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Best Environment Tech Companies in Melbourne, Australia

The 79 best Environment Tech companies in Melbourne, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Amber.

79companies tracked
$140.2Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
17have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · ENVIRONMENT TECH × MELBOURNE

Our analysis of 241 Environment Tech companies

$25.6b in tracked funding; 88% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

241companies analysed
88%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
12unicorns
2019median founding year
111kcombined LinkedIn audience
38%of audience held by top 3
1companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Environment Tech companies in Melbourne

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Amber
Provider of energy solutions for home batteries, solar, and EVs
$65M8 mo agoSeries DDan Adams
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
2017Webflow EcommerceWebflowApple iCloud Mail+38—1 launch
2Jupiter Ionics
Provider of green ammonia
$11M27 mo agoSeries ADouglas Macfarlane
Founder
2021WordPressMySQLPHP+9——
3GreenSync
Online platform for decentralised energy marketplace and forecasting power prices
$10M86 mo agoAcquiredPhil Blythe
Founder & CEO
2010———
4Tasman Environmental
Provider of carbon offset solutions and carbon project development and investment
$9M79 mo agoSeries APeter Castellas
Co-Founder & CEO
2014WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+23——
5Chargefox
Electric vehicle charging network
$8M92 mo agoAcquired—2017WebflowGSAPZendesk+18—1 launch · 1 partnership
6KC8 Capture Technologies
Developer of affordable and sustainable carbon capture technology.
$7M23 mo agoSeries ABarry Hooper
Founder
2010WordPressMySQLPHP+1015 patents
Design and operation of specialized chemical reactors and solvent processing systems.
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7Urbanise
Developer of cloud-based platforms for strata and facility management services
$6M124 mo agoPublic—2001WixSentryMicrosoft ASP.NET+22—1 launch · 1 partnership
8Senseand
Software platform for aggregating data from farm fields and data analytics
$6M35 mo agoSeedPeter Moulton
Co-founder & CEO
2016———
9Bardee
Provider of solutions to convert food waste into protein and oil
27Talent top 38%Growth top 45%Tech top 50%Funding bottom 38%
All 6 signals ▾
Talenttop 38%
Growthtop 45%
Techtop 50%
Fundingbottom 38%
Globalbottom 38%
Marketbottom 27%
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 27/100
$5M55 mo agoSeedAlex Arnold
Co-Founder
2019Cart FunctionalityShopifyZURB Foundation+28——
10Umps
Provider of smart plugs to monitor elders at home
37Tech top 33%Growth top 35%Talent bottom 49%Product bottom 48%
All 7 signals ▾
Techtop 33%
Growthtop 35%
Talentbottom 49%
Productbottom 48%
Fundingbottom 41%
Marketbottom 30%
Globalbottom 29%
Tech: 38 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Ses, Amazon Web Services
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100
$4M18 mo agoSeries AAdam Jahnke
CEO
2016Webflow EcommerceCart FunctionalityWebflow+26——
11Semitech Semiconductor
Provider of System-on-Chip for smart grid applications
$3M185 mo agoSeries AZeev Collin
ex-CEO
2010WordPressMySQLPHP+1712 patents
Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics
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121Breadcrumb
Provider of construction safety and productivity software for jobsite management
$3M23 mo agoSeed—2020WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+36—1 partnership
13Hydro Alternative Energy
Developer of a solution to harness ocean current energy
$2M166 mo agoSeedMark Antonucci
Chairman of the Board & CEO
2009———
14ALT. Leather
Solution for turning waste into textiles
$718K28 mo agoSeedTina Funder
Founder & CEO
2022WordPressMySQLPHP+20——

