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Best Internet of Things - Industry Applications Companies in Queensland, Australia

The 73 best Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies in Queensland, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: WearOptimo.

73companies tracked
$14.9Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
13have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · INTERNET OF THINGS - INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS × QUEENSLAND

Our analysis of 184 Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies

$13.9b in tracked funding; 91% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

184companies analysed
91%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
11unicorns
2016median founding year

Ranked: Best Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies in Queensland

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1WearOptimo
Developer of wearable sensor technology for real-time personal health monitoring
$5M43 mo agoSeries AMark Kendall
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
2018WordPressMySQLPHP+23—
2HINDSITE
Provider of wearable and cloud-based visual intelligence management platform
$3M55 mo agoSeedDoug Hastings
Founder & CEO
2017WebflowCannyAmazon Web Services+21—
3Find-Me Technologies
Watch with tracking and safety features for adults.
$3M126 mo agoDeadpooledElvis Nunes
Founder Director
2006——
4mOOvement
Provider of GPS enabled ear tags for cattle tracking
$1M62 mo agoSeedPieter Vogels
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
2017WebflowAmazon ALBReact+16—
5Sportcor
Provider of smart cricket balls
$800K35 mo agoSeed—2005——
6Advanced Mobility Analytics
Provider of AI and computer vision-based solutions for road transport
$750K62 mo agoAcquiredTarek Sayed
Co-Founder
2019——
7Augmented Bionics
Developer of a non-invasive device to treat hearing loss
$650K68 mo agoDeadpooledViraj Agnihotri
Founder & CEO
2018——
8Conpago
Provider of a cloud-based digital care management platform for aged, disability, retirement, and home care…
$100K87 mo agoSeed—2016—1 launch

Top 12 Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies in Queensland

#1
Seed · Nerang, Queensland · founded 2005 · 13 employees
$800Kraised
▾

Provider of smart cricket balls

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2023Seed$800K
  • Apr 2021Grant (prize money)$895.5K
Investors
business.gov.au, Stadia Ventures
#2
Series A · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2018 · 35 employees
$5Mraised
▾

Developer of wearable sensor technology for real-time personal health monitoring. The company focuses on creating microwearable sensors that capture data from the body's bio-signals. These sensors allow for the detection and treatment of health issues. The initial product is a hydration microwearable sensor designed for continuous monitoring. The technology aims to improve physical and mental performance through advanced machine learning.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers — 11.4% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2022Series A$5M
Founders & team
Mark KendallFounder & Chief Executive Officer
Tech stack
<Model-Viewer>Core-JsElementorFont AwesomeHello ElementorHttp/3
#3
Seed · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2017 · 12 employees
$3.2Mraised
▾

Provider of wearable and cloud-based visual intelligence management platform. Provides geo-located site data including images, videos, walkthroughs, handovers, biometrics, and sensor data from wearables. Users can receive task-specific, geo-located micro-learning content and the technology supports real-Time IIoT third-party sensor visualization & diagnostics solutions. Allows users to reduce the time of resolution through data interaction on the VIEW (Visual Intelligence Education Wearables) platform through the use of the hd streaming calling feature and smart glasses. Enables visual intelligence management and has applications in enterprise data, industrial media, and observational learning.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers — 9.6% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2021Seed$3.2M
  • 2018Seed—
Founders & team
Doug HastingsFounder & CEO
Investors
ACAC Innovation
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCannyCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#4
Seed · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2017 · 10 employees
$1.3Mraised
▾

Provider of GPS-enabled ear tags for cattle tracking. It caters to the needs of bull tamers. Its features include it provides information on of best performing bull, geo-fencing, water availability and consumption data, reusable, periodical reports, and an integrable mobile app. Its app is available on Android and iOS platforms.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers — 2.7% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 3 product launches · 1 partnerships (incl. AgriProve) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2021Seed$1.3M
Founders & team
Pieter VogelsCo-Founder & Co-CEO
Investors
Future Food Fund
#5
Acquired · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2019 · 26 employees
$750Kraised
▾

