Best Gaming Companies in Sydney, Australia
The 55 best Gaming companies in Sydney, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Immutable.
Our analysis of 180 Gaming companies
$26.0b in tracked funding; 90% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2024.
Ranked: Best Gaming companies in Sydney
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Immutable 🦄 Blockchain-based infrastructure for NFT games and applications 84Growth top 19%Tech top 21%Market top 25%Moat top 26% All 9 signals ▾Growthtop 19% Techtop 21% Markettop 25% Moattop 26% Fundingtop 33% Globaltop 37% Fin. healthtop 40% Talentbottom 49% Newsbottom 21% Growth: Revenue +164% YoY Tech: 66 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 84/100 | $857M | 52 mo ago | Series C | Alex Connolly Co-Founder & CTO | 2018 | PrismicNode.jsEnvoy+27 | — |
| 2 | Illuvium NFT focused role playing game developer 55Tech top 22%Funding top 34%Talent top 38%Growth top 45% All 8 signals ▾Techtop 22% Fundingtop 34% Talenttop 38% Growthtop 45% Productbottom 48% Marketbottom 42% Customersbottom 41% Globalbottom 38% Tech: 44 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Ses, Amazon Web Services Funding: Raised $60.0M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 5 yrs (0.8/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $60M | 27 mo ago | Series A | Kieran Warwick Co-Founder | 2020 | ContentfulNode.jsChakra UI+24 | — |
| 3 | Virtually Human Provider of blockchain and web development services | $20M | 59 mo ago | Series A | Geoff Wellman CTO & Co-Founder | 2019 | — | — |
| 4 | ZED Provider of a digital horse racing game | $20M | 59 mo ago | Series A | Geoff Wellman Co-Founder | 2018 | — | — |
| 5 | Avocado DAO NFT-based trading platform for digital games | $18M | 54 mo ago | Series A | Sir Gregory Co-Founder | 2021 | SentryTypeScriptGraphQL+30 | — |
| 6 | SIDUS HEROES Provider of blockchain and NFT-based role-playing game | $11M | 55 mo ago | Seed | Andrey Sudarikov Co-Founder | 2021 | GitBookNode.jsReact+8 | — |
| 7 | Yesports Online esports engaagment platform for gamers | $6M | 39 mo ago | Seed | — | 2021 | — | — |
| 8 | Oh Baby Games Developer of blockchain-based games for multiple platforms | $6M | 41 mo ago | Seed | — | 2021 | Tailwind CSSGSAPVue.js+7 | — |
| 9 | Dot Esports eSports focused content provider | $4M | 106 mo ago | Acquired | Phillip Luu Founder & Director | 2013 | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+21 | — |
| 10 | Royale Finance Tech-enabled decentralized-financial management solutions for gambling operators | $3M | 66 mo ago | Seed | Matt Armstrong Co-Founder & COO | 2020 | — | — |
| 11 | Bubble Gum Interactive Mobile games developer | $3M | 157 mo ago | Series B | Phil Mason Founder & CEO | 2011 | — | — |
| 12 | Behaviol AI-based platform for building sporting entertainment on the metaverse | $2M | 46 mo ago | Seed | Kumar Sangakkara Co-Founder | 2021 | — | — |
| 13 | Nucanon AI-powered storytelling platform for collaborative game and narrative design | $500K | 26 mo ago | Acquired | Nilu Kulasingham Co-Founder & CEO | 2023 | SentryNode.jsClerk+14 | — |
| 14 | Gamify Casino gamification platform | $240K | 169 mo ago | Seed | Tony Walden Co-Founder & MD | 2010 | JavaBootstrapAmazon ALB+13 | — |
Top 12 Gaming companies in Sydney
#1
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2020 · 101 employees$60Mraised▾
NFT focused role playing game developer. It is a blockchain based platform. The company offers an open-world rpg game where users travel across a vast and varied landscape to hunt and capture deity-like creatures called Illuvials.
- Mar 2024Series A$12M
- Jun 2023Series A$10M
- Mar 2021ICO$5.5M
- Mar 2021Seed$5M
#2
Series C · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2018 · 326 employees$857.4Mraised▾
Blockchain-based infrastructure for NFT games and applications. It specializes in developing core games such as cards, MMO, FPS, and more. It also provides an open-source platform for developers to create immutable assets such as cards, skins, weapons, and more. It provides a peer-to-peer marketplace for players where they can buy, sell and gift in-game items.
- Mar 2022Series C$200M
- Nov 2021ICO$45M
- Sep 2021Series B$60M
- Sep 2019Series A$15M
#3
Acquired · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2023$500Kraised▾
AI-powered storytelling platform for collaborative game and narrative design. With an intuitive, AI-powered search, it serves as an essential copilot for Canon and Lore, offering users a comprehensive repository for complex storylines.
- May 2024Seed$500K
#4
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2021 · 11 employees$6Mraised▾
Online esports engaagment platform for gamers. It has launched an esports gaming platform where users are allowed to share NFT cards, get access to rewards, engage with other players, and more.
- Apr 2023ICO$225K
- Aug 2022Seed$3.8M
- Jan 2022Seed$2.2M
#5
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2021 · 80 employees$6Mraised▾
Developer of blockchain-based games for multiple platforms. The company is developing a number of games based on blockchain technology which includes “What the Kart,” a racing game, “Rug Pull Guys,” fall guys game, “Shogun Curse” a shooting game, and a corner shooter called “Baby Wassies”.
- Jan 2023Seed$6M
#6
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2021 · 16 employees$18Mraised▾
NFT-based trading platform for digital games. It offers a platform to build a community of gamers through P2E blockchain gaming. It allows users to buy and sell digital games. It also offers staking solutions for users.
- Dec 2021ICO$27.2M
- Nov 2021Series A$18M
#7
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2019 · 78 employees$20Mraised▾
Provider of blockchain and web development services
- Jul 2021Series A$20M
#8
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2018$20Mraised▾
Provider of a digital horse racing game. It offers a marketplace for users to purchase racing horses. It also provides details and results related to upcoming racing events. Players can race, breed, own, earn, and win on blockchain technology.
- Jul 2021Series A$20M
#9
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2021 · 102 employees$10.8Mraised▾
Provider of blockchain and NFT-based role-playing game. The game Sidus - Heroes collection is a next-generation browser gaming metaverse with unique characters that have different levels of rarity and play-to-earn mode.
- Dec 2021ICO$10.8M
- Nov 2021Seed—
#10
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2021 · 34 employees$2.5Mraised▾
AI-based platform for building sporting entertainment on the metaverse. The company builds a virtual sporting world on the metaverse.
- Sep 2022Seed$2.5M
#11
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2020$3.1Mraised▾
Tech-enabled decentralized-financial management solutions for gambling operators. The platform manages and utilizes smart contracts by using blockchain technology and tends to eliminate the central financial intermediaries such as brokerages, exchanges, banks, etc. It offers features like secured, transparent platform, agile approach, optimized and sustainable yield, etc.
- Jan 2021Seed$1.4M
- Jan 2021ICO$1.7M
#12
Acquired · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2013 · 54 employees$3.5Mraised▾
Dot Esports is a eSports focused content provider. Offers news and information about eSports including breaking news, features, analysis, opinion, and tournament coverage. Also offers news on gaming guides, reviews of gaming gears, and interviews with top steamers. Caters to hardcore gamers and casual non-professionals. It generates revenue through display advertisements.
- Sep 2017Seed$3.5M
- Nov 2014Grant (prize money)$25K
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- University of Technology Sydney3
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