Monthly roundup · Australia · August 2026

Startup funding in Australia, August 2026: Firmus Technologies's $2.0B Growth leads 12 rounds

By Millionrounds ResearchPublished 1 September 2026Updated 10 October 2026

We read 12 equity rounds raised in Australia and announced in August 2026, raising $2.1B between them: 5% of the rounds we read worldwide that month and 9% of the money. The largest was Firmus Technologies's $2.0B Growth. The median seed round was $6.6M, against $4.0M over the last twelve months in Australia; at Series A it was $8.6M.

Equity rounds12raised in Australia, 12 with an amount
Raised$2.1Bacross those rounds
Lead named42%of rounds say who led
Share of the world5%of rounds; 9% of the money

The biggest rounds

  1. 1Firmus TechnologiesGrowth$2.0B
  2. 2FFarmbotSeries B · led by Lewis and Clark Partners$22M
  3. 3OOriviumSeries B$21M
  4. 4NNybroSeed$14M
  5. 5VexevSeries A$8.6M
  6. 6Apate.AISeed · led by Lobby Capital$8.2M
  7. 7AAlloy RoboticsSeed · led by Square Peg$8.1M
  8. 8IImmunobiota TherapeuticsSeed$5.0M
  9. 9Sophiie AISeed$5.0M
  10. 10EnrolaSeed · led by Purpose Ventures$2.1M

Day by day

Equity rounds raised in Australia and announced each day of August. The busiest day was 7 August, with 2.

1 August31 August

By stage, against the year

Each stage's median this month beside its twelve-month median: Australia's own where we hold enough rounds for a benchmark, otherwise the worldwide one.

Pre-seed2$1.8Mthis month$2.0M12 months, worldwide
Seed6$6.6Mthis month$4.0M12 months here
Series A1$8.6Mthis month$15M12 months here
Series B2$22Mthis month$50M12 months, worldwide
Growth1$2.0Bthis month$113M12 months, worldwide

In what

AI was the busiest sector in Australia.

Against the world

  • Rounds, Australia12
  • Rounds, worldwide220
  • Raised, Australia$2.1B
  • Raised, worldwide$25B

The whole of August 2026

Other countries in August

93 roundsUnited States→ 24 roundsUnited Kingdom→ 9 roundsCanada→ 8 roundsIndia→ 8 roundsBrazil→ 5 roundsChina→