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Best Cybersecurity Companies in Sydney, Australia

The 101 best Cybersecurity companies in Sydney, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Encompass.

101companies tracked
$343.1Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
34have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · CYBERSECURITY × SYDNEY

Our analysis of 174 Cybersecurity companies

$16.2b in tracked funding; 96% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

174companies analysed
96%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
20unicorns
2018median founding year
139kcombined LinkedIn audience
52%of audience held by top 3
1companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Cybersecurity companies in Sydney

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundEmployeesFounderTech stackWeb popularityPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Encompass
Provider of automated software for corporate identity and compliance verification
69Funding top 26%Growth top 27%Talent top 34%Fin. health top 35%
All 8 signals ▾
Fundingtop 26%
Growthtop 27%
Talenttop 34%
Fin. healthtop 35%
Moattop 39%
Techtop 46%
Markettop 48%
Globalbottom 39%
Funding: Raised $198M across 12 rounds · 12 rounds over 10 yrs (1.2/yr)
Growth: Headcount 163 → 206 (+26%) across vintages · Revenue +45% YoY
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100
$198M8 mo ago206
206 → 148 (-28%)
Wayne Johnson
Co-Founder & CEO
WordPressSentryZendesk+35Top 10M——
2Kasada
Provider of bot defense and online fraud prevention solutions
$49M6 mo ago111Sam Crowther
Co-Founder & CEO
Cart FunctionalityWordPressMySQL+40Top 10M—1 award
3Devicie
Provider of cloud native device management solutions
$15M14 mo ago16Martin McGregor
Co-Founder & CEO
HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+20Top 10M——
4Plerion
A cloud security platform that simplifies risk management across code and cloud infrastructure
$15M34 mo ago40Keith Davison
Co-Founder & CEO
WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+21Top 10M—2 launchs
5FirstWave Cloud Technology
Managed Security as a Service solution for Cloud security
$12M80 mo ago—————1 partnership
6Viostream
Provides enterprise video streaming solutions
$8M125 mo ago19—WebflowAmazon ALBAmazon Web Services+17Top 50M—1 launch
7Coviu
Cloud based video conferencing management software provider
$7M66 mo ago51—Better StackAmazon ALBJSS+20Top 5M——
8iluminr
Offers threat intelligence solutions
$6M44 mo ago14Joshua Shields
Founder & CEO
WebflowAmazon Web ServicesHubSpot Cookie Policy Banner+16Top 50M—1 launch
9Nullify
AI powered code review platform
48AI top 23%Talent top 28%Growth top 35%News top 36%
All 9 signals ▾
AItop 23%
Talenttop 28%
Growthtop 35%
Newstop 36%
Moattop 39%
Fundingtop 44%
Techbottom 43%
Globalbottom 36%
Marketbottom 22%
AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company · Product described with: ai powered
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100
$5M4 mo ago10Shantanu Kulkarni
Co-Founder & CEO
WebflowSwiperLenis+11Top 50M——
10Kollakorn
Developer of biometric authentication, waste conversion, and tamper-evident RFID tagging
$4M140 mo ago1—————
11Cloud Conformity
Cloud-based continuous security & compliance monitoring solution for AWS infrastructure
$4M94 mo ago50—————
12Kivera
Provider of cloud security solutions for preventive controls and data protection
$4M34 mo ago14Neil Brown
Co-Founder
————
13Fortiro
AI based platform offering document authentication and verification solutions
$4M51 mo ago15Amir Vahid
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Fortiro
WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+21Top 10M——
14PayOK
Payment fraud prevention solutions
$2M54 mo ago19Colin Porter
Founder & CEO
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15Daltrey
Biometric cyber-defense solutions
$2M59 mo ago14Blair Crawford
Co-Founder & CEO
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16locii
Solutions for personal data security & identity theft
$2M76 mo ago—Mike Simpson
Co-Founder & CEO
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17AuditCover
Online tax audit insurance platform for individuals and businesses
$2M50 mo ago12—SentrySalesforceTailwind CSS+8Top 50M—1 award
18Xailient
Provider of computer vision-powered facial recognition solutions for edge devices
$1M82 mo ago23Shivy Yohanandan
Co-Founder & CTO
WordPressMySQLPHP+30Top 10M31 patents
Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation
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19Subly
Video subtitling solutions provider
$1M60 mo ago4Holly Stephens
Founder & CEO
WebflowAmazon Web ServicesGSAP+26Top 5M——
20Collusion
Cloud-based video conferencing software provider
$1M149 mo ago—Navdeep Saini
Co-Founder & COO
WordPressMySQLPHP+10Top 50M——
21truuth
Customer identity verification solutions provider
$992K58 mo ago20Mike Simpson
Co-Founder
WordPressMySQLPHP+22Top 50M——
22TokenOne
Encryption based two factor authentication solution
$650K134 mo ago2—————
23Apollo Secure
Offers automated cyber compliance tools
$600K32 mo ago—Mark Gabriel
CTO & Co-Founder
Webflowparticles.jsEmotion+22Top 50M——
24Ai-Media
AI-powered platform offering live captions for videos
$324K141 mo ago226
226 → 417 (+85%)
—Cart FunctionalityWordPressMySQL+27Top 5M—1 partnership
25KoalaSafe
Parental control solution
$139K116 mo ago3Adam Mills
Co-Founder
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Top 12 Cybersecurity companies in Sydney

