Best Retail Companies in Brisbane, Australia
The 118 best Retail companies in Brisbane, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: IronPlanet.
Ranked: Best Retail companies in Brisbane
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IronPlanet App-based platform that provides auctions for used heavy equipment | $85M | 117 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1998 | ContentfulBootstrapAmazon ALB+12 | — |
| 2 | Tradelink Retailer of plumbing supplies in online | $13M | 48 mo ago | Series A | — | 1989 | Cart FunctionalityBigCommerceKlevu+38 | — |
| 3 | Dog and Bone Private label brand for protective cases for mobile and tablets | $2M | 137 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2012 | — | — |
| 4 | TAGR Provider of contactless shopping solution for businesses | $1M | 47 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2019 | — | — |
| 5 | iSeekplant Plant hire search website | $1M | 122 mo ago | Series B | Matthew Peters Co-Founder/General Manager – Commercial/Director | 2011 | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspacePHP+26 | 1 job opening · 1 partnership |
| 6 | Klean Provider of sustainable retail options offering eco-friendly products that support the environment with every… | $725K | 23 mo ago | Seed | Shan Vahora Founder & CEO | 2022 | — | — |
| 7 | ParentTV Video-based content platform for parenting | $500K | 69 mo ago | Seed | Sam Jockel Founder & CEO | 2017 | Node.jsVimeoVue.js+19 | — |
| 8 | Norbit App based customer loyalty platform for retailers | $400K | 106 mo ago | Seed | — | 2015 | — | — |
| 9 | Luxe.It.Fwd Online consignment for pre-owned luxury handbags | $140K | 52 mo ago | Funding Raised | Miranda Gillespie Founder | 2015 | Cart FunctionalityMagentoMySQL+34 | 1 expansion |
| 10 | Conpago Provider of a cloud-based digital care management platform for aged, disability, retirement, and home care… | $100K | 87 mo ago | Seed | — | 2016 | — | 1 launch |
Top 12 Retail companies in Brisbane
#1
Seed · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2022$725Kraised▾
Cleantech Group provides research and consulting services to identify opportunities in sustainable innovation for growth. They focus on enabling businesses to support the environment through eco-friendly products and solutions.
- Jun 2024Seed$725K
- Jun 2024Grant (prize money)$200K
#2
Series A · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 1989 · 960 employees$12.6Mraised▾
Retailer of plumbing supplies in online
#3
Acquired · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 1998 · 525 employees$84.6Mraised▾
App-based platform that provides auctions for used heavy equipment. Users can buy & sell anything from backhoes & dozers to farm tractors & trucks. Has a consignment model. Seller consigns equipment to an auction, which preps the equipment & makes it available for inspection at his own place. Their app is available for iOS devices.
- Aug 2016Series B$18M
- Sep 2015Conventional Debt$55M
- Jan 2015Series B$20.7M
- Aug 2000Series B$36M
#4
Deadpooled · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2019 · 9 employees$1.1Mraised▾
Provider of contactless shopping solutions for businesses. The customers can scan the product barcode or store QR code, paying for the products from the mobile device, and receive digital receipts. It helps businesses to improve in-store hygenic practices, customer shopping experience, customer lifetime value(CLV), reduce customer acquisition costs(CAC), and more. It also helps customers with contactless checkout, personalized shopping, customer engagement, and more.
- Jun 2022Seed$1.1M
#5
Seed · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2017$500Kraised▾
Parent TV is a video-based content platform for parenting. It offers courses on different topics like general parenting, mental health, behavioural, social wellbeing, and more. It offers services based on subscription.
- Sep 2020Seed$500K
#6
Funding Raised · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2015$139.7Kraised▾
Luxe.It.Fwd is an online consignment platform for pre-owned luxury and designer handbags. Users can either put their products for consignment or can sell it directly to Luxe.It.Fwd for 50% to 60% of the value of the product. Charges consignment fee. Mainly operational in Australia, but also offers International shipping. Offers Lay-Buy option for products purchased on their platform. All the products sold on the platform are authenticated by their team and also offers customers a 14 day return period.
- Feb 2022Grant (prize money)$139.7K
#7
Deadpooled · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2012 · 8 employees$1.6Mraised▾
Dog & Bone (D&B) is an provider of protective cases for smartphone and tablet devices infusing cutting-edge technology. Its core products are: - Wetsuit: with patent pending waterproofing technology that is best in class and allows direct screen touch - Backbone: with patent pending shock proof and wireless charging technology that charges faster than a cable charge. D&B now has over 15 distribution partners in place and have reach of 30 countries post capital raise. They have also developed other innovative accessories like smart sports case with wearable monitoring technology and a keyless smartphone operated padlock.
- Jan 2015Angel$1.6M
#8
Series B · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2011 · 56 employees$1Mraised▾
iSeekplant is Australia’s Plant Hire Search Site. It connects plant users (project managers, civil contractors, builders and developers) with plant owners and operators Australia-wide, based on their capability and availability. It is a centralized database of equipment and services for plant users to easily search, explore and identify businesses that have the plant and capabilities they are seeking.
- Apr 2016Series B—
- Aug 2015Series A$1M
- Jan 2014Seed—
#9
Seed · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2015 · 10 employees$400Kraised▾
Norbit offers an app based customer loyalty platform to retailers. Allows businesses to roll out a loyalty program, reward customers for walking in stores and providing feedback, send push notifications to nearby customers, distribute deals and coupons, and track customer behavior and store performance. Clients include Redbank Plaza, Brookside, and Capalaba Park, among others.
- Aug 2017Angel$400K
#10
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.
- Mar 2019Seed—
- Jun 2018Seed$100K
#11
Seed · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2015 · 2 employees$60Kraised▾
2ndLease is a P2P rental marketplace that enables individuals or businesses to rent appliances such as fridges, washing machines, televisions and other household goods to each other. A user can choose to pick up the item or have it delivered to them for an additional fee. A user can rent it from a period starting from one week to as long as they want.
- Sep 2016Seed$60K
#12
Funding Raised · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2014$5.7Kraised▾
Words With Heart is a manufacturer and e-distributor of stationery products. The product catalog includes invitations, notebooks, postcards, posters, notecards, notepads, and more. The company also sells few products on retail quantity on the platform. Claims to share a part of its profits to the women's and girls' education projects.
- 2017Grant (prize money)$5.7K
Funding & investor landscape
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