Best Environment Tech Companies in Queensland, Australia
The 72 best Environment Tech companies in Queensland, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Redback Technologies.
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.
Ranked: Best Environment Tech companies in Queensland
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Redback Technologies Developer of solar power packs for home | $16M | 104 mo ago | Series A | — | 2015 | WordPressMySQLPHP+34 | — | — |
| 2 | Envirosuite Developer of software for monitoring and predicting environmental impact events | $14M | 21 mo ago | Late Stage | — | 2006 | StatamicPHPLaravel+22 | — | — |
| 3 | Brisbane Materials Optical coating materials provider for solar panels and LED lights | $7M | 111 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2005 | — | 7 patents Self-curing mixed-metal oxide binders for refractory and ceramic applications | — |
| 4 | eleXsys Provider of AI-driven smart grid solutions | $5M | 52 mo ago | Series A | Bevan Holcombe Co-Founder & CEO | 2012 | — | — | — |
| 5 | PBT Developer of technology refining raw materials into precursor cathode active material | $2M | 42 mo ago | Seed | Bjorn Zikarsky CEO | 2017 | WordPressMySQLPHP+9 | — | — |
| 6 | Aurtra Cloud-based AI software for power asset management | $1M | 78 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2016 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Wattblock Software based Energy Conservation | $555K | 129 mo ago | Seed | Brent Clark Founder | 2014 | — | — | — |
| 8 | QuickSafety SaaS-based mobile app for electricians to complete certificate of compliance | $400K | 97 mo ago | Seed | Kurt Alexander Founder / CEO | 2016 | — | — | — |
| 9 | Wildfire Energy Developer of biomass to syngas conversion technology | $300K | 64 mo ago | Funding Raised | Greg Perkins Co-Founder & CEO | 2016 | — | 9 patents Converting combustible materials into syngas and other gases for energy applications. | 1 job opening · 1 partnership |
| 10 | Lewi Software Software for chemical based wastewater management | $200K | 39 mo ago | Seed | Vishnu Avudainayagam Co-Founder & CEO | 2020 | — | — | — |
| 11 | Resa Energy Cleantech solution developer | $150K | 118 mo ago | Seed | Tony Le Messurier CEO & MD | 2008 | — | — | — |
| 12 | Perpetuwave Power Hybrid WEC with attenuator and point absorber | $113K | 144 mo ago | Deadpooled | Glen Dullaway Founder & Managing Director | 2003 | — | 6 patents Marine wave energy conversion systems for harvesting and converting ocean wave power. | — |
Top 12 Environment Tech companies in Queensland
#1
Late Stage · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2006 · 254 employees$14Mraised▾
Developer of software for monitoring and predicting environmental impact events. This technology tracks air quality, noise, vibration, odour, and water quality metrics. The system integrates hardware and software to provide real-time data for operational management and regulatory compliance. It assists in identifying environmental risks and managing community concerns through automated reporting and predictive analysis tools.
- Sep 2024Post IPO$6.8M
- Aug 2018Post IPO$7.2M
#2
Series A · Enoggera, Queensland · founded 2012 · 40 employees$5Mraised▾
Provider of AI-driven smart grid solutions. The platform offers an advanced power electronics device integrating a suite of artificial intelligence applications enabling two-way smart grids. The AI software delivers services including voltage management, voltage control, power factor correction, microgrid operation, and more.
- Feb 2022Grant (prize money)$321.8K
- May 2021Series A$5M
- May 2021Seed—
#3
Seed · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2017 · 50 employees$1.7Mraised▾
Developer of technology refining raw materials into precursor cathode active material. The technology refines intermediate raw materials, including recycled battery materials, into high-quality material for lithium-ion batteries. The processes reduce carbon dioxide emissions compared to standard refining methods. The technology adjusts materials to specific ratios, producing bespoke battery material.
- Dec 2022Venture Debt$38.9M
- Jun 2022Seed—
- Nov 2018Seed$1.7M
#4
Series A · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2015 · 41 employees$15.5Mraised▾
Developer of solar power packs for home. It manufactures smart hybrid systems of solar power packs which helps the user go completely off-grid and use in-house power for regular use. During day the battery pack is charged using solar and at night it is discharged for home use. The batteries can even be charged from the grid is required and power from the battery can even be discharged/sold to the grid.
