Best Renewable Energy Tech Companies in New South Wales, Australia
The 44 best Renewable Energy Tech companies in New South Wales, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Symphony.
Ranked: Best Renewable Energy Tech companies in New South Wales
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Symphony Energy transition infrastructure platform 35Moat top 22%Funding top 23%Talent bottom 49%Market bottom 37% All 5 signals ▾Moattop 22% Fundingtop 23% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 37% Globalbottom 36% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn Funding: Raised $300M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 35/100 | $300M | 25 mo ago | Series A | Steven Butler Founder & CEO | 2024 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Brighte Provider of payment facility solution in the solar financing segment 67Tech top 16%Funding top 26%Moat top 28%Growth top 35% All 10 signals ▾Techtop 16% Fundingtop 26% Moattop 28% Growthtop 35% Producttop 35% Markettop 46% Talentbottom 49% Fin. healthbottom 48% Newsbottom 46% Globalbottom 37% Tech: 49 technologies across 7/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 Funding: Raised $207M across 8 rounds · 8 rounds over 10 yrs (0.8/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $207M | 9 mo ago | Series C | Katherine Mcconnell Founder & CEO | 2015 | SentryReactEmotion+19 | — | 1 partnership · 1 award |
| 3 | Greatcell Solar Developer of perovskite solar cells | $28M | 100 mo ago | Public | — | 2004 | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 4 | MGA Thermal Provider of solutions for thermal energy storage | $21M | 5 mo ago | Series A | Erich Kisi Co-Founder & CEO | 2019 | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+18 | 10 patents Thermal energy storage using phase‑change alloys with inverse microstructures | — |
| 5 | Evergen Provider of decentralized renewable energy management solutions | $17M | 50 mo ago | Series B | — | 2015 | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+33 | — | 1 partnership |
| 6 | Unleash live AI based platform offering image and video analytics solutions | $13M | 59 mo ago | Series A | Hanno Blankenstein CEO and Co-founder | 2016 | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+27 | 4 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | 5 job openings |
| 7 | Okra Solar P2P Solar power sharing platform | $10M | 35 mo ago | Series A | Afnan Hannan Co-Founder & Software Engineer | 2016 | WebflowGSAPAmazon Web Services+10 | — | — |
| 8 | Green Gravity Developer of gravitational energy storage systems using disused mine shafts | $7M | 22 mo ago | Series A | — | 2021 | WordPressMySQLPHP+15 | 3 patents Gravitational energy storage batteries and related system components | 1 award |
| 9 | Solar Analytics Provider of SaaS-driven analytics software for monitoring solar systems | $5M | 98 mo ago | Acquired | Valantis Vais Co-Founder | 2013 | WebflowEmotionAmazon Web Services+20 | 10 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 10 | HydGene Renewables Provider of hydrogen and renewable energy | $4M | 38 mo ago | Seed | Louise Brown Co-Founder & CEO | 2020 | WixSentryApple iCloud Mail+13 | — | — |
| 11 | Microbiogen Developer of biocatalysts | $3M | 105 mo ago | Funding Raised | Geoffrey Bell CEO | 2001 | — | — | — |
| 12 | Fulcrum3D Developer of measurement techniques for wind and solar systems | $2M | 89 mo ago | Funding Raised | Martin Poole Co-Founder | 2011 | — | — | — |
Top 12 Renewable Energy Tech companies in New South Wales
#1
Series C · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2015 · 125 employees$206.5Mraised▾
Brighte provides payment facility solutions in the solar financing segment. It works on credit analysis and customer payables which follow solar financing and provides consumers with affordable payment plans to pay for solar and smart home technology with 'zero interest'. It provides zero-interest loans and variable repayment terms to customers for buying a product from one of the empanelled vendors by granting instant loan decisions. Its marketplace includes solar systems, flooring, roofing, pool heating system, guttering, etc.
- Nov 2025Grant (prize money)$26M
- Dec 2020Series C$100M
- Oct 2019Series B$10.6M
- Jul 2019Conventional Debt$130M
#2
Series A · Newcastle, New South Wales · founded 2019 · 27 employees$20.9Mraised▾
Provider of solutions for thermal energy storage. In its system, modular blocks are stacked into insulated storage tanks, which can store energy for use in many applications. By storing excess thermal energy, It helps to ensure a stable supply of electricity to the grid, effectively enabling base load power generation.
- Mar 2026Series A$12.1M
- Feb 2026Grant (prize money)$2.3M
- Dec 2024Series A$14.1M
- Apr 2024Seed$5.7M
#3
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2024$300Mraised▾
Energy transition infrastructure platform. It orchestrates on the ground expertise with institutional capital markets to accelerate the transition.
