Dr Rahul Sharma: Ledger

Stories naming Dr Rahul Sharma. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

Role	Organisation	Sources
Founder	Synchron	Startup Daily (9 Nov 2025), Startup Daily (7 Nov 2025), SmartCompany

9 deals

Eight Aussie startups that raised $108.6 million this week

Roundup of eight funding deals: Synchron's Series D, plus raises by Lumonus AI, Hullbot, Nbryo, Cytophenix, Giftbee, Understanding Zoe and Zeligate, spanning medtech, robotics, agtech and AI.

SmartCompany 7 Nov 2025 Cytophenix Giftbee Hullbot Lumonus Nbryo Synchron Understanding Zoe Zeligate AgriZero Centre for Entrepreneurial Research and Innovation (CERI)Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research KPMG Neuralink Royal Melbourne Hospital Startmate University of Melbourne University of Western Australia UNSW Founders Antler Australia Aviron Investment Management Bandera Capital Brisbane Angels Climate Tech Partners DNX Ventures Folklore Ventures Gates Foundation Katapult Ocean Mandalay Venture Partners Meat & Livestock Australia NewSouth Innovations NRF Corporation Oncology Ventures Queensland Investment Corporation Regeneration VC Rypples Tenacious Ventures Trinity Ventures Verge HealthTech Fund Euan Murdoch Dr Christine Carson Denver Naidoo Elon Musk James Telders Johan Erchoff Karl Watfern Dr Kieran Mulroney Laetitia Andrac Mark Singer Professor Nicholas Opie Dr Rahul Sharma Sherief Khorshid Teagan Paton Tim Inglis Tom Loefler Dr Tom Oxley

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Funding announcement

UQ start-up finds way to detect solar faults in “sea of a million panels”

UQ researchers built SolarisAI, an AI tool that pinpoints faulty panels from solar farm data; ARENA and UniQuest funding backed its development, with deployment talks under way with Edify Energy and Genex.

RenewEconomy 20 Feb 2024 Australian Renewable Energy Agency Edify Energy Genex UniQuest University of Queensland John Cole Dr Rahul Sharma

Dr Rahul Sharma

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Eight Aussie startups that raised $108.6 million this week

UQ start-up finds way to detect solar faults in “sea of a million panels”