Radar · Environment in Western Australia
Best Environment Companies in Western Australia, Australia
The 85 best Environment companies in Western Australia, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Collgar Renewables.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
85companies tracked
$361.4Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
9have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · ENVIRONMENT × WESTERN AUSTRALIA
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
293kcombined LinkedIn audience
96%of audience held by top 3
2companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Environment companies in Western Australia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Collgar Renewables Developer of wind energy projects | $300M | 91 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2009 | WixSentryApple iCloud Mail+13 | — | — |
| 2 | Starling Energy Developer of solar and wind energy projects | $35M | 6 mo ago | Series C | Nuno Carneiro CEO | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 3 | Renewable Metals It is a company that specializes in a unique alkali recycling process to recover critical minerals from old… | $10M | 2 mo ago | Series A | Mark Urbani Chief Technology Officer and Founder | 2020 | NginxTypekitLazySizes+8 | 21 patents Recovery of critical metals, especially lithium, from electronic waste streams | — |
| 4 | Prominence Energy NL Limited information available | $9M | 142 mo ago | Public | Alexander Parks CEO & MD | 1986 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Provaris Developer of solar and wind energy projects | $3M | 11 mo ago | Public | — | 2017 | WebflowVimeoTypekit+13 | — | 2 partnerships · 1 expansion |
| 6 | Plico Energy Manufacturer of solar powered products | $2M | 65 mo ago | Seed | Brian Innes Founder | 2018 | HubSpot CMS HubAwesompleteYouTube+31 | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 7 | Water Corporation Supplier of water, wastewater & drainage services | $761K | 192 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 1996 | SitecoreApple iCloud MailTailwind CSS+16 | 34 patents Waterless urinal cartridge systems and nutrient removal/soil amendment technologies. | — |
| 8 | Spectur Designer and manufactures solar energy powered products | $691K | 84 mo ago | Public | Charles Wilkins Founder | 2009 | WordPressMySQLPHP+36 | 7 patents Integrated security surveillance systems combining LIDAR, gas sensing, and bandwidth optimization | 1 launch |
| 9 | Kooda Provider of organic waste collection services | $400K | 98 mo ago | Seed | — | 2016 | — | — | — |
Top 10 Environment companies in Western Australia
#1
Series A · Belmont, Western Australia · founded 2020$10.4Mraised▾
Series A · Belmont, Western Australia · founded 2020
It is a company that specializes in a unique alkali recycling process for lithium batteries. Their process allows for the recovery of critical minerals from old batteries, enabling them to be reused and preventing toxic chemicals from leaching into the environment.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 2 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Commercial Analyst, Maintenance Manager
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. AMPYR Australia) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Series A$8.6M
- Sep 2024Seed$5.4M
- May 2024Seed—
- Oct 2023Seed$5.1M
Founders & team
Investors
Investible, CEFC, Grantham Foundation, Virescent Ventures, EMR Metal Recycling, Climate Tech Partners
Tech stack
Core-JsDropzoneIntercomJqueryJsdelivrLazysizes
#2
Series C · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2017 · 8 employees$35.1Mraised▾
Series C · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2017 · 8 employees
Developer of solar and wind energy projects
Funding rounds
- Dec 2025Conventional Debt$22.9M
- Dec 2021Series C—
- 2019Series C$35.1M
Founders & team
Investors
SUSI Partners, CEFC
#3
Public · Claremont, Western Australia · founded 2017 · 1 employees$2.7Mraised▾
Public · Claremont, Western Australia · founded 2017 · 1 employees
Developer of solar and wind energy projects
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 2 partnerships · 1 expansions (incl. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jul 2025Post IPO$709.8K
- May 2024Post IPO$1.9M
Investors
Macquarie
#4
Acquired · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2009 · 150 employees$299.6Mraised▾
Acquired · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2009 · 150 employees
Developer of wind energy projects
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Nov 2018Conventional Debt$299.6M
Investors
AN Support Services India Private Limited, Credit Agricole CIB, CommBank, BNP Paribas, HSBC, Korean Development Bank
