Best Mobile Companies in Sydney, Australia
The 40 best Mobile companies in Sydney, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Oh Baby Games.
Our analysis of 127 Mobile companies
$17.0b in tracked funding; 88% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2024.
Ranked: Best Mobile companies in Sydney
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oh Baby Games Developer of blockchain-based games for multiple platforms | $6M | 43 mo ago | Seed | — | 2021 | Tailwind CSSGSAPVue.js+7 | — |
| 2 | Bubble Gum Interactive Mobile games developer | $3M | 158 mo ago | Series B | Phil Mason Founder & CEO | 2011 | — | — |
| 3 | Paloma Mobile Photo messaging app optimized for low bandwidth connection | $2M | 151 mo ago | Deadpooled | Jennifer Zanich Co-Founder & CEO | 2011 | — | — |
| 4 | Life is Yellow Indie game development company | $50K | 114 mo ago | Deadpooled | Isuru Wanasinghe Founder & CEO | 2017 | — | — |
| 5 | IRL Gaming Mobile game developer | $25K | 188 mo ago | Deadpooled | Henry Cho Co-Founder | 2010 | — | — |
| 6 | Iion Provider of advertising platform guaranteeing attention in premium gaming environments | — | 26 mo ago | Seed | Giuseppe Martoriello Co-Founder | 2012 | Webflow EcommerceWebflowZoho+23 | — |
| 7 | Pinion Game monetization platform through in game advertisements | — | 168 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | — | 2009 | — | — |
| 8 | AirLinc Wireless microphones for mobiles | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2014 | — | — |
Top 7 Mobile companies in Sydney
#1
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
#2
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
#3
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
#4
Deadpooled · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2017$50Kraised▾
Life Is Yellow is an indie game development company based in Australia. It has developed a game "Pocket Chef" for the primary school and educational centers. The games are in the beta state.
- Feb 2017Seed$50K
#5
Deadpooled · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2010 · 2 employees$25Kraised▾
IRL Gaming is a mobile games developer based in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 2010, the company focuses on developing location based mobile games. The company has developed a location based mobile game called "Zombie Hood".
- Dec 2010Seed$25K
#6
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2012 · 54 employees—raised▾
Provider of advertising platform guaranteeing attention in premium gaming environments. The platform unifies formats and touchpoints, solving fragmentation challenges within the gaming industry. It delivers brand access, enhanced ad quality, and integration for growth. The platform offers playable ads and mini-games, designed to improve user engagement and deliver results.
- Jun 2024Seed—
#7
Acqui-Hired · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2009 · 11 employees—raised▾
Pinion is Australia-based game monetization platform through in-game advertisements. The company helps game developers and game publishers to monetize their games through in-game advertisements. Also helps the advertisers by offering custom campaign delivery options to specify their ads to be played including multilingual asset support.
- Aug 2012Seed—
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