69 Best Startups in Australia And New Zealand to Watch in 2024

Block is a technology company that has developed solutions to develop an integrated ecosystem of commerce solutions, business software, and banking services for sellers. It was founded as Square in 2009 and is located in San Francisco, California.

Total Raised: $3440.50M

Last Funding: $150.00M (Series E)

Airwallex is an international payments company founded in 2015.

Total Raised: $396.00M

Last Funding: $100.00M (Series E)

C3 AI is an enterprise artificial intelligence software company providing a family of integrated products for accelerating digital transformation.

Total Raised: $224.50M

Last Funding: $11.80M (Series E)

Canva is a company operating as an online graphic design platform. It provides users with a drag-and-drop design tool and a library of stock photographs, graphic elements and fonts.

Total Raised: $149.00M

Last Funding: $85.00M (Series D)

Developer of a human resource management software designed to connect employers and employees.

Total Raised: $279.67M

Last Funding: $103.00M (Series E)

Linktree is a company founded by Alex Zaccaria.

Total Raised: $165.70M

Last Funding: $110.00M (Series C)

Total Raised: $92.50M

Last Funding: $73.10M (Series B)

Swoop Aero is a Melbourne-based company.

Total Raised: $16.00M

Last Funding: $16.00M (Series B)

A company offering banking services to small and medium sized businesses.

Total Raised: $276.20M

Last Funding: $276.20M (Series B)

The Iconic is a Sydney-based company founded in 2011.

Total Raised: $46.00M

Last Funding: $46.00M (Series A)

We help Australians bring their big ideas to life with faster, fairer loans powered by smart technology.

Total Raised: $5.38M

Last Funding: $5.21M (Seed)

JigSpace is a 3D knowledge-sharing platform.

Total Raised: $6.10M

Last Funding: $4.70M (Series A)

Ansarada is a Sydney-based company founded in 2005 by Sam RIley.

Total Raised: $18.00M

Last Funding: $18.00M (Series A)

Data Republic is a provider of a data-driven dashboard for evaluating new technologies, tools and partners.

Total Raised: $30.00M

Last Funding: $16.00M (Series B)

Veda is a Sydney-based healthcare company founded in 2015.

Total Raised: $45.00M

Last Funding: $45.00M (Series B)

Buildkite is a company founded in 2013.

Total Raised: $39.59M

Last Funding: $18.73M (Series A)

Founded in 2015 by brothers Sam and Ryan Kroonenburg, ACGprovides courses on how to use the cloud.

Total Raised: $7.00M

Last Funding: $7.00M (Series A)

Vero is an event driven email platform for customer-focused teams founded in 2012 by Chris Hexton.

Total Raised: $2.65M

Last Funding: $0.00M (Seed)

Oneflare is a Sydney-based company founded in 2011.

Total Raised: $15.48M

Last Funding: $0.48M (Seed)

LENS Immersive is a Sydney-based artificial intelligence company offering services for the delivery of 4K, virtual reality, and augmented reality video.

Total Raised: $3.00M

Last Funding: $3.00M (Seed)

Heartbeat is a Sydney-based company founded in 2015 by Kate Aveline Edwards.

Total Raised: $1.00M

Last Funding: $1.00M (Seed)

Tipping app that makes it easy to tip service workers digitally.

Total Raised: $2.89M

Last Funding: $2.89M (Unknown)

Moula is a company founded in 2013.

Total Raised: $20.00M

Last Funding: $20.00M (Series D)

6clicks is a company founded in 2019 by Anthony Stevens, Louis Strauss and Andrew Robinson.

Total Raised: $6.49M

Last Funding: $6.49M (Series A)

Xplor is a company founded in 2015.

Total Raised: $8.66M

Last Funding: $2.66M (Series B)

Better furniture by Australia, for the world.

Total Raised: $4.00M

Last Funding: $2.17M (Seed)

Online platform connecting people with disabilities or seniors to local care and support workers.

Total Raised: $3.51M

Last Funding: $1.99M (Series C)

Flippa is a Melbourne-based company founded in 2009.

Total Raised: $11.00M

Last Funding: $11.00M (Series A)

Developer of a patient engagement platform intended to improve the depth of the relationship between patients and doctors through quality practice efficiency.

