Radar · HealthTech in Western Australia
Best HealthTech Companies in Western Australia, Australia
The 85 best HealthTech companies in Western Australia, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Healthengine.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
85companies tracked
$248.1Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
25have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · HEALTHTECH × WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Our analysis of 50 HealthTech companies
$1.5b in tracked funding; 100% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.
50companies analysed
100%cloud-native stacks
2021funding peak (by rounds)
1unicorns
2018median founding year
67kcombined LinkedIn audience
47%of audience held by top 3
4companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best HealthTech companies in Western Australia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Healthengine Online doctor appointment booking platform for patients and providers 72Tech top 11%Customers top 26%Innovation top 28%Talent top 28% All 12 signals ▾Techtop 11% Customerstop 26% Innovationtop 28% Talenttop 28% Producttop 29% Moattop 31% Markettop 36% Fundingtop 37% Fin. healthtop 47% Globalbottom 45% Growthbottom 34% Newsbottom 21% Tech: 78 technologies across 7/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Ses Customers: Play-Store rating 4.29★ across 26,429 ratings (1 apps) · Review volume +1% in 6 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100 | $62M | 52 mo ago | Series D | 94 | Darius Wey Co-Founder & Head of Strategic Growth | WordPressSentryZendesk+45 | — | 2 partnerships |
| 2 | Vitruvian Provider of resistance training smart fitness equipment and app 48Tech top 25%Customers top 31%Funding top 45%Growth top 45% All 8 signals ▾Techtop 25% Customerstop 31% Fundingtop 45% Growthtop 45% Producttop 47% Marketbottom 38% Globalbottom 36% Newsbottom 27% Tech: 50 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Alb, Amazon S3 Customers: Play-Store rating 4.35★ across 842 ratings (2 apps) · Review volume +39% in 6 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $51M | 30 mo ago | Series A | 36 | — | Cart FunctionalityShopifySentry+36 | — | — |
| 3 | Creso Pharma Developer of cannabinoid therapeutics for multiple health purposes | $28M | 68 mo ago | Acquired | 23 | Marc Lustig CEO | — | — | — |
| 4 | Zelira Therapeutics Developer of cannabis-based therapeutics for multiple diseases 37Patents top 27%Innovation top 31%Funding top 41%Moat top 41% All 9 signals ▾Patentstop 27% Innovationtop 31% Fundingtop 41% Moattop 41% Talentbottom 49% Newsbottom 47% Fin. healthbottom 42% Globalbottom 40% Marketbottom 31% Patents: 102 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 47 filings since 2022 vs 55 in 2017-21 Innovation: 102 patents (top 11% of patent-holders) · 47 filings since 2022 vs 55 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100 | $22M | 34 mo ago | Public | 8 | Oludare Odumosu CEO & MD | — | 102 patents Formulating and encapsulating cannabinoid-based therapeutics for sleep disorder treatment | — |
| 5 | Orchid Provider of a genetic test for determining the health risk of babies 16Funding top 41%Tech top 42%Global bottom 36%Growth bottom 35% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 41% Techtop 42% Globalbottom 36% Growthbottom 35% Marketbottom 21% Funding: Raised $16.5M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 5 yrs (0.4/yr) Tech: 25 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 16/100 | $16M | 30 mo ago | Series A | 10 | — | TurbopackEmotionNode.js+13 | — | — |
| 6 | OncoRes Medical Developer of intraoperative imaging technology for surgical procedures 45Patents top 29%Funding top 32%Moat top 32%Innovation top 34% All 8 signals ▾Patentstop 29% Fundingtop 32% Moattop 32% Innovationtop 34% Newstop 39% Techtop 45% Globalbottom 35% Marketbottom 34% Patents: 48 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 23 filings since 2022 vs 25 in 2017-21 Funding: Raised $13.9M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 9 yrs (0.6/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $14M | 4 mo ago | Series B | 31 | — | WixSentryEnvoy+15 | 48 patents Medical elastography devices for mechanical property assessment of tissues | 1 job opening · 1 partnership |
| 7 | Emyria Provider of therapy and care planning solutions using interoperable clinical data | $13M | 55 mo ago | Public | — | Adam James Founder & COO | SentryTypeScriptGraphQL+16 | 14 patents Formulating cannabidiol-based pharmaceutical dosage forms for mental health treatments | 1 expansion |
| 8 | Artrya AI-based cardiovascular health analysis tool for providers 53Innovation top 24%AI top 25%Growth top 28%Patents top 28% All 13 signals ▾Innovationtop 24% AItop 25% Growthtop 28% Patentstop 28% Moattop 32% Fundingtop 35% Talentbottom 49% Newsbottom 48% Techbottom 47% Globalbottom 35% Partnersbottom 35% Marketbottom 28% Fin. healthbottom 23% Innovation: 30 patents (top 35% of patent-holders) · 29 filings since 2022 vs 1 in 2017-21 AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $10M | 16 mo ago | Public | 35 | John Konstantopoulos Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+21 | 30 patents AI-driven imaging analysis for coronary artery disease detection and plaque/calcium scoring | — |
