magnesium silicate mineral carbonation and magnesium carbonate production
1 expansion · 1 award
13Avarni
Cloud-based platform to offset and manage carbon emissions
$5M31 mo agoSeries A212021Anuj Paudel
Co-Founder and Co-CEO
1 launch
14Greener
Provider of solutions to offset the carbon footprint
$4M44 mo agoSeries A2006Tom Ferrier
Founder
15Trace
Provider of solutions to offset carbon footprint
$2M28 mo agoSeed152020Joanna Auburn
Co-Founder
16Fugu
Provider of carbon capture solution
$1M23 mo agoSeed2023Mac Thompson
Co-Founder
1 expansion
17Algenie
Provider of technology for algae production
14Talent top 28%Tech bottom 41%Funding bottom 36%Market bottom 25%
All 5 signals ▾
Talenttop 28%
Techbottom 41%
Fundingbottom 36%
Marketbottom 25%
Globalbottom 25%
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Tech: 10 technologies across 3/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 14/100
$1M21 mo agoSeed2023Mathieu Pernice
Co-Founder
1 job opening
18Vyro
Online platform for buying electric cars
$1M49 mo agoSeed72021
19CarbonHQ
Online platform for carbon project management
$600K28 mo agoSeed2022Eugene Datsky
Co-Founder
1 partnership
20InterEarth
Provider of atmospheric CO2 removal solutions through biomass harvesting and underground storage.
$500K30 mo agoSeed32020Howard Carr
CEO
21NetNada
Provider of climate change services
$200K45 mo agoSeed112019Afonso Firmo
Co-Founder

Top 12 Air Pollution Management Tech companies in Australia

#1
Series A · Newcastle, New South Wales · founded 2013
$5Mraised

Provider of carbon capture and utility solutions. Its technology combines captured CO2 with mineral feedstocks to produce building materials and other products, aiming to decarbonize industries globally.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2025Series A$5M
Founders & team
Geoff BrentCo-Founder & Chief ScientistSophia WangCo-Founder & COOMarcus DaweCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Mu-Cc, ITOCHU, Mizuho Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank
Tech stack
AstraCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookieyesCore-JsElementor
#2
Series A · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2010 · 9 employees
$6.7Mraised

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LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 2 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2024Series A$6.7M
  • Aug 2022Seed
  • Jul 2021Seed
Founders & team
Barry HooperFounderBarry HooperFounderBarry HooperFounder
Investors
Woodside Energy, CEMEX Ventures
#3
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2023
$1.1Mraised

Provider of technology for algae production. The platform enables the cultivation of algae, which can be used to produce clean energy, bioplastics, and feed supplements.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 14how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 28%
Tech
bottom 41%
Funding
bottom 36%
Market
bottom 25%
Global
bottom 25%
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Tech: 10 technologies across 3/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Security: Cloudflare Bot Management, Hsts
Funding: Raised $1.1M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 2 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Seed (Sep 2024)
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers — 2.1% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Microalgae Biologist
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2024Seed$1.1M
Founders & team
Mathieu PerniceCo-FounderJohn MartinCo-FounderNick HazellFounder & CEO
Investors
Better Bite Ventures
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementFramer SitesGoogle Font ApiHstsHttp/3
#4
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2023
$1.1Mraised

Provider of carbon capture solution. It sucks carbon dioxide out of the air, and ship it to industrial users around the planet. It uses renewable energy to capture carbon and convert them into sustainable aviation fuel, methanol, methane and other emerging e-fuel.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 737 LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships · 1 expansions (incl. Methanol Reformer) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2024Seed$1.1M
Founders & team
Mac ThompsonCo-FounderLuke MarshallFounder
Investors
Investible, Jelix, Electrifi Ventures, Counteract
#5
Series A · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2021 · 7 employees
$10.8Mraised

Provider of green ammonia. It also develops electrochemical technologies to create carbon-neutral green ammonia. It extracts nitrogen from air and hydrogen from water, which it combines with the help of renewable energy sources to produce ammonia.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 2.3% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: research scientist
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2024Series A$9M
  • Nov 2021Seed$1.8M
Founders & team
Douglas MacfarlaneFounderAlexandr SimonovFounderCharlie DayCEO
Investors
Wesfarmers, CIMIC, Breakthrough Victoria, Tenacious Ventures, Monash, Olabella
Tech stack
ElementorGodaddyHello ElementorMicrosoft 365MysqlNginx
#6
Seed · Burnie, Tasmania · founded 2021 · 16 employees
$7.3Mraised