Provider of AI and computer vision-based solutions for road transport. It offers AI-based video analytics solutions that can analyse and identify traffic safety issues. Its features include safety monitoring dashboards, notification alerts, diagnostic risk mitigation insights, adaptive traffic signal plugin, and real-time risk optimization. It also measures crowd and vehicle flows, speeds, trajectories, violations, and crash risk with other road users.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2021Grant (prize money)$750K
Founders & team
Tarek SayedCo-FounderSimon WashingtonManaging Director and Chief Executive Officer
Investors
business.gov.au
#6
Deadpooled · St Lucia, Queensland · founded 2018 · 5 employees
$650Kraised
▾

Augmented Bionics is developing a non-invasive device for neurological impairments. Its flagship product, headphone liked neurostimulation prosthetics is to stimulate the hearing nerve of patients with hearing loss. The company claims that the technology can be used for other neural disorders such as visual impairment, stroke, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and paraplegic patients.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2020Seed$650K
  • Jul 2018Seed—
Founders & team
Viraj AgnihotriFounder & CEO
Investors
IP Group, The Actuator, Artesian
#7
Deadpooled · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2006
$3Mraised
▾

Find-Me Technologies has developed a watch called Carers Watch for tracking and monitoring of elders. The watch can receive calls from any landline or mobile and has a GPS that can monitor wearer's location. The device has features like panic alert button (with two-way voice communication), fall detection, geo-fencing, medication reminders, speed alert and 24/7 call center support.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2015Series A$3M
Founders & team
Elvis NunesFounder Director
Investors
One Ventures
#8
Seed · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2016 · 9 employees
$100Kraised
▾

Provider of a cloud-based digital care management platform for aged, disability, retirement, and home care providers. The platform helps in communication, facility management, maintenance, content publishing, and feedback tracking. It also offer an App for customer that delivers chat, appointments, event calendars, service requests, feedback tools, and personalised content.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 7.5% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2019Seed—
  • Jun 2018Seed$100K
Investors
Slingshot, muru-D, River City Labs
Tech stack
WebflowUnpkgJqueryGoogle Hosted LibrariesGoogle AnalyticsJsdelivr
#9
Seed · Gold Coast, Queensland · founded 2011 · 12 employees
$20Kraised
▾

Digital Keys has developed a cloud-based platform that can be used for managing access control of buildings, homes, offices etc. The solution works with NB IoT smart locks and allows the admin to generate time-sensitive digital keys that can be used to get access to a particular property or asset. Using the web-based application and a mobile app the admin can monitor the activity of all the registered users and remotely provide access to them. The company also offers a smart lock development kit.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2016Grant (prize money)$56.6K
  • Dec 2015Grant (prize money)$53.1K
  • Sep 2013Seed$20K
Founders & team
Sam FaulknerCTOSteve DunnFounder & CEO
Investors
Taivara, Europa, EIC Fund, H-FARM, Innovyz, Marl Accelerator
Tech stack
BootstrapCart FunctionalityGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Analytics Enhanced EcommerceGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud Cdn
#10
Public · Queensland · founded 2014 · 10 employees
$20Kraised
▾

Manufacturer of personalised listening devices, headphones, and audio accessories. The company provides assistive listening devices and accessories like replacement ear cushions and charging cables. It offers products such as headphones, TV bundles, audio broadcasters, and transceivers. The company also provides government funding options for eligible customers.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 7.2% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches · 2 partnerships (incl. Shokz Hear) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • 2014Seed$20K
Founders & team
Chris Jeffreyex-Co-FounderJames FieldingCEO
Investors
ilab
Tech stack
AfterpayAmerican ExpressApple PayBugherdCart FunctionalityCdnjs
#11
Seed · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2016 · 17 employees
—raised
▾

Interlate develops data analytics solutions for mining and mineral processing industries. The products developed by the company allows the user to collect and analyse the data from various sources to get real-time insights about the production process. The company has developed 4 solutions namely: Assessment analyses various factors to indentify the areas of improvement in the production process, Sentinel analyses the time sensitive data to give insights about the production process in real time and Guardian tracks the progress of targeted improvements. The company also offers an Alliance service that allows the users to accelerate its project development by taking the help from technical domain experts and technology partners of the company.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 7.9% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. iMine Simon Birch Mahluli Dube Adam Flegman) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2019Grant (prize money)—
  • Jan 2017Seed—
Investors
Western Technology Investment
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpBootstrapYoast SeoApache Http Server
#12
Acquired · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2003 · 11 employees
—raised
▾

