# Startup funding in Australia, September 2026: Amber's $79M Growth leads 11 rounds > We read 11 equity rounds raised in Australia and announced in September 2026, raising $222M between them: 3% of the rounds we read worldwide that month and... Source: https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-09/australia (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Equity rounds **11** raised in Australia, 11 with an amount Raised **$222M** across those rounds Lead named **82%** of rounds say who led Share of the world **3%** of rounds; 1% of the money ## The biggest rounds - [1 **Amber** Growth · led by 1GT **$79M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/amber) - [2 **Amber Electric** Series E · led by 1GT, Morgan Stanley Investment Management's 1GT **$56M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/amber-electric) - [3 **Gridsight** Series B · led by Insight Partners **$26M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/gridsight) - [4 H **HEO Robotics** Series B · led by Beaten Zone Venture Partners **$25M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/heo-robotics) - [5 **Pearler** Series A · led by Portage Ventures **$16M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/pearler) - [6 M **Metacognition AI** Pre-seed · led by Main Sequence Ventures **$10M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/metacognition-ai) - [7 M **Medow Health AI** Seed **$3.5M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/medow-health-ai) - [8 **ReFresh** Seed · led by Black Nova Venture Capital **$2.5M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/refresh) - [9 **OpenDebt** Pre-seed **$2.0M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/opendebt) - [10 **GonGlobal** Seed · led by Innovation Victoria **$1.2M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/gonglobal) ## Day by day Equity rounds raised in Australia and announced each day of September. The busiest day was 21 September, with 3. 1 September 30 September ## 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) *3* **$2.0M** this month **$2.0M** 12 months, worldwide [Seed](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/seed/australia) *3* **$2.5M** this month **$4.0M** 12 months here [Series A](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/series-a/australia) *1* **$16M** this month **$15M** 12 months here [Series B](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/series-b) *2* **$26M** this month **$50M** 12 months, worldwide [Growth](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/growth) *1* **$79M** this month **$113M** 12 months, worldwide ## The most active leads Firms that led two or more of the month's rounds in Australia. - [**1GT** Amber, Amber Electric *2 led*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/1gt) ## In what - [AI](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-09/sector/ai) **5** - [Energy](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-09/sector/energy) **3** - [Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-09/sector/robotics) **2** - [Fintech](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-09/sector/fintech) **2** - [Healthcare](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-09/sector/healthcare) **2** - [Software](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-09/sector/software) **2** - [Defence Tech](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-09/sector/defensetech) **1** - Collaboration Tools **1** AI was the busiest sector in Australia. ## Against the world - Rounds, Australia **11** - Rounds, worldwide **357** - Raised, Australia **$222M** - Raised, worldwide **$39B** [The whole of September 2026](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-09) ## Other countries in September [116 rounds **United States** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-09/united-states)[46 rounds **United Kingdom** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-09/united-kingdom)[25 rounds **India** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-09/india)[21 rounds **Canada** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-09/canada)[13 rounds **Germany** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-09/germany)[9 rounds **France** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-09/france)[9 rounds **China** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-09/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)