#1
Series B · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2011 · 206 employees
$197.7Mraised
▾

Provider of automated software for corporate identity and compliance verification. This platform aggregates public and private data to generate digital risk profiles for business entities. It automates the collection and processing of information required for regulatory due diligence, beneficial ownership checks, and sanctions screening. The software integrates with existing banking systems to facilitate identity validation and document management. By structuring data from various sources, the system supports the maintenance of client records and assists in meeting regulatory requirements for financial crime prevention.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 69how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 26%
Growth
top 27%
Talent
top 34%
Fin. health
top 35%
Moat
top 39%
Tech
top 46%
Funding: Raised $198M across 12 rounds · 12 rounds over 10 yrs (1.2/yr) · Last round Conventional Debt (Oct 2025)
Growth: Headcount 163 → 206 (+26%) across vintages · Revenue +45% YoY · Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY
Talent: Analyst team rating 4/5 · 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 20k LinkedIn followers — 14.2% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2025Conventional Debt—
  • Jul 2025Series B$7.5M
  • Jul 2024Series B$10.3M
  • Dec 2023Series B$11.9M
Founders & team
Wayne JohnsonCo-Founder & CEORoger CarsonCo-Founder
Investors
Scottish Enterprise, Beacon Equity Partners, Perennial, Serendipity Capital, Microequities, Adcock Private Equity
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#2
Series C · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2014 · 111 employees
$49Mraised
▾

Provider of bot defense and online fraud prevention solutions. The company offers protection against automated threats, including account takeover, API protection, and checkout fraud. It provides solutions for industries such as airlines, eCommerce, financial services, and media. The company’s defenses adapt to frustrate attackers without disrupting customer experience.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 7k LinkedIn followers — 4.9% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2025Series C$20M
  • Dec 2021Series C$23M
  • Jun 2020Series B$10M
  • Nov 2019Series A$4.7M
Founders & team
Sam CrowtherCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Main Sequence, Reinventure Group, Ten Eleven Ventures, StepStone Group, Turnbull & Partners Pty Limited, OIF Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAppnexusBootstrapCart FunctionalityCloudflare
#3
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2022 · 10 employees
$4.5Mraised
▾

AI powered code review platform. It provides a security tool that enables users to scan the codebase to identify code quality issues and security weaknesses. The platform identifies, scans, and comments on code to provide developers with findings and fixes for security issues. Features include static application testing, automatic secret detection, software composition analysis, and more.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 48how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 23%
Talent
top 28%
Growth
top 35%
News
top 36%
Moat
top 39%
Funding
top 44%
AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company · Product described with: ai powered
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers — 3.1% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2026Seed$12.5M
  • Mar 2024Seed$3.4M
  • Jun 2023Seed$1.1M
Founders & team
Shantanu KulkarniCo-Founder & CEOTony MaoCo-FounderTim ThackerCTO & Co-Founder
Investors
Two Sigma Ventures, Black Nova, Root Ventures, OIF Ventures, CyRise, SYN Ventures
Tech stack
CalendlyCdnjsCloudflareGoogle WorkspaceHstsHttp/3
#4
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2018 · 16 employees
$15.3Mraised
▾

Provider of cloud native device management solutions. It leverages microsoft intune to automate device management tasks including OS patching, application updates and applying the policies required to achieve compliance, harden security and access AI products. The platform enables IT administrators to manage device inventory, enforce security policies, deploy applications and configurations, track device locations, set security policies for passcodes, remotely lock devices to prevent misuse, data management, manage software licenses, and more.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 2.5% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2025Series A—
  • Aug 2022Series A$14M
  • Seed$1.3M
Founders & team
Martin McGregorCo-Founder & CEOJose SchenardieCo-FounderJason FairburnCo-Founder & CIO at Devicie
Investors
CyRise, Insight Partners, CyberCX
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag ManagerHsts
#5
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2021 · 40 employees
$14.7Mraised
▾

