Best Chemicals Tech Companies in Australia
The 35 best Chemicals Tech companies in Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Loam Bio.
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Ranked: Best Chemicals Tech companies in Australia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loam Bio Pioneering carbon farming through microbial technology, improving soil health and carbon sequestration 64Patents top 23%Moat top 28%Talent top 28%Funding top 29% All 10 signals ▾Patentstop 23% Moattop 28% Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 29% Innovationtop 32% Growthtop 45% Techtop 46% Marketbottom 49% Globalbottom 42% Newsbottom 24% Patents: 38 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 38 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · IP moat: 38 patents rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $120M | 43 mo ago | Series B | Guy Webb Co-Founder | 2019 | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+20 | 38 patents Enhancing soil carbon sequestration and plant yield via fungal and microbial inoculants. | — |
| 2 | Jupiter Ionics Provider of green ammonia | $11M | 30 mo ago | Series A | Douglas Macfarlane Founder | 2021 | WordPressMySQLPHP+9 | — | — |
| 3 | Earthodic Bio-based coating solutions | $8M | 22 mo ago | Seed | Fiona Donaghey Co-Founder | 2022 | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | — | — |
| 4 | Brisbane Materials Optical coating materials provider for solar panels and LED lights | $7M | 114 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2005 | — | 7 patents Self-curing mixed-metal oxide inorganic binders for refractory and ceramic applications | — |
| 5 | Nano-Nouvelle Provider of nanomaterials as a platform technology for cross industry applications | $5M | 134 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2007 | — | 25 patents Advanced battery electrode and porous material technologies with thin coating processes. | — |
| 6 | Bio-Gene Developer of bio-insecticides for crop protection, grain storage, and public health 32Moat top 32%Funding top 34%Patents top 34%Innovation top 38% All 8 signals ▾Moattop 32% Fundingtop 34% Patentstop 34% Innovationtop 38% Talenttop 45% Globalbottom 40% Marketbottom 37% Techbottom 15% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 5/10 · IP moat: 48 patents Funding: Raised $4.0M across 8 rounds · 8 rounds over 10 yrs (0.8/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 32/100 | $4M | 16 mo ago | Public | Tim Grogan CEO & Managing Director | 1995 | — | 48 patents Formulating and applying seed‑treatment insecticides for resistant and emerging pests | — |
| 7 | Imagine Intelligent Materials Develop coatings using graphene for various applications. | $2M | 76 mo ago | Seed | Drew (Andrew) Williams Co-Founder | 2014 | — | — | — |
| 8 | ChemCloud Provider of an online B2B marketplace for chemicals | $835K | 49 mo ago | Seed | Hector Williamson Co-Founder | 2021 | WebflowVimeoEmotion+20 | — | — |
Top 10 Chemicals Tech companies in Australia
#1
Public · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 1995$4Mraised▾
Developer of bio-insecticides for crop protection, grain storage, and public health. The company focuses on creating pest management solutions derived from nature. These products address insecticide resistance with minimal impact on human health and the environment. The company's products have applications across crop protection, grain storage, public health and consumer uses.
- May 2025Grant (prize money)$542K
- May 2025Post IPO$2.1M
- Jan 2025Grant (prize money)$1.9M
- Nov 2023Post IPO$1.3M
#2
Seed · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2022 · 4 employees$7.8Mraised▾
Bio-based coating solutions. It manufactures eco-friendly coating systems that make nature materials water-resistant and more robust. It is used on multiple surfaces.
- Nov 2024Seed$6M
- Jun 2023Seed$1.9M
#3
Series B · Orange, New South Wales · founded 2019 · 119 employees$119.5Mraised▾
Pioneering carbon farming through microbial technology, improving soil health and carbon sequestration. The company collaborates with farmers and scientists to provide carbon farming solutions, enabling large-scale, high-quality carbon removal. Their biological seed treatment technology helps plants convert atmospheric CO2 into stable soil carbon. Through soil carbon farming projects, grain farmers can monetize stored soil carbon while improving soil health. They offer microbial seed treatment for broadacre crops designed to improve soil health, increase stable soil carbon, and improve plant yields. The company focuses on sustainable solutions, driving innovation from the lab to the farm. They provide resources for growers, including articles, tools, podcasts, and videos. The company is dedicated to unlocking a new agricultural asset and connecting farmers with their team. They are involved in academic collaborations and research, standing at the forefront of cutting-edge science. This is a B2B model, offering products and programs related to carbon farming and soil health.
