Best High Tech Companies in Melbourne, Australia
The 250 best High Tech companies in Melbourne, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Hcash.
Our analysis of 50 High Tech companies
$13.6b in tracked funding; 98% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best High Tech companies in Melbourne
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hcash Cross-platform cryptocurrency | $53M | 107 mo ago | Funding Raised | 2 | Dallas Brooks CEO | PHPCentOSOpenSSL+6 | — | — |
| 2 | Seer Cloud-based wearable device for epilepsy diagnosis and management | $34M | 57 mo ago | Series A | 328 | Dean Freestone Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+34 | — | — |
| 3 | Nutromics Developer of a patch to monitor and provide insights about patients health 32News top 33%Funding top 34%Moat top 39%Talent bottom 48% All 7 signals ▾Newstop 33% Fundingtop 34% Moattop 39% Talentbottom 48% Marketbottom 43% Techbottom 40% Globalbottom 37% News: 3 BI events in 12 mo (of 9 tracked, 3 types) · +200% YoY Funding: Raised $32.3M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 8 yrs (0.6/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 32/100 | $32M | 8 mo ago | Series A | 52 | Hitesh Mehta COO & Co-Founder | WebflowApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+9 | — | — |
| 4 | Respiri Developer of detection tools for respiratory disorders | $28M | 67 mo ago | Public | 2 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | 19 patents Digital respiratory monitoring and cough detection for COPD management and health analytics | — |
| 5 | Swoop Aero Provider of airborne ambulatory and logistics services | $26M | 42 mo ago | Series B | 76 | — | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 6 | Kepler Analytics Provider of sensor-based traffic analytics solutions for in-store retailers | $26M | 52 mo ago | Series B | 63 | David Mah Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+26 | 2 patents Retail customer analytics for targeted marketing and sales optimization | 1 launch |
| 7 | Nura Internet first brand offering multi-category audio products | $26M | 91 mo ago | Acquired | — | Luke Campbell Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowSentryZendesk+20 | — | — |
| 8 | Epiminder Developer of an implantable device for EEG monitoring | $25M | 51 mo ago | Public | 14 | Rohan Hoare CEO | Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365Node.js+18 | 8 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | — |
| 9 | Sapia.ai Cloud-based platform for applicant tracking system suite solutions | $24M | 42 mo ago | Series A | 64 | Barb Hyman CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+39 | — | — |
| 10 | XY Sense Provider of workplace management solutions | $21M | 46 mo ago | Seed | 44 | Luke Murray Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | — | — |
| 11 | iSignthis AML/KYC software for preventing Card Not Present (CNP) fraud | $19M | 92 mo ago | Public | 30 | — | Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365Java+9 | 2 patents Secure electronic transaction verification and authentication systems | — |
| 12 | Marqo Provider of AI-native product discovery platform optimizing search relevance and conversion | $18M | 28 mo ago | Series A | 17 | Tom Hamer Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowAmazon Web ServicesReact+22 | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 13 | zkTube Mining network for blockchain security | $15M | 57 mo ago | Series B | 31 | Lance Zhang Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 14 | InfinityStakeChain Provider of decentralized staking platform for crypto investors across multiple blockchains | $14M | 31 mo ago | Series B | — | Arthur Kennedy Founder | — | — | — |
| 15 | FlexyStakes Decentralized cryptocurrency staking platform | $12M | 29 mo ago | Series B | — | Jorge Alamos Founder & CTO | — | — | — |
| 16 | Digital Agriculture Services SaaS-based data-driven precision agricultural solutions for farmers 53Global top 33%Talent top 38%AI top 45%Funding top 49% All 7 signals ▾Globaltop 33% Talenttop 38% AItop 45% Fundingtop 49% Marketbottom 47% Techbottom 40% Newsbottom 22% Global: Serving 60+ countries worldwide · Investors from 1 country beyond Australia Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $12M | 39 mo ago | Series A | 40 | Jonathon Clark Co-Founder | PHPApache HTTP ServerAmazon Web Services+14 | — | — |
| 17 | Oxen Provider of blockchain network and application development tools | $9M | 98 mo ago | Funding Raised | 25 | Josh Jessop-Smith Co-Founder | Node.jsTailwind CSSReact+13 | — | — |
| 18 | DorsaVi Provider wearable sensor for motion analysis technologies | $9M | 104 mo ago | Public | 34 | Daniel Ronchi Co-Founder & CTO | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | 7 patents Wearable sensor systems for biomechanical motion tracking and reaction force measurement | — |
