Melbourne’s 78 Fastest Growing FinTech Startups

At Fintech Energy we track over 200,000 fintech startups and over 1,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.

We’ve ranked the top 78 FinTech companies in Melbourne. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).

We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:

Track record
Executive leadership
Market share
Innovation
ESG rating

Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.

Top FinTech Companies & Startups (Melbourne)

Timelio

Founders	Andrew Petris, Charlotte Petris
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Timelio improves the financial wellbeing of business owners using technology to enable fast and flexible funding.

Frankie Financial

Founders	Aaron Chipper, Simon Costello
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FrankieOne connects with hundreds of different data sources to provide a complete and unified onboarding and fraud-prevention platform.

DeferIt

Founders	Jonty Hirsowitz, Mateusz Blaszczakiewicz
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Helping more people pay more bills on time.

Moula

Founders	Andrew Watt, Aris Allegos, Piers Moller
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Moula is a loan service company that helps SMEs borrow money to grow their business.

Openpay

Founders	Marni Meydan, Richard Broome, Yaniv Meydan
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Openpay is a fintech company that develops an online payments solution that features a buy now, pay later service.

iSignthis

Founders	John Karantzis, Timmy Noise
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iSignthis Ltd is the global leader in dynamic, remote AML/CFT KYC enhanced due diligence identity proofing.

CoinJar

Founders	Asher Tan, Ryan Zhou
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CoinJar is an Australian bitcoin platform that enables the buying and selling of bitcoins and allows merchants to accept bitcoin payments.

Verrency

Founders	David Link
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Verrency is provides an Open-API based ‘Innovation-as-a-Service’ Platform to Card Issuers.

Kanopi

Founders	Nigel Fellowes-Freeman
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Kanopi is a data-driven insurtech that connects insurers and digital platforms so they can provide the right insurance to their customers.

Fillr: Autofill as a Service

Founders	Chad Stephens, Christopher Koch
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‘Autofill as a Service’ that integrates into your app, enabling your customers to transact faster, boosting your conversions and revenue

Unhedged

Founders	Glenn Vanbavinckhove, Mike Cohen, Peter Bakker, Saskia Albers
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Unhedged uses AI to deliver hedge fund tools to the everyday investor

BRICKX

Founders	Darren Patterson, Markus Kahlbetzer
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BRICKX offers all investors access to the real estate industry, whilst providing liquidity through its secondary market.

Banxa

Founders	Domenic Carosa, Domenic Carosa
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Banxa is the world’s first listed RegTech and Payment Service Provider (PSP) for the digital asset industry

Zeller

Founders	Ben Pfisterer, Dominic Yap
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Zeller is a fintech that offers to accept payments, track spending, and manage the finances of small businesses.

CXi Software

Founders	Seamus O Concheanainn
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CXi Software streamlines and automates the back office operations of Fund Managers and Fund Administrators.

Finch Australia

Founders	Shahirah Gardner, Toby Gardner
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Finch is the next-gen data intelligence and financial technology company.

Collinstar Capital

Founders	Ryan Xu
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The leaders in Fintech, focusing on the digital currency investment and blockchain infrastructure.

Brave New Coin

Founders	Fran Strajnar
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Brave New Coin is a Data & Research company focused on the exponential Blockchain & Digital Equities industry.

Marli Technology Solutions

Founders	Alireza TayebNama
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Marli is a global marketplace offering standardized high quality carbon tokens for company, supply chain and commodity offsetting.

Hypercurrent

Founders	Nino Lancette
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Software for companies to self-finance their working capital and power business growth

Fintech Australia

Founders	Jack Quigley
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FinTech Australia exists to help Australia become the leading market for FinTech innovation and investment in Asia.

1receipt®

Founders	Shahryar Faraji
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1receipt® is a hassle-free platform for issuing, collecting and managing digital receipts.

Liven

Founders	David Ballerini, Grace Wong, Shahrooz Chowdhury, William Wong
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Liven is a rewards-based mobile payment network and blockchain platform purpose built for food.

Clover.com.au

Founders	Darcy Naunton, Harry Chemay
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An automated investment advice platform

T8 EXCHANGE PTY LTD

Founders	William Tien
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TRAMS is a FinTech startup company in the development decentralized digital exchange

Fluenccy

Founders	Tony Crivelli
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Fluenccy is an innovative software that helps clients plan for international invoice savings.

Littlepay

Founders	Michael Walters
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littlepay is an Australian fintech start-up focused on transit contactless payments

Pepperstone

Founders	Joe Davenport, Owen Kerr
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Pepperstone is an Australian online retail foreign exchange broker specializing in foreign exchange trading.

Cointree

Founders	Unknown
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Cointree is a digital currency exchange that provides crypto-lovers with a platform that is a delight to use, and more-so, simply works.

FinancialAsk

Founders	Andrew Lai, Josh Brown
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FinancialAsk is a web platform with the goal of making make financial advice affordable and accessible for all.

Orion180 Insurance

Founders	Kenneth Gregg
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Orion180 provides simplified homeowners insurance powered by leading-edge technology with an emphasis on giving back.

PayK

Founders	Tomer Zussman, Udi Liberman
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PayK is a group money collection app that makes it simple, transparent, and effortless to collect money with anyone for anything.

Mitrade

Founders	Unknown
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Mitrade is a financial technology firm that offers online trading platforms, market data, sentiment, risk management and forecast services.

Connective

Founders	Glenn Lees
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Connective is the mortgage aggregator focused on increasing your profit

Zerocap

Founders	Ryan McCall, Trent Barnes
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Zerocap provides digital asset trading, insured custody and yield products to forward-thinking investors and institutions globally,

Six Park

Founders	Brian Watson, Patrick Garrett
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Six Park is the newest robo-advisor making waves in the Australian financial services industry.