Top 12 Environment Tech companies in Melbourne

#1
Series D · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2017 · 87 employees
$65Mraised
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Provider of energy solutions for home batteries, solar, and EVs. It offers tools to manage energy consumption, including battery automation technology. The company provides access to wholesale electricity prices and feed-in rates. It also offers resources such as solar and battery calculators, compatibility checks, and expert consultations.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 14k LinkedIn followers — 12.9% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2025Series D$10M
  • Jun 2025Series D$29M
  • Feb 2024Series C$19.1M
  • Oct 2022Series B$13.4M
Founders & team
Dan AdamsCo-Founder & Co-CEOChristopher ThompsonCo-Founder & Co-CEO
Investors
Giant Leap, Square Peg Ventures, CommBank, Main Sequence, Gentrack, Breakthrough Victoria
Tech stack
Adobe Audience ManagerAmazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAmplitudeApollo
#2
Series A · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2016 · 22 employees
$4Mraised
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Provider of smart plugs to monitor elders at home. It enables monitoring of daily activities of elders using the data of appliances like kettle, TV, refrigerator, bedside lamp, and microwave that are plugged into it. It notifies caretakers on the detection of any deviation. It also caters to old-age homes and healthcare and provides activities summary of every individual on a daily basis. Its app is available on Android and iOS platforms.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 37how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 33%
Growth
top 35%
Talent
bottom 49%
Product
bottom 48%
Funding
bottom 41%
Market
bottom 30%
Tech: 38 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Ses, Amazon Web Services · Security: Cloudflare Bot Management, Hsts
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2024Series A$4M
  • Jul 2021Seed—
Founders & team
Adam JahnkeCEO
Investors
Sprint Ventures, Breakthrough Victoria, InterValley Ventures, Cerebral Palsy Alliance, Agnes, 5pointfoundation
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCart FunctionalityGoogle AnalyticsGoogle WorkspaceHsts
#3
Series A · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2010 · 9 employees
$6.7Mraised
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LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 2 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2024Series A$6.7M
  • Aug 2022Seed—
  • Jul 2021Seed—
Founders & team
Barry HooperFounderBarry HooperFounderBarry HooperFounder
Investors
Woodside Energy, CEMEX Ventures
#4
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2020 · 11 employees
$2.7Mraised
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Provider of construction safety and productivity software for jobsite management. The software offers features such as attendance tracking, digital worker onboarding, and license verification. It provides tools for managing permits, safety data sheets, and plant inductions. The platform integrates with project management systems, offering site analytics and communication features.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 7k LinkedIn followers — 6.2% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Breadcrumb) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2024Seed$2.7M
Investors
Five V Capital
Tech stack
AngularApple Icloud MailAzureChart.JsCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#5
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.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 2.4% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: research scientist
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2024Series A$9M
  • Nov 2021Seed$1.8M
Founders & team
Douglas MacfarlaneFounderAlexandr SimonovFounderCharlie DayCEO
Investors
Wesfarmers, CIMIC, Breakthrough Victoria, Tenacious Ventures, Monash, Olabella
Tech stack
ElementorGodaddyHello ElementorMicrosoft 365MysqlNginx
#6
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2016 · 18 employees
$6Mraised
▾

Senseand is developing a software platform for aggregation of data from sensors deployed in the farm fields and analytics along with data from various white label sources. As per the website description, the platform would be able to aggregate data from narrow band IoT(NB-IoT) sensors which can measure water and nutrient levels in the soil. The company claims that the platform would use satellite images and historical climatic data for up to 50 years for providing insights and predictions to farmers.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2023Angel$6M
Founders & team
Peter MoultonCo-founder & CEO
Investors
Robert Costa
Tech stack
WebflowJqueryGoogle AnalyticsOpen Graph
#7
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2022
$718Kraised
▾

Solution for turning waste into textiles. It specializes in providing plant-based leather alternatives. It provides solution for turning waste and regenerative plants into sustainable materials.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2024Seed$718K
Founders & team
Tina FunderFounder & CEO
Investors
Startmate, Wollemi Capital Group, Austin Group, LaunchVic
#8
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2019 · 18 employees
$5Mraised
▾

