Radar · High Tech in New South Wales
Best High Tech Companies in New South Wales, Australia
The 497 best High Tech companies in New South Wales, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Immutable.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
497companies tracked
$2.8Bdisclosed funding
1unicorns
139have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · HIGH TECH × NEW SOUTH WALES
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.
50companies analysed
98%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
2unicorns
2017median founding year
512kcombined LinkedIn audience
28%of audience held by top 3
9companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best High Tech companies in New South Wales
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | 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 | 51 mo ago | 326 | Alex Connolly Co-Founder & CTO | PrismicNode.jsEnvoy+27 | Top 100k | — | — |
| 2 | Arkon Energy Digital infrastructure company 11Moat top 22%Funding top 38%Talent bottom 49%Global bottom 36% All 5 signals ▾Moattop 22% Fundingtop 38% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 19% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn Funding: Raised $167M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 4 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 11/100 | $167M | 29 mo ago | 9 | Nathan Townsend Co-Founder & COO | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Q-Ctrl Developer of cloud-based firmware to stabilise qubits from quantum decoherence 74Tech top 15%AI top 20%Funding top 22%Moat top 29% All 9 signals ▾Techtop 15% AItop 20% Fundingtop 22% Moattop 29% Markettop 43% Talenttop 44% Growthbottom 40% Globalbottom 38% Newsbottom 30% Tech: 49 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel AI: Classified as an AI company rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100 | $166M | 20 mo ago | 101 | Michael Biercuk Founder & CEO | SentryMarkerAtlassian Statuspage+29 | Top 1M | — | 1 job opening |
| 4 | Morse Micro Provider of WiFi chips to enable IoT applications 78Innovation top 17%Patents top 19%Funding top 22%News top 23% All 11 signals ▾Innovationtop 17% Patentstop 19% Fundingtop 22% Newstop 23% Producttop 25% Growthtop 32% Moattop 32% Techtop 39% Talenttop 44% Markettop 45% Globalbottom 42% Innovation: 99 patents (top 19% of patent-holders) · 87 filings since 2022 vs 12 in 2017-21 Patents: 99 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 87 filings since 2022 vs 12 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 78/100 | $149M | 8 mo ago | 170 | Andrew Terry Co-founder & CTO | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+32 | Top 5M | 99 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | 2 launchs · 2 partnerships · 3 awards |
| 5 | Silicon Quantum Computing Developer of universal quantum computers based on silicon qubit technology 78Patents top 15%AI top 15%Funding top 25%Innovation top 27% All 12 signals ▾Patentstop 15% AItop 15% Fundingtop 25% Innovationtop 27% Newstop 28% Moattop 29% Growthtop 32% Techtop 34% Producttop 41% Talenttop 44% Marketbottom 41% Globalbottom 37% Patents: 121 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 113 filings since 2022 vs 6 in 2017-21 AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 78/100 | $133M | 2 mo ago | 46 | Michelle Simmons Founder | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+22 | Top 10M | 121 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | 1 partnership |
| 6 | Willow Provider of a SaaS and AI-driven digital twin platform for commercial spaces | $110M | 42 mo ago | 321 | Joshua Ridley Co-Founder | WordPressApple iCloud MailMySQL+24 | Top 10M | — | 1 partnership · 1 award |
| 7 | Advanced Navigation Developer of AI and cloud-based inertial sensor systems for navigation 62News top 21%Funding top 25%Growth top 25%Tech top 31% All 12 signals ▾Newstop 21% Fundingtop 25% Growthtop 25% Techtop 31% Moattop 35% Markettop 38% Producttop 40% Fin. healthtop 49% Talentbottom 48% Globalbottom 39% Innovationbottom 35% Patentsbottom 34% News: 7 BI events in 12 mo (of 17 tracked, 3 types) · +250% YoY Funding: Raised $101M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 7 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $101M | 3 mo ago | 192 | Chris Shaw Co-Founder & CEO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+30 | Top 5M | 2 patents LiDAR sensor hardware and signal‑processing for autonomous navigation systems | — |
| 8 | Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology Research centre at the ARC COE working in quantum computation and communication | $83M | 138 mo ago | — | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+16 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 9 | Neara Developer of physics-enabled digital twin software for utility network management 62Funding top 19%Growth top 35%Tech top 35%News top 37% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 19% Growthtop 35% Techtop 35% Newstop 37% Moattop 39% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 48% Globalbottom 48% Funding: Raised $61.6M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 5 yrs (1.0/yr) Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $62M | 4 mo ago | 71 | Daniel Danilatos Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+38 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 10 | Propeller Aerobotics Develops a cloud-based platform for management of drone-gathered data | $58M | 38 mo ago | — | Rory Miguel Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+36 | Top 1M | 14 patents UAV navigation and state estimation using visual geo-referencing and sensor fusion | 4 launchs |
