Best Augmented Reality Companies in Australia
The 66 best Augmented Reality companies in Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: JigSpace.
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Ranked: Best Augmented Reality companies in Australia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JigSpace Provider of SaaS and app-based platform for 3-dimensional presentations | $8M | 61 mo ago | Series A | Zac Duff Co-Founder & CEO | 2015 | Node.jsVue.jsNuxt.js+18 | — |
| 2 | Laava Provider of blockchain and AR-based product authentication solutions | $2M | 90 mo ago | Funding Raised | Tony Surtees Co-Founder | 2016 | styled-componentsReactAmazon Web Services+10 | — |
| 3 | Plattar AR enablement platform | $1M | 122 mo ago | Seed | — | 2015 | WordPressMySQLPHP+29 | — |
| 4 | tagSpace Location based augmented reality platform | $515K | 68 mo ago | Seed | — | 2014 | Framer SitesReactCloudflare+11 | — |
| 5 | Sweep Augmented Reality based shopping app | $169K | 89 mo ago | Deadpooled | Robyn Foyster Founder & CEO | 2018 | — | — |
| 6 | Seen Augmented reality toolkits that guide users | $150K | 93 mo ago | Seed | Yusuf Omar Co-Founder | 2018 | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+19 | — |
| 7 | Example Company Augmented Reality apps for kids | $100K | 60 mo ago | Seed | Michael Kasumovic Founder | 2015 | WordPressMySQLPHP+13 | — |
| 8 | some.place Developer of an AR-based social platform | $20K | 36 mo ago | Seed | Juliana Rudell Di Simone Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer | 2020 | — | — |
Top 11 Augmented Reality companies in Australia
#1
Series A · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2015 · 26 employees$7.5Mraised▾
Provider of SaaS and app-based platform for 3-dimensional presentations. It allows users to create, view, and share 3D presentations. It has an inbuilt library of various interactive learning experiences. The users can view step-by-step interactive 3D breakdowns of ideas, products, and phenomena. The app is available for the iOS platform.
- Apr 2021Series A$6.1M
- Aug 2020Seed$1.4M
- Feb 2016Seed—
#2
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2020 · 8 employees$20Kraised▾
Developer of an AR-based social platform
- 2023Seed$20K
#3
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2014 · 12 employees$515Kraised▾
Location based augmented reality platform. It allows users to create mobile, location based experiences using augmented reality. It offers AR solutions for city experiences, festivals, and events.
- Oct 2020Seed—
- Mar 2019Seed—
- 2017Seed$515K
#4
Funding Raised · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2016$1.6Mraised▾
Provider of blockchain and AR-based product authentication solutions. It offers a technology-enabled barcode that allows users to visualize information about important products and other things in their daily life. Allows users to scan the barcode using the companion application for superimposing the multimedia content related to the same such as pictures, videos, audio to name a few.
- Dec 2018Grant (prize money)$1.6M
#5
Seed · Botany, New South Wales · founded 2015$100Kraised▾
Augmented Reality apps for kids
- Jun 2021Seed$100K
#6
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2015 · 14 employees$1.1Mraised▾
Plattar provides a platform for brands to build, manage and deploy AR content. The platform has a template driven app builder and CMS for managing app pages and AR experiences. Also allows brands to integrate custom UI designs. Their beta is yet to launch as of Nov '15. Brands can either use the platform or ask the team to make a custom app. Clients using their first generation platform are Red Bull, ASB and Hell Pizza.
- Apr 2016Seed$1.1M
#7
Deadpooled · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2018$168.5Kraised▾
Sweep is a community-based AR shopping app. It compares and finds the best deals to reach their customers & encourage impulse shopping through limited time offers and provides users a way to claim & share deals around them. Using geolocation and artificial intelligence (AI) technology the app lets users discover deals around them using lists, map, and augmented reality views. Users can tailor their shopping experience according to interests using the personalisation tool. Is compatible with iOS and Android devices.
- Jan 2019Seed$168.5K
#8
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2018 · 56 employees$150Kraised▾
Augmented reality toolkits that guide users. It offers toolkits that guide people through the storytelling process on their phones or wearable camera glasses. It helps people to share their experiences and improve empathy.
- Sep 2018Seed$150K
#9
Seed · Byron Bay, New South Wales · founded 2017 · 4 employees$20Kraised▾
Augmented reality solution for real estate construction projects. The solution enables users to upload 2D plans or photographs to create a 3D model of the project. It provides access to a minimum of 2 users and can be used by real estate developers to share with contractors/investors/clients. It offers various annual packages, the prices for which depend on the number of users and 3D models created.
- Sep 2019Seed—
- 2019Seed$20K
#10
Deadpooled · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2019 · 2 employees—raised▾
Provider of an augmented reality-based tour guide app. Enables travelers to independently explore new places and allows to access different local information in real time at the user's location in different language with the use of in-built translation tools. Allows to visualize local information including shops, restaurants and attractions and more in a superimposed environment. The app is compatible with iOS and Android devices.
- Jan 2020Grant (prize money)—
#11
Deadpooled · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2017—raised▾
SciGround provides augmented reality-based mobile applications for students. Provides games that allow discovering virtual animals and answering questions. Caters to children above 5 years. Available for iOS platform.
- Feb 2018Seed—
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Augmented Reality coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
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How research on AR / VR / Metaverse is moving in Australia
A read on the academic research around AR / VR / Metaverse — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 1,307 Australia-affiliated papers.
- University College London185
- Monash University97
- University of South Australia88
- UNSW Sydney83
- Deakin University71
- Virtual reality6→110
- Human–computer interaction4→61
- Augmented reality5→43
- Visualization6→20
- Computer graphics (images)1→14
- Virtual reality38→334
- Human–computer interaction12→155
- Augmented reality16→96
- Training (meteorology)1→34
- Usability3→32
- Virtual reality23→154
- Human–computer interaction7→68
- Augmented reality4→49
- Mixed reality1→14
- Psychological intervention1→12
Where ar vr 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.
Common questions
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