Provider of solutions to convert food waste into protein and oil. It transforms food waste into protein, oil and organics for pet food, poultry, aquafeed, and organic fertilisers.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 27how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 38%
Growth
top 45%
Tech
top 50%
Funding
bottom 38%
Global
bottom 38%
Market
bottom 27%
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Tech: 31 technologies across 3/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Security: Hsts, Http/3
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2021Seed$5M
  • Oct 2019Grant (prize money)$20K
Founders & team
Alex ArnoldCo-FounderPhoebe GardnerCo-Founder
Investors
Blackbird Ventures, Melbourne Accelerator Program, Possible Ventures, January Capital, Startmate, Impact Generation Partners
Tech stack
American ExpressApple PayCart FunctionalityCdnjsCloudflareCore-Js
#9
Series A · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2014 · 43 employees
$9Mraised
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Provider of carbon offset solutions and carbon project development and investment. The company offers tailored carbon offsetting portfolios designed to meet sustainability, financial, and risk objectives. It develops and manages carbon offsetting projects. The company also provides emission calculation and environmental marketplace solutions.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 7k LinkedIn followers — 5.9% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Carbon Eyes Project Explorer) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2019Series A$9M
Founders & team
Peter CastellasCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Kilara Capital, Tripple, Assembly Climate Capital
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpGravity FormsNginxTranslate Wordpress
#10
Acquired · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2010 · 22 employees
$10Mraised
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GreenSync provides an online platform for decentralised energy marketplace and forecasting power prices for distributed energy resources. The "dex" platform can forecast and auto-despatch load curtailment and demand-side resources in response to peak events in markets, networks, and large facilities. GreenSync helps businesses avoid those extra costs, by helping them manage their energy need and shifting the load to those peak times. For this, they have developed automation systems to reduce the load by switching on generators, switching off pumps. Works with major retailers, big business, and large facilities. GreenSync received the Victorian Government Inspiration Award, and the Startup Award under the Pioneer Domain section at the National iAwards.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2019Series A$10M
Founders & team
Phil BlytheFounder & CEO
Investors
Australian Renewable Energy Agency, Melbourne Angels, Virescent Ventures
#11
Acquired · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2017 · 21 employees
$8Mraised
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Electric vehicle charging network. The company partners with local businesses to deploy charging stations by providing them with charging equipment & backend systems. Its ultra-rapid charging stations provides a power output of 150kW to 300kW. Offers an app through which drivers can locate nearby available charging stations as well as use & pay for charging service. The app is available for both Android & iOS devices.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 11k LinkedIn followers — 9.5% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches · 2 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. WEX and Chargefox) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2018Series A$8M
  • Oct 2018Grant (prize money)$7M
Investors
Australian Renewable Energy Agency, Victoria, Australian Motoring Services, Wilson Transformer Company, Cogent
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsEnvoy
#12
Public · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2001 · 51 employees
$6.5Mraised
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Developer of cloud-based platforms for strata and facility management services. The platforms offer automation, data, and insights to connect property, suppliers, and occupants. The company provides implementation, data migration, training, and support. The platforms are designed to evolve with business operations.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 13k LinkedIn followers — 11.6% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches · 1 partnerships (incl. NAB) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2016Post IPO$6.5M
Investors
Cisco Investments
Tech stack
Amazon AlbAmazon Web ServicesBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js

Funding & investor landscape

$140.2Mtotal disclosed funding
15companies funded
28disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Artesian3 rounds
Breakthrough Victoria3 rounds
Free Electrons3 rounds
Startmate3 rounds
Startupbootcamp Australia3 rounds
Australian Renewable Energy Agency2 rounds
EDP Starter2 rounds
EnergyLab2 rounds
Kilara Capital2 rounds
Melbourne Accelerator Program2 rounds

Notable founders

Dan Adams
Co-Founder & Co-CEO · Amber
Christopher Thompson
Co-Founder & Co-CEO · Amber
Adam Jahnke
CEO · Umps
Barry Hooper
Founder · KC8 Capture Technologies
Douglas Macfarlane
Founder · Jupiter Ionics
Alexandr Simonov
Founder · Jupiter Ionics
Peter Moulton
Co-founder & CEO · Senseand
Tina Funder
Founder & CEO · ALT. Leather
Alex Arnold
Co-Founder · Bardee
Phoebe Gardner
Co-Founder · Bardee
Peter Castellas
Co-Founder & CEO · Tasman Environmental
Phil Blythe
Founder & CEO · GreenSync
Prism market signals · Australia · country-scoped Prism corpus, 3,329,102 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Environment Tech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH FROM Melbourne · institutions

What Melbourne researches in environmental monitoring

31 papersstance +0.0617% breakthrough61% concern
breakthrough · advancement · concern
local research themes
Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicalsToxic Organic Pollutants ImpactEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesWater Quality Monitoring TechnologiesWater-Energy-Food Nexus StudiesFish Ecology and Management Studies
top institutions
  • The University of Melbourne22
  • Melbourne Water6
  • University of Melbourne2
  • Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication1

Common questions

How many Environment Tech companies are there in Melbourne, Australia?
Radar tracks 79 indexable Environment Tech companies headquartered in Melbourne, Australia that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Environment Tech companies in Melbourne, Australia?
The Environment Tech companies in Melbourne, Australia on this list have raised a combined $140.2M in disclosed equity funding across 15 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Environment Tech company in Melbourne, Australia?
Amber is the highest-funded Environment Tech company in Melbourne, Australia, with $65M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Environment Tech companies in Melbourne, Australia are funded?
15 of the 79 Environment Tech companies in Melbourne, Australia on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Environment Tech unicorns are there in Melbourne, Australia?
None of the Environment Tech companies in Melbourne, Australia on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Melbourne, Australia Environment Tech companies?
The most active investors in Melbourne, Australia Environment Tech companies on this list include Artesian, Breakthrough Victoria, Free Electrons, Startmate, Startupbootcamp Australia.
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