Best Mobile Companies in Australia
The 161 best Mobile companies in Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Norwood Systems.
Australia's Mobile sector doesn't have a unicorn yet, but 161 tracked companies and $43M in disclosed funding tell you there's real capital moving here. Norwood Systems leads the pack at $11M raised, followed by Kinder World at $9M and Oh Baby Games at $6M, which means a handful of names are absorbing most of the oxygen while the broader field stays lean. The global mobile market sits at roughly $9.0B in 2025 and is forecast to reach $24.1B by 2033, a 13.12% CAGR driven by 5G rollout and deepening smartphone penetration. So the macro tailwind is real, even if local funding totals look modest against it.
What I find interesting is how concentrated the investor base is. Investible, The Arcade, Artesian, Sydney Angels and 1Up Ventures are doing the heavy lifting across a 161-company field. Hot themes right now are flagship pricing pressure, OS competition and digital banking innovations pushing mobile-first product cycles faster than most founders expected. Mighty Kingdom sits further down the funding table at $304,544, a reminder that plenty of companies here are still at early formation stage. If you're mapping where Australian Mobile capital is actually clustering, the top five funded names are your fastest read on where conviction is forming this quarter.
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Ranked: Best Mobile companies in Australia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwood Systems Cost-effective mobile roaming voice, messaging and data services provider | $11M | 31 mo ago | Public | Paul Ostergaard CEO and Founder | 2011 | WordPressMySQLPHP+27 | — |
| 2 | Kinder World Mobile game development company | $9M | 47 mo ago | Seed | Christina Chen Co-Founder | 2022 | PHPLiteSpeedCloudflare+8 | — |
| 3 | Oh Baby Games Developer of blockchain-based games for multiple platforms | $6M | 40 mo ago | Seed | — | 2021 | Tailwind CSSGSAPVue.js+7 | — |
| 4 | Tiger Pistol Local advertising platform for SMBs | $5M | 138 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2011 | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+24 | — |
| 5 | Halfbrick Mobile Games developer specializing in Casual Games | $3M | 174 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2001 | Webflowcore-jsjQuery+13 | — |
| 6 | Bubble Gum Interactive Mobile games developer | $3M | 156 mo ago | Series B | Phil Mason Founder & CEO | 2011 | — | — |
| 7 | Paloma Mobile Photo messaging app optimized for low bandwidth connection | $2M | 148 mo ago | Deadpooled | Jennifer Zanich Co-Founder & CEO | 2011 | — | — |
| 8 | Marvelous NFTs Provider of blockchain-based interactive trading and battling game | $2M | 53 mo ago | Funding Raised | Damian Rolvink Co-CEO | 2020 | — | — |
| 9 | iCandy Independent game publisher headquartered in Australia | $1M | 69 mo ago | Public | — | 2011 | WordPressMySQLPHP+13 | — |
| 10 | Weyo Developer of interactive early learning apps for preschoolers | $741K | 51 mo ago | Seed | Stuart Berwick Co-Founder | 2014 | — | — |
| 11 | Mighty Kingdom Mobile game development studio | $305K | 13 mo ago | Public | — | 2011 | Squarespace CommerceSquarespaceApple iCloud Mail+18 | — |
| 12 | Elanation Technology brand focussed in kids | $110K | 74 mo ago | Seed | Katherine Maree Pace Co-Founder & CEO | 2015 | — | — |
Top 12 Mobile companies in Australia
#1
Public · Adelaide, South Australia · founded 2011 · 101 employees$304.5Kraised▾
Mighty Kingdom is a mobile game development studio. The company specializes in developing casual games such as arcade, puzzle, adventure, etc. Some of the games developed by the company include Shopkins World, Kitty Keeper: Car Collector, Shopkins: Cutie Cars, Shopkins: Shoppie Style, etc. These games are available on Android & iOS platform. It generates revenue through in-app purchases.
- May 2025Post IPO$304.5K
#2
Public · Nedlands, Western Australia · founded 2011 · 13 employees$10.8Mraised▾
Norwood Systems is an MVNO that provides cost-effective mobile roaming voice, messaging and data services to residential customers, businesses, telecom operators, and carriers. Its offerings include World Phone (app enabling users to make and receive calls on a business-owned phone number in 70+ countries), World Message (provides SMS and instant messaging for corporate communication), World WiFi (global WiFi hotspot locator), World Secure (enables security for WiFi networks), and Corono Cloud (provides virtual corporate fleet management). It provides these services directly to the customers as well as on white-label basis to the operators. It has won multiple awards including Business of Tomorrow in 17', European IST Prize for its technology in 03', Europe’s hottest tech firms for the years 01' and 02' by Time Magazine, etc.