| 11 | Inventia Life Science Developer of 3D bio-printers | $50M | 48 mo ago | 90 | Aidan O'Mahony Co-Founder & CTO | HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+19 | Top 10M | 43 patents 3D bioprinting hardware and processes for fabricating tissue constructs | — |
| 12 | Diraq Manufacturer of quantum computing hardware 50Funding top 25%Growth top 28%Tech top 38%Moat top 42% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 25% Growthtop 28% Techtop 38% Moattop 42% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 38% Newsbottom 35% Marketbottom 29% Funding: Raised $42.0M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 4 yrs (1.5/yr) Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100 | $42M | 4 mo ago | 18 | Andrew Dzurak CEO & Founder | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+18 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 13 | Synthetix Operator of a platform for perpetual futures trading on Ethereum 55Tech top 20%Funding top 27%Talent top 35%Moat top 39% All 8 signals ▾Techtop 20% Fundingtop 27% Talenttop 35% Moattop 39% Growthtop 43% Globalbottom 38% Marketbottom 31% Newsbottom 18% Tech: 54 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare Funding: Raised $36.0M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 9 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $36M | 1 mo ago | 34 | kaiynne | Firebasestyled-componentsThree.js+18 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 14 | Leading Edge DC Provider of data center colocation sevrices | $34M | 49 mo ago | 17 | Chris Thorpe CEO and Founder | WebflowWordPressBugHerd+25 | Top 50M | 10 patents Design and optimization of surfcraft fin arrangements for marine vessel stability and control. | — |
| 15 | Iris Energy Sustainable Bitcoin mining platform | $31M | 63 mo ago | 100 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Leonardo Ai AI-powered platform to generate assets with models | $31M | 30 mo ago | 25 | Chris Gillis Co-Founder & CFO | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+40 | Top 50k | — | 7 launchs · 1 award |
| 17 | Quantum Brilliance Developer of quantum computers using superconducting qubit technology 72AI top 15%Talent top 28%Funding top 31%Patents top 35% All 11 signals ▾AItop 15% Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 31% Patentstop 35% Moattop 37% Innovationtop 38% Techtop 43% Growthtop 45% Markettop 49% Globalbottom 40% Newsbottom 18% AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100 | $28M | 17 mo ago | 90 | Andrew Horsley Co-Founder & Director | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | Top 5M | 11 patents Diamond-based quantum computing hardware and atomic-scale fabrication of quantum devices | 1 partnership |
| 18 | droneshield DroneShield is a global leader in counter-UAS and AI based multi-mission solutions for Defense and Public… | $26M | 24 mo ago | 91 | — | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+36 | Top 5M | — | 1 expansion |
| 19 | Lumachain Provider of computer vision artificial intelligence for food and beverage production 45AI top 26%Funding top 38%Product top 41%Talent bottom 49% All 8 signals ▾AItop 26% Fundingtop 38% Producttop 41% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 46% Globalbottom 43% Techbottom 27% Newsbottom 18% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: artificial intelligence, computer vision Funding: Raised $23.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 7 yrs (0.3/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $23M | 20 mo ago | 100 | Jamila Gordon Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | Top 50M | — | 7 launchs |
| 20 | Infravision Provider of a drone stringing system | $23M | 32 mo ago | 74 | Cameron Van Der Berg Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | Top 10M | — | 1 job opening · 3 expansions |
| 21 | Archi Star Provider of AI-powered platform streamlining building permit assessment and compliance 67Tech top 29%Product top 30%Funding top 35%Growth top 35% All 11 signals ▾Techtop 29% Producttop 30% Fundingtop 35% Growthtop 35% Innovationtop 39% Moattop 39% AItop 45% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 46% Globalbottom 36% Newsbottom 22% Tech: 46 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Web Services Product: 7 distinct product lines · Company stage: Series B rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $22M | 23 mo ago | 55 | Benjamin Coorey Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressSentryMySQL+26 | Top 5M | — | 1 partnership |
