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Top 25 Venture backed startups based in Australia

RevenueBase identified 277 venture backed startups headquartered in Australia as of September 2026 and tracks 1,950 professional contacts across them, including 644 with verified work emails. Sydney is the largest hub.

This list covers venture backed startups 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 22, 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 22, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
277Companies
1,950Contacts tracked
644Verified emails
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The 25 largest venture backed startups based in Australia

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 277 venture backed startups based in Australia, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to venture backed startups: 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceSurry Hills, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026n/a235 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Blackbird is a venture capital fund based in Australia and New Zealand.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
2Strong evidenceSurry Hills, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-50147 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Airtree is a venture capital firm backing Aussie and Kiwi founders, building the iconic technology companies of tomorrow.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
3Indirect evidenceDarlinghurst, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20067 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“For 10+ years, Paloma has powered product and engineering for some of the world's fastest-growing scale-ups and enterprises, from Afterpay and Block to Bakkt, MoneyGram, and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
4Partial evidenceSurry Hills, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5052 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Square Peg is a venture capital firm that helps founders from our corner of the world shape the future.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
5Indirect evidenceSydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5034 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Potentia is a private equity firm that believes in the transformative power of technology to build tomorrow.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
6Partial evidenceRedfern, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5033 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Folklore Ventures is an Australian venture capital firm that is committed to supporting Australia and New Zealand’s most ambitious founders.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
7Partial evidenceBondi Junction, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5031 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We’re a venture capital firm focused on early-stage B2B software companies in Australia and New Zealand.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
8Strong evidenceRichmond, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-1030 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Australia’s First Women-Led VC Fund backing Women-Led Startups.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
9Indirect evidenceNorth Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20029 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We believe that entrepreneurship is uniquely positioned to make a great difference in the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
10Partial evidenceSydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5028 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Helix Collective is a venture studio and investment fund.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
11Indirect evidenceBrisbane, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5028 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“TEN13 is a global VC fuelling founders with first cheques from $300k-$2m and support through the journey to scale.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12Strong evidenceSydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5023 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Investible is an early-stage venture capital firm backing the visionaries advancing humanity through technology.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
13Strong evidenceSydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5023 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Tidal is a thesis-led venture fund backing the founders building AI-native Systems of Work.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
14Partial evidenceSydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5020 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are Black Nova VC, and we're championing the next generation of B2B technology startups.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
15Indirect evidenceSydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5019 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Scalare Partners Holdings Limited (ASX: SCP, exists to empower visionary technology founders to transform their ideas into the great businesses of tomorrow.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
16Partial evidenceSt Lucia, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-1018 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Uniseed is Australia’s longest-running venture fund, operating at the Universities of Melbourne, Queensland, Sydney & New South Wales, and the CSIRO, with investment capital…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
17Strong evidenceDarlinghurst, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5017 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Nakatomi backs and builds new ventures from day dot.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
18Partial evidenceFortitude Valley, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20017 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Soda is Australia’s launchpad for innovative digital infrastructure, sustainability and ventures.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
19Partial evidenceSydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5016 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Skip Capital is passionate about backing technology enabled businesses.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
20Indirect evidenceMelbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“More time, support, resources and know-how than any other seed-stage investor in Australia.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
21Indirect evidenceSydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-1014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We invest at the pre-seed and seed stage, enabling pioneering and mission-driven innovators to solve critical problems at the intersection of enterprise and national security.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
22Partial evidenceSydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-1013 contacts →

Partial evidence

“SpringCapital backs brilliant people solving difficult problems.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
23Strong evidenceMelbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-1013 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Archangel is an early stage venture capital fund investing in Australian startups.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
24Partial evidenceSydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-1012 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Bailador Technology Investments [ASX:BTI] is a listed venture capital fund targeting expansion stage investments.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
25Partial evidenceNorth Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-1012 contacts →

Partial evidence

Venture Capital Fund that invests internationally in early stage, highly scalable, breakthrough technology companies driven by the 4th industrial revolution.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026

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Venture backed startups based in Australia at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026
33.0%Verified-email coverage
7.0Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
37.2%Largest-city concentration · Sydney
Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
221
11-50
47
51-200
7
201-500
1
501-1,000
1

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 277 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 venture backed startups, 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 “venture backed startups”. 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 venture backed startups), 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 venture backed startups, 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, 644 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 22, 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.

Venture backed startups by metro

  • Venture backed startups in Sydney103
  • Venture backed startups in Melbourne40

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 venture backed startups, 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 venture backed startups are there based in Australia?

RevenueBase identified 277 venture backed startups 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?

Blackbird, headquartered in Surry Hills, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most venture backed startups?

Sydney leads with 103 headquartered companies, followed by Melbourne (40) and Brisbane (19).

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 644 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 277 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 22, 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.