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Recently Funded Biotechnology Startups in Australia

Updated Sep 2026

FundedIQ tracks 58 funded Biotechnology startups in Australia, with their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the Biotechnology startup funding landscape in Australia, along with the 58 most recently funded Biotechnology startups in Australia.

The median disclosed round is $5.5M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $1.4M and $19M. Melbourne and Sydney hold the deepest concentrations of these companies. Biotechnology startups in Australia closed 36 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 23 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $1.4B in disclosed capital.

Biotechnology activity clusters heavily in Melbourne and Sydney. While Brisbane and Perth offer viable targets, the geographic weight favors the southeast coast. A strategy centered on these primary cities captures the vast majority of the sector. Expansion into Nedlands provides a niche addition to a broader regional approach.

Biotechnology funded startup statistics in Australia

Funded Biotechnology startups in Australia
58
tracked in the database
Funding rounds, last 12 months
23
36 over 24 months
Disclosed capital raised, 24 months
$1.4B
34 of 36 rounds disclosed an amount
Median round size
$5.5M
middle half $1.4M to $19M

Most recent funding round on record: Jul 2026.

58 most recently funded Biotechnology startups in Australia

58 shown

Ordered by the date of the latest funding round. Each row gives the company, its location and industry, what it does, the stage and date of that round, and the disclosed amount.