Resolve

Founders	Edward Scott, Simon Plummer
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Resolve is a platform connecting insolvent & distressed companies with investors, turnaround experts and alternative forms of capital.

Sargon

Founders	Phillip Kingston
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Sargon provides financial institutions and entrepreneurs with the technology and infrastructure they need to successfully build.

Pesabase

Founders	Nhial Majok
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Blockchain Based remittance, payments and banking platform whose Mission is to financially connect Africa

LAB Group

Founders	Unknown
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LAB Group is an intuitive and customer friendly customer onboarding platform that empowers you to digitise your unique AML/KYC program.

FirstStep Investments

Founders	Unknown
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FirstStep’s app provides electronic piggybanking by collecting loose virtual change and enabling investment opportunities and savings.

Fuzo Limited

Founders	Leon-Gerard Vandenberg
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Financial Inclusion As a Service – Open Transaction & Identity Platform for Mobiles

FirstStep

Founders	Akshat Khatri, Joseph Kekulawala, Matthew Fish, Shiraj De Silva, Tarang Patel, Vanaja Sriskandarajah
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At FirstStep, we want to offer every Australian a simple low-cost way to begin investing by removing the current barriers.

XGen Group

Founders	Sanjaya De Silva
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Fintech Solutions Provider

GO Markets

Founders	Unknown
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Online Foreign Exchange facilitator

i2i Logic

Founders	Dion Smith, Tim Maddock
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i2i Logic augments the corporate banker / advisor with a smart client engagement platform.

Ledgerium

Founders	Unknown
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Using blockchain as a ledger to verify & store all financial transactions.

Finspo

Founders	Unknown
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Finspo is a financial app that provides a consolidated view of banking, loans, credit and smart insights to assist users to save thousands.

SoSure

Founders	Unknown
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Payment & Cryptorewards App

PayFaster

Founders	Unknown
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PayFaster is revolutionising Australia’s outdated system of being paid weeks or up to a month after the work has been done.

MoneyPlace

Founders	Stuart Stoyan
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MoneyPlace is an online marketplace that connects investors with credit worthy borrowers.

Snowball Group

Founders	John Dowell
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Australian Venture Capital

Rewardle

Founders	Ruwan Weerasooriya
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Use Rewardle at your favourite local businesses all across Australia to collect points and redeem rewards.

TillBilly

Founders	Sarthak Moghe
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World’s first Blockchain powered integrated Point of Sale terminal for contactless Payments, Digital Receipts and Reward Points.

Common Sense Ventures

Founders	Owen Symington
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Early Stage Venture Fund based in Melbourne Australia

Lending Loop

Founders	Rhett Dallwitz
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Lending Loop is an Australian fintech business run by a team of finance & mortgage specialists.

Airstayz

Founders	Unknown
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AIRSTAYZ provides app-based crypto-currency-enabled keyless entry and mobile check-in solutions.

Masterremit

Founders	Unknown
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MasterRemit is a fintech company with the purpose of providing fast, reliable and low cost money transfer service.

OneFlick

Founders	Unknown
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OneFlick is to empower humanity with seamless Financial Technology.

True Pillars

Founders	Unknown
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True Pillars is an online marketplace connecting Australian businesses with everyday investors.

CapitalRoad

Founders	Unknown
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CapitalRoad provides cloud-based retirement saving and wealth management platform for financial advisors

Selfmade Australia

Founders	Unknown
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Selfmade Australia is a cutting edge financial technology company putting people in charge of their financial future.

Cleva

Founders	Unknown
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Financial freedom made super simple. That’s Cleva.

Technium Services

Founders	Unknown
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Technium Services provides software and process solutions to clients in the fintech industry.

LABform – LabGroup

Founders	Unknown
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LABform has continued to be refined as a constantly improving customer acquisition platform for financial services since 2010.

Information City

Founders	Unknown
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Information City develops early-stage information communications and technology ventures.

RemitWisely

Founders	Anupama Nagumothu, Debbie Latoza
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RemitWisely provides money transfer or remittance services from AU to over 200 countries in the world with 30+ currencies in one platform.

Contango Global Growth Limited

Founders	Unknown
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Contango Global Growth’s investment objective is to maximize total shareholder return through capital growth.

Contango MicroCap Limited

Founders	Unknown
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Contango MicroCap (CTN) is a micro cap LIC platform.

DeFi Link

Founders	Riley James
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DeFi Link is a decentralized finance platform that provides crowdfunding, fractionalization, liquidity, and investments services.

Contango Income Generator Limited

Founders	Unknown
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Contango Income Generator is an investment company that aims to deliver a sustainable income stream to its shareholders over time.

brokery

Founders	Phillip Gadzinski
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Lead Generation; Customer Connection

Sell-a Bitcoin

Founders	Unknown
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Sell-a Bitcoin is a secure exchange of digital currency to Australian dollars.

Istudentloancom

Founders	Unknown
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Istudentloancom is a fintech company which helps make higher education happen with Student loans.

Galaxy Crowdfunding

Founders	Unknown
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Galaxy Crowdfunding is a crowdfunding platform based in Melbourne.

PlatformX

Founders	Unknown
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PlatformX is a platform where private companies manage shareholders, attract accredited investors, raise capital and unlock liquidity.

Airwallex

Founders	Jack Zhang, Jacob Dai, Lucy Yueting Liu, Max Li
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Airwallex is a financial services platform committed to build global financial infrastructure to scale the digital economy.

Afterpay

Founders	Anthony Eisen, Nick Molnar
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Afterpay allows shoppers to receive products immediately and pay in four simple installments over a short period of time.