83 organisations across hardware, software, sensing, security, research, government, investment and community, plus the spin-outs, investments and partnerships that connect them.
83 organisations
Superconducting microwave components (circulators, parametric amplifiers) for scaling solid-state quantum computers. UQ spin-out co-founded by Tom Stace and Arkady Fedorov.
ASX-listed (AXE) company developing the 12CQ chip, aimed at room-temperature qubit operation, alongside biochip technology.
Amplifiers that boost the very faint signals inside quantum computers and other sensitive equipment. Supported by Quantum Australia.
UNSW spin-out led by Andrew Dzurak. Builds silicon-CMOS spin-qubit chips that can be made in commercial foundries, with a US hub in California.
Cryogenic control electronics and integration for quantum computers. Founded in 2023 by former leaders of Microsoft Quantum Sydney.
A plug-and-play module that helps photonic quantum computers correct errors fast enough to run reliably at scale. Supported by Quantum Australia.
Precision lasers and photonics instruments (including cateye diode lasers) used in atom- and ion-based quantum labs around the world.
Photonic quantum computing company building a utility-scale, fault-tolerant machine at Moreton Bay Central. Backed by a A$940M package from the Commonwealth and Queensland governments.
Room-temperature quantum accelerators built on nitrogen-vacancy centres in synthetic diamond. Founded in 2019 out of ANU research. Runs a Quantum Diamond Foundry in Melbourne and has deployed a system at Pawsey.
Semiconductor company that partners with Adelaide University and the SA Government on the picoFAB and Q FAB quantum materials fabrication facilities.
Founded in 2017 by Michelle Simmons. Builds phosphorus-in-silicon processors with atomic precision and reports two-qubit fidelities up to 99.99%. Its 'Watermelon' processor has been trialled with Telstra.
Machine-learning tools for quantum and complex systems, combined with quantum sensing for navigation without GPS. Spun out of the CQC2T quantum memory program at ANU.
ANU spin-out using pre-emptive error correction to improve the performance of optical quantum computers.
Quantum education and emulation, including the 'Quokka' 30-qubit portable emulator (Good Design Award 2024). Founded by Simon Devitt and Chris Ferrie of UTS.
Independent quantum technology advisory, founded in 2016. Provides strategy, technical due diligence and workforce training.
Quantum error correction company founded in 2024. Its 'Pinnacle' fault-tolerant architecture uses quantum LDPC codes.
Founded in 2023. Its 'Quiver' software maps errors across a whole quantum computer to help hardware makers find and characterise faults.
Quantum control infrastructure software: Boulder Opal and Fire Opal for control, Ironstone Opal for sensing, and Black Opal for education. Founded in 2017 by Michael Biercuk as a University of Sydney spin-out.
Quantum chemistry software that runs on classical high-performance computers, including the EXESS engine and the 'Rush' drug-discovery platform. Co-founded by ANU's Giuseppe Barca.
Quantum-inspired optimisation that cuts kilometres, fuel and operating costs for freight, logistics and mining operators. Supported by Quantum Australia.
Quantum imaging and sensing. Partner in a University of Melbourne project to build a quantum-enabled platform for neurological drug development.
Compact diamond magnetometers for drones and navigation without GPS. University of Sydney spin-out. Closed a A$5M seed round in April 2026 led by Main Sequence, and holds an Australian Defence Force contract.
Uses quantum sensing to give clinicians an accurate, low-cost measure of a patient's true iron status. Supported by Quantum Australia.
Quantum optical sensing to detect rare-earth elements in mineral exploration. A$2.37M Critical Technologies Challenge Program grant.
Scaling quantum optical imaging to assess diabetes. Funded under the Critical Technologies Challenge Program with Adelaide University.
Field-ready cold-atom gravimeters and magnetometers for mineral exploration, civil engineering and defence.
Quantum-assured magnetic navigation for places where GPS is weak or blocked, with more than 8,000 km of flight trials. Spun out of Phasor Innovation with the University of Melbourne and RMIT in 2023.
Portable optical atomic clocks (TEMPO) and quantum magnetometers (SENTIO) for defence, space and national infrastructure. Raised a seed round led by Serendipity Capital in 2026.
Post-quantum cryptography platform (EQCore) that helps organisations migrate to quantum-safe encryption.
Quantum communications security. Featured in Austrade's Industry Capability Report.
UNSW spin-out incorporated in 2025. Uses entangled photons to prove that a remote device's memory hasn't been tampered with.
Quantum-safe cybersecurity founded in 2008: qStream quantum random number generators, QKD hardware and key management.
ASX-listed (SEN) maker of high-assurance network encryptors, now offering post-quantum (NIST PQC) variants.
A briefcase-sized system that sends data as quantum states, so any interception collapses the link and triggers an alert.
UQ spin-out whose Quantum Link Verification system protects optical fibre networks from interception.
Institute for Photonics & Advanced Sensing and the Centre for Quantum Materials & Quantum Technologies at The Braggs. Runs the picoFAB / Q FAB facilities.