| 9 | Cannaponics Cultivator and producer of medical cannabis products 19Growth top 45%Talent bottom 49%Tech bottom 47%Funding bottom 44% All 7 signals ▾Growthtop 45% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 47% Fundingbottom 44% Globalbottom 30% Newsbottom 22% Marketbottom 16% Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 19/100 | $6M | 25 mo ago | Series A | — | Rod Zakostelsky Founder | Webflow EcommerceWebflowTypekit+11 | — | — |
| 10 | Hola Health Online platform offering various healthcare services 60Tech top 28%Talent top 28%Growth top 30%Market bottom 43% All 7 signals ▾Techtop 28% Talenttop 28% Growthtop 30% Marketbottom 43% Fundingbottom 41% Productbottom 40% Globalbottom 37% Tech: 45 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Ses Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $4M | 27 mo ago | Seed | — | Vishnu Gopalan Co-Founder | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+26 | — | 1 job opening |
| 11 | Fitstop Provider of mobile-based fitness sessions and program membership | $3M | 46 mo ago | Series A | 106 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+37 | — | — |
| 12 | Neurotech International Developer of therapeutics for multiple paediatric neurological disorders | $3M | 104 mo ago | Public | 4 | — | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+21 | — | — |
| 13 | Avicena Systems Developer of biosecurity platform and hardware for pathogen testing | $3M | 28 mo ago | Funding Raised | 20 | Tony Fitzgerald Co-Founder & CEO | — | 22 patents High-throughput bioassay and pathogen/genetic screening instrumentation | 1 partnership |
| 14 | Vedi Provider of practice management software for veterinarians | $3M | 41 mo ago | Seed | 15 | Anton Tjea Co-Founder | Webflow EcommerceWebflowStripe+27 | — | — |
| 15 | Gooroo Cloud and AI based human mindset mapping software | $2M | 103 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | Narendra Kotti CEO | — | — | — |
| 16 | BCT Provider of a digital body composition analysis tool for healthcare professionals and payers | $2M | — | Seed | 6 | Barry Dick Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 17 | Little Green Pharma Manufacturer of medicinal cannabis for therapeutic use | $2M | 39 mo ago | Public | 75 | Fleta Solomon Founder | Craft CMSPHPFacebook Login+23 | — | — |
| 18 | MediCann Health Provider of cannabis therapy solutions to patients | $2M | 30 mo ago | Seed | 4 | Matt Shales Founder | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+12 | — | — |
| 19 | Anni Provider of an on-demand advice platform with experts | $1M | 27 mo ago | Seed | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | BetterCells Online platform offering teleconsultation services | $500K | 91 mo ago | Seed | — | Andrew Haythorpe CEO & MD | — | — | — |
| 21 | Cortical Dynamics Developing a brain function monitor which acquires EEG data of anesthetized patients | $250K | 75 mo ago | Seed | 8 | — | — | 42 patents Non‑invasive brain activity monitoring devices and methods for medical diagnostics | 1 award |
| 22 | Singular Health Provider of cloud-based imaging platform for diagnosis of disease | $200K | 54 mo ago | Public | 20 | Tom Hanly CEO & MD | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+19 | — | 1 launch |
Top 12 HealthTech companies in Western Australia
#1
Series B · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2014 · 31 employees$13.9Mraised▾
Series B · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2014 · 31 employees
Developer of intraoperative imaging technology for surgical procedures. The company utilizes a combination of optical coherence tomography imaging and elastography to provide a rapid evaluation of tissue microarchitecture at a scale and resolution comparable to histology. on the development of an imaging probe that will enable breast cancer surgeons to identify residual cancer following the excision of a tumor, providing a solution to address the high re-excision rates for breast cancer patients.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 45how this company ranks against its industry peers
Patents
top 29%Funding
top 32%Moat
top 32%Innovation
top 34%News
top 39%Tech
top 45%Patents: 48 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 23 filings since 2022 vs 25 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
Funding: Raised $13.9M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 9 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Series B (Feb 2026)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · IP moat: 48 patents · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers — 6.7% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Quality Assurance Associate, Production Manager
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships (incl. NVIDIAConnect) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Series B$19.2M
- Oct 2022Grant (prize money)$942.2K
- May 2022Grant (prize money)$3M
- May 2022Series A$9.5M
Investors