Software-based platform for reducing business carbon emissions. It enables businesses to accurately measure and reduce carbon emissions based on audit-ready data. It also offers training courses for accountants to learn carbon accounting.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers — 3.7% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches · 1 partnerships (incl. Pronto Xi) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2024Seed$5.3M
  • Mar 2023Seed$2M
Founders & team
Jessica RichmondCo - Founder & CEOLindsay EllisCo-Founder & COODanny HoareCo-Founder & CPO
Investors
Planeteer Capital, Blackbird Ventures, Possible Ventures
Tech stack
CloudflareGoogle AnalyticsGoogle WorkspaceHstsMailgunNext.Js
#7
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2021 · 21 employees
$4.6Mraised

Cloud-based platform to offset and manage carbon emissions. It provides solutions for emission identification in the supply chain, dashboards, reporting, forecasting and benchmarking, carbon offset, and others.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 3.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2023Series A$1.6M
  • Dec 2022Series A$3M
Founders & team
Anuj PaudelCo-Founder and Co-CEOMisha CajicCo-Founder
Investors
Main Sequence, Vulpes Ventures, Common Sense Ventures, Sprint Ventures, AfterWork Ventures
#8
Series B · Footscray, Victoria · founded 2018 · 9 employees
$50Mraised

Carbon farming platform simplifying regenerative agriculture for farmers and project developers. This SaaS platform empowers farmers to adopt sustainable land management, rebuild soil health, and promote biodiversity. It offers tools for soil carbon assessment, project management, and emissions accounting. The platform supports carbon project management from baseline to crediting, helping farmers claim carbon credits. It provides resources like a soil property observation tool, learning hub, and publications. The goal is to restore agricultural environments, climate, and community through regenerative farming practices. It is a B2B platform that offers subscription based services.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 14how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 38%
Product
top 46%
Funding
top 48%
Tech
bottom 43%
Global
bottom 25%
Market
bottom 21%
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Product: 1 published app · Company stage: Series B
Funding: Raised $50.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 4 yrs (0.2/yr) · Last round Series B (Apr 2022)
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2022Series B$50M
Founders & team
Philip MulveyCo-Founder & CEONiels OlsenCo-Founder
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare TurnstileGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Hosted LibrariesGoogle Workspace
#9
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2020 · 15 employees
$1.9Mraised

Provider of solutions to offset carbon footprint. Its platform helps customers to measure, reduce and offset their carbon footprint. It provides solutions for individuals and businesses.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers — 5.6% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2024Grant (prize money)$260.1K
  • Feb 2022Seed$1.5M
  • Seed$400K
Founders & team
Joanna AuburnCo-FounderCatherine LongCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Antler, Existential Capital, Epoch Capital, The Fund, 5 Pillars Capital, business.gov.au
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookiebot
#10
Series A · Canberra, Australian Capital Territory · founded 2014 · 32 employees
$9Mraised

Provider of solutions to calculate carbon emissions. The platform provides information to rapidly calculate, track and forecast greenhouse gas emissions for different sectors such as forests, agriculture, biomass, soils, product benchmarking and foot-printing, and supply chain tracking.

Funding rounds
  • May 2023Series A$9M
Founders & team
Rob WaterworthCEO
Investors
Understorey, Pollination, Persei, KILN incubator
#11
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2020 · 50 employees
$11.6Mraised

Provider of solutions to calculate carbon emission. It measures the greenhouse gas inventory on a monthly basis as part of a carbon-neutral service and also provides annual carbon reports with the greenhouse gas protocol.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 4.5% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2022Series A$5.8M
  • Oct 2021Series A$5M
  • Oct 2020Seed$715.3K
Founders & team
Charbel AyoubCo-Founder & CTOCarl PrinsCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Antler, Black Nova, Carthona Capital, Clyde Bank, AirTree, LVT Capital
#12
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2016 · 18 employees
$6Mraised

Senseand is developing a software platform for aggregation of data from sensors deployed in the farm fields and analytics along with data from various white label sources. As per the website description, the platform would be able to aggregate data from narrow band IoT(NB-IoT) sensors which can measure water and nutrient levels in the soil. The company claims that the platform would use satellite images and historical climatic data for up to 50 years for providing insights and predictions to farmers.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2023Angel$6M
Founders & team
Peter MoultonCo-founder & CEO
Investors
Robert Costa
Tech stack
WebflowJqueryGoogle AnalyticsOpen Graph

Funding & investor landscape

$151.1Mtotal disclosed funding
22companies funded
33disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Antler4 rounds
Investible3 rounds
Artesian2 rounds
BlueChilli2 rounds
Counteract2 rounds
Galileo Ventures2 rounds
LVT Capital2 rounds
Mizuho Financial Group2 rounds
Techstars2 rounds
5 Pillars Capital1 rounds

