Top 10 Tech Companies and Startups in Australia
                     Top 10 Tech 
Companies 
and Startups 
in Australia
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01 Canva 06 AgriWebb
02 Airwallex 07 Secure Code Warrior
03 Gilmour Space Technologies 08 Moula
04 SocietyOne 09 Car Next Door
05 Baraja 10 Half Dome
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01
Canva
Canva is not just one of the fastest growing tech and design-collaboration tools 
in Australia but in the world.
Launched in 2013 and co-founded by Cliff Obrecht, Melanie Perkins and 
Cameron Adams, Canva is used in at least 190 countries. (Source: Bloomberg
)
Ever since it declared a $458 million funding round in 2016, the company has 
not ceased to grow in valuation.
The company has achieved staggering growth while still operating in the 
private realm with the announcement of its latest funding that saw it catapult to 
$US40 billion valuation. (Source: Financial Review)
Even on paper, Canva is valued more than popular locally-listed luminaries 
like Telstra, Woolworths, Transurban, Goodman Group and even Afterpay that 
was recently acquired. Its annual revenue stands at $700 million.
While many other tech companies in Australia are breaking out of their remote 
Sector: Graphics and design industry geography confines, Canva sets the pace with its growth rate.
Founders: Cliff Obrecht, Melanie Perkins, and Cameron Adams 
Company Established – 2013
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02
Airwallex
Second on our list is Airwallex and is another startup that is setting the pace. 
Based in Melbourne, Australia and founded in the year 2015, Airwallex deals 
in the fintech market and basically enables businesses to seek and make 
payments from different parts of the world.
It is owned by Jack Zhang, Xijing Dai, Max Li and Lucy Liu, and offers cross-
border financing and revenue almost like what is attainable with TransferWise. 
For instance, its customers can set up bank accounts overseas where their 
paying customers are located. Airwallex allows them move back the revenue 
with the help of inter-bank exchanges thereby saving them up to 90 percent 
hassle of trading with foreign currency as well as simplifying their businesses 
overseas.
Sector: Fintech industry
Founders: Jack Zhang, Xijing Dai, Max Li, and Lucy Liu
Company Established – 2015
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Gilmour Space Technologies
Speaking about tech companies and startups in Australia, this list won’t be 
complete without adding the name Gilmour Space Technologies.
Based in Queensland, Australia, it is a venture-backed rocket company that 
powers new-launch vehicles with its low-cost hybrid propulsion technologies.
The company was founded in 2013 by two brothers, Adam Gilmour and James 
Gilmour and has become one of the leading space companies in Australia. It is 
also poised to offer more reliable, affordable and dedicated launches into LEO 
(Low Earth Orbits) from 2022 with the help of its Eris orbital rocket. (Source: 
Gilmour Space)
Sector: Space
Founders: Adam Gilmour and James Gilmour
Company Established – 2013
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SocietyOne
Based in Sydney, Australia, is SocietyOne which is another fintech startup that 
operates as a Peer-to-Peer lending platform that allows credible business 
people in need of money to easily connect with investors.
It was founded in 2012 and is headed by Mark Jones, the Chief Executive 
Officer, and has been able to raise up to $70.2 million in startup funding by 9 
investors. (Source: Crunchbase)
Since its inception, the company has provided funds for more than 35,000 
customers through its investors’ funds and surpassed $1 billion lending 
milestone in January 2021. (Source: AustralianBroker)
Sector: Fintech Industry
Founders: Mark Jones
Company Established – 2012
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Baraja
Baraja is a startup in Australia that provides leading automotive companies 
with its revolutionary LiDAR technology Spectrum-Scan to help them set a new 
benchmark in reliability and precision.
Founded in 2016 by Cibby Pulikkaseril and Federico Collarte, these two 
brought their vast knowledge in photonics together to solve the challenges 
encountered with LiDAR for self-driving vehicles.
