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Best Waste & Water Management Companies in New South Wales, Australia

The 64 best Waste & Water Management companies in New South Wales, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Bingo Industries.

64companies tracked
$1.8Bdisclosed funding
0unicorns
8have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · WASTE & WATER MANAGEMENT × NEW SOUTH WALES

Our analysis of 100 Waste & Water Management companies

$3.6b in tracked funding; 67% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

100companies analysed
67%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
1unicorns
2010median founding year
91kcombined LinkedIn audience
64%of audience held by top 3
2companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Waste & Water Management companies in New South Wales

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1Bingo Industries
Waste collection and management company
$1.8B65 mo agoPublic—2013Kentico CMSApple iCloud MailGoogle Maps+24—
2Tellus Holdings
Infrastructure development company focused on products produced from waste resources, salt and clay
$11M114 mo agoSeries BDuncan Merwe
Founder
2010——
3Sircel
Focused on e-waste solutions and recycling
$5M23 mo agoSeries AAnthony Karam
CEO/MD
2018WordPressMySQLPHP+32—
4Impact Recycling
Provider of waste plastic recycling services
$3M12 mo agoSeries A—2018——
5Enaxiom
Energy and water company offering products for decarbonisation and wastewater treatment
$2M2 mo agoSeedBijan Rahimi
Co-Founder & CEO
2023——
6Phoslock
Offers algae management solution
$550K105 mo agoPublic—1994——
7Asbestos Audit
Provider of asbestos surveys, inspections, removal, testing, demolition, and soft strip out services
—28 mo agoSeed—2018Squarespace CommerceSquarespaceTypeScript+18—
8Re.Group
Provider of food and garden recycling services
—48 mo agoSeries ADavid Singh
Co-Founder & MD
2013WordPressMySQLPHP+14—

Top 8 Waste & Water Management companies in New South Wales

#1
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2023
$1.8Mraised
▾

Energy and water company offering products for decarbonisation and wastewater treatment. It offer products for decarbonization and wastewater treatment, including concentrated solar power linear, boilers, water heaters, and more.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 714 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2026Seed$1.8M
Founders & team
Bijan RahimiCo-Founder & CEOAntonia CollingsCo-Founder
Investors
Epic Angels, Antler, Black Nova
#2
Series A · Newcastle, New South Wales · founded 2018 · 13 employees
$2.6Mraised
▾

Provider of waste plastic recycling services

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2025Series A$4.5M
  • Nov 2023Conventional Debt$8.7M
  • May 2023Series A—
  • Sep 2021Grant (prize money)$7.7M
Investors
Lgchem, IW Capital, Nestle, Europa, MassChallenge
#3
Public · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2013 · 268 employees
$1.8Braised
▾

Waste collection and management company

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2021Post IPO$1.8B
Investors
CPE Capital
Tech stack
Alpine.JsAmazon AlbAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerApple Icloud Mail
#4
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2018 · 4 employees
$5Mraised
▾

Sircel is a green-technology company focused on eradicating e-waste through local collection, drop-off events, and recycling solutions for businesses, councils, schools, and communities.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 2.5% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2024Series A$5M
Founders & team
Anthony KaramCEO/MD
Investors
Kilara Capital, Tectonic
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsElementorGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#5
Series B · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2010 · 41 employees
$11.1Mraised
▾

Infrastructure development company focused on products produced from waste resources, salt and clay

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2016Series B$11.1M
Founders & team
Duncan MerweFounder
Investors
Bravo Futura Capital, Alium Capital, Balius Capital
#6
Public · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 1994 · 40 employees
$550Kraised
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Phoslock (formerly knows as IMT Holdings) develops a tool 'Phoslock' (developed in Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia) which is used for the treatment of blue-green algae. It works by consuming the phosphate present in the water, thus decreasing the phosphate availability to algae and find application in naturally occurring water bodies, swimming pool and water reservoir.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2017Post IPO$4.6M
  • Sep 2008Unattributed$550K
Investors
Ludgate Environmental Fund, Ludgate, CVC
#7
Seed · Newcastle, New South Wales · founded 2018 · 19 employees
—raised
▾

Asbestos Audit Ltd is a UK-based company that provides asbestos surveys, inspections, removal, testing, demolition, and soft strip out services. They are UKAS accredited and have a team of asbestos consultants to assist with asbestos-related requirements.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 839 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2024Seed—
  • 2021Seed—
Investors
NEL Fund Managers
Tech stack
AngularCore-JsGodaddyGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Maps
#8
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2013
—raised
▾

Provider of food and garden recycling services

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 9k LinkedIn followers — 9.7% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. Machinex Deposit) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2022Series A—
Founders & team
David SinghCo-Founder & MD
Investors
Mercury Capital
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementContact Form 7Core-JsFlickityFlywheel