A
Sydney, Australia · Biotechnology
AdvanCell is a company that focuses on developing innovative cancer treatments using alpha-emitting isotopes…
Series D ·
$315M
F
Melbourne, Australia · Biotechnology
The objective of Fluent is to seamlessly integrate humans with AI, improving interaction and communication…
Seed ·
$2.0M
M
Melbourne, Australia · Biotechnology
Mesoblast is a developer of biologic products for the broad field of regenerative medicine. Mesoblast's…
Series Unknown ·
$50M
M
Brisbane, Australia · Biotechnology
Microba Life Sciences Ltd. provides consumers, doctors, and researchers with gut microbiome testing services…
Series Unknown ·
$3.5M
A
Sydney, Australia · Biotechnology
Algenie was founded on a simple realization: algae has the potential to save the earth, but only if it is…
Series Unknown ·
$990k
P
Melbourne, Australia · Biotechnology
Paradigm Pharmaceuticals is a global biopharmaceutical company driven to discover, develop, and deliver…
Series Unknown ·
$10M
I
Sydney, Australia · Biotechnology
Imugene is a publicly-listed biotechnology company with operations in America and Europe,
Series Unknown ·
$8.6M
B
Adelaide, Australia · Biotechnology
BiomeBank’s mission is to treat and prevent disease by restoring gut microbial ecology
Series Unknown ·
$11M
T
Melbourne, Australia · Biotechnology
Telix Pharmaceuticals Ltd is a clinical-stage biotechnology company engaged in developing and commercializing…
Series Unknown ·
$600M
P
Proseek Bio
Brisbane, Australia · Biotechnology
Proseek Bio is a clinical diagnostics company specialising in women’s health, specifically focusing on the…
Series Unknown ·
Undisclosed
C
Orange, Australia · Biotechnology
Cauldron Ferm is a technique that speeds up the production of precision fermented prototypes to commercial…
Series A ·
$13M
H
Lane Cove, Australia · Biotechnology
HydGene Renewables is developing a biotechnology platform that produces on-site green hydrogen from waste…
Series Unknown ·
$1.4M
S
Sydney, Australia · Biotechnology
Swan Genomics is focused on commercialising an innovative new approach to DNA sequencing to deliver more…
Series Unknown ·
$320k
O
Nedlands, Australia · Biotechnology
OncoRes Medical develops an imaging technology to provide intraoperative information available to surgeons to…
Series Unknown ·
$19M
C
Carlton South, Australia · Biotechnology
Chimeric Therapeutics is a company developing ground-breaking CAR T cell therapies for solid tumors based on…
Series Unknown ·
$2.9M
F
Adelaide, Australia · Biotechnology
A patented magnetic probe from the University of South Australia and iron magnetic nanoparticle technology…
Series A ·
$6.0M
K
Hornsby, Australia · Biotechnology
Kazia Therapeutics is a biotechnology company specializing in oncology, creating groundbreaking anti-cancer…
Series Unknown ·
$33M
P
Perth, Australia · Biotechnology
Proteomics International is a cutting-edge medical technology company that leads in the fields of predictive…
Series Unknown ·
$320k
R
Melbourne, Australia · Biotechnology
RAGE Biotech is a biotechnology industry.
Series A ·
$19M
B
Perth, Australia · Biotechnology
We are developing next generation antibody diagnostics Built on the discovery of markers that identify high…
Series Unknown ·
$320k
E
Melbourne, Australia · Biotechnology
Ena Respiratory is a biotechnology company focused on revolutionizing the way respiratory infections are…
Series B ·
$22M
P
Melbourne, Australia · Biotechnology
Propanc is a company that conducts research and development to create therapies for cancer and other…
Series Unknown ·
$100M
L
Sydney, Australia · Biotechnology
Levur creates oils that are chemically identical to natural oils but without harming the environment. Our…
Pre-Seed ·
$780k
E
Brisbane, Australia · Biotechnology
We help companies within the paper industry–and their customers–who want to move to circular models of…
Seed ·
$3.9M
P
Sydney, Australia · Biotechnology
Psylo is a company that specializes in developing advanced psychedelics for medicinal purposes. Our objective…
Series Unknown ·
$3.0M
O
Melville, Australia · Biotechnology
Orthocell is a regenerative medicine company dedicated to the development of breakthrough products to unlock…
Series Unknown ·
$11M
A
Leichhardt, Australia · Biotechnology
Atomo Diagnostics, a medical device company based in Sydney, Australia, has offices in South Africa and the…
Series Unknown ·
$1.6M
C
Cell Bauhaus
Melbourne, Australia · Biotechnology
Cell Bauhaus builds software to enable computer aided design of living systems. Our virtual cell technology…
Pre-Seed ·
Undisclosed
K
Melbourne, Australia · Biotechnology
Kinoxis Therapeutics, an emerging biotechnology company located in Australia, is focused on advancing the…
Series B ·
$9.6M
P
Sydney, Australia · Biotechnology
Despite being a global leader in the creation of intellectual property in drug development and medical…
Series B ·
$20M
R
Carlton South, Australia · Biotechnology
RadioPharm Theranostics specializes in creating radiopharmaceutical products for both diagnostic and…
Series Unknown ·
$5.0M
O
South Yarra, Australia · Biotechnology
Opthea Limited, previously known as Circadian Technologies, is an Australian biotechnology company that is…
Series Unknown ·
$114M
I
Sydney, Australia · Biotechnology
Immutep is a biopharmaceutical company that focuses on developing immunotherapeutics for cancer treatment.…
Series Unknown ·
$60M
B
Sydney, Australia · Biotechnology
BCAL Diagnostics is a biotechnology company specializing in the identification of health concerns specific to…
Series Unknown ·
$11M
P
Melbourne, Australia · Biotechnology
Prota Therapeutics is a privately-owned biotech company founded in 2016 in Australia. The company's main…
Series Unknown ·
$21M
O
Perth, Australia · Biotechnology
Omni Biotech develops health and performance algorithms that are compatible with any hardware platform.
Pre-Seed ·
$300k
P
Carlton, Australia · Biotechnology
We develop innovative pharmaceutical grade DMT-based medicines and therapies aiming to transform the lives of…
Pre-Seed ·
$2.9M
N
Chatswood, Australia · Biotechnology
Next Science is involved in the commercialization and advancement of their Xbio technology, which is a…
Series Unknown ·
$810k
B
Sydney, Australia · Biotechnology
Beroni Group is a global biopharmaceutical company committed to developing and bringing to market novel drugs…
Series Unknown ·
$210k
N
Melbourne, Australia · Biotechnology
Nutromics is a MedTech company revolutionising healthcare through continuous real time molecular monitoring.…
Seed ·
$7.3M
C
Collie, Australia · Biotechnology
Cannaponics is a vertically integrated medical cannabis business that makes use of cutting-edge biotechnology…
Seed ·
$3.0M
B
Thebarton, Australia · Biotechnology
BioCina Pty Ltd. is a multi-product biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO),…
Series Unknown ·
$3.3M
A
Arose
Perth, Australia · Biotechnology
Arose is a non-profit entity that provides assistance, technology, and scientific expertise for remote…
Series Unknown ·
Undisclosed
Z
Perth, Australia · Biotechnology
Leading worldwide therapeutic medicinal cannabis firm Zelira Therapeutics Ltd. (formerly Zelda Therapeutics)…
Series Unknown ·
$8.6M
A
Toowong, Australia · Biotechnology
Aortic stenosis patients and their doctors face several challenges, and Anteris Technologies, a structural…
Series Unknown ·
$24M
G
Fitzroy, Australia · Biotechnology
Genetype: Key to individualised preventive health Genetic Technologies is a pioneer in the creation and…
Series Unknown ·
$5.0M
A
Nedlands, Australia · Biotechnology
To enhance outcomes for stroke patients, Argenica is creating and attempting to commercialise a "best in…
Series Unknown ·
$840k
A
Melbourne, Australia · Biotechnology
Aravax is an early stage biotechnology company focused on developing the first safe and rapidly effective…
Series B ·
$20M
V
Brisbane, Australia · Biotechnology
Vaxxas is commercializing novel technology that dramatically enhances the performance of existing and…
Series C ·
$23M
T
Melbourne, Australia · Biotechnology
Tiny Bright Things creates innovative halo microscopy tools to fundamentally alter how industrial producers…
Seed ·
$1.5M
L
Nedlands, Australia · Biotechnology
Lixa solves recurring, problematic microbial infections and contaminations.
Series A ·
$1.5M
E
Leichhardt, Australia · Biotechnology
Evrima transforms the recruitment process for clinical trials to help clinicians accelerate timelines and…
Seed ·
$2.0M
T
Ringwood, Australia · Biotechnology
Trajan is a biotech organization that creates and markets innovations that empower logical frameworks.
Post-IPO Equity ·
$21M
C
Brisbane, Australia · Biotechnology
Clinials is a participant recruitment platform Using AI to Help Researchers Communicate Medical Information…
Seed ·
$100k
B
Nedlands, Australia · Biotechnology
BARD1 Life Sciences Ltd (ASX:BD1) is an Australian life sciences company focused on developing and…
Post-IPO Equity ·
$11M
P
Brisbane, Australia · Biotechnology
Protagonist Therapeutics is a biotechnology company dedicated to the discovery of novel peptide and small…
·
$132M
S
Sydney, Australia · Biotechnology
SpeeDx specializes in molecular diagnostic solutions that go beyond simple detection to offer comprehensive…
·
$1.8M
S
Orange, Australia · Biotechnology
Soil Carbon is developing tech that allows for crops to be inoculated with symbiotic micro-organisms.
·
$10M