| 22 | Virtually Human Provider of blockchain and web development services | $20M | 58 mo ago | 78 | Geoff Wellman CTO & Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Abyss Solutions Provider of autonomous inspection solutions for critical infrastructure and assets | $19M | 42 mo ago | 176 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+30 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 24 | Simavita Provider of urinary incontinence assessment tool | $19M | 65 mo ago | 48 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | Hullbot Develops autonomous robots for private yacht cleaning 53Growth top 28%Funding top 31%Innovation top 39%Product top 46% All 9 signals ▾Growthtop 28% Fundingtop 31% Innovationtop 39% Producttop 46% Techtop 47% Talentbottom 49% Moatbottom 45% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 32% Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Funding: Raised $16.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $16M | 7 mo ago | 22 | Karl W Co-Founder | CTO | Node.jsThree.jsTailwind CSS+13 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 26 | ZkPass Provider of protocol for private data verification 37Tech top 37%Talent top 38%Funding top 39%Moat top 48% All 10 signals ▾Techtop 37% Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 39% Moattop 48% Customerstop 50% Productbottom 48% Growthbottom 41% Globalbottom 38% Marketbottom 33% Newsbottom 22% Tech: 30 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100 | $15M | 20 mo ago | 15 | Bing J Co-Founder | Node.jsRadix UIReact+15 | Top 500k | — | 2 launchs |
| 27 | Edge Centres AI based data center solutions for edge computing | $15M | 46 mo ago | 4 | Jonathan Eaves Founder and CEO | Radix UITailwind CSSshadcn/ui+8 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 28 | Decidr Provider of AI-powered growth engine for SMEs 64AI top 23%Tech top 31%Growth top 35%Funding top 36% All 7 signals ▾AItop 23% Techtop 31% Growthtop 35% Fundingtop 36% Talenttop 38% Marketbottom 37% Globalbottom 25% AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company · Product described with: ai-powered Tech: 35 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $13M | 8 mo ago | — | Paul Chan Founder & CEO | TurbopackNode.jsRadix UI+28 | Top 5M | — | 1 job opening |
| 29 | Relevance AI AI-powered image data analytics platform 57Tech top 24%Talent top 28%AI top 30%Funding top 37% All 10 signals ▾Techtop 24% Talenttop 28% AItop 30% Fundingtop 37% Moattop 48% Producttop 49% Growthbottom 40% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 36% Newsbottom 21% Tech: 55 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $13M | 13 mo ago | 16 | Daniel Palmer Co-Founder | WebflowGSAPPostHog+22 | Top 500k | — | — |
| 30 | Planet Protector Manufacturer of sustainable wool packaging, insulation, and geotextile solutions | $12M | 28 mo ago | — | Joanne Howarth Founder & CEO | WebflowreCAPTCHAHSTS+10 | Top 10M | 10 patents Thermal insulation solutions for food containers and packaging, especially seafood. | — |
| 31 | Xefco Developer of advanced materials for water-free dyeing and radiant barrier textiles 22News top 36%Talent top 38%Funding top 39%Tech bottom 43% All 6 signals ▾Newstop 36% Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 39% Techbottom 43% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 24% News: 3 BI events in 12 mo (of 5 tracked, 2 types) · Top themes: Announcements, Funding Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 22/100 | $10M | 1 mo ago | 17 | Tom Hussey Chief Executive Officer / Co-Founder | WebflowGSAPLenis+11 | Top 50M | — | 1 job opening · 1 launch |
| 32 | Calumino Developer of thermal imaging sensors | $10M | 44 mo ago | 44 | Marek Steffanson Co-Founder & CTO | — | — | — | 2 launchs |
| 33 | Brainfish AI powered customer support agents 62AI top 19%Funding top 37%Talent top 38%Tech top 41% All 7 signals ▾AItop 19% Fundingtop 37% Talenttop 38% Techtop 41% Growthtop 45% Globaltop 45% Marketbottom 40% AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company · Product described with: ai powered, computer vision Funding: Raised $8.9M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $9M | 11 mo ago | — | Daniel Kimber Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowAmazon Web ServicesMicrosoft Clarity+25 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 34 | Breaker Developer of AI agents for autonomous systems control 53AI top 20%Talent top 28%Funding top 35%Global bottom 48% All 6 signals ▾AItop 20% Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 35% Globalbottom 48% Techbottom 38% Marketbottom 35% AI: Classified as an AI company Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $8M | 3 mo ago | — | Vanja Videnovic Co-Founder | WebflowApple iCloud MailGSAP+9 | Top 10M | — | 1 award |
| 35 | FarmBot Provider of cloud-based farm water monitoring system 55Tech top 33%Innovation top 34%Product top 36%Talent top 38% All 9 signals ▾Techtop 33% Innovationtop 34% Producttop 36% Talenttop 38% Growthtop 45% Fundingtop 48% Marketbottom 39% Globalbottom 37% Newsbottom 22% Tech: 57 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Ses Innovation: 12 product lines rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $8M | 24 mo ago | 32 | Andrew Coppin Co -Founder and Managing Director | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+44 | Top 5M | — | 1 partnership · 1 award |
| 36 | Trendspek Provider of 3D structural lifecycle management software for asset management solutions using digital twins | $7M | 42 mo ago | 23 | Derek Feebrey CEO | — | — | — | 1 job opening |
| 37 | VAPAR Developer of ML based platform for assessing the condition of sewer pipes | $7M | 28 mo ago | 20 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+27 | Top 10M | — | 1 job opening · 3 partnerships |
