Tech
Wollongong is a growing tech hub an hour south of Sydney, home to companies like Easy Agile, Accelo and unicorn Scalapay, a strong founder community, and a top-1% university feeding the talent pipeline.
A growing tech hub
From startups and scaleups to established software companies, Wollongong offers the conditions a tech business needs to grow: a qualified talent pool, lower operating costs than Sydney, and an active, founder-led tech community, all within a short commute.
700,000+ workers within an hour A large, diverse talent pool spanning software engineering, product, design and data roles
A 1,800-strong tech community Siligong Valley connects developers, founders and digital professionals through regular events and meet-ups
Lower barriers to growth Less competition for talent than Sydney, lower operating costs, and stronger retention
A connected tech community: Siligong Valley
Wollongong's tech sector is anchored by an active, connected community. Siligong Valley, a long-standing founder-led network, links more than 1,800 developers, entrepreneurs and digital professionals across the region, surfacing talent and collaboration through regular events.
In 2025 the city hosted DevOpsDays Wollongong, part of the global conference series. The event brought together 100+ of Australia’s leading tech minds to debate AI, explore highly technical systems and discuss tech topics.
That ecosystem has produced and retained genuine success stories:
- Accelo: a project-management platform serving clients in 86 countries from its Wollongong CBD engineering office
- Scalapay: the European buy-now-pay-later unicorn co-founded by UOW graduate, which runs its engineering team from Wollongong's Innovation Campus.
- Easy Agile: a profitable Atlassian Marketplace company founded and headquartered in Wollongong
Work with the University of Wollongong
The University of Wollongong has a strong focus on industry collaboration in technology — from mentorship and applied research to testing new ideas. There are several ways to work together:
Entrepreneur support: Home to the region's business incubator and accelerator, iAccelerate, which helps entrepreneurs turn ideas into high-growth companies.
World-class research: UOW is global research leader, providing commercial research support to over 280+ collaborators, bringing together experts across disciplines to solve real-world problems.
Success story: Scalapay tech unicorn
Scalapay is the #1 buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider in Southern Europe. Named a ‘unicorn’ valued at over $1.9B in 2022, Scalapay services 8 million customers across Europe and employs 220 staff globally. With their technology headquartered in Wollongong, Scalapay is a magnet for tech talent in the region and is dedicated to the ongoing growth of the sector.
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