Where are funded Biotechnology startups located in Australia?

Where funded Biotechnology startups in Australia are based, by the city on the company record.

City
Funded startups

Funded Biotechnology startups in Australia by state

The states with the most funded startups on record.

Funding stages of funded Biotechnology startups in Australia

How the last 24 months of funding rounds for funded Biotechnology startups in Australia break down by stage.

A further 26 rounds in this period were announced without a stage label and are not ranked above.

About the FundedIQ Biotechnology startup funding data in Australia

FundedIQ tracks announced startup funding rounds and organises them by company, funding date, stage, amount, industry, location and investor. The dataset is refreshed weekly, and new rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, so the same round reported twice on different dates is recorded once.

Figures on this page cover the 58 funded Biotechnology startups in Australia currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (2 of 36 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded Biotechnology startups in Australia is dated Jul 2026.

The table above shows the 58 most recently funded companies. Full funding histories, investor lists and founder contacts across the whole dataset open on a FundedIQ plan.

Frequently asked questions

How many funded Biotechnology startups are there in Australia?

FundedIQ tracks 58 funded Biotechnology startups in Australia. This page lists the 58 most recently funded of them, ordered by the date of their latest round, and the full set is available on a FundedIQ plan.

How much funding have Biotechnology startups in Australia raised?

Biotechnology startups in Australia tracked by FundedIQ have raised $1.4B in disclosed capital across 36 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 23 rounds in the last 12 months. 34 of those 36 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.

Which cities have the most funded Biotechnology startups in Australia?

Melbourne leads with 13 companies, then Sydney (11), Brisbane (6) and Perth (5).

What is a typical funding round size for Biotechnology startups in Australia?

The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $5.5M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $1.4M and $19M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.

What is the most common funding stage for Biotechnology startups in Australia?

Series A is the most common labelled stage, with 3 rounds in the last 24 months, ahead of Pre-Seed (2) and Seed (2). A further 26 rounds were announced without a stage label and are not counted here.

How often is the Biotechnology startup funding data in Australia updated?

The dataset is refreshed weekly. New rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, and the most recent round currently on record for funded Biotechnology startups in Australia is dated Jul 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.

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