| 38 | RISE Chain Developer of a high-performance Ethereum Layer 2 for programmable markets 64Tech top 15%Talent top 28%Funding top 43%Global top 45% All 6 signals ▾Techtop 15% Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 43% Globaltop 45% Markettop 47% Growthbottom 48% Tech: 40 technologies across 7/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $7M | 12 mo ago | — | Hai Nguyen Co-Founder & CTO | TurbopackSentryNode.js+14 | Top 500k | — | 2 launchs |
| 39 | Brainfish AI powered agents for customer support process | $5M | 25 mo ago | — | Daniel Kimber Co-Founder & CEO | TurbopackApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+16 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 40 | Nullify AI powered code review platform 48AI top 23%Talent top 28%Growth top 35%News top 36% All 9 signals ▾AItop 23% Talenttop 28% Growthtop 35% Newstop 36% Moattop 39% Fundingtop 44% Techbottom 43% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 22% AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company · Product described with: ai powered Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $5M | 4 mo ago | 10 | Shantanu Kulkarni Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowSwiperLenis+11 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 41 | Gridsight Developer of an AI-driven electrical digital twin for distribution networks 40AI top 30%Talent top 38%Growth top 45%Funding top 49% All 7 signals ▾AItop 30% Talenttop 38% Growthtop 45% Fundingtop 49% Techbottom 42% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 26% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-driven Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $5M | 14 mo ago | 17 | Kurt Walkom Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+13 | Top 10M | — | 1 partnership |
| 42 | Agronomeye Provider of an agricultural imagery visualization and analysis platform 14Talent top 38%Funding top 49%Product bottom 48%Tech bottom 34% All 6 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 49% Productbottom 48% Techbottom 34% Globalbottom 29% Marketbottom 24% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $3.5M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 4 yrs (0.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 14/100 | $4M | 32 mo ago | 8 | Stu Adam Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 43 | Laronix Provider of voice prosthesis for larynges 35Growth top 28%Talent top 38%Funding top 45%Tech bottom 46% All 7 signals ▾Growthtop 28% Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 45% Techbottom 46% Newsbottom 42% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 17% Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 35/100 | $2M | 7 mo ago | 10 | Mousa Ahmadi Co-Founder | WixSentryBootstrap+12 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 44 | CriticalArc Cloud-based solution to track, control & orchestrate physical incident response 32Talent top 28%Product top 47%Funding bottom 47%Market bottom 41% All 6 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Producttop 47% Fundingbottom 47% Marketbottom 41% Techbottom 38% Globalbottom 37% Talent: Analyst team rating 4/5 Product: 2 published apps (2.5k installs) · Company stage: Series A rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 32/100 | $2M | 14 mo ago | 33 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 45 | Iceberg Quantum Designer of fault-tolerant quantum computing architectures 21Talent top 28%Global bottom 48%Tech bottom 41%Funding bottom 39% All 5 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Globalbottom 48% Techbottom 41% Fundingbottom 39% Marketbottom 25% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated Global: Investors from 1 country beyond Australia rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 21/100 | $2M | 14 mo ago | — | Larry Cohen Co-Founder & CSO | WebflowApple iCloud MailChart.js+11 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 46 | Apate.ai Developer of AI-powered platform for scam prevention and intelligence gathering 42AI top 30%Growth top 35%Talent top 38%Funding top 49% All 7 signals ▾AItop 30% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 49% Techbottom 39% Globalbottom 33% Marketbottom 25% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-powered Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $2M | 9 mo ago | — | Peter Eckermann Co-Founder & Chief Product and Operations Officer | WebflowAzurecore-js+11 | Top 50M | — | 1 job opening · 2 awards |
| 47 | Arlula Provides a platform to search for satellite imagery 40Innovation top 34%Product top 36%Talent top 38%Tech top 43% All 8 signals ▾Innovationtop 34% Producttop 36% Talenttop 38% Techtop 43% Growthtop 45% Fundingbottom 48% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 20% Innovation: 4 product lines Product: 4 distinct product lines · Company stage: Series A rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $2M | 2 mo ago | 7 | Sebastian Chaoui Co-Founder & CEO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+22 | Top 10M | — | 1 internship · 1 launch |
