# Startup funding in Australia, August 2026: Firmus Technologies's $2.0B Growth leads 12 rounds > 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%... Source: https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-08/australia (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Equity rounds **12** raised in Australia, 12 with an amount Raised **$2.1B** across those rounds Lead named **42%** of rounds say who led Share of the world **5%** of rounds; 9% of the money ## The biggest rounds - [1 **Firmus Technologies** Growth **$2.0B**](https://millionrounds.com/company/firmus-technologies) - [2 F **Farmbot** Series B · led by Lewis and Clark Partners **$22M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/farmbot) - [3 O **Orivium** Series B **$21M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/orivium) - [4 N **Nybro** Seed **$14M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/nybro) - [5 **Vexev** Series A **$8.6M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/vexev) - [6 **Apate.AI** Seed · led by Lobby Capital **$8.2M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/apate-ai) - [7 A **Alloy Robotics** Seed · led by Square Peg **$8.1M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/alloy-robotics) - [8 I **Immunobiota Therapeutics** Seed **$5.0M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/immunobiota-therapeutics) - [9 **Sophiie AI** Seed **$5.0M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/sophiie-ai) - [10 **Enrola** Seed · led by Purpose Ventures **$2.1M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/enrola) ## Day by day Equity rounds raised in Australia and announced each day of August. The busiest day was 7 August, with 2. 1 August 31 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-seed](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/pre-seed) *2* **$1.8M** this month **$2.0M** 12 months, worldwide [Seed](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/seed/australia) *6* **$6.6M** this month **$4.0M** 12 months here [Series A](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/series-a/australia) *1* **$8.6M** this month **$15M** 12 months here [Series B](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/series-b) *2* **$22M** this month **$50M** 12 months, worldwide [Growth](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/growth) *1* **$2.0B** this month **$113M** 12 months, worldwide ## In what - [AI](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-08/sector/ai) **6** - [Big Data & Analytics](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-08/sector/big-data) **2** - Agtech **2** - [Biotech](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-08/sector/biotech) **2** - [Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-08/sector/robotics) **2** - SaaS **2** - [Cybersecurity](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-08/sector/cybersecurity) **1** - [Cloud](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-08/sector/cloud) **1** AI was the busiest sector in Australia. ## Against the world - Rounds, Australia **12** - Rounds, worldwide **220** - Raised, Australia **$2.1B** - Raised, worldwide **$25B** [The whole of August 2026](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-08) ## Other countries in August [93 rounds **United States** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-08/united-states)[24 rounds **United Kingdom** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-08/united-kingdom)[9 rounds **Canada** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-08/canada)[8 rounds **India** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-08/india)[8 rounds **Brazil** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-08/brazil)[5 rounds **China** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-08/china) **How this roundup is made** It is written from the rounds we read that month in named articles and filings, counted by the country the company raised in. Only equity rounds with a stage count; debt, grants and public companies' raises do not. Each month the eight countries with the most equity rounds get their own roundup. We read more sources every month, so compare medians, not totals. [How we read rounds](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a mistake](https://millionrounds.com/corrections)