Recently Funded Pre-Seed Startups in Australia
Updated Sep 2026
FundedIQ holds 108 funded Pre-Seed startups in Australia and keeps their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details up to date. This page provides an overview of the Pre-Seed startup funding landscape in Australia, along with the 100 most recently funded Pre-Seed startups in Australia.
Pre-Seed startups in Australia closed 57 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 28 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $54M in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $985K, with the middle half of rounds falling between $500K and $1.6M. Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services and Information Technology hold the most companies by sector. Sydney and Melbourne hold the deepest concentrations of these companies.
Artificial Intelligence dominates these early stages, followed by Financial Services and Information Technology. Biotechnology and Energy also appear, adding a deep tech layer to the mix. Sydney and Melbourne concentrate the activity. Since small teams are the norm, filtering by sub-sector identifies the specific technical expertise present before those companies scale their staff.
Pre-Seed funded startup statistics in Australia
Most recent funding round on record: Aug 2026. Investors appearing most often across Australia funding rounds: Blackbird Ventures.
100 most recently funded Pre-Seed startups in Australia
100 of 108Ordered 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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Pre-Seed startup funding trends in Australia
Funding activity
Pre-Seed startups in Australia closed 57 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 28 of them in the last 12, adding up to $54M in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $985K, with the middle half running from $500K to $1.6M. 44 of 57 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services and Information Technology hold the most companies, led by Artificial Intelligence at 27. The most common headcount band across the segment is 1-10.
Industries with the most funded Pre-Seed startups in Australia
Sector counts across all 108 tracked companies in Australia. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Where are funded Pre-Seed startups located in Australia?
Where funded Pre-Seed startups in Australia are based, by the city on the company record.
Funded Pre-Seed startups in Australia by state
The states with the most funded startups on record.
About the FundedIQ Pre-Seed 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 108 funded Pre-Seed 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 (13 of 57 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded Pre-Seed startups in Australia is dated Aug 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 Pre-Seed startups are there in Australia?
FundedIQ tracks 108 funded Pre-Seed startups in Australia. 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 Pre-Seed startups in Australia raised?
Pre-Seed startups in Australia tracked by FundedIQ have raised $54M in disclosed capital across 57 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 28 rounds in the last 12 months. 44 of those 57 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded Pre-Seed startups in Australia?
Artificial Intelligence has the most, with 27 companies, followed by Financial Services (8), Information Technology (7) and Biotechnology (6). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which cities have the most funded Pre-Seed startups in Australia?
Sydney leads with 53 companies, then Melbourne (24), Brisbane (10) and Adelaide (3).
What is a typical funding round size for Pre-Seed startups in Australia?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $985K, and the middle half of rounds fall between $500K and $1.6M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.
How often is the Pre-Seed 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 Pre-Seed startups in Australia is dated Aug 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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