| 48 | TrueState Platform for building AI systems | $2M | 24 mo ago | — | William Ashford Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 49 | Atticc Decentralized social media platform for NFT communitites | $2M | 26 mo ago | — | Chelsea Chen Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 50 | Algenie Provider of technology for algae production 14Talent top 28%Tech bottom 41%Funding bottom 36%Market bottom 25% All 5 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Techbottom 41% Fundingbottom 36% Marketbottom 25% Globalbottom 25% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated Tech: 10 technologies across 3/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 14/100 | $1M | 21 mo ago | — | Mathieu Pernice Co-Founder | Framer SitesReactCloudflare+7 | Top 50M | — | 1 job opening |
Top 12 High Tech companies in New South Wales
#1
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2017 · 46 employees$133Mraised▾
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2017 · 46 employees
Developer of universal quantum computers based on silicon qubit technology. It provides users with a platform that aims to develop a universal quantum computer based on silicon qubit technology. It plans to develop a 10-qubit quantum integrated circuit prototype in silicon.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 78how this company ranks against its industry peers
Patents
top 15%AI
top 15%Funding
top 25%Innovation
top 27%News
top 28%Moat
top 29%Patents: 121 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 113 filings since 2022 vs 6 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC)
Funding: Raised $133M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 9 yrs (0.3/yr) · Last round Series A (Mar 2026)
Audience (LinkedIn): 14k LinkedIn followers — 2.7% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships (incl. Scienta Omicron) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Mar 2026Series A$14M
- Jul 2023Series A$50M
- 2017Seed$83M
Founders & team
Investors
Telstra, CommBank, Government of Australia, Nsw, UNSW Sydney, National Reconstruction Fund
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareFont AwesomeGoogle Font ApiGoogle Hosted LibrariesGsap
#2
Series C · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2012 · 192 employees$101Mraised▾
Series C · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2012 · 192 employees
Developer of AI and cloud-based inertial sensor systems for navigation. Its product line includes navigation systems, inertial sensors, acoustics, global navigation satellite systems, and robotics. Its products cater to applications like underwater acoustics, GNSS antennas and receivers, radio frequency systems, inertial sensors, robotics, and quantum-enhanced inertial navigation.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 62how this company ranks against its industry peers
News
top 21%Funding
top 25%Growth
top 25%Tech
top 31%Moat
top 35%Market
top 38%News: 7 BI events in 12 mo (of 17 tracked, 3 types) · +250% YoY · 4 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo
Funding: Raised $101M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 7 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round Series C (Mar 2026)
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 33k LinkedIn followers — 6.4% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Mar 2026Series C$110M
- Jun 2023Grant (prize money)$3.5M
- Nov 2022Series B$68M
- Oct 2021Series A$20M
Founders & team
Investors
Main Sequence, Brick & Mortar Ventures, In-Q-Tel, CSIRO, OIF Ventures, AI Capital
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementContentsquare
#3
Series C · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2017 · 34 employees$36Mraised▾
Series C · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2017 · 34 employees
Operator of a platform for perpetual futures trading on Ethereum. It provides onchain custody and offchain performance for trading perpetual futures. The platform offers multicollateral margin trading with various assets. It allows users to deposit sUSD into SLP to earn market-making returns.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 55how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 20%Funding
top 27%Talent
top 35%Moat
top 39%Growth
top 43%Global
bottom 38%Tech: 54 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare · Devops: Nginx, Varnish
Funding: Raised $36.0M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 9 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round Series C (Apr 2026)
Talent: Analyst team rating 4/5 · 2 named leaders on record
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Series C$150M
- Mar 2023Series B$20M
- Feb 2021Series B$12M
- Oct 2019Series A$3.8M
Founders & team
Investors
Paradigm Ventures, IOSG Ventures, Coinbase, Framework Ventures, DWF Labs, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementGhostGoogle Font ApiGoogle Hosted Libraries
#4
Series D · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2016 · 71 employees$61.6Mraised▾
Series D · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2016 · 71 employees
Developer of physics-enabled digital twin software for utility network management. The software simulates network behavior under various conditions, such as severe weather and design changes. It identifies vulnerabilities and validates potential remediation solutions. The software also generates reports to quantify network needs and measure outcomes.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 62how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 19%Growth
