LEAP Australia

What LEAP Australia does

LEAP Australia Pty Ltd is a privately held value-added reseller and engineering software solutions provider headquartered in Manly, NSW, Australia, founded in 1997 and operating across Australia and New Zealand. The company is the Ansys Elite Channel Partner and PTC Platinum Sell Partner for the ANZ region — the highest partnership tiers for both vendors — and resells a portfolio spanning multiphysics simulation (Ansys Structures, Fluids, Electronics, Optics, Twin Builder, Discovery, SpaceClaim), CAD/PLM/IoT/AR (PTC Creo, Windchill, ThingWorx, Vuforia, Mathcad, Onshape), and complementary specialist tools including Rocky DEM (discrete element method), nCode (fatigue and durability), Flownex (1D thermal-fluid network simulation), Moldex 3D (injection molding), SDC Verifier (structural code checking), Virtual Interconnect (Creo/Windchill/EPLAN integrations), KeyShot (real-time rendering with AI-driven features), Rhino 3D with Grasshopper, and 3Dconnexion hardware.

The business model is a multi-vendor channel model with three revenue streams: software licensing and subscriptions (the majority, with recurring renewals across Ansys, PTC, and other partners), technical support services sold alongside those subscriptions, and professional services including process consulting, PLM consulting, data migration, and training delivered through the LEAP Learning Hub and an active events calendar (Tech Days, webinars, classroom training). Pricing ranges from publicly listed annual subscriptions (KeyShot Pro at A$2,030/year, KeyShot Academic at A$195/year, SpaceClaim from under A$2,800) to quote-based enterprise licensing. Go-to-market combines a direct sales team and phone/web-form enterprise sales (1300 88 22 40 in Australia, 09 9777 444 in New Zealand) with a self-service e-commerce storefront for lower-priced products and an event-driven demand generation model.

LEAP serves approximately 2,000 customers across at least ten verticals — including Aerospace & Defence, Automotive, Mining & Materials Handling, Energy, Healthcare, Industrial Equipment, High Tech, Consumer Goods, Built Environment, and Academia — with marquee enterprise references such as Rocket Lab, Emirates Team New Zealand, Breville, Vale, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Red Bull Triple Eight Race Engineering, FBR (HadrianX), EMVision, Fisher & Paykel, ANCA, and academic programs at RMIT and Monash. The company employs 11–50 people, is led by Managing Director Greg Horner, is privately held with no disclosed external investors or parent company, and reports no revenue or funding data publicly. Its core architectural role is regional intermediary — adding localized sales, technical support, training, and consulting around globally-developed partner software — rather than developer of proprietary core technology.

Name

LEAP Australia

Legal name

LEAP Australia Pty Ltd

Website

https://leapaust.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

LEAP Australia is a privately held engineering software value-added reseller serving Australia and New Zealand, holding top-tier Ansys and PTC partner status and delivering CAE, CAD, PLM, IoT, and AR software alongside consulting, training, and technical support to 2,000+ customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Sydney

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Software Licensing & Subscriptions: Resale of software licenses and subscriptions from partner vendors including Ansys, PTC, Rocky DEM, nCode, Flownex, Moldex 3D, KeyShot, Rhino 3D, and others. Revenue generated from initial license purchases and recurring subscription renewals.
2. Technical Support Services: Technical support services for software products including phone support, web forms, and email support during business hours.
3. Training & Consulting Services: Process consulting, PLM consulting, data migration services, and training programs for engineering simulation and CAD software implementation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

LEAP Australia is a value-added reseller and implementation partner for engineering software in Australia and New Zealand, holding Ansys Elite Channel Partner and PTC Platinum Sell Partner status. The company distributes and supports a portfolio of CAE, CAD, PLM, IoT, AR, and 3D rendering software, complemented by consulting, training, and technical support services delivered to engineering and manufacturing organisations.

Product overview

LEAP Australia is a value-added reseller and support provider of engineering simulation and CAD software, operating as an Ansys Elite Channel Partner and PTC Platinum Sell Partner across Australia and New Zealand. The company's product portfolio centers on Ansys multiphysics simulation software (covering structures, fluids, electromagnetics, acoustics, and digital twin via Ansys Twin Builder), PTC CAD/PLM solutions (Creo, Windchill, Vuforia AR, ThingWorx IoT), and a complementary suite including Rocky DEM for particle simulation, nCode for fatigue/durability analysis, Flownex for 1D fluid network simulation, Moldex 3D for injection molding, KeyShot for 3D rendering, Rhino 3D with Grasshopper for modeling, 3Dconnexion hardware, SDC Verifier for structural verification, and Virtual Interconnect products (WNCBridge, eSimulate, HMX, ECIB) that extend PTC's Creo and Windchill capabilities. LEAP also provides consulting, training, and technical support services. The architecture is a multi-vendor platform model where LEAP serves as the regional intermediary, adding localized support, training, and implementation services rather than developing its own core software products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ansys multiphysics simulation software Market-leading multiphysics engineering simulation software covering structural, thermal, fluid dynamics, electromagnetics, optics, embedded software, materials and digital twin capabilities. Distributed under LEAP's Ansys Elite Channel Partner status with licensing, training and consulting services.
• PTC software suite (Creo, Windchill, ThingWorx, Vuforia, Mathcad, Onshape) PTC's CAD (Creo, Onshape), PLM (Windchill), IoT (ThingWorx), Augmented Reality (Vuforia) and engineering calculations (Mathcad) software, distributed by LEAP under its PTC Platinum Sell Partner status.
• Rocky DEM Advanced Discrete Element Method (DEM) software for simulation and analysis of particulate solids handling and processing, with multi-GPU solver capabilities and coupling to Ansys Workbench.
• nCode durability and fatigue analysis software Durability engineering suite including GlyphWorks data processing, DesignLife CAE fatigue analysis, nCode Automation workflow tools and nCode CDS licensing, used to predict component life from FE results and test data.
• Flownex 1D system simulation 1-D thermal-fluid network simulation software for modelling compressible/incompressible flows with heat transfer in power generation, mining, oil and gas, aerospace and hydrogen systems.
• Moldex 3D CAE software for plastic injection molding simulation, used to optimise product design and manufacturability and shorten time-to-market.
• KeyShot real-time 3D rendering software