| 19 | JigSpace Provider of SaaS and app-based platform for 3-dimensional presentations | $8M | 61 mo ago | Series A | 26 | Zac Duff Co-Founder & CEO | Node.jsVue.jsNuxt.js+18 | — | — |
| 20 | Fluency Provider of adaptive work intelligence and process automation platform 45AI top 20%Talent top 38%Tech top 44%Global top 45% All 6 signals ▾AItop 20% Talenttop 38% Techtop 44% Globaltop 45% Fundingtop 46% Marketbottom 25% AI: Classified as an AI company Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $8M | 4 mo ago | Seed | — | Finnlay Morcombe Co-Founder & CEO | Node.jsRadix UITailwind CSS+15 | — | — |
| 21 | Redactive Developer of generative AI applications 53Talent top 28%AI top 30%Funding top 44%Market bottom 37% All 6 signals ▾Talenttop 28% AItop 30% Fundingtop 44% Marketbottom 37% Globalbottom 37% Newsbottom 32% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: generative ai rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $8M | 23 mo ago | Seed | — | Alexander Valente Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 22 | Sports Performance Tracking Wearable and app based sports performance tracking and analysis | $7M | 102 mo ago | Series A | 6 | William Strange Founder / Director | Cart FunctionalityShopifyVimeo+32 | 3 patents Wearable sports performance tracking device architecture and data processing hardware. | — |
| 23 | LightLink Layer 2 blockchain secured by Ethereum, purposefully built for metaverse, NFT & gaming applications | $6M | 25 mo ago | Seed | — | Roy Hui Founder | Node.jsReactNext.js App Router+15 | — | — |
| 24 | Zero Latency Developer of casual games | $6M | 114 mo ago | Acquired | 118 | — | ContentfulTypeScriptGraphQL+26 | 20 patents Real-time multi-user motion capture and tracking for VR gaming environments | — |
| 25 | PrismaStake Decentralized staking platform that allows users to earn earnings in decentralized staking | $6M | 26 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | Arthur Kennedy Founder | — | — | — |
| 26 | Additive Assurance Provider of AI and cloud-based bed levelling systems for 3D printers | $6M | 42 mo ago | Series A | 11 | Andrey Molotnikov Co-Founder | — | — | 1 launch |
| 27 | Datarock Provider of computer vision-based mining and exploration solutions | $6M | 55 mo ago | Series A | 14 | Liam Webb CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+36 | — | 2 job openings |
| 28 | HD Medical Group Developer of stethoscopes with integrated phonocardiogram visual display | $5M | 89 mo ago | Series A | 30 | — | — | 7 patents Gynecological examination devices (sealed speculums) and dome-shaped thermoplastic foam medical components. | — |
| 29 | MyWave Provider of a conversational AI-based customer support solution | $5M | 128 mo ago | Series A | 21 | Geraldine Mcbride CEO & Director | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+25 | — | — |
| 30 | August Robotics Stealth mode robotics company for home automation 19Product top 40%Innovation top 45%Funding top 49%Tech bottom 47% All 6 signals ▾Producttop 40% Innovationtop 45% Fundingtop 49% Techbottom 47% Globalbottom 40% Marketbottom 16% Product: 2 distinct product lines · Company stage: Series B Innovation: 2 product lines rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 19/100 | $5M | 0 mo ago | Series B | — | — | WebflowGSAPCloudflare Turnstile+9 | — | 4 job openings |
| 31 | CliniCloud Developing smart stethoscope and thermometer kit | $5M | 128 mo ago | Deadpooled | 15 | — | — | — | — |
| 32 | Smileyscope Provider of a virtual reality suite for pediatric healthcare | $4M | 32 mo ago | Series A | 19 | Evelyn Chan Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 33 | Umps Provider of smart plugs to monitor elders at home 37Tech top 33%Growth top 35%Talent bottom 49%Product bottom 48% All 7 signals ▾Techtop 33% Growthtop 35% Talentbottom 49% Productbottom 48% Fundingbottom 41% Marketbottom 30% Globalbottom 29% Tech: 38 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Ses, Amazon Web Services Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100 | $4M | 18 mo ago | Series A | 22 | Adam Jahnke CEO | Webflow EcommerceCart FunctionalityWebflow+26 | — | — |
| 34 | Ynomia Real time platform to track construction site assets | $4M | 81 mo ago | Seed | 13 | — | — | — | — |
| 35 | Metakey Developer of PC and console-based blockchain games | $4M | 49 mo ago | Seed | — | Mateen Soudagar Co-Founder and CEO | Framer SitesReactPriority Hints+8 | — | — |
| 36 | SpatialGPT Platform integrating Generative AI in multiple sectors | $3M | 24 mo ago | Seed | — | Patrick Fanning Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 37 | LUYTEN Provider of construction site lights | $3M | 35 mo ago | Funding Raised | 6 | Ahmed Mieaust Co-Founder & CEO | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+16 | — | 1 launch |