MTPConnect, Australian Unity, Brandon BioCatalyst, business.gov.au, Medical Research Commercialisation Fund, Radar Ventures
#2
Public · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2018 · 35 employees$9.5Mraised▾
Public · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2018 · 35 employees
AI-based cardiovascular health analysis tool for providers. The company has developed software that assists providers in the detection of coronary artery diseases in patients. It has features for disease identification, data analysis, reporting, and more.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 53how this company ranks against its industry peers
Innovation
top 24%AI
top 25%Growth
top 28%Patents
top 28%Moat
top 32%Funding
top 35%Innovation: 30 patents (top 35% of patent-holders) · 29 filings since 2022 vs 1 in 2017-21 · Deep-tech classification: Artificial Intelligence
AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) · Product described with: ai-based
Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers — 6.7% of this cohort's audience · 44 engagements/post (2.4× cohort median)
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 partnerships (incl. Tanner Health) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Feb 2025Post IPO$9.5M
Founders & team
Investors
Alium Capital
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsGoogle Font Api
#3
Series A · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2018 · 36 employees$51.4Mraised▾
Series A · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2018 · 36 employees
Provider of resistance training smart fitness equipment and app. It offers training equipment built with algorithms that provide weight lifting weight stacks that automatically adjust the weight according to the ideal range that can be pulled. The weight increases and decreases at a precise moment. The AI algorithm syncs with the app to record the data and tracks the weights. The app provides the progress made along with the workout videos for training at home. It delivers adaptive resistance training with real-time feedback.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 48how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 25%Customers
top 31%Funding
top 45%Growth
top 45%Product
top 47%Market
bottom 38%Tech: 50 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Alb, Amazon S3 · Observability: Sentry
Customers: Play-Store rating 4.35★ across 842 ratings (2 apps) · Review volume +39% in 6 mo
Funding: Raised $51.4M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 6 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round Series A (Dec 2023)
Funding rounds
- Dec 2023Series A$21.8M
- Apr 2022Series A$15M
- 2021Seed$11.2M
- Nov 2020Seed$3.4M
Investors
Larsen Ventures, TEN13, Evolution Wellness, Flying Fox Ventures, AfterWork Ventures
Tech stack
AffirmAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAmplitudeApple PayBlotout Edgetag
#4
Public · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2003 · 8 employees$21.7Mraised▾
Public · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2003 · 8 employees
Developer of cannabis-based therapeutics for multiple diseases. The company's drug pipeline includes Zenivol for insomnia, Sprinjene for oral care, and dermatology. Also provides drug candidates for cancer, autism, pain, aging disorders, and more.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 37how this company ranks against its industry peers
Patents
top 27%Innovation
top 31%Funding
top 41%Moat
top 41%Talent
bottom 49%News
bottom 47%Patents: 102 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 47 filings since 2022 vs 55 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2025
Innovation: 102 patents (top 11% of patent-holders) · 47 filings since 2022 vs 55 in 2017-21
Funding: Raised $21.7M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 6 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Post IPO (Aug 2023)
Audience (LinkedIn): 3k LinkedIn followers — 4.0% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Aug 2023Post IPO$3.2M
- Mar 2023Post IPO$1.2M
- Oct 2021Post IPO$5M
- Sep 2020Post IPO$1.4M
Founders & team
Investors
Thorney, Quincy Street Capital
#5
Series A · Armadale, Western Australia · founded 2019 · 10 employees$16.5Mraised▾
Series A · Armadale, Western Australia · founded 2019 · 10 employees
Provider of a genetic test for determining the health risk of babies. The platform collects the saliva sample from both the parents and provides the genetic influence on the child's health. The results are provided for brain health, heart health, cancer, and overall health. A personalized consultation is provided from fertility experts and genetic counselors on diet, fitness, and health.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 16how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 41%Tech
top 42%Global
bottom 36%Growth
bottom 35%Market
bottom 21%Funding: Raised $16.5M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 5 yrs (0.4/yr) · Last round Series A (Dec 2023)
Tech: 25 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel · Security: Hsts, Http/3
Global: Investors from 2 countries beyond Australia