Neutron scattering, ion implantation and isotopically pure silicon for quantum materials research.
Department of Quantum Science & Technology, a CQC2T node, and the ANU quantum random number generator. Source of many Canberra quantum spin-outs.
ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation & Communication Technology. A UNSW-led network spanning multiple universities.
National science agency. Runs the Quantum Technologies Future Science Platform and the Next Generation Quantum Graduates programs.
ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (2017–2024, UQ-led). Its alumni and spin-outs remain central to the ecosystem.
ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies (to 2024): topological and 2D quantum materials.
Optical quantum information science, directed by Howard Wiseman. A CQC2T partner.
Leads a quantum-enhanced optimisation project to make data centres more energy efficient, with UWA, Fujitsu and NEXTDC.
Eight research groups building quantum simulators, sensors, computers and algorithms.
Quantum materials and low-energy electronics research. Led the FLEET Centre of Excellence.
Integrates quantum computers with supercomputers, including an on-site Quantum Brilliance system.
Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation. Sponsors the Quantum Computing Australia community meetup.
A$45M ARC Centre of Excellence in Quantum Biotechnology, the first national centre of its kind in the world. Led by Warwick Bowen at UQ.
Quantum sensing, photonics and diamond research. Partner in the Quantum CT cancer-diagnosis project.
Optical sciences and quantum research. Hosts Infleqtion's Asia-Pacific quantum facility.
A CQC2T node and home of an IBM Quantum Hub working on algorithms, materials and quantum chemistry.
Led EQUS and now leads QUBIC. Operates Australia's first open-access superconducting quantum testbed and anchors the Queensland Quantum Decarbonisation Alliance.
Home of the Quantum Science group and the Sydney Nano Institute, and host of the Quantum Australia growth centre.
QUISA (Quantum Information, Simulation & Algorithms), the QDM Lab using quantum sensors to hunt dark matter, and the UWA/Pawsey Quantum Computing Centre.
Quantum photon-counting for radiotherapy (with Elekta). Host city of the qLIFE conference.
Leads CQC2T and is the birthplace of silicon quantum computing in Australia. SQC, Diraq and Quantum Lock all came out of UNSW.
Australia's largest research centre for quantum computing theory, with a superconducting-qubit hardware team.
Australia–UK–US advanced capabilities partnership, including the AUKUS Quantum Arrangement (AQuA) for positioning, navigation and timing.
Publishes the Australian Quantum Technology Industry Capability Report and connects Australian quantum firms with global partners.
Funds the quantum Centres of Excellence: CQC2T, EQUS, QUBIC and FLEET.
Up to A$36M in grants for quantum demonstrations on national challenges: health, energy, resources and data centres.
Department of Defence and the Defence Science & Technology Group. A major customer for quantum navigation, timing and sensing.
UNSW and Adelaide University defence commercialisation program that funds early-stage dual-use technology.
Owns the National Quantum Strategy (2023), which aims to make Australia a global quantum leader by 2030. Funds Quantum Australia and the Critical Technologies Challenge Program.
Its Quantum Computing Fund created the Sydney Quantum Academy, alongside a Quantum Computing Commercialisation Fund. Also an SQC shareholder.
First state with a dedicated quantum strategy (Quantum & Advanced Technologies Strategy). Runs the Queensland Quantum Academy and co-funds PsiQuantum.
Co-invests in quantum materials fabrication (picoFAB / Q FAB) and supports SA's roughly 50 photonics and quantum businesses.
Australian venture firm. Co-investor in Iceberg Quantum's seed round.
Victorian Government's A$2B innovation fund. Invested A$29M in Infleqtion (since listed on the NYSE) and A$10M in Quantum Brilliance's diamond foundry.
Deep-tech VC founded by CSIRO. Backs Q-CTRL, Diraq and DeteQt.
Federal investor with A$1B set aside for critical technologies. Has invested in Diraq and Silicon Quantum Computing (A$20M, then a further A$40M in 2026).
Global tech investor. Led QuantX Labs' 2026 seed round.
University commercialisation fund. Has invested in Analog Quantum Circuits, DeteQt and Diraq.
Shareholder in Silicon Quantum Computing and an early financial-sector adopter exploring quantum applications.
Runs an IBM Quantum Hub with the University of Melbourne and has partnered with Q-CTRL.
US neutral-atom quantum company (formerly ColdQuanta). Its Asia-Pacific HQ and facility are at Swinburne.
Mining services company leading a magnetic through-earth communications demonstration with UQ and Defence under the Critical Technologies Challenge Program.
Founding investor in Silicon Quantum Computing. Ran a joint trial of SQC's Watermelon processor in 2025.
Professional body for physics. Runs public lectures and the AIP Congress (Sydney, December 2026).
National quantum growth centre (A$18.4M, led by the University of Sydney). Runs the annual Quantum Australia Conference and has helped launch 15 startups in two years.
Open community meetup for anyone curious about quantum, from beginners to experts.
Talent and ecosystem program run by USyd, UNSW, UTS and Macquarie, covering PhDs, internships, school programs and industry events.
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