- Oct 2017Series A$7M
- Apr 2017Grant (prize money)$540K
- Apr 2017Series A$1.4M
- Oct 2016Series A$7.1M
#5
Deadpooled · Darra, Queensland · founded 2005 · 10 employees$6.8Mraised▾
Brisbane Materials has developed patented optical coating material for solar panels and LED lights. Can be used as anti-reflective coatings(ARC) in solar panels which bonds chemically to glass surface & claims to reduce reflection by 75%. In LED lights the coating material reduces Fresnel reflections by a porous silica layer & increases lumen output.
- Mar 2017Series B$1.5M
- Sep 2012Series A$5.2M
#6
Seed · Ipswich, Queensland · founded 2020 · 3 employees$200Kraised▾
Software for chemical-based wastewater management. It is a cloud-based flowsheet tool that aims to improve engineering decision-making by fast-tracking technology assessments and planning for utility and resource sector asset operators. Industries using this software are wastewater, mine closure, and resource recovery industries.
- Mar 2023Seed$200K
#7
Acquired · Queensland · founded 2016 · 10 employees$1.4Mraised▾
Aurtra is an Australian company, offering patented cloud-based novel algorithms technology using a subscription-based model for asset management to power distribution networks. The portfolio includes IOT sensors which communicate using 3G/4G networks to the Aurtra cloud. The offered software solution is designed for transformer monitoring and methods to optimize transformer life. Provides actionable insight for transformer load management; maintenance, end of life and replacement decisions to avoid catastrophic failure, emergency demand planning; extended asset life with improved risk management.
- Dec 2019Seed$1.4M
#8
Funding Raised · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2016 · 7 employees$300Kraised▾
Developer of biomass to syngas conversion technology. It offers a moving injection horizontal gasification reactor, that converts biomass and organic waste into raw syngas. Clean syngas is extracted from raw syngas and is used in a gas engine to generate electricity.
- Feb 2021Grant (prize money)$200K
- Jan 2021Grant (prize money)$100K
#9
Seed · Manly, Queensland · founded 2014 · 8 employees$555Kraised▾
Provider of residential electric energy consumption analysis and business consultancy services intended to reduce energy usage. The company leverages technology to estimate the key energy-consuming assets in the vicinity and recommended energy-saving projects with a shorter payback period, enabling unit blocks and strata schemes to optimize their energy consumption.
#10
Seed · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2016 · 1 employees$400Kraised▾
SaaS-based mobile app for electricians to complete certificate of compliance. It offers pre-planning jobs, lodge compliance, offline support, provide secure storage, and allows features to sync across platforms.
- May 2018Seed$400K
#11
Seed · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2008$150Kraised▾
Cleantech solution developer. They currently have two products, one is an energy management system that can be connected to either side of the meter and is compatible with any form of renewable energy generation source such as wind, solar, or biomass.
- Aug 2016Grant (prize money)$490.1K
- 2012Grant (prize money)$250K
- Apr 2012Seed$150K
#12
Deadpooled · Clontarf, Queensland · founded 2003$113Kraised▾
Perpetuwave Power designs and manufactures wave energy converter. Their wave harvester Xtracta, comprises an array of positive buoyancy energy extraction floats suspended beneath a floating platform.The float design is a hybrid attenuator – point absorber where sequential energy pulses provided by an attenuator are combined with a wide capture width of the device. The energy from the array is transferred via a cable to direct drive system. The floats’ drive train can be serviced independently, without having to remove the other floats at the power plant.
- Jun 2014Grant (prize money)$113K
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- Queensland University of Technology31
- The University of Queensland29
- University of Queensland11
- University of Southern Queensland5
- Queensland Department of Environment and Science5
- Wireless sensor network4
- Biodiversity4
- Heartbeat3
- Data collection3
- Architecture3
- Sampling (signal processing)2→4
- Environmental resource management1→3
- Environmental data2→3
- Sampling (signal processing)3
- Public health3
- Environmental resource management3
- Sustainability3
- Contamination3
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