Plerion is a Cloud & AI security company. Our suite of tools include an AI security engineer, Pleri, embedded on a cloud security platform. We secure everything you build and run, from code to cloud to AI.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 3.5% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 2 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2023Seed$10M
Founders & team
Keith DavisonCo-Founder & CEOMike RahmatiCo-Founder & CPO
Investors
Prosus, Cercano Management, Atlassian, CyRise, PROSPER
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookieyes
#6
Acquired · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2020 · 14 employees
$3.5Mraised
▾

Provider of cloud security solutions for preventive controls and data protection. The platform offers customizable guardrails for secure cloud deployments. It focuses on preventing data exfiltration through secure data boundaries. The offering facilitates compliance with adaptable cloud controls. It provides visibility into cloud interactions, enabling informed security decisions. The solutions aim to keep pace with cloud provider innovations.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2023Seed$3.5M
Founders & team
Neil BrownCo-FounderJoe LeaChief Executive Officer
Investors
General Advance, Round13
#7
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2019 · 14 employees
$6Mraised
▾

Offers threat intelligence solutions. Build awareness of cyber threats and engagement in response protocols through action-orientated microsimulations. Designed to engage teams at any level, microsimulations empower users to close the gap in capability and shut the door to cyber-attacks.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers — 2.5% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2022Series A$4.2M
  • Aug 2020Seed$1.8M
Founders & team
Joshua ShieldsFounder & CEO
Investors
QBE Group, Investible, Flying Fox Ventures, Jelix, Rebel Ventures, Rebellion Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Hosted Libraries
#8
Public · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2001
$12.2Mraised
▾

FirstWave Cloud Technology provides a managed security as a service cloud security solution for enterprises. Focused on developing secure, highly accessible portal. Their offerings include FirstWave cloud content security gateway, cloud email security, Web security, firewall, and integration services. FirstWave CCSG is a virtual multi-tenanted gateway that allows telcos to sell featured point security services with analytics. Customers include ESP, Cisco, Paloalto and Fortinet.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Services Australia) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2019Post IPO$6.6M
  • May 2018Post IPO$5.5M
#9
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2014 · 51 employees
$7Mraised
▾

Coviu is a cloud based video conferencing management software provider. Provides features such as web based multi party video calls in the web browser, sharing and annotating files, and encrypted with state of the art encryption. The company categorizes its solution into two categories self service web apps and platform API. Teams, Startups, Physicians, Educators, and Therapists are among its customers.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 10k LinkedIn followers — 7.3% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2020Series A$6M
  • Jan 2019Grant (prize money)$800K
  • Apr 2018Seed$1M
Investors
business.gov.au, Main Sequence, EVP, CSIRO, Medical Angels, Giant Leap
Tech stack
Amazon AlbAmazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAppcuesBetter Stack
#10
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2019 · 15 employees
$3.5Mraised
▾

AI based platform offering document authentication and verification solutions. It provides a cyber security platform that uses artificial intelligence technology for detecting documents fraud and automating the process of verification checks. It also scans, analyses and extracts content from documents.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 3.7% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2022Series A$3.5M
Founders & team
Amir VahidCo-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Fortiro
Investors
OIF Ventures
Tech stack
Animate.CssApple Icloud MailBeaver BuilderCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementFont Awesome
#11
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2022
$600Kraised
▾

Offers automated cyber compliance tools. It is an automated cybersecurity platform designed for startups and SMEs to protect their businesses and achieve security compliance. It offers a range of security solutions to help businesses safeguard their operations, such as vulnerability scanning, security policy generator, compliance mapping, cyber assessments and more.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 393 LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships · 2 awards (incl. WERULE) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2023Seed$600K
Founders & team
Mark GabrielCTO & Co-FounderPaul WenckCo-Founder
Investors
Brisbane Angels
#12
Acquired · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2002 · 19 employees
$8Mraised
▾

Viostream offers enterprise video streaming solutons. Offers a cloud platform that simplifies the sourcing, management and distribution of video content. Provides security, accessibility, analytics, storage and network distribution. Offers various interactive functions such as calls to action, segments videos into bite size pieces, interactive transcripts, creates captions and transcripts.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 2 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2016Series B$3M
  • Dec 2010Series A$5M
Investors
Bailador, Partners For Growth
Tech stack
Amazon AlbAmazon Web ServicesFont AwesomeFramer SitesGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api