Quantifiable outcome

• Component development time reduced from 3 months to less than 2 weeks (Breville)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability7 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AnsyscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLEAP Australia is an Elite Channel Partner for Ansys in Australia and New Zealand. This is the highest partnership tier, providing LEAP with access to Ansys' full portfolio of multiphysics simulation software including structural, thermal, fluid dynamics, electromagnetics, and electronics simulation tools.
• PTCcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLEAP Australia is a Platinum Sell Partner for PTC in Australia and New Zealand. PTC provides CAD (Creo), PLM (Windchill), IoT (ThingWorx), and Augmented Reality (Vuforia) solutions that LEAP resells and supports.
• Rocky DEMcoreTechnology or IntegrationRocky DEM is an advanced Discrete Element Method (DEM) software package distributed by LEAP Australia. It is fully integrated with the Ansys Workbench suite, enabling coupled analysis of particle simulation with structural and fluid physics.
• Moldex 3DminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMoldex3D is the world leading CAE product for plastic injection molding simulation, distributed by LEAP Australia in Australia and New Zealand.
• KeyShotminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOfficial KeyShot reseller in Australia and New Zealand. KeyShot provides real-time 3D rendering and visualization software for product design and marketing.
• Rhino 3D (McNeel)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRhinoceros 3D modelling software reseller. Rhino creates, edits, analyzes, renders and translates NURBS curves, surfaces, solids, point clouds, and polygon meshes.
• 3DconnexionminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor3Dconnexion ANZ channel partner. Provides precision input devices (SpaceMouse, CadMouse) for CAD professionals and 3D environments.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• PTC: Global vendor of CAD (Creo), PLM (Windchill), IoT (ThingWorx), and AR (Vuforia) solutions and LEAP's other core upstream partner. PTC shapes the product roadmap and partner economics that LEAP's business depends on, while also selling direct to large enterprise customers.
• Tata Technologies: Global engineering services and digital firm serving automotive, aerospace, and industrial customers with deep ties to PLM/CAD/CAE ecosystems. Comparable to LEAP's services layer and offers a useful benchmark for engineering services economics, though broader in scope.
• Dassault Systèmes: Global 3DEXPERIENCE platform vendor (CATIA, SIMULIA, ENOVIA) and direct competitor to the Ansys/PTC portfolio LEAP distributes. Represents the broader incumbent competitive threat as engineering software consolidates into platform plays.
• Ansys: Global market leader in multiphysics engineering simulation software and LEAP's most important upstream partner. Ansys competes indirectly via direct enterprise sales but more broadly defines the engineering simulation category that LEAP distributes and services.

Direct peers

• IMAGINiT Technologies: North American engineering software VAR (Autodesk and related CAD/PLM vendors) with consulting and training services. A direct peer to LEAP given the same VAR-plus-services model and focus on engineering software distribution in a defined region.
• GoEngineer: North American SOLIDWORKS, Stratasys 3D printing, and engineering software VAR with training and support services. Operates the same channel-partner-plus-services model as LEAP with a focus on engineering design and manufacturing software.
• Cadac Group: Dutch engineering software VAR focused on Autodesk and related CAD/CAE products with embedded services. Operates the same channel-partner-plus-services model as LEAP, distributing engineering software and providing training, support, and consulting in Benelux.
• Hawk Ridge Systems: North American SOLIDWORKS and engineering software VAR providing software, training, and technical services. Directly comparable to LEAP as a regional engineering software channel partner with a services attach.
• Mensch und Maschine (MuM): Publicly listed German CAD/engineering software VAR and services firm with the same VAR-plus-services business model as LEAP. Comparable in distributing Autodesk, SOLIDWORKS, and other engineering software while providing consulting and training across the DACH region.
• Symetri: European engineering software VAR (Autodesk, Bluebeam, and other CAD/CAE vendors) with a comparable channel-partner-plus-services business model. Symetri operates across Northern Europe and mirrors LEAP's role as a regional engineering software distributor with consulting and training.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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