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailBootstrapCloudflareGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud CdnGsap
#5
Public · Perth, Western Australia · founded 1986$9.3Mraised▾
Public · Perth, Western Australia · founded 1986
Limited information available
Funding rounds
- Aug 2014Post IPO$9.3M
Founders & team
#6
Seed · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2018$2.4Mraised▾
Seed · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2018
Manufacturer of solar powered products
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 product launches · 1 partnerships (incl. Alinta Energy) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jan 2021Seed$2.4M
- Jan 2021Conventional Debt$1.6M
Founders & team
Tech stack
AhrefsAosAwesompleteCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#7
Public · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2009 · 27 employees$691.2Kraised▾
Public · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2009 · 27 employees
Designer and manufactures solar energy powered products
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jun 2019Conventional Debt$691.2K
Founders & team
Investors
Westpac, Lateral Capital Ventures
Tech stack
BootstrapCloudflareCore-JsGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag ManagerGravity Forms
#8
Funding Raised · Perth, Western Australia · founded 1996 · 4653 employees$760.6Kraised▾
Funding Raised · Perth, Western Australia · founded 1996 · 4653 employees
Supplier of water, wastewater & drainage services
Funding rounds
- May 2010Grant (prize money)$760.6K
Investors
HHS
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCore-JsCoveoDigicertFacebook Pixel
#9
Seed · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2016 · 2 employees$400Kraised▾
Seed · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2016 · 2 employees
Operator of an organic-waste collection service intended to make it clean, easy, and efficient for every kitchen to divert food scraps from landfills or burning. The company helps in separating the organic matter, composting it in a controlled fashion, then returning the carbon to the ground returning it to the soil cycle, and keeping it out of the atmosphere, enabling businesses to efficiently dispose of their waste.
Funding rounds
- Mar 2018Seed$400K
Investors
muru-D
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpWp RocketRankmath SeoNginx
#10
Acquired · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2006—raised▾
Acquired · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2006
Independent wind energy power producer
Founders & team
Investors
ANZ, Credit Agricole CIB, CommBank, BNP Paribas, HSBC, Korean Development Bank
Tech stack
WixReactGoogle CloudPolyfillLodashPriority Hints
Funding & investor landscape
$361.4Mtotal disclosed funding
9companies funded
14disclosed rounds
1rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Notable founders
Mark Urbani
Chief Technology Officer and Founder · Renewable Metals
Nick Vines
Co-Founder · Renewable Metals
Nuno Carneiro
CEO · Starling Energy
Alexander Parks
CEO & MD · Prominence Energy NL
Brian Innes
Founder · Plico Energy
Robbie Campbell
Chief Executive Officer · Plico Energy
Charles Wilkins
Founder · Spectur
Thomas Scott-Morey
CEO · Collgar Wind Farm
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
Brisbane95 · +0.24
Sydney75 · +0.25
Adelaide37 · +0.02
Perth36 · +0.17
Canberra25 · +0.26
Common questions
How many Environment companies are there in Western Australia, Australia?
Radar tracks 85 indexable Environment companies headquartered in Western Australia, Australia that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Environment companies in Western Australia, Australia?
The Environment companies in Western Australia, Australia on this list have raised a combined $361.4M in disclosed equity funding across 9 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Environment company in Western Australia, Australia?
Collgar Renewables is the highest-funded Environment company in Western Australia, Australia, with $299.6M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Environment companies in Western Australia, Australia are funded?
9 of the 85 Environment companies in Western Australia, Australia on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Environment unicorns are there in Western Australia, Australia?
None of the Environment companies in Western Australia, Australia on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Western Australia, Australia Environment companies?
The most active investors in Western Australia, Australia Environment companies on this list include BNP Paribas, CEFC, CommBank, Credit Agricole CIB, HSBC.
Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
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.