| 38 | Mymanu Develop and market smart wireless earphones with voice translator 32Growth top 28%Funding top 50%Talent bottom 49%Product bottom 45% All 7 signals ▾Growthtop 28% Fundingtop 50% Talentbottom 49% Productbottom 45% Techbottom 44% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 22% Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Funding: Raised $2.5M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 3 yrs (0.3/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 32/100 | $2M | 15 mo ago | Seed | — | Danny Manu Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+11 | — | — |
| 39 | Geminii Wearable device for continuous monitoring and management of blood glucose level 7Talent top 35%Funding bottom 41%Global bottom 25%Market bottom 8% All 4 signals ▾Talenttop 35% Fundingbottom 41% Globalbottom 25% Marketbottom 8% Talent: 3 named leaders on record Funding: Raised $2.1M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 3 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 7/100 | $2M | 22 mo ago | Seed | 2 | Calvin Carter Co-Founder & President | — | — | — |
| 40 | AirBolt Provider of GPS-enabled location tracking systems | $2M | 57 mo ago | Seed | 4 | — | Cart FunctionalityShopifyRoute+36 | — | — |
| 41 | PI.EXCHANGE Provider of cloud and AI-based predictive analytics solution provider | $2M | 57 mo ago | Seed | 26 | — | Webflow EcommerceWebflowMailChimp+13 | — | — |
| 42 | Eclipse FI NFT-FI tech that allows for the trading of vested positions on a secondary market | $2M | 29 mo ago | Seed | — | Simon Chadwick Co-Founder & CEO | Node.jsRadix UITailwind CSS+24 | — | — |
| 43 | Smart Paddock Livestock health management solutions provider | $2M | 84 mo ago | Seed | 7 | — | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+19 | — | — |
| 44 | mDetect Provider of muon technology for analysis of subterranian features and internal structure of infrastructure… | $2M | 56 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | Craig Webster Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 45 | H3D Provider of software to manufacturers and labs custom-fit businesses 37Tech top 28%Growth top 35%Funding top 46%Moat top 48% All 7 signals ▾Techtop 28% Growthtop 35% Fundingtop 46% Moattop 48% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 29% Marketbottom 23% Tech: 55 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100 | $1M | 9 mo ago | Series A | 11 | Phil Kinsella Founder & CTO | WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+38 | — | 1 partnership |
| 46 | EntroMat Developer of high entropy material powders for advanced manufacturing applications | $1M | 14 mo ago | Seed | — | Ashok Meghwal Co-Founder & CTO | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 47 | Drone Platform offering drone solutions 11Talent bottom 49%Tech bottom 43%Funding bottom 40%Market bottom 25% All 5 signals ▾Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 43% Fundingbottom 40% Marketbottom 25% Globalbottom 25% Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated Tech: 20 technologies across 3/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 11/100 | $720K | 7 mo ago | Seed | — | Edward Barraclough Founder/CEO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+17 | — | 1 award |
| 48 | ALT. Leather Solution for turning waste into textiles | $718K | 28 mo ago | Seed | — | Tina Funder Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+20 | — | — |
| 49 | Kali HEALTHCARE Provider of a digital platform to monitor pregnancy 22Talent top 28%Moat top 38%Innovation top 39%Patents top 44% All 9 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Moattop 38% Innovationtop 39% Patentstop 44% Techbottom 49% Fundingbottom 39% Globalbottom 33% Newsbottom 22% Marketbottom 10% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 4/10 · IP moat: 9 patents rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 22/100 | $500K | 19 mo ago | Seed | 4 | Emerson Keenan Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | 9 patents Optimizing wearable sensor placement for maternal-fetal monitoring and signal quality. | 1 partnership |
| 50 | Nexobot Provider of modular, low-cost autonomous order sorting solutions for warehouses and logistics companies. | $400K | 19 mo ago | Seed | — | Dominic Lindsay CEO / Co-Founder | — | — | — |
Top 12 High Tech companies in Melbourne
#1
Series B · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2015$5Mraised▾
August Robotics is a robotics startup company which is developing a product for use in automating activities inside the home. The firm has an R&D center in Melbourne and a Hong Kong based location for launching robotics to Chinese market. The company is working on 2 separate proto types of robots.
- May 2026Series B$30M
- Jun 2018Seed$5M
#2
Series A · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2017 · 52 employees$32.3Mraised▾
Developer of a patch to monitor and provide insights into patient's health. The company is developing a continuous molecular monitoring platform technology that includes a lab-on-a-patch device to track multiple, crucial targets continuously and in real-time, giving clinicians critical, personalized insights.
