Radar · Solar Energy in Melbourne
Best Solar Energy Companies in Melbourne, Australia
The 36 best Solar Energy companies in Melbourne, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Allume Energy.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
36companies tracked
$8.6Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
3have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · SOLAR ENERGY × MELBOURNE
Our analysis of 100 Solar Energy companies
$30.5b in tracked funding; 83% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
100companies analysed
83%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
2unicorns
2013median founding year
Ranked: Best Solar Energy companies in Melbourne
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allume Energy Provider of community and residential solar solutions | $8M | 15 mo ago | Series B | — | 2014 | WordPressMySQLPHP+29 | 11 patents Distributed solar energy management and AC power sharing for multi-unit building microgrids | — |
| 2 | PHNXX Developer of solar energy projects | $1M | 19 mo ago | Seed | — | 2022 | WebflowHubSpotreCAPTCHA+11 | — | — |
| 3 | Pollinate Group Network of women micro-entrepreneurs distributing sustainable products. | — | 120 mo ago | Seed | Sujatha Ramani CEO | 2012 | WordPressMySQLPHP+20 | — | — |
| 4 | Arizon Manufacturer of solar powered products | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2014 | WordPressMySQLPHP+26 | — | 2 expansions · 5 awards |
| 5 | ASM Developer of solar energy projects | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2009 | — | — | — |
| 6 | b.energy Provider of large-scale solar power plants producing electricity | — | — | Funding Raised | Sascha Stark CEO | 2013 | — | 28 patents Advanced lithium‑sulfur battery electrolytes, flexible cell designs, and improved electrode materials. | — |
| 7 | Bennett Clayton Developer of solar energy projects | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2000 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Choice Energy Provider of solar financial services | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2013 | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceSalesforce+18 | — | — |
Top 3 Solar Energy companies in Melbourne
#1
Series B · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2014 · 41 employees$7.5Mraised▾
Series B · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2014 · 41 employees
Allume Energy installs community and residential solar systems both grids tied and off the grid. The company also offers the financing options of pay as you go with zero upfront cost for installing the solar systems and aim to create an alternative energy network n Australia.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 11k LinkedIn followers — 29.2% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 2 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum -2 · hiring: Principal Electronics Design Engineer, Dev Ops and Backend Engineer
Funding rounds
- Jun 2025Series B$6.8M
- Aug 2023Series A$1.5M
- Jul 2021Series A$6M
Investors
Elemental, The Schmidt Family Foundation, Taronga Ventures, E.ON, Clean Energy Seed Fund, Clean Fight
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAnt DesignApache Http ServerBootstrap
#2
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2022 · 4 employees$1.1Mraised▾
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2022 · 4 employees
Developer of solar energy projects
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers — 3.0% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Feb 2025Seed$1.1M
- Dec 2022Seed—
Investors
ENGIE Factory, LaunchVic, Pacific Channel, Synertec
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Hosted LibrariesHsts
#3
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2012 · 37 employees—raised▾
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2012 · 37 employees
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LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 10k LinkedIn followers — 25.5% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Sep 2016Seed—
- Jun 2016Grant (prize money)—
Founders & team
Investors
Pangaea Impact Investments, Chivas Venture, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Tech stack
BluehostCore-JsElementorFundraise UpGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag Manager
Funding & investor landscape
$8.6Mtotal disclosed funding
2companies funded
4disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Prism market signals · Australia · country-scoped Prism corpus, 2,987,388 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Solar Energy coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH IN MELBOURNE · Energy
How research on Solar Pv in Melbourne is moving
A read on the academic research around Solar Pv in Melbourne — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 48 papers.
48 papers · stance +0.48 · 37% breakthrough · 19% concern
top institutions
- The University of Melbourne29
- University of Melbourne15
- Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication4
- The Royal Melbourne Hospital1
- Melbourne School of Theology1
leading researchers
Di Yan · J. Michel · A.G. Olabi · Fuzhi Huang · Jiayu Yao · Paul Mulvaney
prism intelligence · tone & topics
94% positive · 0% critical tone
EnergySustainabilityEnvironmentMaterials ScienceBusinessConstruction
▲
Breakthroughs16 · 33%
▼ 60%→31% share
▼0.5× share momentum1 median citations75% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are cooling (60%→31% of field), led by Photovoltaic system.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Photovoltaic system3
- Energy conversion efficiency3
- Renewable energy3
- Perovskite (structure)2
- Crystallization2
Newly emergingPhotovoltaic system 0→3 · Renewable energy 0→3
Landmark A Fast Deposition‐Crystallization Procedure for Highly Efficient Lead Iodide Perovskite Thin‐Film Solar Cells · 1,613 cites
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Advancements19 · 40%
▲ 20%→38% share
▲1.9× share momentum0 median citations79% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (20%→38% of field), led by Renewable energy.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Renewable energy1→3
Newly emergingSilicon 0→6 · Photovoltaic system 0→5 · Solar cell 0→4
Landmark Molten-Salt Power Towers: Newly Commercial Concentrating Solar Storage · 228 cites
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Concerns8 · 17%
▼ 20%→18% share
▼0.9× share momentum3 median citations88% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (20%→18% of field), led by Dopant.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Dopant2
- Renewable energy2
- Silicon2
- Doping2
- Photovoltaic system2
Landmark Oxygen-Induced Doping of Spiro-MeOTAD in Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells and Its Impact on Device Performance · 347 cites
Common questions
How many Solar Energy companies are there in Melbourne, Australia?
Radar tracks 36 indexable Solar Energy companies headquartered in Melbourne, Australia that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Solar Energy companies in Melbourne, Australia?
The Solar Energy companies in Melbourne, Australia on this list have raised a combined $8.6M in disclosed equity funding across 2 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Solar Energy company in Melbourne, Australia?
Allume Energy is the highest-funded Solar Energy company in Melbourne, Australia, with $7.5M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Solar Energy companies in Melbourne, Australia are funded?
2 of the 36 Solar Energy companies in Melbourne, Australia on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Solar Energy unicorns are there in Melbourne, Australia?
None of the Solar Energy companies in Melbourne, Australia on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Melbourne, Australia Solar Energy companies?
The most active investors in Melbourne, Australia Solar Energy companies on this list include Artesian, Chivas Venture, Clean Energy Seed Fund, Clean Fight, Cleantech Ventures.
Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.