AustraliaPlatform
Oceania · Pop. 27.2M · #12 startup ecosystem by EV
1 Overview
* 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.
2 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Australia
A live treemap of $40M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a Australia-headquartered company, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Australia - 2026
3 Startup hubs
Inside Australia: top 11 startup hubs
Sub-national ecosystems ranked by combined enterprise value, paired with their 5-year growth multiplier.
4 VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Australia
VC investment into Australia-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
5 Academia
Australia's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Australia.
| # | University | City | Founders | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of New South Wales | Sydney | 1,811 | 2,124 |
| 2 | Monash University | Melbourne | 1,777 | 1,946 |
| 3 | University of Sydney | Sydney | 1,767 | 2,004 |
6 Location comparison
How Australia stacks up
Compare Australia with similarly sized ecosystems in Oceania — switch between combined EV, 5-year EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.
Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.
Top ecosystems in Oceania ranked by combined EV. Australia's row is highlighted (#1).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | $264B | 8.4× | 49 | $3.8B | 5,017 |
| 2 | New Zealand | $74.1B | 21.3× | 8 | $1.6B | 668 |
| 3 | Marshall Islands | $221.3M | — | 0 | $0 | 12 |
| 4 | Samoa | $186M | — | 0 | $0 | 2 |
| 5 | Federated States of Micronesia | $40.5M | — | 0 | $0 | 9 |
| 6 | Papua New Guinea | $29.4M | — | 0 | $5M | 1 |
| 7 | Fiji | $6.3M | — | 0 | $0 | 3 |
| 8 | Tuvalu | $1.8M | — | 0 | $0 | 3 |
7 Patent intelligence
Australia startup IP portfolio: 7,391 patent families
Granted patent families assigned to startups headquartered in Australia. Aggregated across the country's hub-level filings — Bay Area, Boston, etc. roll up under the United States row, the same way Tokyo and Osaka roll up under Japan.
8 Premium analytics
What we don't show on this page (yet)
Sector breakdowns, founder origins, AI-talent leaderboards and live deal flow are gated to logged-in Dealroom users. Book a demo to access the full Australia dataset — or see a sample on the Dealroom app.
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