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Brisbane

Metro area · Australia · Pop. 2.6M

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304 Pool of Funded Startups
New Startups
127 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
44 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 35%
270Startups
112 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
93 Seed Startups$1–4M
Pre-Seed to Seed 10%
65 Series A Startups$4–15M
Seed to Series A 13%
28Breakouts
21 Series B Breakouts$15–40M
7 Series C Breakouts$40–100M
6Scaleups
4 Mega Scaleups$100–250M
reach Mega 1.3%
2 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+
reach Mega+ 0.66%
4Valuation Outcomes
4 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)
reach Unicorn 1.3%
Pre-Seed
112
Seed
93
Series A
65
Series B
21
Series C
7
Unicorn
4

* C→Unicorn and Unicorn→Decacorn rates are derived from current counts (no founding-cohort data); the four mid-funnel rates use Dealroom's cohort tracking.

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Brisbane

A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into Brisbane-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.

Largest rounds in Brisbane - 2026

Every $15M+ VC round into Brisbane-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.
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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Brisbane

VC investment into Brisbane-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.

Academia

Brisbane's academic flywheel

Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Brisbane.

University-linked startup formation
177
University spinouts
303
Total alumni-founded companies
209
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
77
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
17
Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Brisbane stacks up

Compare Brisbane with peers from the same country (Australia) — switch between combined EV, EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.

Sydney
$180B
Melbourne
$64.2B
Brisbane
$11.4B
Perth
$5.1B
Adelaide
$3.1B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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Country Australia Oceania · Pop. 27.2M · #13 startup ecosystem by EV Region Oceania Continent / region · #21 region by EV

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