Industry landscapes
The companies, capital and talent shaping investment industry in Sydney. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.
An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.
24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗
No company example met every recorded classification, independence and public-profile gate in this snapshot. The live directory may have newer qualifying companies.
Explore classified startups in Radar ↗A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.
8 of 473 tracked companies have open roles.
1 of 473 tracked companies have a recorded round.
Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.
Midpoint of 1 rounds with a disclosed amount.
Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 100.0% of disclosed capital, while 99.8% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.
Explore the segments →Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD
| Year | Funding (USD) | Founded | Raising |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $0 | 25 | 0 |
| 2017 | $0 | 31 | 0 |
| 2018 | $60M | 29 | 1 |
| 2019 | $0 | 26 | 0 |
| 2020 | $0 | 14 | 0 |
| 2021 | $0 | 19 | 0 |
| 2022 | $0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2023 | $0 | 10 | 0 |
| 2024 | $0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | $0 | 0 | 0 |
Share of all disclosed company funding.
1 recorded rounds since 2016
Recorded participation in investment industry company rounds since 2016.
The measured Australia identity-to-filing probe did not produce a qualifying designated legal or national-ID join: bare ticker overlaps lack a recorded ASX exchange designation and are not designated legal or national identifiers.; The measured Australia identity-to-filing probe did not produce a qualifying designated legal or national-ID join: bare ticker overlaps lack a recorded ASX exchange designation and are not designated legal or national identifiers.
How the Sydney companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.
7 of these companies (1.5%) publish at least one Android app — 13 apps in all, carrying 6.8M installs between them.
| App | Installs | Rating | Store category |
|---|---|---|---|
| NAB Mobile BankingNAB Ventures | 5.2M | 4.6 | Finance |
| Origin Energy Gas Internet LPGOrigin Energy | 1.1M | 4.3 | House & Home |
| NAB Connect MobileNAB Ventures | 285.4K | — | Finance |
| My Money TrackerGood Return | 113K | — | Finance |
| NorthNorthonline | 30.3K | — | Finance |
| Active SuperActive Super | 13.4K | — | Finance |
| ColleagueNAB Ventures | 6.3K | — | Tools |
| QBE EventsQBE Partners with Insurtech program | 2.7K | — | Business |
| 360 EV Charge: Power Your EVOrigin Energy | 2.6K | — | Travel & Local |
| Renew EclipseOrigin Energy | 1.8K | — | Productivity |
Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.
The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it.
| Segment | Apps | Installs | Leading app | Release trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture Capital Funds | 3 | 5.5M | NAB Mobile Banking 5.2M | — |
| Accelerators & Incubators | 5 | 1.1M | Origin Energy Gas Internet LPG 1.1M | — |
| Limited Partners | 3 | 126.8K | My Money Tracker 113K | — |
A company can carry several segment tags, so these rows overlap and should not be added together. Trend lines are zero-based and share one quarter grid, so a flat line is a quiet segment, not a missing one.
Explore the segments behind the headline numbers.
Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.
Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.
The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.
0 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
Explore in RadarCommon revenue models; a company can use more than one.
Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.
Private equity group CVC is considering a bid to take Milan-listed payments company Nexi private in a deal that would value the group at approximately EUR 9 billion, including around EUR 6 billion in debt.
The transaction values Oracle at an enterprise value of approximately $72 million with completion subject to customary conditions, Count said.
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions agreed to acquire QBE Insurance Group’s Global Trade Credit and Surety business, subject to regulatory approvals expected to take several months.
Aims Financial Group raised its stake in Aims Apac Reit to nearly 18.7 per cent, after acquiring an additional 7 per cent stake of over 57 million units in the trust, the manager said.
Jarden Australia Pty Ltd has announced the acquisition of a 5.108% stake in Challenger Limited through a Block Trade Agreement, becoming a substantial holder in the company.
NAB reported cash earnings of A$2.64bil for the six months ended March 31.
In Sydney, Aliro Group earlier this month paid A$438 million ($310 million) for a pair of fully leased infill warehouses from Goodman Group in what Colliers ranked as the biggest Australian industrial deal of the year to that point.
Arrow Capital Partners has closed a new logistic lease in the Community of Madrid, in an operation that involves the rental of more than 11,500 square meters in a recently reformed asset.
Mr Kirk announced his departure from Stone in early February, and will remain to support the leadership transition into April.
The latest rollout includes Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management, Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning and Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management.
Top 10 categories among 136 recorded events in the 24-month window.
1 companies with recorded IPO activity
IPO · Euronext Amsterdam1 reports
14 tracked people moves
Departure Previously Chief Executive
Appointment Chief Executive
Appointment Senior Executive with Capital Division
Promotion chief executive
Appointment Executive President
Promotion Chief Investment Officer (Private Equity Division)
Appointment President
Appointment Chair
Products, platforms and features in the recorded window
Enterprise Cloud Platform
4 recorded customer wins
Customer: pe.traLogistics
Customer: logistics
Customer: colesRenewable Energy
Customer: tabreedDistrict cooling
1 companies with reported reductions
170 rolesbusiness division restructure
2 recorded events
secured full transmission access rightsAustralian EnergyCo
Suspended until June 2026Australian Securities and Investments Commission
2 tracked suits
continuous disclosure breach, misleading earnings guidanceClass Action · Ongoing
misleading guidance and breach of continuous disclosure obligationsClass Action · Ongoing
Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.
| Acquirer → target | Status | Date | Value / context |
|---|---|---|---|
| barings→Altis ↗ | Announced | 2026-09-01 | Not stated in snapshot |
| CVC→nexi | Pending | 2026-04-30 | Not stated in snapshot |
| count financial→oracle advisory group | Announced | 2026-04-01 | $72.0M |
| CVC→recordati | Announced | 2026-03-27 | Not stated in snapshot |
| swiss re corporate solutions→QBE Partners with Insurtech program ↗ | Pending | 2026-02-23 | Not stated in snapshot |
| CVC→Animal Nutrition & Health | Announced | 2026-02-19 | Not stated in snapshot |
A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.