top 35%Tech
top 35%News
top 37%Moat
top 39%Talent
bottom 49%Funding: Raised $61.6M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 5 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series D (Feb 2026)
Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Tech: 46 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 · Security: Cloudflare Bot Management, Http/3
Audience (LinkedIn): 13k LinkedIn followers — 2.5% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Series D$63.5M
- Oct 2024Series C$31M
- Sep 2023Series B$10M
- May 2022Series B$14M
Founders & team
Investors
Skip Capital, Square Peg Ventures, EQT, Partners Group, Prosus, OIF Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAstroCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#5
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2014 · 18 employees$42Mraised▾
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2014 · 18 employees
Manufacturer of quantum computing hardware. It provides users with end-to-end quantum computing and also provides quantum hardware and software as a full stack, cloud-accessible service. It also manufactures multiple chips, such as photonic, superconducting, and ion-traps chips
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 50how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 25%Growth
top 28%Tech
top 38%Moat
top 42%Talent
bottom 49%Global
bottom 38%Funding: Raised $42.0M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 4 yrs (1.5/yr) · Last round Series A (Feb 2026)
Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Tech: 31 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Google Cloud · Security: Hsts, Http/3
Audience (LinkedIn): 17k LinkedIn followers — 3.3% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Series A$14M
- Jul 2025Series A$15M
- Jun 2024Series A$7M
- Feb 2024Series A$15M
Founders & team
Investors
Allectus Capital, Quantonation, HIGGINS FAMILY, UNSW Sydney, Main Sequence, Taronga Ventures
Tech stack
AngularApple Icloud MailCart FunctionalityCloudflareCore-JsDay.Js
#6
Series C · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2016 · 170 employees$148.8Mraised▾
Series C · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2016 · 170 employees
Provider of WiFi chips to enable IoT applications. Its connectivity platform is a single-chip solution, each of which incorporates the Radio, PHY, and MAC sections.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 78how this company ranks against its industry peers
Innovation
top 17%Patents
top 19%Funding
top 22%News
top 23%Product
top 25%Growth
top 32%Innovation: 99 patents (top 19% of patent-holders) · 87 filings since 2022 vs 12 in 2017-21 · 6 product lines
Patents: 99 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 87 filings since 2022 vs 12 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
Funding: Raised $149M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 9 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round Series C (Sep 2025)
Audience (LinkedIn): 15k LinkedIn followers — 2.9% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 product launches · 2 partnerships · 3 awards (incl. Gateworks Corporation) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Sep 2025Series C$59M
- Nov 2022Series B$20.2M
- Sep 2022Series B$95.1M
- Nov 2020Series A$13M
Founders & team
Investors
Main Sequence, MegaChips, Blackbird Ventures, CEFC, Skip Capital, Uniseed
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailBootstrapCloudflareDiscourseElementorEmber.Js
#7
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2018 · 17 employees$10.5Mraised▾
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2018 · 17 employees
Developer of advanced materials for water-free dyeing and radiant barrier textiles. It offers a sustainable, water-free manufacturing solution for textile finishing and dyeing processes. The company also manufactures radiant barrier textiles designed to increase the thermal efficiency of insulated clothing.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 22how this company ranks against its industry peers
News
top 36%Talent
top 38%Funding
top 39%Tech
bottom 43%Global
bottom 36%Market
bottom 24%News: 3 BI events in 12 mo (of 5 tracked, 2 types) · Top themes: Announcements, Funding
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $10.5M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 3 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round Grant (prize money) (Apr 2026)
Audience (LinkedIn): 3k LinkedIn followers
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Digital Ink Production Engineer
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Grant (prize money)$3.6M
- Apr 2024Seed$10.5M
- Jun 2023Seed—
Founders & team
Investors
Investible, Main Sequence, Virescent Ventures, Voyagers, Breakthrough Victoria, business.gov.au
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare TurnstileGoogle AnalyticsGsapHstsHttp/3
#8
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2023$8.4Mraised▾
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2023
