Best Auto Companies in Sydney, Australia
The 51 best Auto companies in Sydney, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: H2X Global.
Our analysis of 256 Auto companies
$29.3b in tracked funding; 77% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.
Ranked: Best Auto companies in Sydney
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | H2X Global Brand of cars | $57M | 36 mo ago | Series C | Antony Tolfts Chief Executive Officer | 2021 | WordPressMySQLPHP+31 | — | — |
| 2 | Forcite Helmet Systems Manufacturer of smart helmets with integrated safety and communication features | $8M | 53 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2014 | BigCommerceContentfulSentry+20 | 10 patents Helmet-mounted visual alert and crash protection systems for rider safety | — |
| 3 | Automotive Superstore Online car parts & accessories store | $6M | 56 mo ago | Seed | Babak Sanayei CEO & Director | 2013 | Cart FunctionalityMagentoAlgolia+39 | — | — |
| 4 | Sparesbox Australian Auto Spares seller | $4M | 119 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2014 | StoryblokShopifyAlgolia+31 | — | — |
| 5 | Vyro Online platform for buying electric cars | $1M | 51 mo ago | Seed | — | 2021 | — | — | — |
| 6 | AutoReviewa Online platform to research & purchase new cars from dealerships in Australia | $612K | 141 mo ago | Seed | — | 2013 | PHPZURB FoundationApache HTTP Server+14 | — | — |
| 7 | DingGo Repair & maintenance service provider for cars | $248K | 78 mo ago | Seed | Josh Sandford Co-Founder | 2018 | ReactGatsbyAmazon Web Services+12 | — | 1 job opening |
| 8 | AfricarGroup Car classifieds and marketplace network | — | 46 mo ago | Series A | Mathieu Fructueux Co-Founder | 2016 | — | — | — |
Top 10 Auto companies in Sydney
#1
Series C · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2021 · 50 employees$57Mraised▾
Brand of cars
- Aug 2023Series C$57M
- Nov 2021Seed—
#2
Acquired · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2014 · 23 employees$7.5Mraised▾
Manufacturer of smart helmets with integrated safety and communication features. These helmets incorporate advanced technology to enhance rider safety and provide a connected riding experience. The design prioritizes a lightweight and compact form factor, while the integrated systems offer real-time data and communication capabilities. A mobile application allows for personalization and configuration of the on-road experience. The company's backend processes vast amounts of data to provide riders with personalized information about upcoming ride conditions. The helmets meet stringent international safety standards.
- Feb 2022Series A$5.5M
- Sep 2020Seed$1.2M
- Feb 2019Seed$800K
#3
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2013 · 3 employees$6.5Mraised▾
Online store for car parts & accessories. It offers products in various categories such as car care parts, performance parts, accessories, servicing parts, and others. The platform provides users with Parts Finder (products specific to your vehicle) option with a Fitment Guarantee. It exchanges the part or offers a full refund if the part recommended does not fit user's car.
- Dec 2021Seed$6.5M
#4
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2021 · 7 employees$1Mraised▾
Online platform for buying electric cars. The platform allows the users to browse, compare and buy an electric car. It provides features like home delivery, zero percent payment plans, financing, etc. Currently, cars of Kia, Hyundai, Mazda, MG, Polestar, and Volvo are available. It allows trade the existing car with a new one.
- Apr 2022Seed$1M
#5
Acquired · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2014 · 20 employees$3.5Mraised▾
Spares box is a chain Australian retailer of spares for passenger cars and 4X4s. Can filter spare by make and model to buy only parts that are compatible. Has a returns policy and offers free shipping on orders over $50. Has over 100000 spares on the platform. Operates across Australia.
- Aug 2016Series A$3.5M
- 2014Angel—
#6
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2018 · 8 employees$248.3Kraised▾
DingGol is a repair & maintenance service provider for cars. It provides services such as repair wheels, windows, bumpers, lights, rust & dents removal.
- Feb 2020Grant (prize money)$248.3K
- Feb 2019Seed—
- 2018Seed—
#7
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2013 · 8 employees$612.5Kraised▾
AutoReviewa is an online platform for people to research and purchase new cars from dealerships in Australia. The platform provides an option to search local dealerships, compare customer ratings and reviews and find the best deals. Users can search for the cars by model or by using 'shop assistant' feature on the platform. The platform also provides users with an option to rate their cars and dealers.
- Nov 2014Seed$612.5K
#8
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2016—raised▾
AfricarGroup is a car classifieds network of websites in Africa for selling and buying cars, trucks and motorbikes. The company claims to serve around 300 million people in 12 different countries from West Africa, Central Africa, East Africa and Southern Africa. It connect buyers, private sellers and dealers of new, used and second hand cars, motorbikes and trucks, with a platform solution to trade together.
- Sep 2022Series A—
- Jun 2018Series A—
- Jul 2016Seed—
#9
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2016 · 6 employees—raised▾
Usage-based auto insurance platform for individuals. It offers quotes for pay per kilometre policy and driving policy. It also offers an app-based policy management solution and claims processing services. The app is available on Android and iOS platform.
- Aug 2020Seed—
#10
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2012 · 10 employees—raised▾
Parts DB is a B2B Auto parts Marketplace. It offers complete product to vehicle application data management solution for manufacturers, wholesalers and dealers. It caters to the auto industry. It has developed various products that provide auto parts fitment database and e-commerce solutions. Their products include PARts Console for product and application fitment management, PARts Online for a secure web-based enquiry and online lookup of concerned data and PARts B2 to create a B2B e-commerce solution. The platform also enables users to use global standards like TecDoc, Autodata, eBay MVL and ACES PIES to link brands and product data to customers
- 2015Seed—
Jim GurieffFounderFunding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Auto coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Autonomous Vehicles in Sydney is moving
A read on the academic research around Autonomous Vehicles in Sydney — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 105 papers.
- University of Technology Sydney35
- UNSW Sydney33
- The University of Sydney29
- University of Sydney15
- Western Sydney University4
- Computer vision8
- Segmentation6
- Point cloud5
- Scalability4
- Reinforcement learning4
- Transport engineering1→4
- Transport engineering6
- Computer security5
- Human–computer interaction5
- Pedestrian4
- Perception3
Common questions
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