Audience (LinkedIn): 5k LinkedIn followers — 7.6% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Dec 2023Series A$12M
- Apr 2021Seed$4.5M
Investors
23andMe, Day One Ventures, Prometheus Fund, LIfT Biosciences, Refactor Capital, Pebblebed
Tech stack
Chakra UiCloudflareEmotionGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag ManagerGoogle Workspace
#6
Series D · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2006 · 94 employees$62Mraised▾
Series D · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2006 · 94 employees
Online doctor appointment booking platform for patients and providers. It enables patients to search for the general practitioner, dentist, physiotherapist, chiropractor, and other healthcare specialists based on the location, speciality, details, and reviews. The user can select the doctor and book an appointment with the specialist at the preferred time and date via the platform. The platform enables the user to create a profile, get listed on the platform and engage with patients. It helps doctors to manage the appointments and track feedback.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 72how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 11%Customers
top 26%Innovation
top 28%Talent
top 28%Product
top 29%Moat
top 31%Tech: 78 technologies across 7/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Ses · Devops: Nginx
Customers: Play-Store rating 4.29★ across 26,429 ratings (1 apps) · Review volume +1% in 6 mo · Marquee-customer mentions: top 30% of tracked companies
Innovation: 10 product lines
Audience (LinkedIn): 14k LinkedIn followers — 21.5% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 partnerships (incl. Carestack Australia) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Feb 2022Series D$30M
- Apr 2017Series C$20.3M
- Nov 2015Angel—
- May 2013Series A$10.7M
Founders & team
Investors
Alium Capital, Go Capital, Telstra Ventures, Seven West Ventures, Peak XV Partners, Inspire Impact
Tech stack
Adobe AnalyticsAdobe Audience ManagerAdobe Experience Platform Identity ServiceAdobe Experience Platform LaunchAmazon CloudfrontAmazon Ses
#7
Series A · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2019$5.7Mraised▾
Series A · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2019
Cultivator and producer of medical cannabis products
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 19how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 45%Talent
bottom 49%Tech
bottom 47%Funding
bottom 44%Global
bottom 30%News
bottom 22%Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Tech: 20 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Security: Hsts, Http/3
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers — 2.9% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- May 2024Series A$664.7K
- May 2023Series A$5M
Founders & team
Tech stack
CloudflareCore-JsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Hosted LibrariesHstsHttp/3
#8
Seed · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2020$4.5Mraised▾
Seed · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2020
platform offering various healthcare services. The company provides a wide range of healthcare services including GP consultations, specialist referrals, prescriptions, and medical certificates.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 60how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 28%Talent
top 28%Growth
top 30%Market
bottom 43%Funding
bottom 41%Product
bottom 40%Tech: 45 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Ses · Devops: Nginx
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Growth: Web rank 1,000,000 → 500,000 YoY
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers — 6.4% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: GPs
Funding rounds
- Mar 2024Seed$4.5M
- Aug 2023Seed—
Founders & team
Investors
M8 Ventures, FundWA, Radiant Health Group, Gryphon, Lupin Nominees, Wa Doctors Group
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAngularApple Icloud MailCore-Js
#9
Funding Raised · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2020 · 20 employees$3Mraised▾
Funding Raised · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2020 · 20 employees
Developer of biosecurity platform and hardware for pathogen testing. The company has developed a technology for testing pathogens. They created the Avicena Sentinel, a molecular diagnostics platform with an hourly screening capacity of thousands of samples. Additionally, they are engaged in the development of microLED-based ultra-low energy optical links.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Syngenis) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Feb 2024Grant (prize money)$3M
Founders & team
#10
Acquired · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2015 · 23 employees$27.5Mraised▾
Acquired · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2015 · 23 employees
Developer of cannabinoid therapeutics for multiple health purposes. The company has developed therapeutics for human and veterinary applications using nanotechnology. The company's lead products are cannabidiol hemp oil-based complementary feed for companion animals and a nutraceutical for human health.