Recorded hiring and workforce signals from the available source snapshot.
No repeated job title is supported by this snapshot.
0 tracked postings mention remote work.
| Company | Employees |
|---|---|
| Colonial First State ↗ | 1,992 |
| Nexia ↗ | 605 |
| Social Ventures Australia ↗ | 156 |
| Stone & Chalk ↗ | 117 |
| Grant Samuel ↗ | 94 |
| Paul Ramsay Foundation ↗ | 64 |
284 founders and chief executives across 270 companies.
Causeway AM, , Causeway Financial, ex-MD Nikko Asset Management, Causeway Asset Management, Maple Securities, Merrill Lynch. University of Sydney BEc
Ex- Adept Solutions, Bain & Company, GEM Consulting, McKinsey & Company, Perpetual. University of New South Wales B.Com, University of Oxford M.Phil
Founder & CEO SERENITAS, Tasman Holiday Parks, ex-Founder & CEO Tasman Lifestyle Continuum Group, Right2Drive. Saint Ignatius' College Riverview.
Ex-QIC, China Investment, State Street, JP Morgan Asset Management, Credit Suisse Asset Management. RMIT University BE, Macquarie University MFin
Ex-Avenue Capital Group, Pharmaron, IFM Investments, Acuatico Air Indonesia, Viva Biotech, Medanta, Hutchison Telecommunications International…
Q CTRL, Baraja, ex-Founder Genos, Blackbird Ventures, Startmate, Biteable, DeckStream, Nicholson International. University of Tasmania BA 1995…
Chairman Glennon Small Companies, ex-Adam Smith Asset, MD Republic Funds Management, Henroth Investments, Excelsior Capital. Waverley College
SenSen Networks, Independent Reserve, ex-My Lion Academy. Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning BCon 2003, Macquarie University MA 2006
Ex- Co-Founder Asia-Australia, Pemara, ANZ Bank, Ericsson, AMP, Infosys, Dimension Data, Nine, Blockchain Australia. Monash University B.Com
Australian Taxation Office, ex-Creative Virtual. University of Technology Sydney BS 2006. The University of Sydney Business School MS 2016.
Ex-IoT Intelligent Management Technologies, Lorgan, Connections Australia, Angaros Group, Sumo Group of Companies, AIBM Group…
Scalapay, ex-Co-Founder SCUTER, Afterpay Touch, Rocket Internet. Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna BE 2007, ME 2010
29 profiles with education records.
11 profiles with prior-work records.
Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.
61,589 articles in the measured 12-month window.
Investment Industry coverage tagged Sydney · articles per complete quarter
| Quarter | Articles |
|---|---|
| 2021Q2 | 13,483 |
| 2021Q3 | 16,564 |
| 2021Q4 | 13,327 |
| 2022Q1 | 13,350 |
| 2022Q2 | 13,402 |
| 2022Q3 | 13,578 |
| 2022Q4 | 23,627 |
| 2023Q1 | 27,251 |
| 2023Q2 | 15,251 |
| 2023Q3 | 17,579 |
| 2023Q4 | 15,121 |
| 2024Q1 | 15,718 |
| 2024Q2 | 17,805 |
| 2024Q3 | 15,228 |
| 2024Q4 | 17,109 |
| 2025Q1 | 17,586 |
| 2025Q2 | 12,180 |
| 2025Q3 | 16,401 |
| 2025Q4 | 17,752 |
| 2026Q1 | 16,806 |
Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.
147 recorded company events across 13 companies; percentages use that event total.
Investment Industry coverage tagged Sydney · ranked by full-period article count.
Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.
Australia comparison coverage
| Keyword | Recent | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| countries | 4,005 | 1,939 | 107% |
| domestic robots | 3,111 | 46 | 6663% |
| toy robots | 3,085 | 33 | 9248% |
| startup news | 1,989 | 558 | 256% |
| ashes moments | 1,189 | 770 | 54% |
| angel investors | 1,018 | 373 | 173% |
| overseas study | 972 | 685 | 42% |
| ashes urn | 895 | 393 | 128% |
| ashes records | 856 | 404 | 112% |
| semester abroad | 817 | 523 | 56% |
| test cricket | 5,975 | 11,555 | -48% |
| test innings | 4,544 | 8,871 | -49% |
| 5-day cricket | 3,722 | 7,774 | -52% |
| odi cricket | 2,924 | 6,170 | -53% |
| limited overs cricket | 2,793 | 6,145 | -55% |
Australia comparison coverage
territories, disputed islands, test cricket
27.6% critical · 19.8% positivetest cricket, test innings, odi world cup
31.2% critical · 43.3% positiveleague expansion news, core inflation rate, inflation outlook
31.4% critical · 47.0% positiveInvestment Industry coverage tagged Sydney. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.
Clear definitions for making better comparisons.
It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.
No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.
A dash or unavailable panel means the current reviewed source snapshot does not support that figure.
Company ecosystem snapshot: 2 September 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.
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