Developer of AI agents for autonomous systems control. The agents enable two-way voice communication with robots via push-to-talk radio networks, facilitating real-time command issuance, question-asking, and mission context updates. They empower robots to make real-time, auditable decisions at the edge, leveraging context to filter critical information and reduce cognitive load. These agents support multi-asset cross-domain teaming, allowing autonomous systems to collaborate across air, land, and maritime domains.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 53how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 20%Talent
top 28%Funding
top 35%Global
bottom 48%Tech
bottom 38%Market
bottom 35%AI: Classified as an AI company
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $8.4M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) · Last round Seed (Feb 2026)
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Seed$6.4M
- Mar 2025Seed$2M
Founders & team
Investors
Main Sequence, Bessemer Venture Partners
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareGodaddyGsapHstsHttp/3
#9
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2014 · 22 employees$16Mraised▾
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2014 · 22 employees
Hullbot is an autonomous in-water cleaning robot for private yachts. It is a fully autonomous robotic hull cleaning system which attaches itself to the yacht surface and keeps the yacht surface from fouling. The company claims it operates at half the average cost of lifting, cleaning and re-painting a sailing yacht. As of Aug 2017, the company is seeking investment.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 53how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 28%Funding
top 31%Innovation
top 39%Product
top 46%Tech
top 47%Talent
bottom 49%Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding: Raised $16.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Nov 2025)
Innovation: 2 product lines
Audience (LinkedIn): 7k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Nov 2025Series A$16M
Founders & team
Investors
Regeneration.VC, Climate Tech Partners, Katapult, Folklore Ventures, Rypples, Bandera
Tech stack
CalendlyCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsGoogle AnalyticsGoogle WorkspaceHotjar
#10
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2022 · 10 employees$4.5Mraised▾
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2022 · 10 employees
AI powered code review platform. It provides a security tool that enables users to scan the codebase to identify code quality issues and security weaknesses. The platform identifies, scans, and comments on code to provide developers with findings and fixes for security issues. Features include static application testing, automatic secret detection, software composition analysis, and more.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 48how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 23%Talent
top 28%Growth
top 35%News
top 36%Moat
top 39%Funding
top 44%AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company · Product described with: ai powered
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Seed$12.5M
- Mar 2024Seed$3.4M
- Jun 2023Seed$1.1M
Founders & team
Investors
Two Sigma Ventures, Black Nova, Root Ventures, OIF Ventures, CyRise, SYN Ventures
Tech stack
CalendlyCdnjsCloudflareGoogle WorkspaceHstsHttp/3
#11
Series B · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2017 · 101 employees$166Mraised▾
Series B · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2017 · 101 employees
Developer of cloud-based firmware to stabilise qubits from quantum decoherence. The technology uses engineering-inspired transfer functions to provide realistic error budgeting and closed-loop control stabilisation techniques for mitigating hardware errors. It also provides advanced control protocols to reconstruct sensor features and provide quantum clock stabilisation.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 74how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 15%AI
top 20%Funding
top 22%Moat
top 29%Market
top 43%Talent
top 44%Tech: 49 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel · Observability: Sentry
AI: Classified as an AI company
Funding: Raised $166M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 9 yrs (0.8/yr) · Last round Series B (Oct 2024)
Audience (LinkedIn): 30k LinkedIn followers — 5.9% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public)
Funding rounds
- Oct 2024Series B$59M
- Feb 2024Grant (prize money)$2M
- Jan 2023Series B$27.4M
- Feb 2022Grant (prize money)$230K
Founders & team
Investors
Sequoia Capital, DCVC, Horizons Ventures, Main Sequence, Airbus Ventures, Sequoia Capital China
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailAtlassian StatuspageCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#12
Acquired · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2018$13.2Mraised▾
Acquired · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2018
Provider of AI-powered growth engine for SMEs. This engine automates tasks, eliminates data silos, and facilitates scaling without increased overhead. It targets time-consuming, repetitive work such as data entry and email communication, improving business efficiency and allowing businesses to focus on strategic growth initiatives. The solution is designed to help small and medium-sized enterprises compete more effectively with larger organizations by streamlining operations and enhancing productivity.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 64how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 23%Tech
