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Unicorns of Australia and New Zealand — February 2026

Last updated on 22 February 2026·Asia-Pacific

There are over 40 unicorns in Australia and New Zealand

As of February 2026, there are now over 40 tech and tech-enabled companies valued at over $1B that originated from Australia and New Zealand.

Canva is the largest Australian tech company
Plenty of Australian $1B+ tech companies went public (over 20 as of February 2026)
Acquisition of Afterpay by Square has been the largest tech M&A in Australia to date

What are the unicorns of Australia and New Zealand?

This ranking includes tech companies in Australia and New Zealand valued above $1 billion. It includes private, public and acquired companies. Most valuations are last reported or recently rumoured.

On ZIRP-era (2020-2022) valuations: we exclude companies that latest reported valuation would be enough to hit the list, but it is expected that the company is now valued significantly lower.

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1	Canva	🇦🇺	$42.0B	$4.0B	10.5x	🚀 Private
2	Airwallex	🇦🇺	$8.0B	$1.0B	8.0x	🚀 Private
3	Firmus Technologies	🇦🇺	$6.0B			🚀 Private
4	Immutable	🇦🇺	$3.5B			🚀 Private
5	SafetyCulture	🇦🇺	$2.5B	$0.1B	22.1x	🚀 Private
6	Employment Hero	🇦🇺	$2.3B	$0.3B	7.7x	🚀 Private
7	Culture Amp	🇦🇺	$2.2B			🚀 Private
8	Go1	🇦🇺	$2.0B			🚀 Private
9	Linktree	🇦🇺	$1.3B			🚀 Private
10	Pet Circle	🇦🇺	$1.1B	$0.3B	4.2x	🚀 Private
11	Deputy	🇦🇺	$1.1B			🚀 Private
12	Halter	🇳🇿	$1.0B			🚀 Private
13	Afterpay	🇦🇺	$29.0B			🤝 Acquired
14	Domain Holdings	🇦🇺	$1.9B	$0.3B	6.1x	🤝 Acquired
15	MessageMedia	🇦🇺	$1.3B			🤝 Acquired
16	Aconex	🇦🇺	$1.2B	$0.1B	10.6x	🤝 Acquired
17	Eucalyptus	🇦🇺	$1.2B			🤝 Acquired
18	Energy Exemplar	🇦🇺	$1.0B			🤝 Acquired
19	Atlassian	🇦🇺	$19.5B	$5.8B	3.4x	📈 Public
20	REA Group	🇦🇺	$15.6B	$1.2B	12.5x	📈 Public
21	IREN	🇦🇺	$13.7B	$0.8B	16.3x	📈 Public
22	WiseTech Global	🇦🇺	$10.8B	$1.7B	6.5x	📈 Public
23	Xero	🇳🇿	$9.9B	$1.3B	7.4x	📈 Public
24	CAR Group	🇦🇺	$6.9B	$0.9B	7.9x	📈 Public
25	Technology One	🇦🇺	$5.8B	$0.4B	13.0x	📈 Public
26	Seek	🇦🇺	$4.1B	$0.8B	5.0x	📈 Public
27	Netwealth Group	🇦🇺	$3.9B	$0.3B	15.5x	📈 Public
28	Zip Co	🇦🇺	$1.6B	$0.9B	1.8x	📈 Public
29	Droneshield	🇦🇺	$2.5B	$0.2B	16.7x	📈 Public
30	Pexa Group	🇦🇺	$1.8B	$0.3B	6.3x	📈 Public
31	Judo Bank	🇦🇺	$1.4B	$0.3B	4.1x	📈 Public
32	Megaport	🇦🇺	$1.1B	$0.2B	5.8x	📈 Public
33	Imdex	🇦🇺	$1.6B	$0.3B	4.7x	📈 Public
34	Objective Corp.	🇦🇺	$0.9B	$0.1B	10.2x	📈 Public
35	Siteminder	🇦🇺	$0.7B	$0.2B	4.0x	📈 Public
36	Temple & Webster	🇦🇺	$0.7B	$0.5B	1.5x	📈 Public
37	Latitude Financial Services	🇳🇿	$0.7B	$0.0B		📈 Public
38	Bravura Solutions	🇦🇺	$0.6B	$0.2B	3.5x	📈 Public
39	Humm Group	🇦🇺	$0.2B	$0.4B	0.6x	📈 Public
40	MoneyMe	🇦🇺	$0.1B	$0.2B	0.4x	📈 Public