- Feb 2023Series B$72.6M
- Oct 2021Series A$30M
- Jun 2020Series A$6.9M
- 2020Seed$10M
#4
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.
- Mar 2024Series A$9M
- Nov 2021Seed$1.8M
#5
Deadpooled · Darra, Queensland · founded 2005 · 10 employees$6.8Mraised▾
Brisbane Materials has developed patented optical coating material for solar panels and LED lights. Can be used as anti-reflective coatings(ARC) in solar panels which bonds chemically to glass surface & claims to reduce reflection by 75%. In LED lights the coating material reduces Fresnel reflections by a porous silica layer & increases lumen output.
- Mar 2017Series B$1.5M
- Sep 2012Series A$5.2M
#6
Deadpooled · Sunshine Coast, Queensland · founded 2007 · 11 employees$4.8Mraised▾
Nano-Nouvelle is a provider of nanomaterials as a platform technology for cross-industry applications. It has a 3D nanoporous conductive membrane that offers benefits like electrical conductivity through a complex mesh of surface and a porous structure with a customizable surface area in the range of 0.5 to 5.0 m2/cm3. Its product includes high-performance battery electrodes which are claimed to provide 50% more energy capacity than existing anode technology. It can be used in energy, environmental, chemical, and biomedical applications. It also offers services to coat materials with nano-level layers of atoms known as atomic layer deposition (ALD) in the renewable energy sector.
- Jun 2015Series B$3.7M
- 2013Grant (prize money)$1.3M
- Sep 2011Series A$1.1M
- Apr 2009Grant (prize money)$276.8K
#7
Seed · Hawthorn, Victoria · founded 2021 · 5 employees$835.2Kraised▾
Provider of an online B2B marketplace for chemicals. It offers a web-based platform that allows users to search, sell, and buy diversified chemicals, including agrichemicals, additives, pharmaceutical ingredients, adhesives, paints, and coatings. Its features include lead generation, order tracking, production scheduling, online quotes, and advertisements.
- Aug 2022Seed$835.2K
#8
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2014 · 11 employees$2Mraised▾
Imagine develops new coatings using graphene for various applications. They work with clients to develop tailored solutions or provide a license of their existing solutions. They have developed coatings using graphene which can be applied to nonwoven geotextiles converting them into a leak detection system. They have also developed sensing systems that allow real-time monitoring of defects, strain, temperature and moisture.Imagine develops new material and products using graphene for various applications. They work with clients to develop tailored solutions or provide a license of their existing solutions. They have developed coatings using graphene which can be applied to nonwoven geotextiles converting them into a leak detection system. They have also developed sensing systems that allow real-time monitoring of defects, strain, temperature and moisture.
- Apr 2020Grant (prize money)—
- Feb 2017Seed$2M
#9
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2023—raised▾
Developer of a sustainable solution for the fashion industry. It provides users with a biotech company developing bio-based dyes with natural binding properties, reducing water and chemical inputs. It enhances the color fastness of natural dyes, making it a viable alternative to traditional chemical dyeing processes.
- Oct 2024Seed—
#10
Acquired · Toowoomba, Queensland · founded 2002 · 100 employees—raised▾
Developer of biological insecticides for caterpillar pest control in agriculture. The company develops, mass produces, and commercializes a range of biological insecticides based on naturally occurring viruses. These products offer farmers reliable, sustainable tools to prevent crop loss. The insecticides can be as effective as chemicals or used in integrated pest management.
- Dec 2015PE—
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How research on Advanced Materials is moving in Australia
A read on the academic research around Advanced Materials — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 186 Australia-affiliated papers.
- University of Wollongong31
- Deakin University19
- University of Technology Sydney19
- RMIT University18
- UNSW Sydney18
- Smart material4→17
- Elastomer1→7
- Shape-memory alloy1→5
- Nanotechnology2→4
- Vibration3→4
- Smart material7→19
- Nanotechnology2→11
- Composite material1→6
- Shape-memory alloy1→4
- Nanotechnology1→6
- Smart material2→5
Where advanced materials 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
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.