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Best FinTech Companies in Adelaide, Australia

The 43 best FinTech companies in Adelaide, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Sherlok.

43companies tracked
$7.5Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
5have raised
Sector wealth & growth · validated company filings
$55Mmedian revenue
-2%median YoY growth
$2.6Bcombined revenue pool
10companies reporting

Biggest earners Computershare Limited. ($1.6B, -6% YoY), Iress ($562M), HMC Capital ($155M), Wisr ($92M, -2% YoY)

FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · FINTECH × ADELAIDE

Our analysis of 67 FinTech companies

$6.0b in tracked funding; 93% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.

67companies analysed
93%cloud-native stacks
2021funding peak (by rounds)
2unicorns
2017median founding year
80kcombined LinkedIn audience
63%of audience held by top 3
1companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best FinTech companies in Adelaide

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1Sherlok
Provider of automated mortgage rate tracking and repricing solutions
$3M37 mo agoSeedAdam Grocke
Founder & CEO
2021WordPressZohoMySQL+22—
2Joust
Online marketplace for residential mortgage financing
$2M114 mo agoAcquiredNicolas Moureaux
Co-Founder
2015WebflowStripeRxJS+26—
3Fluidity
Crypto-based peer-to-peer money transfer platform
$1M29 mo agoSeedShahmeer Chaudhry
Co-Founder
2021Framer SitesReactAmazon Web Services+7—
4Subble
Provider of SaaS-enabled spend management solutions
$1M26 mo agoSeedJaedon Farrugia
Co-founder / COO
2023Node.jsVimeoHeadless UI+22—
5Payhero
Billing software for recurring revenue businesses
—134 mo agoPublicChhai Thach
Cofounder & CTO
2014——
6accesspay
AccessPay provides salary packaging and employee benefits to the not-for-profit sector.
——Acquired—2001WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+22—
7AccountKit
Cloud accounting solutions for accountants
——UnfundedPaul Murray
Founder
2015HubSpot CMS HubSplidecore-js+16—
8Acumen Data
Solution for automated accounts payable and receivable
——UnfundedRichard Bates
CEO
1996——

Top 5 FinTech companies in Adelaide

#1
Seed · Adelaide, South Australia · founded 2023
$1Mraised
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Provider of SaaS-enabled spend management solutions. It is a SaaS management company, helping customers manage time and spendings on software subscriptions. Their platform offers a range of solutions for software management.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2024Seed$1M
Founders & team
Jaedon FarrugiaCo-founder / COOJesse DuffieldCo-founder / CTO
Investors
Jordan Walsh, Leon Hayes
#2
Seed · Adelaide, South Australia · founded 2021 · 14 employees
$1.3Mraised
▾

Crypto-based peer-to-peer money transfer platform. The platform allows users to make purchases and send money while earning rewards.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2024ICO$750K
  • Oct 2022Seed$1.3M
Founders & team
Shahmeer ChaudhryCo-FounderAlexander BaigentCo-Founder
Investors
Multicoin Capital, Circle, Solana Ventures, Lemniscap, NGC Ventures, Skyvision
#3
Seed · Adelaide, South Australia · founded 2021 · 19 employees
$3.4Mraised
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Provider of automated mortgage rate tracking and repricing solutions. This platform uses AI to predict client churn and proactively reprices loans to lower interest rates, maximizing client retention. It also identifies refinance opportunities, generating leads for brokers. The system streamlines client retention processes, allowing brokers to focus on higher-value tasks. The platform offers a comprehensive suite of tools for managing and optimizing a mortgage loan book.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2023Seed$3.4M
Founders & team
Adam GrockeFounder & CEO
Investors
Rampersand, Investible, Paloma Group, Common Sense Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerAstra
#4
Acquired · Adelaide, South Australia · founded 2015
$1.8Mraised
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Online marketplace for residential mortgage financing. It offers a solution that enables users to request home loan products from multiple lenders using an auction platform. Users must add the required information and apply for the loan. The request is sent to multiple lenders, and the user is matched with a lender with the most affordable offer.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2017Seed$400K
Founders & team
Nicolas MoureauxCo-FounderMartin LovellCo-Founder
Investors
NOVA Entertainment
#5
Public · Adelaide, South Australia · founded 2014 · 4 employees
—raised
▾

Payhero software offers subscription billing for small businesses. It allows users to sell online by getting a profile page to showcase their products and services online. Users can accept card payments from their customers. No merchant account is required. Automate customer billing and send automatic payment reminders and manage billing schedules. It charges per transaction fees.

