Best Fashion Tech Companies in Queensland, Australia
The 76 best Fashion Tech companies in Queensland, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Outland Denim.
Our analysis of 219 Fashion Tech companies
$16.5b in tracked funding; 94% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2022.
Ranked: Best Fashion Tech companies in Queensland
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outland Denim Internet first brand of casual apparel for men and women | $1M | 72 mo ago | Seed | James Bartle Founder & CEO | 2011 | — | — |
| 2 | Luxe.It.Fwd Online consignment for pre-owned luxury handbags | $140K | 52 mo ago | Funding Raised | Miranda Gillespie Founder | 2015 | Cart FunctionalityMagentoMySQL+34 | 1 expansion |
| 3 | Odd Pears Internet-first brand of kids' essentials | — | 96 mo ago | Funding Raised | Brock Sykes Founder | 2013 | — | — |
| 4 | Ark Swimwear Online private label brand of swimwear for women | — | — | Unfunded | Renee Kirby Founder | 2016 | Cart FunctionalityMagentoMySQL+31 | — |
| 5 | Australian Diamond Network Online retailer of diamond jewelry | — | — | Deadpooled | Wade Burbidge CEO & Director | 2011 | — | — |
| 6 | Basesuit Internet-first casual & formal apparel brand | — | — | Deadpooled | Ashley Dionysius Founder | 2014 | — | — |
| 7 | Bloggers Closet Online marketplace listing products from fashion bloggers | — | — | Unfunded | Lauren Slade Founder & CEO | 2014 | — | — |
| 8 | Bougainvillea Life Online fashion brand offering multi-category sustainable apparel for women | — | — | Unfunded | Gunjan Allen Founder & Owner | 2023 | — | — |
Top 3 Fashion Tech companies in Queensland
#1
Funding Raised · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2015$139.7Kraised▾
Luxe.It.Fwd is an online consignment platform for pre-owned luxury and designer handbags. Users can either put their products for consignment or can sell it directly to Luxe.It.Fwd for 50% to 60% of the value of the product. Charges consignment fee. Mainly operational in Australia, but also offers International shipping. Offers Lay-Buy option for products purchased on their platform. All the products sold on the platform are authenticated by their team and also offers customers a 14 day return period.
- Feb 2022Grant (prize money)$139.7K
#2
Seed · Tamborine, Queensland · founded 2011 · 22 employees$1.3Mraised▾
Operator of a sustainable denim brand intended to offer apparel for him and her. The company is an online clothing shop for men and women that offers denim jeans, jackets, shirts, and shorts products while offering sustainable employment and training opportunities to women who have experienced exploitation, enabling customers to have good fabric jeans.
#3
Funding Raised · Maroochydore, Queensland · founded 2013—raised▾
Odd Pears is an internet-first brand of kids' essentials. Product catalog includes casual & athletic socks.
- Jun 2018Conventional Debt—
Funding & investor landscape
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Fashion Tech coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
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How research on Textiles & Wearable Materials is moving in Australia
A read on the academic research around Textiles & Wearable Materials — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 40 Australia-affiliated papers.
- RMIT University13
- University College London6
- Deakin University4
- University of Wollongong3
- UNSW Sydney3
- Spinning3
- Wearable computer3
- Human–computer interaction3
- Soft robotics2
- Graphene2
- Composite material4
- Electronics2
- Smart material2
- Wearable technology2
- Thread (computing)2
- Architectural engineering2
- Phase change2
- Phase-change material2
- Clothing2
- Electronics1
Where textiles tech 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.
Common questions
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