Recently Funded Seed Startups in Australia
Updated Oct 2026
FundedIQ holds 273 funded 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 Seed startup funding landscape in Australia, along with the 100 most recently funded Seed startups in Australia.
Seed startups in Australia closed 88 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 49 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $285M in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $2.8M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $1.4M and $4.5M. Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services and Information Technology hold the most companies by sector. Sydney and Melbourne hold the deepest concentrations of these companies.
Airtree Ventures and Square Peg Capital lead the funding activity, marking a preference for institutional venture capital over angel networks. This concentration in Sydney and Melbourne creates a predictable pattern for those targeting early stage ventures. Expect professionalized governance and a clear path toward larger follow on rounds within these specific urban corridors.
Seed funded startup statistics in Australia
Most recent funding round on record: Oct 2026. Investors appearing most often across Australia funding rounds: Airtree Ventures, Brisbane Angels, Side Stage Ventures, Square Peg Capital, Startmate.
100 most recently funded Seed startups in Australia
100 of 273Ordered 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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Seed startup funding trends in Australia
Funding activity
Seed startups in Australia closed 88 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 49 of them in the last 12, adding up to $285M in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $2.8M, with the middle half running from $1.4M to $4.5M. 80 of 88 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services and Information Technology hold the most companies, led by Artificial Intelligence at 43. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Investors
Airtree Ventures, Brisbane Angels and Side Stage Ventures appear most often across funded Seed startups in Australia on record.
Industries with the most funded Seed startups in Australia
Sector counts across all 273 tracked companies in Australia. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Where are funded Seed startups located in Australia?
Where funded Seed startups in Australia are based, by the city on the company record.
Funded Seed startups in Australia by state
The states with the most funded startups on record.
Top investors in Seed startups in Australia
The investors named most often across funded Seed startups in Australia.
Counts companies in this segment that name the firm as a backer. Investor names entered the pipeline in July 2026, so they cover the companies funded since.
About the FundedIQ 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 273 funded 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 (8 of 88 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded Seed startups in Australia is dated Oct 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 Seed startups are there in Australia?
FundedIQ tracks 273 funded 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 Seed startups in Australia raised?
Seed startups in Australia tracked by FundedIQ have raised $285M in disclosed capital across 88 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 49 rounds in the last 12 months. 80 of those 88 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded Seed startups in Australia?
Artificial Intelligence has the most, with 43 companies, followed by Financial Services (38), Information Technology (23) and Health Care (18). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which cities have the most funded Seed startups in Australia?
Sydney leads with 121 companies, then Melbourne (53), Brisbane (18) and Perth (8).
Which investors back the most Seed startups in Australia?
Airtree Ventures, Brisbane Angels, Side Stage Ventures, Square Peg Capital and Startmate appear most often across funded Seed startups in Australia in the FundedIQ dataset. The count is the number of tracked companies naming each firm as a backer, so it reflects the companies on record rather than every deal a firm has ever done.
What is a typical funding round size for Seed startups in Australia?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $2.8M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $1.4M and $4.5M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.
How often is the 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 Seed startups in Australia is dated Oct 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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