- Sep 2025Series A$4.9M
- Jun 2023Seed$8.2M
- Sep 2022Seed$14M
- Sep 2021Grant (prize money)$25K
#3
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2023$7.5Mraised▾
Provider of adaptive work intelligence and process automation platform. The platform offers tools to map, measure, and optimize workflows across teams and systems, enabling organizations to identify process deviations, hidden workflows, and conformance gaps without relying on manual surveys. Its desktop agent delivers work visibility without extensive IT integration and automatically documents best practices. Solutions include initiative tracking, impact measurement of AI and digital projects, and ranking workflow opportunities by return on investment. The technology helps streamline operations, enhance compliance, and support data-driven decision-making for enterprise clients focused on efficiency and process improvement.
- Feb 2026Seed$6M
- Apr 2025Seed$1.5M
#4
Series A · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2018 · 11 employees$1Mraised▾
Provider of software to manufacturers and labs custom-fit businesses. The company offer products such as dental autodesign, audio autodesign, and smartphone scanning. It allows manufacturers to create custom-fit hearing devices without needing impression material or expensive 3D scanning technology.
- Sep 2025Series A$5.8M
- Aug 2021Seed$1M
- Grant (prize money)$200K
#5
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2023$720Kraised▾
Platform offering drone solutions. It offers an autonomous drone solution for real-time property monitoring. It is designed for livestock management and monitoring.
- Nov 2025Seed$720K
#6
Series A · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2016 · 22 employees$4Mraised▾
Provider of smart plugs to monitor elders at home. It enables monitoring of daily activities of elders using the data of appliances like kettle, TV, refrigerator, bedside lamp, and microwave that are plugged into it. It notifies caretakers on the detection of any deviation. It also caters to old-age homes and healthcare and provides activities summary of every individual on a daily basis. Its app is available on Android and iOS platforms.
- Dec 2024Series A$4M
- Jul 2021Seed—
#7
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2014$2.5Mraised▾
Mymanu is a developer of Mymanu Clik, a wireless earphone that comes with a functionality of real-time voice and text translation in over 29 languages. The earphone comes with touch sensors on both sides for detecting touch, swipe, and press which allows the user to control music, applications, and notifications. The company launched a campaign on Kickstarter and raised an amount of $ 125,695. In addition, the company has developed Gabby, a waterproof wireless speaker that allows the user to answer calls and texts and the 360-degree omnidirectional functionality enables HD quality music.
- Feb 2025Seed—
- Jun 2023Grant (prize money)$2.5M
#8
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2023$7.5Mraised▾
Developer of generative AI applications. The platform provides data connectors, authentication flows, and other infrastructure to allow developers to integrate AI models with live business data sources with data security and access controls. Features include access to customer data sources, managed data pipelines, and more.
- Jul 2024Seed$7.5M
#9
Series A · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2022 · 17 employees$17.7Mraised▾
Provider of AI-native product discovery platform optimizing search relevance and conversion. The platform uses click-stream, purchase, and event data to deliver intelligent results. It offers features such as semantic relevance, typo tolerance, and multilingual comprehension. The platform adapts to shopper intent and behavior, shifting between results and conversational search. It automates ranking, boosts, and filters through AI, improving relevance and revenue.
- Feb 2024Series A$12.5M
- Aug 2023Seed$5.2M
- Oct 2022Seed$729.3K
- May 2022Seed—
#10
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2024$1Mraised▾
Developer of high entropy material powders for advanced manufacturing applications. The company provides customizable, high-performance powders designed for additive manufacturing, surface-engineered coatings, and powder metallurgy components. These materials offer exceptional properties critical for industries including mining, aerospace, steelmaking, and renewable energy. The focus is on application-specific solutions to enhance efficiency and sustainability.
- Mar 2025Seed$1M
#11
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2016 · 2 employees$2.1Mraised▾
Geminii is developing a non-invasive, wearable device for continuous monitoring and management of blood glucose level. The device is used for diabetes therapy without using insulin.
- Aug 2024Seed$1.5M
- Sep 2023Seed$2.1M
#12
Series B · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2022$12Mraised▾
Decentralized cryptocurrency staking platform. It offers a platform that allows users to stake digital assets and earn rewards across multiple blockchains. It also offers cryptocurrency tokens, swapping, and analytics on the Binance blockchain.
- Dec 2023Series B$12M
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
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What Melbourne researches in semiconductors
University of Melbourne and Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication lead optimistic (0.68) photonic and plasmonic semiconductors research, dominated by breakthrough findings across optical devices and neural engineering applications.
- University of Melbourne8
- The University of Melbourne3
- Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication3
- The Royal Melbourne Hospital1
- Melbourne School of Theology1