Funding & investor landscape

$343.1Mtotal disclosed funding
26companies funded
56disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
CyRise6 rounds
Stone & Chalk4 rounds
Black Nova3 rounds
OIF Ventures3 rounds
Antler2 rounds
Artesian2 rounds
CSIRO2 rounds
Flying Fox Ventures2 rounds
LVT Capital2 rounds
Main Sequence2 rounds

Notable founders

Wayne Johnson
Co-Founder & CEO · Encompass
Roger Carson
Co-Founder · Encompass
Sam Crowther
Co-Founder & CEO · Kasada
Shantanu Kulkarni
Co-Founder & CEO · Nullify
Tony Mao
Co-Founder · Nullify
Martin McGregor
Co-Founder & CEO · Devicie
Jose Schenardie
Co-Founder · Devicie
Keith Davison
Co-Founder & CEO · Plerion
Mike Rahmati
Co-Founder & CPO · Plerion
Neil Brown
Co-Founder · Kivera
Joe Lea
Chief Executive Officer · Kivera
Joshua Shields
Founder & CEO · iluminr
Prism market signals · Australia · country-scoped Prism corpus, 2,943,149 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Cybersecurity coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH IN SYDNEY · Networking & Security

How research on Cybersecurity in Sydney is moving

A read on the academic research around Cybersecurity in Sydney — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 87 papers.

UNSW Sydney, UTS, and University of Sydney lead Sydney's cybersecurity research, focusing primarily on network security and malware detection, with a cautiously optimistic tone balanced between breakthroughs and concerns.

87 papers · stance +0.50 · 46% breakthrough · 22% concern
breakthrough · advancement · concern
top institutions
  • UNSW Sydney38
  • University of Technology Sydney25
  • University of Sydney13
  • Western Sydney University10
  • The University of Sydney6
leading researchers
Abbas Jamalipour · Fazirulhisyam Hashim · Priyadarsi Nanda · Xiangjian He · Hassan Habibi Gharakheili · Junbin Gao
prism intelligence · tone & topics
80% positive · 14% critical tone
NetworkingComputer ScienceArtificial IntelligenceSoftware DevelopmentInternetBusiness
▲ Breakthroughs37 · 43%
▲ 46%→52% share
▲1.1× share momentum4 median citations46% since 2021mostly methods-led
Intrusion detection system research is surging — papers tripled from 4 to 10, with adversarial and evasion ethics topics newly emerging.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Intrusion detection system4→10
  • Network packet1→3
Newly emergingEvasion (ethics) 0→4 · Adversarial system 0→3
Landmark Building an Intrusion Detection System Using a Filter-Based Feature Selection Algorithm · 619 cites
◆ Advancements25 · 29%
▼ 21%→18% share
▼0.9× share momentum2 median citations24% since 2021mostly methods-led
Network security and computer security advancements remain active, though breakthroughs field-share is absorbing share from advancements (21%→18%).
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Network security10
  • Computer security9
  • Intrusion detection system7
  • Computer network7
  • Distributed computing4
Newly emergingIntrusion detection system 0→5
Landmark A Transfer Learning Approach for Network Intrusion Detection · 62 cites
▼ Concerns18 · 21%
▲ 18%→27% share
▲1.5× share momentum8 median citations50% since 2021mostly reviews
Concerns are intensifying — field-share jumped 18%→27%, with network security threat papers rising from 2 to 3.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Network security2→3
Landmark A Survey of Securing Networks Using Software Defined Networking · 180 cites

Common questions

How many Cybersecurity companies are there in Sydney, Australia?
Radar tracks 101 indexable Cybersecurity companies headquartered in Sydney, Australia that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Cybersecurity companies in Sydney, Australia?
The Cybersecurity companies in Sydney, Australia on this list have raised a combined $343.1M in disclosed equity funding across 26 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Cybersecurity company in Sydney, Australia?
Encompass is the highest-funded Cybersecurity company in Sydney, Australia, with $197.7M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Cybersecurity companies in Sydney, Australia are funded?
26 of the 101 Cybersecurity companies in Sydney, Australia on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Cybersecurity unicorns are there in Sydney, Australia?
None of the Cybersecurity companies in Sydney, Australia on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Sydney, Australia Cybersecurity companies?
The most active investors in Sydney, Australia Cybersecurity companies on this list include CyRise, Stone & Chalk, Black Nova, OIF Ventures, Antler.
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