Sphere Infrastructure

What Sphere Infrastructure does

Sphere Infrastructure Partners Pty Ltd is an Australian advisory firm founded in 2018 and headquartered in Sydney, with a second office in Brisbane. The firm is structured as an Australian proprietary limited company (Pty Ltd) and remains privately held by its three founding partners — Chris Godfrey, Ben Bowen, and Kate Dryden — with no disclosed institutional investment. Its 'core technology' is multidisciplinary professional expertise rather than a software product: the firm combines commercial, legal, financial, technical, and strategic advisory capabilities across environmental infrastructure (water, waste, energy) and circular economy projects across all stages from concept through to operations.

Sphere delivers its services through six integrated advisory lines: Strategy & Planning, Commercial Advisory, Project Development & Delivery, Approvals & Engagement, Transaction Management, and Operations & Asset Management. Revenue is generated via project-based advisory engagements with custom scoping; no pricing is publicly disclosed. The go-to-market is sales-led, targeting three primary segments: federal/state/local government agencies (e.g., Redland City Council, City of Gold Coast, ACT Government), infrastructure investors (e.g., Infrastructure Capital Group, CPP Investments), and industry players (e.g., ACCIONA, Veolia, Greater Western Water). Distribution channels include direct consulting engagements, pre-qualified supplier status via Local Buy, content marketing through the Loopholes Podcast and Articles & Insights, and active participation in industry associations (WMRR, AORA).

The firm operates as a boutique operation of 1–10 employees, supported by a small bench of Associate Directors, Associates, and Senior Advisors, and combines this lean team with thought leadership (Beyond Silos Roundtable with Frontier Economics, June 2026) and conference presence (Waste 2024, Enviro Conference, Australasian Waste and Recycling Expo) to maintain category authority in environmental infrastructure advisory.

Name

Sphere Infrastructure

Legal name

Sphere Infrastructure Partners Pty Ltd

Website

https://sphereinfrastructure.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Sphere Infrastructure Partners is an Australian advisory firm founded in 2018 that provides commercial, legal, financial, and technical advisory services to governments, infrastructure investors, and industry on environmental infrastructure projects across water, waste, and energy.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Infrastructure Advisory

akta.pro primary industry

Infrastructure & Project Finance Advisory (BPAHADAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Infrastructure Planning, Capital Programs & Project Delivery Offices (PMOs) (BPAIALAJ), Capital Delivery, Asset Management & Renewal Programs (Pipes, Plants, Pumps) (EUANAAAK), Circular Economy & Resource Efficiency (BPADALAM)

Keywords

• Infrastructure advisory services
• Environmental infrastructure consulting
• Waste water energy advisory
• Circular economy consulting
• Infrastructure project advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Sydney

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Advisory Consulting Services: Project-based advisory engagements providing strategic, commercial, technical, financial and legal advisory services across infrastructure lifecycle from concept through to operations

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Sphere Infrastructure is an Australian advisory firm that provides strategic, technical, commercial, financial and legal advisory services for environmental infrastructure projects across water, waste and energy sectors. The firm advises governments, infrastructure investors and industry clients across the full project lifecycle, from concept and planning through to operations, with a focus on circular economy and resource recovery infrastructure.

Product overview

Sphere Infrastructure is an advisory firm (not a software product) that provides multidisciplinary consulting services across environmental infrastructure sectors including water, waste, and energy. Their service portfolio consists of six integrated advisory service lines: Strategy & Planning, Commercial Advisory, Project Development & Delivery, Approvals & Engagement, Transaction Management, and Operations & Asset Management. These services are delivered as a unified advisory offering to governments, investors, and industry clients across all stages of infrastructure and project development, from concept and planning through to operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strategy & Planning
• Commercial Advisory
• Project Development & Delivery
• Approvals & Engagement
• Transaction Management
• Operations & Asset Management

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Frontier EconomicscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-hosted the Beyond Silos Breakfast Roundtable Session in June 2026 with Frontier Economics, bringing together leaders across waste, water, energy and transport sectors to explore integrated solutions
• Waste Management Resource Recovery Association (WMRR)minorOthersActive member and participant in WMRR events, webinars and industry initiatives including waste-to-energy discussions
• Australian Organics Recycling Association (AORA)minorOthersActive member participating in AORA annual conferences and industry working groups on organics recycling
• Local BuyminorOthersListed as Pre-Qualified Supplier through Local Buy for government procurement

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Arcadis: Global design, engineering and management consultancy with a strong Australian water and environmental infrastructure practice. Already listed as a Sphere client/ecosystem partner; competes on larger end-to-end advisory + delivery mandates.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with major Australian presence across water, waste, energy and transport advisory and delivery. A natural competitor for Sphere on integrated strategy-to-delivery mandates.
• WSP Australia: Global engineering professional services firm with substantial Australian environmental and water infrastructure advisory capabilities. Competes for project development and approvals work alongside Sphere.
• Deloitte Australia — Infrastructure & Capital Projects: Big-4 advisory practice with a dedicated Australian infrastructure and capital projects group covering water, waste, energy and transport. Frequent counter-bidder for the same council and investor mandates as Sphere.
• Mott MacDonald Australia: Global engineering and project management consultancy with an Australian water, waste and energy advisory practice. Competes with Sphere on advisory-led infrastructure mandates, particularly around transaction management and project finance.
• KPMG Australia — Infrastructure Advisory: Big-4 firm with a dedicated Australian infrastructure advisory practice covering deal advisory, project finance and asset management across water, waste and energy. Represents the primary competitive threat and benchmark for project size Sphere is pitching against.
• PwC Australia — Infrastructure & Urban Renewal: Big-4 firm with deep Australian government and infrastructure advisory capability spanning procurement, deal structuring and policy. Competes with Sphere for federal, state and local council mandates.
• EY-Parthenon — Infrastructure Advisory: Big-4 transaction and strategy advisory with a global infrastructure practice active in Australian PPP, water and waste-to-energy transactions. Competes directly with Sphere on commercial advisory and transaction management mandates.

Direct peers

• GHD: Large Australian-headquartered engineering, architecture and advisory firm with strong water, waste and energy practices. Closest Australia-domiciled peer to Sphere in terms of integrated advisory + technical services for environmental infrastructure.
• Frontier Economics: Australia-based boutique economics and policy advisory firm with strong overlap to Sphere on infrastructure, energy, water and environmental economics mandates. Already a co-host partner on the Beyond Silos roundtable, Frontier is the closest comparable in size, geography and cross-sector advisory profile.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

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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