Provider of fleet tracking and fleet management. It provides users with GPS fleet management systems and GPS vehicle, asset and trailer tracking solutions to businesses. It also provides users with advanced GPS solutions such as solar-powered trailer monitoring, remote reefer temperature control management and wild game meat field depot temperature monitoring.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 446 LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 product launches · 2 partnerships (incl. Orcoda Limited's Transport360) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2013Seed—
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpApache Http Server

Funding & investor landscape

$14.9Mtotal disclosed funding
10companies funded
13disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
River City Labs2 rounds
business.gov.au2 rounds
muru-D2 rounds
ACAC Innovation1 rounds
Alpha Sigma Capital1 rounds
Artesian1 rounds
BC Partners1 rounds
EIC Fund1 rounds
Electra Private Equity1 rounds
Epiris1 rounds

Notable founders

Mark Kendall
Founder & Chief Executive Officer · WearOptimo
Doug Hastings
Founder & CEO · HINDSITE
Pieter Vogels
Co-Founder & Co-CEO · mOOvement
Tarek Sayed
Co-Founder · Advanced Mobility Analytics
Simon Washington
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer · Advanced Mobility Analytics
Viraj Agnihotri
Founder & CEO · Augmented Bionics
Elvis Nunes
Founder Director · Find-Me Technologies
Sam Faulkner
CTO · Digital Keys
Steve Dunn
Founder & CEO · Digital Keys
Chris Jeffrey
ex-Co-Founder · Audeara
James Fielding
CEO · Audeara
Prism market signals · Australia · country-scoped Prism corpus, 3,310,101 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Internet of Things - Industry Applications coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH IN QUEENSLAND · Networking & Security

How research on Iot in Queensland is moving

A read on the academic research around Iot in Queensland — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 69 papers.

69 papers · stance +0.42 · 42% breakthrough · 30% concern
breakthrough · advancement · concern
top institutions
  • Queensland University of Technology33
  • Central Queensland University15
  • University of Southern Queensland11
  • The University of Queensland9
  • University of Queensland4
leading researchers
Tan Yiğitcanlar · Azadeh Ghari Neiat · Qingqing Cheng · Raja Jurdak · Ahmed Saihood · Alexander A. Kist
prism intelligence · tone & topics
96% positive · 4% critical tone
Artificial IntelligenceCybersecuritySustainabilityUrban DevelopmentTelecommunicationsBusiness
▲ Breakthroughs28 · 41%
▲ 11%→54% share
▲4.9× share momentum0 median citations96% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (11%→54% of field), led by Wireless sensor network.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Wireless sensor network1→3
Newly emergingInternet of Things 0→10 · Wireless 0→6 · Computer network 0→4
Landmark Novel Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks for Machine Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis · 241 cites
◆ Advancements18 · 26%
▼ 44%→24% share
▼0.5× share momentum2 median citations67% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are cooling (44%→24% of field), led by Internet of Things.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Internet of Things1→8
Newly emergingComputer security 0→3
Landmark Radio resource allocation in LTE-advanced cellular networks with M2M communications · 331 cites
▼ Concerns20 · 29%
▼ 44%→20% share
▼0.5× share momentum201 median citations50% since 2021mostly reviews
Concerns are cooling (44%→20% of field), led by Internet of Things.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Internet of Things1→5
  • Smart city2→4
Newly emergingSoftware deployment 0→3
Landmark Environmental Wireless Sensor Networks · 498 cites

Common questions

How many Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies are there in Queensland, Australia?
Radar tracks 73 indexable Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies headquartered in Queensland, Australia that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies in Queensland, Australia?
The Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies in Queensland, Australia on this list have raised a combined $14.9M in disclosed equity funding across 10 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Internet of Things - Industry Applications company in Queensland, Australia?
WearOptimo is the highest-funded Internet of Things - Industry Applications company in Queensland, Australia, with $5M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies in Queensland, Australia are funded?
10 of the 73 Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies in Queensland, Australia on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Internet of Things - Industry Applications unicorns are there in Queensland, Australia?
None of the Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies in Queensland, Australia on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Queensland, Australia Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies?
The most active investors in Queensland, Australia Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies on this list include River City Labs, business.gov.au, muru-D, ACAC Innovation, Alpha Sigma Capital.
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