Notable founders

Geoff Brent
Co-Founder & Chief Scientist · MCi Carbon
Sophia Wang
Co-Founder & COO · MCi Carbon
Barry Hooper
Founder · KC8 Capture Technologies
Mathieu Pernice
Co-Founder · Algenie
John Martin
Co-Founder · Algenie
Mac Thompson
Co-Founder · Fugu
Luke Marshall
Founder · Fugu
Douglas Macfarlane
Founder · Jupiter Ionics
Alexandr Simonov
Founder · Jupiter Ionics
Jessica Richmond
Co - Founder & CEO · Sumday
Lindsay Ellis
Co-Founder & COO · Sumday
Anuj Paudel
Co-Founder and Co-CEO · Avarni
Prism market signals · Australia · country-scoped Prism corpus, 75,703 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Air Pollution Management Tech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Australia

How research on Air Quality is moving in Australia

A read on the academic research around Air Quality — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 1,000 Australia-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201320202026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and softening — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 16% → 11% across 2013–2026.
top research entities
  • University College London131
  • Monash University104
  • Queensland University of Technology72
  • UNSW Sydney49
  • The University of Sydney42
leading researchers
Eloïse A. Marais · Luke D. Knibbs · Yuming Guo · Lídia Morawska · Shanshan Li · Geoffrey Morgan · Amanda J. Wheeler · Ivan Hanigan
Breakthroughs65 · 6%
▲ 3%→7% share
▲2.3× share momentum0 median citations97% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (3%→7% of field), led by Air pollution.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Air pollution40
  • Pollution14
  • Pollutant13
  • Particulates9
  • Meteorology7
Newly emergingAir pollution 0→39 · Pollution 0→13 · Pollutant 0→13
Landmark Assessing the environmental impacts of renewable energy sources: A case study on air pollution and carbon emissions in C · 347 cites
Advancements219 · 22%
▼ 26%→23% share
▼0.9× share momentum1 median citations92% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are cooling (26%→23% of field), led by Air pollution.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Air pollution8→110
  • Pollution1→37
  • Particulates1→36
  • Pollutant4→31
  • Environmental health2→28
Newly emergingPopulation 0→14 · Aerosol 0→14 · Greenhouse gas 0→12
Landmark Air Pollution Forecasts: An Overview · 392 cites
Concerns343 · 34%
▼ 41%→33% share
▼0.8× share momentum1 median citations87% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (41%→33% of field), led by Air pollution.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Air pollution19→196
  • Pollution3→75
  • Environmental health10→72
  • Particulates3→41
  • Pollutant1→36
Newly emergingHuman health 0→13 · Meteorology 0→13 · Ecology 0→12
Landmark A review of biomass burning: Emissions and impacts on air quality, health and climate in China · 1,292 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Australia

Where air quality is researched across Australia

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Melbourne229 · +0.08
Hot · Air pollutionAdvancing · Cohort studyOpportunity · PollutantConcern · Asthma
Sydney163 · +0.10
Hot · Air pollutionAdvancing · Life expectancyOpportunity · Air pollutantsConcern · Urban heat island
Brisbane139 · +0.03
Hot · Air pollutionAdvancing · BeijingOpportunity · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Concern · Environmental engineering
Perth55 · +0.08
Hot · Climate changeAdvancing · PollutantOpportunity · ParticulatesConcern · Environmental planning
Canberra39 · +0.01
Hot · Confidence intervalAdvancing · PollutionOpportunity · Environmental planningConcern · Climate change
Adelaide18 · +0.06
Hot · AsthmaOpportunity · Climate changeConcern · Air pollution

Common questions

How many Air Pollution Management Tech companies are there in Australia?
Radar tracks 68 indexable Air Pollution Management Tech companies headquartered in Australia that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Air Pollution Management Tech companies in Australia?
The Air Pollution Management Tech companies in Australia on this list have raised a combined $151.1M in disclosed equity funding across 22 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Air Pollution Management Tech company in Australia?
Ryzo is the highest-funded Air Pollution Management Tech company in Australia, with $50M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Air Pollution Management Tech companies in Australia are funded?
22 of the 68 Air Pollution Management Tech companies in Australia on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Air Pollution Management Tech unicorns are there in Australia?
None of the Air Pollution Management Tech companies in Australia on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Australia Air Pollution Management Tech companies?
The most active investors in Australia Air Pollution Management Tech companies on this list include Antler, Investible, Artesian, BlueChilli, Counteract.
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