top 31%Growth
top 35%Funding
top 36%Talent
top 38%Market
bottom 37%AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company · Product described with: ai-powered
Tech: 35 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel · Observability: Microsoft Clarity, Sentry
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 5k LinkedIn followers
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Accounts Payable & Payroll Specialist, Senior FP&A Analyst
Funding rounds
- Oct 2025Post IPO$13.2M
Founders & team
Tech stack
AmplitudeCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook PixelGoogle Analytics
Funding & investor landscape
$2.8Btotal disclosed funding
128companies funded
243disclosed rounds
4rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Notable founders
Michelle Simmons
Founder · Silicon Quantum Computing
Chris Shaw
Co-Founder & CEO · Advanced Navigation
kaiynne
· Synthetix
Jordan Momtazi
· Synthetix
Daniel Danilatos
Founder & CEO · Neara
Andrew Dzurak
CEO & Founder · Diraq
Andrew Terry
Co-founder & CTO · Morse Micro
Tom Hussey
Chief Executive Officer / Co-Founder · Xefco
Brian Conolly
Co-founder · Xefco
Vanja Videnovic
Co-Founder · Breaker
Matthew Buffa
Co-Founder · Breaker
Karl W
Co-Founder | CTO · Hullbot
Prism market signals · Australia · country-scoped Prism corpus, 434,334 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of High Tech coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH SIGNALS · Australia
How research on Semiconductors is moving in Australia
A read on the academic research around Semiconductors — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 340 Australia-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
201020192026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 48% → 58% across 2010–2026.
top research entities
- University College London44
- UNSW Sydney35
- Macquarie University23
- RMIT University22
- Swinburne University of Technology19
leading researchers
David Moss · Andreas Demosthenous · Nick Donaldson · Ting Zhang · Jia Du · Y. Jay Guo · Alex Yakovlev · Zeheng Wang
▲
Breakthroughs139 · 41%
▲ 36%→42% share
▲1.2× share momentum1 median citations48% since 2021mostly methods-led
Photonic integrated circuit research is surging — Australian papers tripled from 3 to 13, with Broadband and Graphene newly emerging.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Photonics6→17
- Photonic integrated circuit3→13
- Transistor4→12
- Integrated circuit6→13
- Electronic circuit11→13
Newly emergingBroadband 0→7 · Graphene 0→6
Landmark On-chip CMOS-compatible all-optical integrator · 586 cites
◆
Advancements139 · 41%
▼ 44%→42% share
▲1.0× share momentum2 median citations48% since 2021mostly methods-led
Photonics advancement research quadrupled from 3 to 14 papers, driving Australia's semiconductor miniaturization and silicon integration work higher.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Photonics3→14
- Photonic integrated circuit2→7
- Integrated circuit10→13
- Silicon5→8
- Miniaturization2→5
Landmark Low-Loss Si3N4 TriPleX Optical Waveguides: Technology and Applications Overview · 407 cites
▼
Concerns28 · 8%
▼ 9%→7% share
▼0.8× share momentum0 median citations43% since 2021mostly empirical
Electronics reliability concerns are intensifying — Australian papers quadrupled from 1 to 4 despite concerns segment shrinking overall.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Electronics1→4
- Integrated circuit3→4
Landmark Towards understanding two-level-systems in amorphous solids: insights from quantum circuits · 459 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Australia
Where semiconductors 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.
Sydney95 · +0.60
Melbourne72 · +0.57
Brisbane19 · +0.71
Canberra17 · +0.55
Perth15 · +0.49
Adelaide13 · +0.58
Common questions
How many High Tech companies are there in New South Wales, Australia?
Radar tracks 497 indexable High Tech companies headquartered in New South Wales, Australia that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by High Tech companies in New South Wales, Australia?
The High Tech companies in New South Wales, Australia on this list have raised a combined $2.8B in disclosed equity funding across 128 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded High Tech company in New South Wales, Australia?
Immutable is the highest-funded High Tech company in New South Wales, Australia, with $857.4M in disclosed equity funding.
How many High Tech companies in New South Wales, Australia are funded?
128 of the 497 High Tech companies in New South Wales, Australia on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many High Tech unicorns are there in New South Wales, Australia?
1 High Tech company in New South Wales, Australia on this list is valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in New South Wales, Australia High Tech companies?
The most active investors in New South Wales, Australia High Tech companies on this list include Artesian, Cicada Innovations, Main Sequence, AirTree, Investible.
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