Recently Funded Startups in New South Wales
Updated Sep 2026
FundedIQ tracks 538 funded startups in New South Wales, with their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the startup funding landscape in New South Wales, along with the 100 most recently funded startups there.
Startups in New South Wales closed 216 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 117 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $18B in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $5.0M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $1.8M and $26M. Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology hold the most companies by sector. Sydney and Surry Hills hold the deepest concentrations of funded startups in New South Wales.
Sydney dominates as the primary center for these ventures. Early stage labels characterize the group, meaning these companies are typically small and fresh. This profile favors a target audience looking for agile teams and early product adoption. The concentration in Sydney and Surry Hills creates a dense cluster of nascent firms awaiting scale.
New South Wales funded startup statistics
Most recent funding round on record: Sep 2026. Investors appearing most often across New South Wales funding rounds: Airtree Ventures.
100 most recently funded startups in New South Wales
100 of 538Ordered 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.
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New South Wales startup funding trends
Funding activity
Startups in New South Wales closed 216 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 117 of them in the last 12, adding up to $18B in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $5.0M, with the middle half running from $1.8M to $26M. 194 of 216 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology hold the most companies, led by Financial Services at 78. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Industries with the most funded startups in New South Wales
Sector counts across all 538 tracked companies in New South Wales. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Where are funded startups located in New South Wales?
Where funded startups in New South Wales are based, by the city on the company record.
Funding stages in New South Wales
How the last 24 months of funding rounds for funded startups in New South Wales break down by stage.
A further 124 rounds in this period were announced without a stage label and are not ranked above.
About the FundedIQ New South Wales startup funding data
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 538 funded startups in New South Wales currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (22 of 216 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded startups in New South Wales is dated Sep 2026.
The table above shows the 100 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 startups are there in New South Wales?
FundedIQ tracks 538 funded startups in New South Wales. This page lists the 100 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 startups in New South Wales raised?
Startups in New South Wales tracked by FundedIQ have raised $18B in disclosed capital across 216 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 117 rounds in the last 12 months. 194 of those 216 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded startups in New South Wales?
Financial Services has the most, with 78 companies, followed by Artificial Intelligence (57), Information Technology (37) and Energy (28). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which cities have the most funded startups in New South Wales?
Sydney leads with 395 companies, then Surry Hills (20), North Sydney (13) and Darlinghurst (7).
What is a typical funding round size for startups in New South Wales?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $5.0M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $1.8M and $26M. 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 startups in New South Wales?
Seed is the most common labelled stage, with 37 rounds in the last 24 months, ahead of Series A (23) and Pre-Seed (15). A further 124 rounds were announced without a stage label and are not counted here.
How often is the New South Wales startup funding data 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 startups in New South Wales is dated Sep 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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