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Top 25 Innovation hubs based in Australia

Name: Innovation hubs based in Australia
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026 310 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 310 innovation hubs headquartered in Australia as of September 2026 and tracks 1,518 professional contacts across them, including 357 with verified work emails. Melbourne is the largest hub.

This list covers innovation hubs headquartered in Australia, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 20, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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1,518Contacts tracked

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The 25 largest innovation hubs based in Australia

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 310 innovation hubs based in Australia, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to innovation hubs: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Stone & Chalk	Strong evidence	Haymarket, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	76 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Stone & Chalk is Australia's largest innovation community with four tech hubs across Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2	The Entourage	Indirect evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	64 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 2010 by award-winning entrepreneur and investor, Jack Delosa, The Entourage is Australia's largest and most effective trainer and community for entrepreneurs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3	Cicada Innovations	Partial evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	56 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Cicada Innovations is a Sydney-based incubator with a twenty-five-year track record of developing deep tech ventures tackling some of the world’s most pressing problems.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4	Spacecubed	Partial evidence	Perth, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	40 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Spacecubed is home to one of Australia’s most active innovation communities, a place where founders, creators, remote teams and industry leaders come together to build what’s…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5	Canberra Innovation Network	Partial evidence	Canberra, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	29 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Canberra Innovation Network (CBRIN) launched in November 2014 on the back of a progressive local government and collaboration between Canberra’s world class education and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6	creativecubes.co	Partial evidence	South Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	29 contacts →
	Partial evidence “CreativeCubes.Co is not just a co-working space; we're a springboard for entrepreneurial innovation, designed to inspire and encourage collaboration.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7	River City Labs	Indirect evidence	Brisbane, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	27 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “River City Labs fosters the growth of startup companies solving big problems.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8	Melbourne Innovation Centre	Partial evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	24 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Melbourne Innovation Centre helps businesses and the entrepreneurs behind them build a smarter, stronger future.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9	Tank Stream Labs	Indirect evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	18 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Tank Stream Labs is a leading provider of co-working spaces and private office suites for startups, scaleups and SMEs in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10	Edugrowth Australia's Edtech HUB	Partial evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Partial evidence “EduGrowth is Australia’s EdTech and education innovation industry hub.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11	Hunter IF	Indirect evidence	Newcastle, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “A not-for-profit support organisation encouraging and facilitating investment, jobs and growth in the Hunter as it undergoes significant change.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12	Renko Group PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Darwin, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	12 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Renko is a small business incubator that provides a variety of services and facilities to help small business startups succeed.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13	RAW Studio	Indirect evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	12 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We build amazing products, featured on TechCrunch, Product Hunt.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14	Western Bace	Indirect evidence	Cobblebank, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	12 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Western BACE is a not-for-profit business hub supporting startups, small businesses, and the wider community in Melbourne’s west.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15	Innovate Australia	Partial evidence	Perth, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	11 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Innovate Australia encourages, assists and promotes Australian innovation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16	Euphorium	Indirect evidence	Geraldton, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Euphorium is dedicated to becoming the community innovators that invent the "new" ways to enable the liberation of creativity for good.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17	Disrupt Radio	Indirect evidence	Southbank, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Welcome to the new business world where the playing field has been levelled and the like-minded are gathering, ready to disrupt.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18	Eastern Innovation	Partial evidence	Mulgrave, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Innovation Hub \| Flexible Offices \| Coworking \| Labs \| Meeting Spaces Eastern Innovation is designed to provide collaborative opportunities for networking as part of an activated…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19	Australian Institute For Commercialisation	Partial evidence	Eight Mile Plains, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Australian Institute for Commercialisation (AIC) provides innovation and collaboration services that help organisations grow.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20	Gold Coast Health And Knowledge Precinct	Indirect evidence	Southport, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct offers a collaborative environment for health and knowledge companies and organisations to invest, cluster and grow.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21	The Melt	Partial evidence	Warners Bay, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Melt is an Industrial Prototyping Lab and Innovation Accelerator, powering the creation of the world's best hardware products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22	The Creative Element	Indirect evidence	Canberra, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Creative Element (TCE) inspires Australians to innovate, create and play.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
23	Cremorne Digital HUB	Partial evidence	Cremorne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Cremorne Digital Hub (CDH) helps companies develop digital capabilities and drive innovation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
24	Sprk Consultants	Indirect evidence	Toowoomba, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are a creative hub for electrical engineers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
25	Triniti Ventures	Indirect evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Triniti is a Venture Studio.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: innovation hubs. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names innovation hubs.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of innovation hubs, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name innovation hubs. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Innovation hubs based in Australia at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026

23.5%Verified-email coverage

4.9Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

16.1%Largest-city concentration · Melbourne

Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

217

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Australia, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Australia, over 310 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among innovation hubs, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in Australia whose own description of what they do matches “innovation hubs”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names innovation hubs), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among innovation hubs, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Australia are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 357 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Innovation hubs by metro

Innovation hubs in Melbourne50
Innovation hubs in Sydney43

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names innovation hubs, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many innovation hubs are there based in Australia?

RevenueBase identified 310 innovation hubs headquartered in Australia as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Stone & Chalk, headquartered in Haymarket, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most innovation hubs?

Melbourne leads with 50 headquartered companies, followed by Sydney (43) and Perth (14).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 357 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 310 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.