Funding & investor landscape

$1.8Btotal disclosed funding
6companies funded
10disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Alium Capital1 rounds
Antler1 rounds
Artesian1 rounds
Balius Capital1 rounds
Bandera1 rounds
Black Nova1 rounds
BlueChilli1 rounds
Bravo Futura Capital1 rounds
CPE Capital1 rounds
CVC1 rounds

Notable founders

Bijan Rahimi
Co-Founder & CEO · Enaxiom
Antonia Collings
Co-Founder · Enaxiom
Anthony Karam
CEO/MD · Sircel
Duncan Merwe
Founder · Tellus Holdings
David Singh
Co-Founder & MD · Re.Group
Prism market signals · Australia · country-scoped Prism corpus, 3,044,627 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Waste & Water Management coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Australia

How research on Water Treatment is moving in Australia

A read on the academic research around Water Treatment — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 735 Australia-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 34% → 59% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
  • UNSW Sydney64
  • University of Technology Sydney61
  • RMIT University59
  • South Australian Water Corporation36
  • University of South Australia35
leading researchers
Christopher W.K. Chow · S. Vigneswaran · Jaya Kandasamy · Mary Drikas · Tiến Vinh Nguyễn · Rolando Fabris · Tony Hadibarata · Arash Zamyadi
▲ Breakthroughs137 · 19%
▲ 7%→25% share
▲3.6× share momentum1 median citations77% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (7%→25% of field), led by Membrane.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Membrane3→21
  • Catalysis1→19
  • Adsorption4→21
  • Desalination1→13
  • Wastewater1→10
Newly emergingPollutant 0→13 · Human decontamination 0→11 · Portable water purification 0→9
Landmark Angstrom-confined catalytic water purification within Co-TiOx laminar membrane nanochannels · 327 cites
◆ Advancements375 · 51%
▼ 53%→50% share
▼0.9× share momentum3 median citations57% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are cooling (53%→50% of field), led by Adsorption.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Adsorption15→61
  • Wastewater10→43
  • Membrane7→29
  • Sewage treatment1→23
  • Pollutant4→14
Newly emergingBiochar 0→14 · Chitosan 0→9 · Nanocomposite 0→8
Landmark Sulfidation of Iron-Based Materials: A Review of Processes and Implications for Water Treatment and Remediation · 458 cites
▼ Concerns159 · 22%
▼ 28%→19% share
▼0.7× share momentum6 median citations51% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (28%→19% of field), led by Sewage treatment.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Sewage treatment4→13
  • Wastewater7→14
  • Contamination2→8
  • Effluent1→5
  • Tap water1→5
Newly emergingWater supply 0→6 · Nutrient 0→5 · Pollutant 0→5
Landmark Challenges and Opportunities for Electrochemical Processes as Next-Generation Technologies for the Treatment of Contamin · 1,075 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Australia

Where water treatment 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.

Sydney160 · +0.42
Hot · DesalinationAdvancing · Filter (signal processing)Opportunity · Portable water purificationConcern · Water supply
Melbourne148 · +0.39
Hot · CyanobacteriaAdvancing · MicrofiltrationOpportunity · Portable water purificationConcern · Metal ions in aqueous solution
Brisbane92 · +0.40
Hot · ChitosanAdvancing · GrapheneOpportunity · BiofilterConcern · Chloramination
Perth75 · +0.38
Hot · NanocompositeAdvancing · Freundlich equationOpportunity · Aqueous solutionConcern · Chloramination
Adelaide48 · +0.55
Hot · CatalysisAdvancing · Human decontaminationOpportunity · Radical
Canberra7 · +0.53
Opportunity · Membrane

Common questions

How many Waste & Water Management companies are there in New South Wales, Australia?
Radar tracks 64 indexable Waste & Water Management companies headquartered in New South Wales, Australia that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Waste & Water Management companies in New South Wales, Australia?
The Waste & Water Management companies in New South Wales, Australia on this list have raised a combined $1.8B in disclosed equity funding across 6 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Waste & Water Management company in New South Wales, Australia?
Bingo Industries is the highest-funded Waste & Water Management company in New South Wales, Australia, with $1.8B in disclosed equity funding.
How many Waste & Water Management companies in New South Wales, Australia are funded?
6 of the 64 Waste & Water Management companies in New South Wales, Australia on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Waste & Water Management unicorns are there in New South Wales, Australia?
None of the Waste & Water Management companies in New South Wales, Australia on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in New South Wales, Australia Waste & Water Management companies?
The most active investors in New South Wales, Australia Waste & Water Management companies on this list include Alium Capital, Antler, Artesian, Balius Capital, Bandera.
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