Western Australia
State · Australia · Pop. 2.9M
Adjacent regions by EV
Startup funnel
Western Australia's power-law funnel
From the first cheque written to a $10B+ outcome. Each arrow shows what fraction of companies at one stage graduate to the next, tracked by founding cohort.
* 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.
Notable companies
Top private companies in Western Australia
Up to 20 names per tier from Dealroom's tracked dataset. Decacorns are valued $10B+, unicorns $1B+, thoroughbreds have crossed $100M in revenue.
Academia
Western Australia's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Western Australia.
Vs. similarly-sized ecosystems
How Western Australia stacks up
Peers chosen from the same country (Australia), sized closest to Western Australia by combined EV. The scatter plots growth × current size — outliers in the upper-right are ecosystems compounding fastest.
Top overview
Australia — top regions
Top regions in Australia ranked by combined EV. Western Australia's row is highlighted.
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | 5-yr EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New South Wales | $212B | 14.2× | 18 | $1.3B | 2,309 |
| 2 | Victoria | $51.2B | 4.8× | 20 | $1.6B | 1,418 |
| 3 | Queensland | $15.9B | 7.1× | 4 | $235.2M | 636 |
| 4 | Western Australia | $5.7B | 7.0× | 1 | $57.4M | 273 |
| 5 | Tasmania | $4.3B | 370.1× | 1 | $573.2M | 31 |
| 6 | South Australia | $3.1B | 12.1× | 1 | $58.9M | 153 |
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