Funding rounds
- Oct 2020Post IPO—
- Jun 2020Post IPO$1.4M
- Jan 2019Post IPO$3M
- Nov 2017Post IPO$17.5M
Founders & team
Investors
EverBlu Capital, L1 Capital
Tech stack
Zurb FoundationMicrosoft Asp.NetAmazon Web ServicesCloudflareSlickJquery Ui
#11
Public · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2018$13.4Mraised▾
Public · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2018
Provider of therapy and care planning solutions using interoperable clinical data. The platform allows collaborating and integrating the patient-centered clinical data and evidence for real-time decision-making in care & therapy. The network of clinicians, patients, researchers, and innovators can use medical knowledge from the resources, Emyria Data is the product for testing and validating novel treatment using patient data. Emyria Care is for improving patient care and Emyria Tech is for providing remote patient care and monitoring.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 3.2% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Nov 2021Post IPO$5M
- Apr 2021Post IPO$5M
- Feb 2021Grant (prize money)—
- Dec 2020Post IPO$1.2M
Founders & team
Investors
Tattarang, WA Health, 62 Capital, Tenmile
#12
Seed · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2019 · 4 employees$1.5Mraised▾
Seed · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2019 · 4 employees
Provider of cannabis therapy solutions to patients. It provides a convenient telehealth service for patients and in person appointments to provide cannabis-based treatments and medicines.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 763 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Nov 2023Seed$1.5M
Founders & team
Funding & investor landscape
$248.1Mtotal disclosed funding
24companies funded
47disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Notable founders
John Konstantopoulos
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer · Artrya
Oludare Odumosu
CEO & MD · Zelira Therapeutics
Darius Wey
Co-Founder & Head of Strategic Growth · Healthengine
Adam Yap
Co-Founder · Healthengine
Rod Zakostelsky
Founder · Cannaponics
Vishnu Gopalan
Co-Founder · Hola Health
Thiru Rajendran
Co-Founder · Hola Health
Tony Fitzgerald
Co-Founder & CEO · Avicena Systems
Paul Watt
Co-Founder · Avicena Systems
Marc Lustig
CEO · Creso Pharma
Adam James
Founder & COO · Emyria
Matt Shales
Founder · MediCann Health
Prism market signals · Australia · country-scoped Prism corpus, 353,472 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of HealthTech coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time flat
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH SIGNALS · Australia
How research on Digital Health is moving in Australia
A read on the academic research around Digital Health — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 2,624 Australia-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 13% → 35% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
- University College London257
- Monash University213
- The University of Sydney180
- UNSW Sydney170
- Deakin University156
leading researchers
Jeffrey Braithwaite · Deborah Lupton · Kerryn Butler‐Henderson · Louise A. Ellis · Susan Michie · Melissa Baysari · Jaimon T. Kelly · Leanna Woods
▲
Breakthroughs196 · 7%
▲ 3%→8% share
▲2.7× share momentum0 median citations91% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (3%→8% of field), led by Health care.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Health care1→40
- Health informatics6→35
- Health administration2→20
- Public health2→18
- Psychological intervention2→14
Newly emergingContext (archaeology) 0→12 · Wearable computer 0→12 · Remote patient monitoring 0→12
Landmark The Human Behaviour-Change Project: harnessing the power of artificial intelligence and machine learning for evidence sy · 337 cites
◆
Advancements738 · 28%
▲ 26%→29% share
▲1.1× share momentum1 median citations87% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (26%→29% of field), led by Health care.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Health care12→153
- Health informatics45→154
- Psychological intervention13→106
- Nursing research16→89
- Public health19→91
Newly emergingDiabetes mellitus 0→23 · Workforce 0→22 · Health literacy 0→19
Landmark Validation of the theoretical domains framework for use in behaviour change and implementation research · 4,885 cites
▼
Concerns1,255 · 48%
▼ 58%→46% share
▼0.8× share momentum2 median citations82% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (58%→46% of field), led by Health care.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Health care45→327
- Health informatics82→284
- Public health39→231
- Nursing research54→180
- Psychological intervention29→152
Newly emergingPandemic 0→36 · Key (lock) 0→29 · Corporate governance 0→20
Landmark A theory of organizational readiness for change · 2,102 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Australia
Where digital health 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.
Melbourne729 · +0.11
Sydney569 · +0.06
Brisbane273 · +0.02
Adelaide171 · -0.00
Perth105 · +0.09
Canberra88 · +0.08
Common questions
How many HealthTech companies are there in Western Australia, Australia?
Radar tracks 85 indexable HealthTech companies headquartered in Western Australia, Australia that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by HealthTech companies in Western Australia, Australia?
The HealthTech companies in Western Australia, Australia on this list have raised a combined $248.1M in disclosed equity funding across 24 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded HealthTech company in Western Australia, Australia?
Healthengine is the highest-funded HealthTech company in Western Australia, Australia, with $62M in disclosed equity funding.
How many HealthTech companies in Western Australia, Australia are funded?
24 of the 85 HealthTech companies in Western Australia, Australia on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many HealthTech unicorns are there in Western Australia, Australia?
None of the HealthTech companies in Western Australia, Australia on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Western Australia, Australia HealthTech companies?
The most active investors in Western Australia, Australia HealthTech companies on this list include Alium Capital, Artesian, BetterLabs, FundWA, Larsen Ventures.
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