In 2019, Baraja announced a Series A investment that saw it receive a total of 
$32 million fund from various investors to help it scale up on production, hire 
talents and maintain its vision of creating an enabling environment for safer 
autonomous driving. (Source: Baraja)
And in March of 2021, the company raised a funding B round to the tune of 
$31 million to help it develop its ingenious and unique imaging system. 
(Source: TechCrunch)
Sector: Banking
Founders: Cibby Pulikkaseril and Federico Collarte
Company Established – 2016
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06
AgriWebb
AgriWebb is an Australian startup software company that provides 
a platform for farmers to gather and analyze their farm data. With 
this software, farmers can check for their cattle health, check water 
levels, plot out lands, as well as monitor the movement of their 
cattle remotely. The platform also enables listing and buying of 
stock for cattle.
It was founded in 2013 by Justin Webb and co-founders Kevin 
Baum, and John Fargher. The company secured an investment of 
$14 million as well as an acquisition to gain a minority stake in the 
industry. (Source: SmartCompany)
Sector: Agriculture
Founders: Justin Webb, Kevin Baum, and John Fargher
Company Established – 2013
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07
Secure Code Warrior
Secure Code Warrior is another top tech startup company in 
Australia that focuses on providing cybersecurity that helps 
developers with intrinsic secure coding.
This company was founded in 2015 and has Pieter Danhieux as 
the CEO and co-founder, as well as Fatemah Beydoun, Matias 
Madou, Colin Wong, Nathan Desmet, and Jaap Karen Singh as co-
founders.
They offer contextual training, unrivaled depth of content so that 
developers can learn and develop strategies that ensure they 
always end up with secure coding. According to Dealroom, Secure 
Code Warrior is estimated to be valued between €182 - 274m as at 
Sector: Cyber Security December 2019. (Source: Dealroom)
Founders: Justin Webb, Kevin Baum, and John Fargher
Company Established – 2015
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Moula
Next on our list is Moula and is another startup owned by Piers 
Moller, Aris Allegos and Andrew Watt, and operates in the fintech 
industry. The company was founded in 2013 and has its 
headquarters in Melbourne, Australia.
The company focuses on helping hard-working business owners 
access loans up to $340,000 faster through quick data processing. 
It makes use of its technology to analyse performance history and 
real-time sales data of an applicant to determine if such business 
can pay back. No need for pa
Sector: Fintech Industry
Founders: Piers Moller, Aris Allegos and Andrew Watt
Company Established – 2013
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Car Next Door
Car Next Door has a simple mission – to convert any car into a 
shareable car so as to save money, empower people, reduce 
waste and to create greener, cleaner and better neighborhoods.
With its headquarters located in Pyrmont, Australia, this company 
was founded in 2012 by David Trumbull, Chloe Illife, and Will 
Davies.
The company has been recording impressive results of 100% 
revenue growth each year that in 2019, Hyundai auto 
manufacturing company raised a total of $6.2 million for it to cater 
to its growing number of customers. And not only that, Car Next 
Door in that same year bagged a total of $10 million in funding. 
Sector: Transportation (Source: SmartCompany)
Founders: David Trumbull, Chloe Illife, and Will Davies
Company Established – 2012
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Half Dome
Half Dome is a Victorian media buying company that combines 
technology and marketing to provide compelling solutions for 
businesses.
It has a massive focus on analytics and data to maximize its ability 
to measure paid media success as well as bridge the gap between 
business reporting and media reporting.
Owned by two brothers; Joe Frazer and Tom Frazer alongside Will 
Harms, the agency started operation in 2017.
And in 2020, in the heat of the Covid-19 pandemic, Half Dome 
made it as the winner of Deloitte 2020 Technology Fast 50 
Australia Awards with its 2390 percent revenue growth in just 3 
Sector: Media years. (Source: AdNews )
Founders: Joe Frazer, Tom Frazer, Will Harms
Company Established – 2017
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