# Where Startups in Australia and New Zealand Are Based: 2026 Map of 1,745 Companies

> Map of where 1,745 funded startups in Australia and New Zealand are based, city by city: Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland lead. $71B raised between them.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/geo-maps/where-australia-new-zealand-startups-are-based (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Each circle is a city, sized by how many startups are based there. Countries are shaded by their count.

## Leading cities

- Sydney 336 $6.4B
- Melbourne 247 $4.6B
- Auckland 140 $1.4B
- Brisbane 61 $1.5B
- Perth 55 $3.3B
- Wellington 35 $125M
- Adelaide 28 $344M
- Surry Hills 24 $319M
- Christchurch 23 $45M
- Haymarket 19 $277M
- Canberra 15 $245M
- Docklands 12 $83M
- Richmond 11 $170M
- South Melbourne 10 $25M
- North Sydney 8 $6.5B

## By country

- Australia 1,407 $68B
- New Zealand 338 $3.1B

## Best-funded

- [**Firmus Technologies** Australia · $13B](https://millionrounds.com/company/firmus-technologies)
- [*F* **Firmus** Australia · $7.6B](https://millionrounds.com/company/firmus)
- [*I* **IREN** Australia · $6.0B](https://millionrounds.com/company/iren)
- [**Sharon AI** Australia · $2.5B](https://millionrounds.com/company/sharon-ai)
- [**Edify Energy** Australia · $2.4B](https://millionrounds.com/company/edify-energy)
- [**AirTrunk** Australia · $2.1B](https://millionrounds.com/company/airtrunk)
- [**Fortescue Future Industries** Australia · $2.0B](https://millionrounds.com/company/fortescue-future-industries)
- [**WestConnex** Australia · $1.7B](https://millionrounds.com/company/westconnex)
- [**Airwallex** Australia · $1.6B](https://millionrounds.com/company/airwallex)
- [**Akaysha Energy** Australia · $1.5B](https://millionrounds.com/company/akaysha-energy)
- [**Fremantle Seaweed** Australia · $1.4B](https://millionrounds.com/company/fremantle-seaweed)
- [**Vulcan Energy Resources** Australia · $1.4B](https://millionrounds.com/company/vulcan-energy-resources)

**How this map is made.** Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track. Each is placed at the city we hold for it, matched to that city's position in GeoNames (cities of 15,000 people or more; geonames.org, CC BY 4.0); startups without a city on record count in the totals but not on the map. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.

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