Total Raised: $4.77M

Last Funding: $3.31M (Series B)

Data driven technology company helping retail and hospitality SME’s boost revenue by predicting and influencing customer purchase behaviour

Total Raised: $3.94M

Last Funding: $3.94M (Unknown)

Clinivid is an Australia-based company founded by Katja Beitat.

Total Raised: $0.23M

Last Funding: $0.23M (Seed)

Drone and laser scanning technology, combined with advanced reporting for asset inspection and survey.

Total Raised: $0.39M

Last Funding: $0.39M (Pre Seed)

Mobile games developer focused on bringing people together.

Total Raised: $2.80M

Last Funding: $2.80M (Unknown)

Dubber is a Melbourne-based software as a service company founded in 2011.

Total Raised: $3.97M

Last Funding: $3.97M (Angel)

Software solution offering accounting tools for accountants, bookkeepers, small/medium businesses, and personal users.

Total Raised: $1.77M

Last Funding: $1.77M (Unknown)

Real estate firm focusing on property investment.

Total Raised: $2.01M

Last Funding: $2.01M (Unknown)

Platform focusing on digital transformation with websites, apps, and software services for business management.

Total Raised: $1.70M

Last Funding: $1.70M (Unknown)

IP Licensing Marketplace for Games

Total Raised: $1.12M

Last Funding: $1.12M (Unknown)

Platform offering software for managing service appointments on the day they are scheduled.

Total Raised: $2.66M

Last Funding: $2.66M (Unknown)

A social network for travel-obsessed millennials and Gen Zs to share and find their next best trip.

Total Raised: $0.33M

Last Funding: $0.33M (Pre Seed)

Online platform connecting people with disabilities or seniors to local care and support workers.

Total Raised: $0.12M

Last Funding: $0.00M (Unknown)

Rome2rio is an Australia-based company in the tranportation industry founded in 2010.

Total Raised: $0.45M

Last Funding: $0.45M (Seed)

People & payroll software designed to make work life easy.

Total Raised: $0.80M

Last Funding: $0.80M (Pre Seed)

DTC and Creator Manufacturing Platform for Beauty, Health and Wellness Products

Total Raised: $0.16M

Last Funding: $0.16M (Pre Seed)

For Loop develops solutions to complex problems in the aviation industry.

Total Raised: $0.06M

Last Funding: $0.06M (Pre Seed)

Platypus, LLC is a company that provides low cost water data collection.

Collaborate on code and pull requests. Manage and share Git and Mercurial repositories.

Seeker Wireless is a Sydney-based mobile telephony company founded in 2003.

Mindset Health aims to replace drugs with app-based hypnotherapy. They help people improve issues like irritable bowel syndrome, anxiety & depression with app-delivered hypnotherapy, produced by world-class doctors.

Yabble is an Auckland-based developer of AI software for insight development.

RainCheck is a Sydney-based company founded in 2014 by Cameron Wall.

BTC Markets is a cryptocurrency exchange based in Melbourne, Australia.

Kanopi is a data-driven insurtech that connects insurers and digital platforms so they can provide the right insurance to their customers. 

Developer of a commercial web-mail platform designed to offer messaging services to enterprises.

Elula is a Sydney-based company founded in 2017.

Bit Country is an application framework and metaverse network for user-created metaverses, games and dapps.

Airteam is a company founded in 2016.

Linear is a Melbourne-based company founded in 2006.

Shopify is an Ottawa-based cloud-based, multi-channel commerce platform designed for small and medium-sized businesses, founded in 2004 by Tobias Lütke.

Equiem is a Melbourne-based company founded in 2010.

Ovira is a therapeutic company developing pulse therapy intended to target period pain in women without the use of drugs. The company also offers herbal supplements and other feminine health products.

Telstra is an australian telecommunications company founded in 1901 by David Thodey.

SafetyCulture is a software for mobile workplace safety and quality management.

Houzz is a Sydney-based company founded in 2009.

Aconex developed cloud-based construction software to connect teams on construction and engineering projects. Acquired by Oracle.

Employsure is a Sydney-based professional services company founded in 2012.

PageUp People is a company founded in 1997.

Polygon is a protocol and a framework for building and connecting Ethereum-compatible blockchain networks.