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Best Environment Companies in Brisbane, Australia

The 49 best Environment companies in Brisbane, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: EDL.

49companies tracked
$38.5Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
7have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · ENVIRONMENT × BRISBANE

Our analysis of 309 Environment companies

$75.8b in tracked funding; 79% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

309companies analysed
79%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
7unicorns
2015median founding year
76kcombined LinkedIn audience
66%of audience held by top 3
2companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Environment companies in Brisbane

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1EDL
Developer of wind & solar energy projects
$15M79 mo agoFunding RaisedJames Harman
CEO
2014WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+29
2The Water and Carbon Group
Wastewater treatment service provider
$10M22 mo agoSeries BJim Hunter
CEO
200726 patents
Low-energy continuous water treatment systems, including PFAS removal and advanced oxidation processes.
3Somerset International
Provider of waste management services
$7M101 mo agoSeries ALynn Shanks
CEO
2008
4ReNu Energy
Cleantech solutions developer
$4M45 mo agoPublic2002WordPressMySQLPHP+20
5Bloom
Provider of environment management services
$1M42 mo agoDeadpooled2021
6Monty Compost Co
Provider of waste management services
$1M24 mo agoSeed2019Cart FunctionalityShopifyElement UI+24
7Envirometrics.io
Provider of environmental monitoring services
45 mo agoDeadpooledRoger Tang
Co-Founder
2021
8AERL
Manufacturer of solar powered products
UnfundedPeter Watkinson
Chief Executive Officer
1985Node.jsTailwind CSSReact+11

Top 7 Environment companies in Brisbane

#1
Series B · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2007
$10Mraised

The Water and Carbon develop, installs and operates wastewater treatment solutions. Uses proprietary system called as trickling filter which allows aerobic digestion of contaminants and reduces biological oxygen demand & ammonia by 95%. Sludge treatment system consists of series of gravel basins planted with reeds and sludge is cycled through the system till sludge thickens. Also offers membrane bio-reactors, surface flow treatment system, and effluent disposal solutions.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 4.3% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2024Series B$10M
Founders & team
Jim HunterCEO
Investors
Emerald Technology Ventures, Ecolab, Dragonfly Enviro Capital
Tech stack
BootstrapAnimate.CssCloudflareTypekitSlickJsdelivr
#2
Seed · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2019 · 8 employees
$1Mraised

Developer of a compost monitoring device intended to recycle all organic waste back into the soil where it belongs. The company's device monitors compost continuously, tracks the compost's decomposition data, and generates management instructions, enabling users to track their compost's health, gamify their decomposition data, and engage with their organics.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2024Seed$1M
  • May 2020Seed
Investors
ACAC Innovation, Skalata, Antler, QIC, EnergyLab, Mandalay
#3
Public · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2002 · 14 employees
$4.4Mraised

ReNu Energy was previously known as Geodynamics that used to develop and operate renewable energy power plants. The company is currently into delivering independent power solutions through developing of, building, owning, operating and maintaining renewable energy projects in Australia. They deliver solutions for the commercial, industrial and agricultural sectors and has one behind the meter biogas to energy project in operation and is developing a second project.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2022Post IPO
  • Dec 2021Post IPO$2.3M
  • May 2017Grant (prize money)$2.1M
Investors
HESTA, Australian Renewable Energy Agency, CVC
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpHello ElementorElementorNginx
#4
Funding Raised · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2014 · 140 employees
$15.3Mraised

Developer of wind & solar energy projects

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 19k LinkedIn followers — 25.1% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2020Grant (prize money)$243K
  • Jan 2014Grant (prize money)$15.1M
Founders & team
James HarmanCEO
Investors
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, OSTI
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookieyesCore-JsDocusign
#5
Deadpooled · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2021 · 4 employees
$1.2Mraised

Provider of environment management services

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2023Seed$525K
  • Oct 2021Seed$675K
Investors
EnergyLab, ACAC Innovation, NOAB Ventures, PB Ventures, Euphemia
#6
Series A · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2008 · 25 employees
$6.6Mraised

Provider of waste management services

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 2.1% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2018Series A$6.6M
Founders & team
Lynn ShanksCEOAnthony QuinManaging Director
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpHello ElementorElementorYoast Seo
#7
Deadpooled · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2021
raised

Provider of environmental monitoring services

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2022Seed
Founders & team
Roger TangCo-FounderImam PurwadiCo-Founder
Investors
Galileo Ventures