Funding rounds
  • 2015Seed—
Founders & team
Chhai ThachCofounder & CTO
Investors
Acumen Ventures, H2 Ventures

Funding & investor landscape

$7.5Mtotal disclosed funding
4companies funded
5disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Acumen Ventures1 rounds
Bitscale Capital1 rounds
Circle1 rounds
Common Sense Ventures1 rounds
H2 Ventures1 rounds
Investible1 rounds
Koji Capital1 rounds
Lemniscap1 rounds
Macdoch Ventures1 rounds
Meld Ventures1 rounds

Notable founders

Jaedon Farrugia
Co-founder / COO · Subble
Jesse Duffield
Co-founder / CTO · Subble
Shahmeer Chaudhry
Co-Founder · Fluidity
Alexander Baigent
Co-Founder · Fluidity
Adam Grocke
Founder & CEO · Sherlok
Nicolas Moureaux
Co-Founder · Joust
Martin Lovell
Co-Founder · Joust
Chhai Thach
Cofounder & CTO · Payhero
Prism market signals · Australia · country-scoped Prism corpus, 427,183 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of FinTech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Australia

How research on Fintech is moving in Australia

A read on the academic research around Fintech — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 333 Australia-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
202020232026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 22% → 33% across 2020–2026.
top research entities
  • Department of Commerce187
  • Department of Finance16
  • University College London12
  • UNSW Sydney12
  • Griffith University7
leading researchers
Ross P. Buckley · Zagade, Sunil · Md. Aminul Islam · Stan Karanasios · Douglas W. Arner · Lokeshwari DV, Rukmini. N, Dr. R Parvathi · Nilesh Vitthal Pachundkar · Shivani Manohar Revankar
▲ Breakthroughs19 · 6%
▲ 0%→6% share
0 median citations89% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→6% of field), led by Financial services.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Financial services7
  • Leverage (statistics)5
  • Financial inclusion4
  • Payment4
  • Database transaction4
Newly emergingFinancial services 0→6 · Leverage (statistics) 0→5
Landmark FinTech ecosystem practices shaping financial inclusion: the case of mobile money in Ghana · 116 cites
◆ Advancements106 · 32%
▲ 0%→33% share
0 median citations92% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (0%→33% of field), led by Financial services.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Financial services2→52
  • Financial inclusion2→35
  • Payment1→14
  • Mobile payment1→11
  • Unbanked1→6
Newly emergingSustainability 0→11 · Investment (military) 0→11 · Mobile banking 0→10
Landmark Nurturing a FinTech ecosystem: The case of a youth microloan startup in China · 324 cites
▼ Concerns124 · 37%
▲ 0%→35% share
0 median citations85% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (0%→35% of field), led by Financial services.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Financial services7→58
  • Financial inclusion1→48
  • Payment1→25
  • Transformative learning1→7
  • Financial regulation2→5
Newly emergingFinancial literacy 0→18 · Government (linguistics) 0→14 · Mobile payment 0→11
Landmark Blockchain Technology in Finance · 547 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Australia

Where fintech 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.

Melbourne27 · +0.28
Hot · Financial servicesOpportunity · Corporate governanceConcern · Financial innovation
Sydney23 · +0.06
Hot · Financial servicesOpportunity · Financial systemConcern · Financial inclusion
Brisbane12 · +0.20
Hot · Financial servicesOpportunity · Key (lock)

Common questions

How many FinTech companies are there in Adelaide, Australia?
Radar tracks 43 indexable FinTech companies headquartered in Adelaide, Australia that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by FinTech companies in Adelaide, Australia?
The FinTech companies in Adelaide, Australia on this list have raised a combined $7.5M in disclosed equity funding across 4 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded FinTech company in Adelaide, Australia?
Sherlok is the highest-funded FinTech company in Adelaide, Australia, with $3.4M in disclosed equity funding.
How many FinTech companies in Adelaide, Australia are funded?
4 of the 43 FinTech companies in Adelaide, Australia on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many FinTech unicorns are there in Adelaide, Australia?
None of the FinTech companies in Adelaide, Australia on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Adelaide, Australia FinTech companies?
The most active investors in Adelaide, Australia FinTech companies on this list include Acumen Ventures, Bitscale Capital, Circle, Common Sense Ventures, H2 Ventures.
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