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Best Environment Tech Companies in Perth, Australia

The 31 best Environment Tech companies in Perth, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Vulcan Energy.

31companies tracked
$115.5Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
3have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · ENVIRONMENT TECH × PERTH

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
70kcombined LinkedIn audience
64%of audience held by top 3
1companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Environment Tech companies in Perth

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1Vulcan Energy
Provider of applications for lithium chemicals and renewable energy solutions
$96M29 mo agoPublicHorst Kreuter
Co-Founder and General Representative
2002WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+20—
2Power Ledger
Online platform offering energy trading solutions
$19M52 mo agoSeedJohn Bulich
Co-Founder
2016WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+39—
3Village Energy
Manufacturer of smart energy meters
—34 mo agoFunding RaisedWayne Liubinskas
Co-Founder
2017PageFlyCart FunctionalityShopify+29—
4First Graphene
Manufacturer of a graphene-based product
—56 mo agoPublic—1920WordPressMySQLPHP+32—
5AgConnect
Integrated platform to monitor and control pivot irrigation systems
——UnfundedAlex Mills
Founder
2014——
6Blue Energy
Provider of remote processing AI supercomputer for renewable blockchain ecosystem
——UnfundedBrett Northey
Founder & CEO
2018——
7Carbon Energy Management
Provider of smart metering infrastructure installation services, utility billing & reporting platform
——UnfundedLance Randall
CEO & MD
2009——
8Cerclos
Carbon management software
——UnfundedRichard Haynes
Co-Founder
2009——

Top 4 Environment Tech companies in Perth

#1
Public · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2002 · 187 employees
$96Mraised
▾

Provider of applications for lithium chemicals and renewable energy solutions. It provides users with a company that aims to empower a net-zero carbon future by supplying lithium chemicals and renewable energy. The company's focus is on decarbonizing industries by providing innovative solutions to reduce carbon emissions.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 17k LinkedIn followers — 24.1% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Vulcan Energy) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2024Post IPO$43.4M
  • Jun 2022Post IPO$52.7M
Founders & team
Horst KreuterCo-Founder and General RepresentativeFrancis WedinCo-FounderHorst KreuterCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
CIMIC, Hancock Prospecting, Victor Smorgon Group, Stellantis, Next Investors, Assembly Climate Capital
Tech stack
Alpine.JsApple Icloud MailBorlabs CookieCore-JsHighchartsHsts
#2
Seed · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2016 · 46 employees
$19.5Mraised
▾

Online platform offering energy trading solutions. It provides a transparent, auditable, and automated market trading and clearing mechanism for the sale of surplus renewable energy generated on-site at multi-unit, multi-tenanted residential, and commercial developments and at homes and businesses connected to microgrids and the distribution network.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 21k LinkedIn followers — 30.4% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2022Seed—
  • Nov 2017Grant (prize money)$6.2M
  • Oct 2017ICO$13.2M
  • Aug 2017Seed—
Founders & team
John BulichCo-FounderJemma GreenCo-Founder
Investors
Blockchain Capital, Government of Australia, Sangha Capital, Red Key Capital, Blockchain R&I, Shell
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAstraCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#3
Funding Raised · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2017 · 21 employees
—raised
▾

Village Energy specializes in manufacturing smart energy meters called VEDA that can be installed at houses. It also offers a smartphone app that allows users to pay for electricity services online. It offers solutions for governments, grid operators, and consumers. The platform turns the grid into a collection of microgrids and uses the magic of data to manage the grid in real-time. The impact on the performance of the grids is dramatic with significant improvements in quality and reliability and transformational impacts on the profitability of the grid operator.​ Also, offers a distributed microgrid platform that transforms the grid by utilising the existing infrastructure and complementing the existing systems and technologies in place.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 3.4% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 5 partnerships (incl. Village Energy and EcoFlow) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2024Grant (prize money)—
Founders & team
Wayne LiubinskasCo-Founder
Investors
Climate Collective, Social Alpha
Tech stack
Apple PayBabelCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#4
Public · Perth, Western Australia · founded 1920 · 14 employees
—raised
▾

Manufacturer of a graphene-based product. The product is a powder-based material that enhances the properties of products and materials across industries and applications including composites, elastomers, fire retardancy, energy storage, and concrete.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers — 9.1% of this cohort's audience
Investors
Bergen Asset Management, Gov
Tech stack
All In One SeoAnimate.CssCampaign MonitorCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementContact Form 7

Funding & investor landscape

$115.5Mtotal disclosed funding
2companies funded
4disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
27th Street Capital1 rounds
42Fund1 rounds
AgriStart1 rounds
AlphaIP1 rounds
Assembly Climate Capital1 rounds
Bergen Asset Management1 rounds
BetterLabs1 rounds
Blockchain Capital1 rounds
Blockchain R&I1 rounds
CIMIC1 rounds

Notable founders

Horst Kreuter
Co-Founder and General Representative · Vulcan Energy
Francis Wedin
Co-Founder · Vulcan Energy
John Bulich
Co-Founder · Power Ledger
Jemma Green
Co-Founder · Power Ledger
Wayne Liubinskas
Co-Founder · Village Energy
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 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 Tech companies are there in Perth, Australia?
Radar tracks 31 indexable Environment Tech companies headquartered in Perth, Australia that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Environment Tech companies in Perth, Australia?
The Environment Tech companies in Perth, Australia on this list have raised a combined $115.5M in disclosed equity funding across 2 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Environment Tech company in Perth, Australia?
Vulcan Energy is the highest-funded Environment Tech company in Perth, Australia, with $96M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Environment Tech companies in Perth, Australia are funded?
2 of the 31 Environment Tech companies in Perth, Australia on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Environment Tech unicorns are there in Perth, Australia?
None of the Environment Tech companies in Perth, Australia on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Perth, Australia Environment Tech companies?
The most active investors in Perth, Australia Environment Tech companies on this list include 27th Street Capital, 42Fund, AgriStart, AlphaIP, Assembly Climate Capital.
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