- Jul 2024Series A$202M
- Jul 2024Conventional Debt$126.6M
#4
Series A · Wollongong, New South Wales · founded 2021 · 10 employees$7.4Mraised▾
Developer of gravitational energy storage systems using disused mine shafts. The technology raises and lowers heavy weights in mine shafts. This process captures and releases the gravitational energy of the weights. The systems provide short or mid duration storage and grid ancillary services.
- Oct 2024Series A$6M
- May 2022Seed$1.4M
#5
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2016 · 31 employees$9.9Mraised▾
P2P Solar power sharing platform. The system can also integrate existing installations into the common grid. It offers solutions where excess power generated post-sharing that was wasted previously can be used to power productive uses and supply powerless neighbors.
- Sep 2023Series A$7.8M
- Sep 2023Conventional Debt$4.2M
- Dec 2022Conventional Debt$4.5M
- Jun 2022Seed$2.1M
#6
Series B · Newcastle, New South Wales · founded 2015 · 72 employees$17.2Mraised▾
Provider of decentralized renewable energy management solutions. The platform offers site optimization solutions to predict solar energy generation, asset management solutions, energy trading solutions, virtual power plant management solutions, and more.
- Jun 2022Series B$10.5M
- Oct 2020Series A$3M
- Aug 2016Series A$3.7M
#7
Public · Queanbeyan, New South Wales · founded 2004 · 37 employees$27.5Mraised▾
Greatcell Solar Limited (GSL) is developing perovskite solar cells which can be applied to metal roofs, view & non-view glass of building envelope. Claims that the solar photovoltaics can work in shady climate, polluted & cloudy situations with constant power generations. Has intellectual property(IP) portfolio as an original licensee of patents invented by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL).
- Apr 2018Grant (prize money)$618.1K
- Nov 2017Post IPO$4M
- Nov 2017Grant (prize money)$825K
- Jan 2017Grant (prize money)$289.5K
#8
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2020 · 7 employees$4.1Mraised▾
Provider of hydrogen and renewable energy
- Jun 2023Seed$4.1M
#9
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2016 · 28 employees$12.8Mraised▾
AI based platform offering image and video analytics solutions. It offers video analytics software for analyzing video from sources like CCTV, drones, and smartphones. The software use cases include solar PV and power line fault detection, and traffic and public transport analytics.
- Sep 2021Series A$8M
- 2021Grant (prize money)$475K
- Dec 2018Seed$4.8M
#10
Acquired · Redfern, New South Wales · founded 2013 · 31 employees$5.4Mraised▾
Provider of SaaS-driven analytics software for monitoring solar systems. The smart monitor dashboard monitors system performance, energy usage, and more. The analytics platform uses an algorithm with the weather forecast to achieve real-time monitoring.
- 2018Series A$1M
- Aug 2017Grant (prize money)$2.1M
- Sep 2016Series A$4.4M
#11
Funding Raised · Lane Cove, New South Wales · founded 2001 · 30 employees$3Mraised▾
Microbiogen is a developer of biocatalysts. It develops various strains of yeast bacteria, Saccharomyces Cervesia with desired characteristics such as tolerance to ethanol, low glycerol production, higher viability, resistance against growth inhibitors, robustness, etc. It offers solutions for 1st and 2nd generation biofuels, human food and animal feed manufacturers.
- Nov 2017Grant (prize money)$3M
#12
Funding Raised · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2011$2Mraised▾
Developer of measurement techniques for wind and solar systems. Develops sensor-based precision measurement techniques like wind-solar, solar resource monitoring, cloud monitoring, tracking, and integrated noise & weather monitoring for wind and solar sectors.
- Mar 2019Grant (prize money)$1M
- Grant (prize money)$500K
- Grant (prize money)$490K
Funding & investor landscape
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Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
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How research on Green Hydrogen is moving in Australia
A read on the academic research around Green Hydrogen — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 1,378 Australia-affiliated papers.
- UNSW Sydney119
- University College London109
- The University of Adelaide91
- Curtin University83
- Division of Materials Science and Engineering80
- Hydrogen production20→138
- Catalysis17→110
- Photocatalysis19→69
- Water splitting8→44
- Oxygen evolution4→33
- Hydrogen production42→233
- Renewable energy3→76
- Catalysis27→89
- Production (economics)3→59
- Water splitting3→50
- Hydrogen production10→95
- Renewable energy3→42
- Production (economics)3→37
- Hydrogen technologies1→28
- Hydrogen economy2→24
Where green hydrogen 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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