- Oct 2023Post IPO$451.3K
- Mar 2020Post IPO$200K
- Jun 2016Post IPO$5M
- Nov 2015Post IPO$5.2M
#3
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2021 · 80 employees$6Mraised▾
Developer of blockchain-based games for multiple platforms. The company is developing a number of games based on blockchain technology which includes “What the Kart,” a racing game, “Rug Pull Guys,” fall guys game, “Shogun Curse” a shooting game, and a corner shooter called “Baby Wassies”.
- Jan 2023Seed$6M
#4
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2022 · 22 employees$9Mraised▾
Mobile game development company. The company has developed a game called "Kinder world"- a game of houseplants, healing, and practicing kindness. The game is available for iOS and Android platforms.
- Jun 2022Seed$6.8M
#5
Funding Raised · Australia · founded 2020$2.1Mraised▾
Provider of blockchain-based interactive trading and battling game. It is an interactive game Dapp giving users the power to build and customise unique super hero characters.
- Jan 2022ICO$2.1M
#6
Acquired · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2011 · 58 employees$5.1Mraised▾
Local advertising platform for SMBs. It focuses on simplifying and automating the process of creating and managing advertising campaigns for franchises, multi-location brands, and marketing resellers. It provides access to an interactive dashboard that consolidates campaign data from various locations.
- Nov 2014Series A$3.1M
- Oct 2013Seed$1M
- May 2012Angel$1M
#7
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2014 · 7 employees$741.2Kraised▾
Developer of interactive early learning apps for preschoolers. These apps utilize stories, songs, games, and yoga to foster holistic development, focusing on phonics, reading, and emotional wellbeing. The content is designed by play and education experts to ensure optimal learning and engagement. Interactive elements, such as augmented reality filters, bring classic stories to life, encouraging active participation and a love of learning. A growth mindset is central to the app's design philosophy.
- Mar 2022Seed$741.2K
#8
Series B · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2011 · 12 employees$2.7Mraised▾
Bubble Gum Interactive is mobile a game developer based out of Sydney, Australia. The company focuses on the development of casual kids games and is popular for the games like 'Space Heroes'(2011, casual) - kids virtual world, 'Jetpack Jinx'(2011, casual) - action arcade game. The company has raised a total $2.7M in funding as on Dec, 2015.
- 2013Series B—
- Jun 2012Series A$2.5M
- Aug 2011Seed$200K
#9
Funding Raised · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2001 · 104 employees$3Mraised▾
Halfbrick Studios is a Mobile Games developer specializing in Casual Games. They gained popularity with their Fruit Ninja (2010, Arcade game) series of games. They started with developing games for Consoles and Handhelds and since 2010 started focusing on Mobile Games. Other popular series released by them is Jetpack Joyride (2011, side-scrolling endless runner).
- Dec 2011Grant (prize money)$3M
#10
Public · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2011$1.2Mraised▾
iCandy Interactive is an independent game publisher headquartered in Australia. It specializes in releasing games based on adventure, puzzle and action genres. Some of the games released by the company are "Crab War", "Alien Path", "Mobfish Hunter" and "Alien Hive". It publishes games for Android and iOS platforms. It has also won "Excellence in Gameplay Award 2017" award for its game development studio known as "Appxplore" at the 2nd International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA) Southeast Asia. It generates revenue through advertisements and in-app purchases.
- Sep 2020Post IPO$1.2M
#11
Deadpooled · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2011 · 11 employees$2.2Mraised▾
Paloma is the developer of PhotoChat - a photo messaging app that is optimized for low bandwidth connection. The app offers text, voice notes, and image messaging. The company claims that the app is designed to work on mass-market smartphones even on low-speed (2G) networks.
- Jan 2014Series A$655K
- May 2012Series A$1.5M
#12
Seed · Kensington, South Australia · founded 2015 · 3 employees$110Kraised▾
Elanation is a technology brand focussed in kids. They have developed a wristband, Eturbo, that ensures high activity levels of kids via a virtual online app. The app enables kids to count their footsteps at school, in the playground or on the sports field. They can set the stopwatch, race their friends, accept missions and monitor their heart rate in real-time. They can also connect with their friends via the app. Price for the wristband starts at $129. Winner of the Best Lifestyle and Consumer Technology Prize, Beijing 2016; International Overseas Talent and Entrepreneurship Competition, Australia 2016; and International Overseas Talent and Entrepreneurship Competition, Beijing 2016.
- Apr 2020Seed—
- Dec 2016Seed$110K
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How research on 5G / 6G Networks is moving in Australia
A read on the academic research around 5G / 6G Networks — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 1,594 Australia-affiliated papers.
- UNSW Sydney352
- University College London350
- University of Technology Sydney198
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation91
- The University of Sydney87
- Beamforming113→264
- Telecommunications4→48
- Electronic engineering11→51
- Wireless9→44
- Transmission (telecommunications)4→33
- Beamforming174→251
- Wireless15→46
- Telecommunications10→36
- Electronic engineering36→59
- Antenna (radio)21→43
- Electronic engineering1→4
Where 5g 6g 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.
Common questions
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