Funding & investor landscape

$38.5Mtotal disclosed funding
6companies funded
9disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
EnergyLab5 rounds
ACAC Innovation2 rounds
CVC2 rounds
Antler1 rounds
Australian Renewable Energy Agency1 rounds
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development1 rounds
Dragonfly Enviro Capital1 rounds
Ecolab1 rounds
Emerald Technology Ventures1 rounds
Euphemia1 rounds

Notable founders

Jim Hunter
CEO · The Water and Carbon Group
James Harman
CEO · EDL
Lynn Shanks
CEO · Somerset International
Anthony Quin
Managing Director · Somerset International
Roger Tang
Co-Founder · Envirometrics.io
Imam Purwadi
Co-Founder · Envirometrics.io
Prism market signals · Australia · country-scoped Prism corpus, 2,980,561 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Environment coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Australia

How research on Environmental Monitoring is moving in Australia

A read on the academic research around Environmental Monitoring — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 635 Australia-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
200820182026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 38% → 41% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation121
  • Queensland University of Technology31
  • Griffith University30
  • The University of Adelaide30
  • The University of Queensland29
leading researchers
Tilbrook, Bronte · Neill, Craig · Steven, Andy · Akl, John · O'Neill, Sally · Akl Uhri, John · Laws, Mark · McCallum, Kimberly
Breakthroughs129 · 20%
▼ 36%→14% share
▼0.4× share momentum0 median citations43% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are cooling (36%→14% of field), led by Vegetation (pathology).
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Vegetation (pathology)1→4
  • Environmental data3→5
Newly emergingBiodiversity 0→9 · Pollutant 0→7 · Environmental DNA 0→7
Landmark Novel Proximal Sensing for Monitoring Soil Organic C Stocks and Condition · 115 cites
Advancements165 · 26%
▲ 18%→29% share
▲1.6× share momentum0 median citations68% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (18%→29% of field), led by Biodiversity.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Biodiversity3→13
  • Sampling (signal processing)5→15
  • Environmental DNA3→12
  • Vegetation (pathology)1→9
  • Ecosystem2→9
Newly emergingClimate change 0→9 · Agriculture 0→8 · Environmental engineering 0→7
Landmark Hyperspectral Imaging in Environmental Monitoring: A Review of Recent Developments and Technological Advances in Compact · 377 cites
Concerns168 · 26%
▲ 16%→30% share
▲1.9× share momentum1 median citations71% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (16%→30% of field), led by Water quality.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Water quality3→11
  • Environmental resource management11→18
  • Biodiversity2→9
  • Sustainability2→8
  • Environmental impact assessment2→7
Newly emergingContamination 0→14 · Pollution 0→8 · Bioaccumulation 0→7
Landmark Emerging opportunities and challenges for passive acoustics in ecological assessment and monitoring · 684 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Australia

Where environmental monitoring 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.

Melbourne100 · +0.17
Hot · WetlandAdvancing · Adaptive managementOpportunity · Vegetation (pathology)Concern · Aquatic environment
Brisbane95 · +0.24
Hot · Passive samplingAdvancing · Remote sensingOpportunity · PollutionConcern · Reliability (semiconductor)
Sydney75 · +0.25
Hot · Internet of ThingsAdvancing · BiotaOpportunity · EcosystemConcern · Ecosystem services
Adelaide37 · +0.02
Hot · FaunaAdvancing · Multispectral imageOpportunity · BiodiversityConcern · Environmental resource management
Perth36 · +0.17
Hot · Citizen scienceAdvancing · BiodiversityOpportunity · FaunaConcern · Ecology
Canberra25 · +0.26
Hot · Environmental DNAAdvancing · Public healthOpportunity · Aquatic ecosystemConcern · Environmental resource management

Common questions

How many Environment companies are there in Brisbane, Australia?
Radar tracks 49 indexable Environment companies headquartered in Brisbane, Australia that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Environment companies in Brisbane, Australia?
The Environment companies in Brisbane, Australia on this list have raised a combined $38.5M in disclosed equity funding across 6 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Environment company in Brisbane, Australia?
EDL is the highest-funded Environment company in Brisbane, Australia, with $15.3M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Environment companies in Brisbane, Australia are funded?
6 of the 49 Environment companies in Brisbane, Australia on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Environment unicorns are there in Brisbane, Australia?
None of the Environment companies in Brisbane, Australia on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Brisbane, Australia Environment companies?
The most active investors in Brisbane, Australia Environment companies on this list include EnergyLab, ACAC Innovation, CVC, Antler, Australian Renewable Energy Agency.
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